Written questions

211 written questions tabled, most recent first.

5 Jan 2026 · Department for Transport

Wrecks: Merchant Shipping

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how the Maritime and Coastguard Agency coordinates with local authorities and environmental regulators when containers or cargo are lost at sea and subsequently wash ashore.

18 Dec 2025 · Home Office

Police

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the number of police officers.

15 Dec 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Trade Agreements: Digital Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assumptions his Department uses in relation to trade elasticities when modelling the long-term effects of UK accession to plurilateral digital trade agreements.

15 Dec 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Trade Agreements

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has updated its computable general equilibrium models to incorporate post-2024 trade flow data.

15 Dec 2025 · Treasury

UK Internal Trade

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of expanding digital customs clearance systems on levels of administration undertaken by UK traders.

15 Dec 2025 · Treasury

Trade Competitiveness

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent analysis she has undertaken of the competitiveness of UK border processes compared with those of key trading partners.

10 Dec 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Iron and Steel: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the Treasury has approved funding required for the Steel Strategy.

10 Dec 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

British Steel

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement published on 10 December 2025, what specific robust measures regarding trade are currently under development; and whether these measures require prim

10 Dec 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Iron and Steel

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will publish a timeline for the remaining milestones to be met before the Steel Strategy is presented to Parliament.

2 Jul 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Employment Rights Bill

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what resources her Department provides to employers to help them meet compliance obligations during each stage of the Employment Rights Bill roadmap’s implementation.

2 Jul 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Employment Rights Bill

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what criteria will be used to evaluate the phased implementation approach outlined in the Employment Rights Bill roadmap.

2 Jul 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Employment Rights Bill

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the Employment Rights Bill roadmap includes contingency measures if key stakeholders report insufficient capacity to meet implementation requirements.

2 Jul 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Employment Rights Bill

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the measures scheduled for implementation in the Employment Rights Bill on businesses in (a) 2026 and (b) 2027.

2 Jul 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Employment Rights Bill

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with business representatives on the feasibility of the commencement dates set out in the Employment Rights Bill implementation roadmap.

12 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she plans to respond to the letter of 16 April 2025 from the hon. Member for Bognor Regis and Littlehampton, ref. MC2025/35782.

3 Jun 2025 · Wales Office

Visitor Levy: Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether she has had discussions with the Welsh Government on the potential economic impact of the proposed visitor levy on the economy in Wales.

20 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Land and Property: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many titles on the Land Register were purchased by overseas people or entities in each month in the last five years; and what their total purchase price value was.

20 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Land and Property: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many titles on the Land Register are owned by overseas individuals or entities; and what the combined purchase price of such titles was in each of the last five years.

17 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve sustainable funding for community pharmacies to (a) support people with lung conditions and (b) reduce hospital admissions.

17 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Respiratory Diseases: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help reduce the correlation between deprivation and lung conditions.

17 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Respiratory Diseases: Death

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce lung disease mortality rate.

3 Apr 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Foreign Relations: USA

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, on what dates (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have met with their United States counterparts since 5 November 2024.

3 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Employment Tribunals Service: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what funding has been allocated to the employment tribunal system in each of the last three financial years; and what proportion of that funding has been spent on digital case management systems.

3 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Employment Tribunals Service

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent representations she has received from legal professional bodies on the performance of employment tribunals.

1 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help reduce delays in the provision of children’s mental health care services for young people experiencing acute mental health crises under mental health holds in adult

31 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Sussex

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) retain existing and (b) recruit new GPs in Sussex.

13 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice: Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when she plans to provide and Answer to Question 25500 tabled by the hon. Member for Bognor Regis and Littlehampton on 21 January 2025.

13 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to provide an Answer to Question 25490 tabled by the hon. Member for Bognor Regis and Littlehampton on 21 January 2025.

13 Feb 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Department for Business and Trade: Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when he plans to provide an Answer to Question 26782 tabled by the hon. Member for Bognor Regis and Littlehampton on 27 January 2025.

12 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Hotels

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has commissioned the use of hotel accommodation for the purpose of housing asylum seekers within the Arun District since 5 July 2024.

Source: official written-questions record.