Written questions
741 written questions tabled, most recent first.
12 Dec 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Biodiversity: Property Development
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of long-term lags between developers-funding and achievement of full habitat development under biodiversity
12 Dec 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Biodiversity: Property Development
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government plans to require planning authorities to publish annual reports on how off-site Biodiversity Net Gain contributions by developers have been a) spent, b) their lo
12 Dec 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Biodiversity: Property Development
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to help ensure that (a) statutory Biodiversity Net Gain initiatives are implemented fully and (b) local authorities are provided with sufficient res
12 Dec 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Nature Conservation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance the Government provides on ensuring transparent and long-term maintenance of restored habitats.
12 Dec 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Biodiversity: Berkshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what mechanism is in place to funnel Biodiversity Net Gain funding from developers into county-wide nature recovery partnerships, such as the Berkshire Local Nature Recovery Partnershi
12 Dec 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Nature Conservation: West Berkshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government provides a) grants or b) matches-funding to encourage private businesses, landowners, and farmers in West Berkshire to participate in habitat creation and restor
12 Dec 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Local Nature Recovery Scheme: Berkshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding the Government has allocated to a) implement the Local Nature Recovery Strategy in Berkshire for financial year 2025-2026 and b) what proportion of that funding is assigne
9 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
State Retirement Pensions: Women
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the time taken to decide on a compensation scheme for women impacted by State Pension age changes on those women.
9 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
State Retirement Pensions: Women
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to make a decision on a compensation scheme for women impacted by State Pension age changes.
9 Dec 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Fisheries: Crayfish
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government is providing additional support to crayfish companies affected by recent changes to licensing requirements.
9 Dec 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Housing: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to increase requirements for builders to hold licensing fees.
9 Dec 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Housing: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to provide support to people who have hired a registered builder where the work has not been completed due to that builder entering liquidation.
9 Dec 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Housing: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the mandatory licensing scheme for builders provides adequate protections for homeowners who hire builders to complete work.
9 Dec 2025 · Department for Education
Schools: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the National Lottery Community Fund on the design and scope of the Dormant Assets Fund.
9 Dec 2025 · Department for Education
Schools: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she is taking steps to align her Department’s work on enrichment, including the Enrichment Framework, the Enrichment Expansion Programme, the forthcoming Schools White Paper and the independent Curricul
9 Dec 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Broadband
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she plans to take steps to require all major broadband providers to operate with an internal audit function.
9 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport
A34: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consideration his Department has given to reviewing diversion routes for A34 closures to ensure that country lanes are not used.
9 Dec 2025 · Home Office
Demonstrations: Tractors
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she had with the Metropolitan Police prior to their decision to retract approval for farmers to bring their tractors to London for a protest.
9 Dec 2025 · Home Office
Demonstrations: Tractors
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the Metropolitan Police on its decision to retract approval for farmers to bring their tractors to London for a protest.
9 Dec 2025 · Home Office
Visas: British National (Overseas)
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to support people with British Nationals (Overseas) visas in relation to the changes set out in the Command Paper entitled A Fairer Pathway to Settlement.
8 Dec 2025 · Home Office
Immigration: Hong Kong
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the recent changes to mandatory requirements for British Nationals (Overseas) who have not yet obtained indefinite leave to remain.
8 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ambulance Services: Newbury
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking with the South Central Ambulance Service to reduce ambulance wait times for people in Newbury constituency.
8 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ambulance Services: Newbury
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of South Central Ambulance Service’s decision on crew break arrangements on ambulance wait times in Newbury.
8 Dec 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Slaughterhouses: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support the financial sustainability of small-scale abattoirs.
8 Dec 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Heat Pumps: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the affordability of heat pump installation for households using oil heating in rural areas.
8 Dec 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Heating: Biofuels
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of hydrotreated vegetable oil as a transitional heating solution for rural homes using oil heating.
8 Dec 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Community Energy: Newbury
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what funding is available to support community energy projects in Newbury constituency.
8 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport
Driving Licences: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve processing times for driving licence renewals involving medical assessments.
8 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport
Driving Licences: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average processing time was for driving licence renewals involving medical assessments in each of the last 12 months.
8 Dec 2025 · Cabinet Office
Agriculture: Wholesale Trade
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the economic contribution of wholesale distributors to the UK economy.
Source: official written-questions record.