Written questions

231 written questions tabled, most recent first.

3 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Airports: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment the adequacy of the enforcement basis of drop-off charge systems operated by airports; and what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that motorists receive (a) clear

29 Oct 2025 · Department for Education

Free Schools: Dorking

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps she has taken to ensure the delivery of Betchwood Vale Academy.

28 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pigs: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with animal welfare groups about the welfare implications of the use of farrowing crates for pigs.

16 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Money Laundering

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to prevent the formation of criminal cash-intensive businesses.

13 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of changes to the Covid-19 vaccination eligibility criteria on (a) clinically vulnerable people who qualified for vaccination in Autumn 2024 an

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her Department plans to publish the Schools White Paper.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Floods: Insurance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Environment Agency's document entitled National assessment of flood and coastal erosion risk in England 2024, updated on 22 January 2025, what assessment she has

10 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when his Department plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Dorking and Horley on the case of the late Police Constable Hannah Byrne.

16 Sep 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Surrey

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her response is to the open letter from parents and carers of children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities in Surrey, delivered to her Department (a) physically on 16 July 2025

8 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Visas: Charities

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to expedite the processing of visa applications for charity workers volunteering in adult care homes.

4 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Essential Tremor

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of recognising Essential Tremor as a disability.

4 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Neurological diseases: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to commission research on (a) essential tremor and (b) other neurological movement disorders.

29 Aug 2025 · Home Office

Fraud: Telephone Services

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress Ofcom has made on reducing the number of spoofed phone numbers being used by (a) spammers and (b) scammers.

29 Aug 2025 · Home Office

Fraud: Telecommunications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to publish a second Telecommunications Fraud Charter.

29 Aug 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Horley

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to end the use of the Four Points Hotel in Horley to house asylum seekers.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Tirzepatide: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of Eli Lilly’s decision to increase the list price of Mounjaro by up to 170 per cent from September 2025 on people using the drug; and what

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Desmopressin and Hydrocortisone

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) help tackle supply chain issues relating to (i) Desmopressin and (ii) Hydrocortisone and (b) manage risks for patients who require access to these medicat

22 Jul 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Climate Change

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to publish a climate action plan that is in line with the (a) Climate Change Act 2008 and (b) Climate Change Committee’s independent assessment of the third national adaption

22 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that there is adequate infrastructure in place to support new housing developments.

17 Jul 2025 · Department for Education

Department for Education: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to respond to the letter from Fiona Davidson, dated 4 July 2025.

15 Jul 2025 · Women and Equalities

Gender Recognition

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if the Government will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Supreme Court judgment in the case of For Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers of 16 April 2025 on trans people with Gender Recogniti

3 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Research: Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 26 June 2025 to Question 61659 on Research: Investment, if the Economic Secretary to the Treasury will meet with the hon. Member for Dorking and Horley to discuss research and development f

24 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Ukraine: Military Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with his US counterpart on the provision of military intelligence to Ukrainian forces.

23 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Working Conditions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure Trusts uphold their legal obligations under the (a) Equality Act 2010 and (b) duty of care for staff returning from serious illness such as cancer.

20 Jun 2025 · Treasury

Research: Investment

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of issuing research and development bonds of up to £20 billion per year.

18 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Free Schools: Dorking

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure the timely delivery of Betchwood Vale Academy.

13 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Mental Capacity

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has considered the merits of expanding the functions of the Public Guardian to include responsibility for appropriate discharge of mental capacity assessments.

12 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Capacity

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's planned timetable is for its public consultation on the application of mental capacity law.

12 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Capacity

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his letter to the hon. Member for Dorking and Horley, dated 4 June 2025, if he will set out the legislative vehicles his Department are considering to address the identified short

9 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Employment Tribunals Service

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what oversight exists to (a) monitor and (b) audit legal expenditure by NHS Trusts in Employment Tribunal cases.

Source: official written-questions record.