Written questions

1,492 written questions tabled, most recent first.

6 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Surrey Heath

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help improve support for people living with primary progressive aphasia and other language led dementias in Surrey Heath constituency.

3 Mar 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the Personal Independence Payment application process.

2 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport

Vehicle Number Plates: Digital Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has assessed the potential merits of updating legislation to help ensure the vehicle registration system remains adequate and compatible with contemporary digital technology.

2 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport

Vehicle Number Plates: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential for a self-funding regulatory model for number plate suppliers to increase the frequency of enforcement audits.

2 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport

Vehicle Number Plates: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has held with the Home Office on a whole-system review of vehicle registration mark security to address organised crime.

2 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport

Vehicle Number Plates: Ditigal Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the decentralised number plate supplier registration model on the effective operation of Automatic Number Plate Recognition technology.

2 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport

Vehicle Number Plates: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the current fee structure for number plate supplier registration in providing resources for enforcement activity.

2 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport

Vehicle Number Plates: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to strengthen the regulatory powers of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency to tackle (a) number plate cloning and (b) the use of ghost plates.

2 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport

Vehicle Number Plates: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the current number plate supplier registration framework in providing sufficient audit capability to prevent misuse.

2 Mar 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

British Overseas Territories: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of reviewing the 2012 White Paper entitled The Overseas Territories: Security, Success and Resilience to ensure it reflect

2 Mar 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

British Overseas Territories: Departmental Responsibilities

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the merits of appointing designated Ministerial leads in each Department to support the delivery of Government policy on the UK Overseas Terri

2 Mar 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

British Overseas Territories

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what her Department’s lead strategic policy document is for the UK's relationship with the Overseas Territories.

2 Mar 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Access to Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average processing time is for (a) reimbursement claims and (b) redundancy-related payments under the Access to Work scheme.

2 Mar 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Access to Work Programme: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether interim financial support is available to claimants while an Access to Work decision is under appeal.

2 Mar 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Access to Work Programme: Self-employed and Small Businesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of reductions in Access to Work awards on business continuity for self-employed people and small employers.

26 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Fraud: Surrey Heath

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help ensure fraud offences affecting small businesses are properly investigated in Surrey Heath constituency.

26 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Report Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of Report Fraud.

26 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Fraud: Victims

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the extent to which local police forces engage directly with victims of fraud in cases involving physical premises and identifiable suspects.

26 Feb 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what protections are in place within the Child Maintenance Service to support parents and children experiencing financial abuse.

26 Feb 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what mechanisms are available to review child maintenance assessments where a paying parent is suspected of diverting income through (a) cash-based and (b) self-employed business activity.

26 Feb 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Child Maintenance Service and HM Revenue and Customs: Information Sharing

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of data-sharing between the Child Maintenance Service and HM Revenue and Customs in detecting income manipulation.

26 Feb 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to (a) identify and (b) investigate suspected under-declaration of income within the Child Maintenance Service.

26 Feb 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Exercise: Surrey Heath

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she plans to take to help ensure that people are adequately supported to maintain an active lifestyle at each stage of life in Surrey Heath constituency.

26 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Private Finance Initiative

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of private finance initiatives on NHS services in Surrey Heath constituency.

26 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Down's Syndrome: Sports

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on the role of sport in health outcomes for young people with Down's syndrome in Surrey.

26 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Sexual Offences: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of health-related funding for specialist sexual violence support services in Surrey Heath constituency.

26 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Preventive Medicine: Surrey Heath

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help prevent ill health in Surrey Heath constituency.

26 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Menopause: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the diagnosis of menopause for women in Surrey Heath constituency.

26 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Building Safety Regulator: Surrey

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Building Safety Regulator in Surrey.

26 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Private Rented Housing: Surrey Heath

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to help improve the private rented sector for tenants in Surrey Heath constituency.

Source: official written-questions record.