Written questions

707 written questions tabled, most recent first.

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

Fly-tipping: Oxfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the illegal waste dumped in Kidlington, Oxfordshire, whether the Government plans to increase enforcement funding.

17 Dec 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Bereavement Leave

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of making statutory bereavement leave paid.

15 Dec 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Biodiversity

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of exempting all small sites from biodiversity net gain on the UK's progress in meeting its legally-binding biodiversity

15 Dec 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Biodiversity

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of biodiversity net gain on the UK's progress in meeting its legally-binding biodiversity targets.

15 Dec 2025 · Home Office

Immigration: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the she plans to apply the proposed salary threshold and RQF Level 6 requirements for Skilled Worker visas retrospectively to people already in the UK under existing visa conditions when they

15 Dec 2025 · Treasury

Hospitality Industry: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of delaying business rates revaluations for hospitality businesses.

12 Dec 2025 · Home Office

Radicalism

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of mainstream political engagement on reducing vulnerability to extremism; and if she will bring forward policy proposals to improve mainstream eng

11 Dec 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Conditions of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the report by the Chartered Management Institute entitled The CMI Managers Voice September 2024: Managers Voice Pulse Point Poll, pu

11 Dec 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Broadband: Oxfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 20 November 2025 to Question 91728 on Broadband: Henley and Thame, what spending she plans between the end of the current contract period for South Oxfordshire

10 Dec 2025 · Department for Education

Young People: Innovation

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of expanding the National Curriculum to embed (a) critical and creative thinking, (b) problem solving, (c) communication and (d) collaboration skills to supp

10 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to improve access to legal aid in short notice cases.

10 Dec 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Sports

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will bring forward policy proposals to make access to PE and sport at school a right for all disabled children.

9 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Givinostat

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the time taken by NICE to assess Givinostat.

8 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Military Aircraft: Helicopters

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the tender process for the New Medium Helicopters to replace the Puma fleet.

8 Dec 2025 · Attorney General

Crime: Victims

To ask the Solicitor General,?what assessment he has made of the (a) adequacy of the uptake and (b) effectiveness of the Victim Right to Review pilot.

8 Dec 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to improve energy security and ensure that households reduce energy demands.

8 Dec 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Clean Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will set and publish plans for ensuring that the most disadvantaged people can transition to clean energy with the Clean Power plan.

8 Dec 2025 · Treasury

Valuation Office Agency: Standards

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to improve decision making times at the Valuation Office Agency.

8 Dec 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Broadband: Henley and Thame

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 20 November 2025 to Question 91728 on Broadband: Henley and Thame, what steps her Department is taking to secure additional funding to complete that project.

8 Dec 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Broadband: Henley and Thame

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 20 November 2025 to Question 91728 on Broadband: Henley and Thame, how much funding is required to meet the 99% goal.

8 Dec 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the feasibility test introduced under the Bathing Water (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2025 on the designation of s

8 Dec 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Climate Change

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that climate adaptation is considered alongside decarbonisation in policy planning; and whether his Department plans to develop and publish a Nat

3 Dec 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Tribunals

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of SEND tribunal waiting times on the ability of families to hold local authorities to account for non-provision of SEND support.

3 Dec 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 20 November 2025 to Question 90952 on Bathing Water (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2025, if she can outline the (a) local and (b) national stakeh

3 Dec 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Forests: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of deforestation regulations under the Environment Act 2021 on smallholder farmers; and what steps the Government is taking to ensu

3 Dec 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Employment: Graduates

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the impact of leaving the EU single market on graduate employment opportunities.

3 Dec 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Broadband: Henley and Thame

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether the Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme will be reintroduced in Henley and Thame constituency.

2 Dec 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

National Landscapes: Agriculture

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has she made of the potential impact of Farming in Protected Landscapes funded projects on children; and whether she will bring forward policy proposals to fund these p

2 Dec 2025 · Home Office

Hospitality Industry: Seasonal Workers and Skilled Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, (a) what assessment has the Department made of the impact that delays in UK Visas and Immigration processing times are having on the ability of hospitality businesses to recruit seasonal and skilled w

2 Dec 2025 · Department for Education

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Henley and Thame dated 10 October 2025 on the handling of the transitional protection remedy by teachers’ pensions.

Source: official written-questions record.