Written questions

130 written questions tabled, most recent first.

2 Jul 2026 · Department for Education

Breakfast Clubs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure Free Breakfast Clubs use food which is procured from British sources.

2 Jul 2026 · Department for Education

Breakfast Clubs: Nutrition

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure Free Breakfast Clubs include the most nutritional food possible.

1 Jul 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Clean Energy: Investment

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of levels of private sector investment in clean energy industries since July 2024.

26 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

Jet Skis

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if they have considered applying an age limit for jet ski use.

10 Jun 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to review the use of video surveillance and media appearances in disability benefit decisions.

8 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Property Management Companies: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential economic and market benefit from the establishment of a regulator for the Property Management companies sector.

16 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of widening the eligibility of COVID vaccines to people with Multiple Sclerosis.

16 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Family Courts

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what support the Government is giving to families in the Family Court who have suffered abuse by non-resident parents.

24 Feb 2026 · Wales Office

Railways: Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help improve the Welsh rail network.

20 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance or requirements exist for NHS trusts, GP practices and other health providers to ensure that medical records, appointment letters and other clinical correspondence about a child are s

11 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of widening the eligibility of the NHS Low Income Scheme to include those who are on a state pension.

4 Feb 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Planning: Nature Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure the widest set of projects as part of biodiversity net-gain calculations.

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

Construction: New Businesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department has taken with Homes England to help support start-up builders.

30 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Regional Planning and Development: Cornwall

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to provide capacity funding to local authorities for strategic economic development in Cornwall.

30 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Kernow Industrial Growth Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Kernow Industrial Growth Fund can be deployed as investment capital which can be recouped by Cornwall County Council for future project

26 Jan 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Royal Mail

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure Royal Mail meets its statutory obligations.

14 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce burdens on NHS dentistry services, especially by ensuring dentists who are qualified to practice in other countries can be fast-tracked for qualification to practi

6 Jan 2026 · Treasury

Developing Countries: Debts

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress has been made towards global debt reform in discussions with the London Coalition.

2 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food: Public Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to ensure that food purchased by the public sector recognises seasonality of produce.

18 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to reform planning rules and permitted development rights to facilitate a wider range of housing for elderly people, including modern, low-maintenanc

12 Nov 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Renewable Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of a separate (a) price and (b) allocation mechanism for renewable baseload generation within future Contracts for Difference auction round

12 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on the (a) establishment and (b) delivery of the MHRA Early Access Service.

11 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Midwives: Cornwall

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to expedite the recruitment of newly qualified midwives (a) nationally and (b) within Cornwall.

10 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice

NHS: Negligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the application of Section 33 of the Limitation Act 1980 in medical negligence cases involving cerebral palsy; and whether it has had discussions with Scope

4 Nov 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Nigeria: Agriculture

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of further investment in agricultural supply chains in northern Nigeria to help promote the region’s (a) climate resilien

31 Oct 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Warm Homes Plan

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to provide additional funding to support households to improve their Energy Performance Certificate ratings under the Warm Homes Plan.

31 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Family Proceedings: Legal Aid Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will review the current eligibility criteria for legal aid in private family law proceedings to allow applicants on low incomes to qualify for support even where there is no evidence of domestic abuse or ri

27 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Tourism: Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to consider the needs of the visitor economy when assessing place-based funding decisions.

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

Empty Property: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he is taking steps to ensure that site freeholders are financially responsible for fighting fires within derelict buildings.

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

Property Management Companies: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent steps his Department has taken to introduce regulation of (a) development and (b) residential management companies; and what assessment his Department has made of the

Source: official written-questions record.