Written questions
35 written questions tabled, most recent first.
1 Jul 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Apprentices: Reform
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that apprenticeship reforms support employers and employer engagement, particularly in engineering and manufacturing sectors.
1 Jul 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Apprentices: Small Businesses
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the barriers faced by small and medium-sized enterprises in offering apprenticeship opportunities, and what steps are needed to address these.
30 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Affordable Housing: Greater London
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of potential merits of releasing surplus Strategic Industrial Location at Park Royal for affordable housing.
30 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Police: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that police officer initial training equips officers with adequate mental resilience.
30 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Police: Disciplinary Proceedings
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of police misconduct proceedings being publicly available on police officer mental health.
30 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Police: Mental Health
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what research is being undertaken into building mental resilience and treating trauma in serving police officers.
30 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Police: Mental Health
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of serving police officers have Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
1 Jun 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Industry: Lancashire
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to ensure the government's industrial strategy supports industry in Lancashire.
15 May 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Industry: North of England
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps the he is taking to ensure the government's industrial strategy supports towns in the North of England.
14 May 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Companies: Insolvency
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what plans his Department has to encourage greater partnership between insolvency practitioners and Companies House to prevent phoenixing.
14 May 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Companies: Insolvency
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with Companies House on phoenixing.
14 May 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Companies: Insolvency
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to prevent the directors of companies which become insolvent during their directorship from setting up more companies.
14 May 2026 · Ministry of Justice
Documents
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the barriers to achieving the swift delivery of legal papers.
14 May 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Bankruptcy
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what plans his Department has to modernise and streamline the process of delivering bankruptcy petitions.
14 May 2026 · Treasury
Inheritance Tax: Exemptions
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what consideration she has given to the potential merits of extending the exemption of assets liable for inheritance tax payable in yearly instalments to investments in companies in administration or liquidation.
14 May 2026 · Treasury
Inheritance Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what consideration her Department has given to the recommendations of the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee regarding inheritance tax.
14 May 2026 · Ministry of Justice
Probate: Reform
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to reform the probate system.
15 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Gender Dysphoria: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether all NHS trusts that host Specialist Gender Dysphoria Services for Adults and Specialist Gender Services for Children and Young People are members of NHS Resolution’s indemnity schemes.
13 Apr 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Aircraft: Manufacturing Industries
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will take steps to ensure that support provided to Rolls-Royce for narrow body aircraft manufacturing will guarantee new jobs in Britain.
10 Apr 2026 · Department for Transport
Ribble Valley Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she is taking steps to restore Northern Rail services on Sundays between Clitheroe and Blackburn.
23 Mar 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Chemicals: Industry
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help support chemical industry and employment levels in that industry.
25 Feb 2026 · Home Office
Police: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of police funding was derived from the police precept in (a) 1996 and (b) 2006.
12 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Gender Dysphoria: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS Resolution keeps records of claims, complaints, or cases resolved through mediation or settlement relating to NHS England’s Specialist Gender Dysphoria Services for Adults and Specialis
9 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Typhoon Aircraft
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to support Typhoon production.
3 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans his Department has to limit the purchase of new-build properties by foreign investors.
3 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Empty Property
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to limit the number of long-term empty homes.
2 Sep 2025 · Home Office
Police: Surveys
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to publish the outcome of the Police Activity Survey; and what plans she has to conduct a further such survey.
22 Jul 2025 · Home Office
Domestic Abuse
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the press notice entitled Landmark package to pursue domestic abuse perpetrators, published on 16 July 2025, whether the Drive Project rollout will be the subject of (a) an impact ev
1 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Puberty Suppressing Hormones: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress has been made by the expert panel of clinical specialists on its review of the harms caused to young people by the provision of unregulated cross-sex hormones by private providers; an
27 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Maternal Mortality and Neonatal Mortality
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the research by Queen's University, Ontario, entitled Severe Maternal and Neonatal Morbidity Among Gestational Carrie
Source: official written-questions record.