Written questions

707 written questions tabled, most recent first.

17 Nov 2025 · Department for Education

Students: Grants

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of student maintenance grants in meeting students' living costs.

17 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Apprentices: Minimum Wage

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the apprentice rate for those over 21 or in their first year of their apprenticeship from £7.55 to the minimum wage for their age of £

17 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Poultry: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the department has plans to implement in-ovo sexing technology.

17 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hormone Replacement Therapy and Menopause

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of levels of inequality of access to hormone replacement therapy and menopause care by (a) deprivation, (b) ethnicity and (c) geography.

17 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hormone Replacement Therapy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the recent FDA advisory committee discussion on the risks and benefits of HRT, on (a) product labelling and (b) patient information; and wheth

17 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Profession: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the contribution of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives fellows to improving equality, diversity and social mobility in the legal profession; and what steps he taking to fur

17 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dyscalculia

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will (a) provide an official NHS definition of dyscalculia and (b) whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of including dyscalculia in NHS A-Z conditions.

17 Nov 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Dyscalculia

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of the statutory training (a) SENCOs and (b) teachers receive on dyscalculia.

17 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Electric Bicycles

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of (a) the potential merits of establishing a regulatory framework for the registration and road use of three- and four-wheeled electric bicycles, (b) the adequacy of road safety

17 Nov 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Dyscalculia

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of funding for dyscalculia.

17 Nov 2025 · Department for Education

Numeracy: Assessments

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of screening tests to identify early difficulties with numeracy.

17 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Housing Benefit: Supported Housing

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on reforms to the tax and benefits system for young people in supported accommodation.

17 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Housing Benefit: Supported Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of reducing the Housing Benefit taper rate to 55 per cent for people living in supported accommodation in work.

17 Nov 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Broadband: Henley and Thame

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to ensure Henley and Thame constituency has 99% gigabit coverage by 2032.

13 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Utilities: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 23 October 2025 to Question 88113 on Utilities: Repairs and Maintenance, if he will publish statistics from Street Manager on the misuse of immediate permits.

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

Water: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2025 to Question 88109 on Bathing Water Regulations 2013, what her planned timetable is for that policy development and research.

12 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Henley and Thames of 10 October 2025 on Suicide Bereavement Support Services.

12 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Henley and Thames of 10 October 2025 on the importance of police referrals to suicide bereavement support services.

11 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Active Travel: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2025 to Question 57535 on Active Travel: Construction, when he plans to publish guidance to support local authorities in the design and delivery of active travel routes.

4 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Utilities: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer received on 23 October 2025 to Question 83549 on utilities: repairs and maintenance, what the evidential basis is to suggest potential misuse of emergency repair provisions by utilities i

4 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Utilities: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of the 23 October 2025 to Question 83549 on utilities: repairs and maintenance, what steps her Department is taking to improve regulations governing emergency repairs by utilities that di

4 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce reliance on (a) voluntary and (b) charitable organisations to deliver core mental health services for older people; and what steps his Department plans to take to

4 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that the goals for to older people's mental health services in the 10-Year Plan for the NHS are met in relation to (a) prevention, (b) early intervention, (c) acce

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

Water: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2025 to Question 63264 on Reforms to Bathing Water Regulations 2013 and with reference to the Written Statement Reform of 28 October 2025 on The Bathin

3 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Food: Hygiene

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the efficacy of the implementation by Local Authorities of the Food Standards Agency's Food Hygiene Rating Scheme process from investigation to action.

30 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Sewers

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he has taken to help ensure that new housing developments do not increase sewage network pressures through (a) incorrect and (b) inadequate wastewater connections; and

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

Sewage: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of developer-led wastewater misconnections on sewage treatment works capacity; and what plans she has to strengthen enforcement pow

29 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Radiotherapy: Oxfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that cancer patients in Oxfordshire have timely access to radiotherapy services.

29 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Small Businesses: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of raising the VAT registration threshold from £90,000; and whether she plans to conduct a review of the impact of current thresholds on SMEs.

29 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hormone Replacement Therapy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 17 October 2025 to Question 77387 on Hormone Replacement Therapy, what steps he is taking to support women receiving treatment with Testo-100 HRT implants following (a) th

Source: official written-questions record.