Written questions

127 written questions tabled, most recent first.

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

Stray Dogs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 23 October 2025 to Question 80723 on Stray Dogs, with which stakeholders her Department has met.

3 Nov 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sudan: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department has taken steps to help prevent the use of British weapons by the Rapid Support Forces in Sudan.

28 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Brain Cancer: Genomics

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) support, (b) rollout and (c) ensure equality of regional access to whole Genome Sequencing for primary brain cancer patients; and what plans he has to review (i) refr

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

Pets: Tagging

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the press notice entitled More lost pets to return home as microchipping system reformed, published on 29 March 2024, what progress her Department has made on introdu

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

Stray Dogs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the (a) potential implications for her policies of trends in the number of and (b) effectiveness of the response from local authorities in tackling stra

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Brain Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to include all low-grade (a) Astrocytomas and (b) gliomas that eventually become high-grade terminal cancers in its forthcoming cancer plan.

16 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Carers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve support for family carers.

15 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Young Carers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the identification of young carers by adult mental health services.

26 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to support victims of economic abuse when applying for monies that they are entitled to through the Child Maintenance Service.

25 Jun 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

New Businesses: USA

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many and what proportion of start-ups have relocated to Silicon Valley in the last ten years.

23 Jun 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Solar Power: Smart Export Guarantee

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether (a) Great British Energy and (b) Ofgem plan to increase the amount paid to people with solar panels who export excess electricity to the grid.

5 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Passports

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the reasons for recent trends in renewal times for passports; and if she will meet a constituent of the hon. Member for Winchester to discuss renewal times.

5 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to financially support smaller schools in rural communities.

16 May 2025 · Home Office

Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether proposals of increasing the indefinite leave to remain qualifying period will apply only to new visa applicants.

14 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Doctors: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will ensure that UK trained doctors have a Speciality Training Pathway available to them after foundation year two.

8 Apr 2025 · Cabinet Office

Politics and Government: Public Participation

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on improving public engagement with politics.

8 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

New Towns: Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to maintain environmental standards to chalk streams in the (a) planning and (c) building of new towns.

8 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

New Towns

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether local councils and communities will be consulted about New Towns before the final designation by the New Towns Taskforce.

26 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Teachers: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress her Department has made on introducing mandatory training on hidden disabilities for all (a) school, (b) further education and (c) higher education staff.

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

Environment Protection: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help ensure the effective prosecution of people who commit environmental crimes.

7 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to ensure that the level of funding for mental health services (a) reflects changes in service demand and (b) reduces the imbalance of resource allocation between

27 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

South Western Railway: Greater London and Winchester

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to (a) increase the (i) frequency of trains and (ii) number of carriages per train on all South Western Railway services operating between Winchester and London, (b) reduce the high

26 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

New Towns

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has appointed consultants to assess locations across the country as potential new town sites; whether Lichfields has been appointed to assess the M3/A303 c

13 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Patients: Smoking

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on providing smoking cessation support to patients who are in hospital receiving care for cardiovascular disease.

13 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on the prevention stream of the health mission; and when he plans to publish an update from the mission board.

13 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether prevention and public health will feature in the 10 year health plan.

4 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Sixth Form Colleges: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason designated sixth form colleges are not receiving the same funding for staff pay awards as sixth form college academies.

28 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of removing the two-child benefit cap.

27 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Obesity: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to introduce a new plan to help reduce childhood obesity.

27 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Import Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessments his Department has made of the (a) functionality and (b) operational effectiveness of the Border Target Operating Model.

Source: official written-questions record.