Written questions
707 written questions tabled, most recent first.
20 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Members: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to respond to the letter of 17 February 2025 from the hon. Member for Henley and Thame on the closure of the Thames Path National Trail at the Marsh Lock Horsebridge in H
19 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Property Development: Environment Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to make provision for grampian conditions to apply to any housing development planning applications where Ofwat has opened enforcement cases on the delayed deli
19 Mar 2025 · Department for Education
Classroom Assistants: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help support the recruitment of qualified learning support assistants.
19 Mar 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Members: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she plans to respond to the letter of 4 February 2025 from the hon. Member for Henley and Thames on the Stop Killing Games Campaign.
19 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport
Chiltern Railways
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to make a decision on the final business case submitted by Chiltern Railways.
19 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Water Companies: Planning
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to make water companies statutory consultees in all planning applications.
18 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Sewage: Henley-on-Thames
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2025 to Question 35545 on Environment Protection: Henley-on-Thames, if he will hold discussions with Ofwat on the adequacy of the progress on the impr
11 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Gluten-free Foods: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the adequacy of access to gluten-free products on people with coeliac disease in rural areas.
10 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Brain: Tumours
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of commissioning of the use of Visualase for Inoperable brain tumours on the NHS.
10 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment she has made of the efficacy of the dry weather flow data for determining impact on waste water treatment works of increased housing.
10 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Environment Agency: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the new legal and financial processes required for a partnership funding model for Environment Agency projects.
10 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Inland Waterways: Grants
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing the Environment Agency's grant in aid for navigation infrastructure.
10 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Court of Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of Court of Protection in (a) issuing granted orders and (b) training for staff.
6 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Gluten-free Foods: Prescriptions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will direct NHS England to update the guidance on gluten-free food prescriptions in the document entitled Prescribing Gluten-Free Foods in Primary Care: Guidance for Clinical Commissioning Gr
6 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport
Driving Tests
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the availability of (a) practical and (b) theory driving tests is commensurate with the expected number of applicants at any given time.
6 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Meat: Smuggling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to review the (a) amount of funding and (b) current measures being used by the Border Force to seize illegal meat.
6 Mar 2025 · Home Office
Immigration: Ukraine
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of revising Ukraine visa schemes to create a potential UK settlement pathway, such as where people have no family or home to return to in Ukraine
5 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport
Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency: Internet
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he plans to take to improve DVSA’s online booking service to ensure it can handle the demand for driving tests without technical issues.
5 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport
Driving Tests: Labour Turnover and Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to improve (a) recruitment and (b) retention of driving examiners in high cost of living areas.
5 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: ICT
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) ensure the interoperability of NHS IT systems and (b) reduce duplication across NHS IT systems.
5 Mar 2025 · Department for Education
Teachers: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the sufficiency of Initial Teacher Training to support Early Career Teachers to manage a variety of needs in the classroom.
5 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Sewage: Waste Disposal
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 13 February to Question 31562 on Sewage: Waste Disposal, what his planned timeline is for the conclusion of the commission to recommend reforms to reset the w
4 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Environment Protection: Henley-on-Thames
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to improve the ecological status of Holton Brook.
4 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Thames Water
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17 February 2025 to Question 29734 on Thames Water, what discussions he has had with Ofwat on the potential impact of (a) the High Court-approved restructure
4 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Meat: Import Controls
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to review the (a) amount of funding for and (b) effectiveness of the current measures used by the Border Force to seize illegal meat.
4 Mar 2025 · Department for Education
Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to take steps to ensure young people receiving therapy funded by the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund will continue to receive this therapy beyond March 2025.
4 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hormone Replacement Therapy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure patients have access to (a) oestrogen and (b) testosterone HRT implants in the context of supply difficulties from the US.
3 Mar 2025 · Treasury
Travel: Tax Allowances
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the overseas scale rates.
3 Mar 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Mobile Phones
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will take steps to ensure that (a) people and (b) businesses are not disrupted by loss of mobile phone network coverage in areas where coverage previously existed.
27 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Paediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome and Paediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the meeting between PANS PANDAS and his Department on 19 November 2024, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding for research into that condition.
Source: official written-questions record.