Written questions

741 written questions tabled, most recent first.

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

Sports: Facilities

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how the proposed revised National Planning Policy Framework will protect and enhance playing fields, pitches and community sports facilities.

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

Sport England: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many responses were received to the recent consultation on the reform of statutory consultees, specifically in relation to the proposal to remove Sport England as a statutory

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

Sport England: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with the sport and recreation sector on proposals to remove Sport England as a statutory planning consultee.

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

Sport England: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of removing Sport England as a statutory planning consultee on the future provision of playing fields, pitches and community s

26 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Palliative Care: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve 24-hour Urgent Community Response services for people at the end of life.

26 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Palliative Care: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve out-of-hours access to medicines for people at the end of life.

26 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Palliative Care: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve out-of-hours support for people at the end of life.

26 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve timely access to general practice appointments.

26 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to simplify the navigation of care pathways for patients and general practitioners.

26 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Palliative Care: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to make training in palliative and end-of-life care mandatory for health and care professionals.

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

Sheltered Housing: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to increase regulation of retirement management companies in relation to their policies governing the resale of managed retirement properties following the death

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

Sheltered Housing: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of housing associations’ policies relating to the resale of retirement properties managed by retirement management companies o

26 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Aspirin: Newbury

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support he is providing to dispensing GP practices in Newbury to help prevent shortages of aspirin.

26 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Aspirin: Newbury

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that rural dispensing GP practices in Newbury have a sufficient supply of aspirin.

26 Feb 2026 · Department for Education

Students: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support young adults in Newbury constituency with financial difficulties as a result of freezes to the Plan 2 student loan repayment threshold.

26 Feb 2026 · Department for Education

Students: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of freezes to the Plan 2 student loan repayment threshold on recent graduates.

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

Birds: Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to address the decline in populations of British wild birds.

20 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Defence

LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what resources have been allocated to promote awareness of the LGBT+ Veterans Financial Recognition Scheme among isolated or digitally excluded veterans.

20 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Defence

LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times in Impact Panel decisions under the LGBT+ Veterans Financial Recognition Scheme.

20 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to engage key stakeholders on the assumptions underpinning workforce modelling in the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan.

20 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Pupils

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to establish a national delivery model for NHS-commissioned clinical services for pupils in schools.

20 Feb 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme: VAT

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the potential impact of the VAT implications of the Places of Worship Grant Scheme on historic churches, particularly those providing warm community spaces.

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

Religious Buildings: Warm Spaces

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to provide guidance to local authorities on working in partnership with Warm Welcome Spaces located in heritage faith buildings as part of loc

20 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport

Gender Based Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department worked with the Home Office in the development of the Government’s Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy.

20 Feb 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Renewable Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to encourage nature-positive renewable energy development.

20 Feb 2026 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Reading

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how her Department plans to promote the National Year of Reading within early years policy and strategy during 2026 and beyond.

20 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Retail Trade: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to reduce retail crime in rural areas.

20 Feb 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Broadband: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to ensure that rural shops have (a) reliable broadband and (b) reliable mobile connectivity.

20 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Eating Disorders: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment the Government has made of the effectiveness of the Online Safety Act 2023 in addressing online content that encourages, promotes or provides instructions relating to eating

20 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Eating Disorders: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of data published by NHS England on waiting times for children and young people to begin community eating diso

Source: official written-questions record.