Written questions

55 written questions tabled, most recent first.

1 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Cadets

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to promote membership of the Cadets programme for young people.

31 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how he plans to (a) quantify and (b) measure the impact of new developments on biodiversity.

31 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he plans to take to use the increase in defence spending to boost British supply chains; and what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to ensure strategic alignment and capitalise on economies of

31 Mar 2025 · Home Office

Gangs

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that people in safeguarding roles are continuously educated on the evolving gang culture lexicon.

31 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Family Courts: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to speed up proceedings within the Family Court system; and what initiatives are being implemented to enhance the digitisation of documents and processes.

31 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

UK Relations with EU

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of pursuing a new status with the European Union that would allow the United Kingdom access to the single market in exchange for providing security assur

31 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS England: Leeds

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to support workers at NHS England in Leeds with job losses; and how he plans to ensure the retention of talent and skills necessary to effectively deliver the future develo

11 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Social Rented Housing: Leeds North West

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce waiting times for social housing in Leeds North West constituency.

4 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Forests: Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of mini forests on (a) improving (i) air quality and (ii) diversity and (b) supporting the UK’s environmental goals.

4 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Credit: Interest Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will take steps to regulate the level of interest rates offered by loan companies on daytime television; and what steps she is taking to protect vulnerable consumers from high-cost credit.

4 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Care Leavers: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of designating care leavers as a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010; and if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of th

4 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fly-tipping

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to reduce the amount of fly-tipping.

4 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Illness: Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to (a) correlate data between people (i) with mental health conditions and (ii) reported as perpetrators of domestic abuse and (b) share that data with police authorities.

4 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Urban Areas: Regeneration

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to (a) regenerate town centres and (b) reduce the number of derelict properties.

4 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Marine Protected Areas: Bottom Trawling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of banning the use of bottom-towed fishing gear within marine protected areas.

4 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Neurodiversity

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to recruit more neurodiverse graduates into the armed forces.

4 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Carbon Emissions and Noise

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking with the aircraft industry to help reduce (a) noise and (b) carbon emissions from aircraft and (c) air space modernisation.

4 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Mental Illness

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to (a) support young people with mental health conditions into work and (b) help reduce the number of young people signed off work due to mental health conditions.

4 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prostate Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to regulate commercially available prostate specific antigen tests; and if he will produce clinical guidance to ensure the promotion of (a) clear and (b) evidence-based p

25 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Maternity Services: Inquiries

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many independent inquiries into maternity care have been conducted by NHS England in the last 20 years; what the key recommendations of those reviews were; and how many of those recommendations

24 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Leeds North West

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to NHS dentistry in Leeds North West constituency.

19 Nov 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Fireworks: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to strengthen firework regulations to (a) ensure responsible use and (b) limit their impact on (i) pets and (ii) wildlife.

10 Sep 2024 · Department for Transport

Ford Motor Company: Engines

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the safety of Ford EcoBoost engines.

10 Sep 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Hong Kong: British National (Overseas)

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps he is taking to help ensure the Hong Kong government recognises the British National (Overseas) passport.

9 Sep 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the length of time to undertake a PIP review.

Source: official written-questions record.