Written questions

741 written questions tabled, most recent first.

4 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy: Newbury

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of late-night pharmacy provision in Newbury constituency.

4 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Digital Services Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Digital Services Tax; and whether she plans to review the rate at which it is set.

4 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prostate Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of risk-stratified screening on improving early detection of prostate cancer.

4 Nov 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Speech and Language Disorders

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve support for children with speech and language challenges in schools.

4 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Business Rates: Horse Racing

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of changes to the business rates system from 1 April 2026 on businesses in the horseracing industry.

4 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Business Rates: Horse Racing

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of ending temporary business rates reliefs for retail, hospitality and leisure businesses from 1 April 2026 on racehorse training yards.

16 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Large Goods Vehicles: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to extend the (a) 38.4 and (b) 44 tonne limits for lower carbon construction vehicles after 2028.

16 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to amend the NHS dental contract to prevent NHS patients from being required to pay the full cost of treatment at the time of booking an appointment.

16 Oct 2025 · Department for Education

Teachers: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department provides (a) training and (b) support to teachers working with children experiencing alienation from a (i) parent and (ii) grandparent.

16 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Magistrates: Conditions of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with the Courts and Tribunals Judiciary on improving the terms and conditions for magistrates.

16 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Magistrates

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his Department's policies of the recommendations in the report by the Magistrates' Association entitled Magistrates Matter, published on 5 June 2025

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

Housing: Liability

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps the Department is taking to ensure that all potential liabilities associated with unadopted assets in the housing sector are (a) identified and (b) accounted for.

16 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Retail Trade: Health and Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking with businesses to help ensure that staff working in high street businesses have adequate safety measures in place when working alone on the shop floor.

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

Flood Control: Publicity

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the public receive (a) timely and (b) relevant information on flood risks.

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

Flood Control: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the accessibility of the Environment Agency’s new flood warning service for older people.

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

Flood Control: Newbury

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what flood (a) protection, (b) mitigation and (c) response measures are in place in Newbury constituency.

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

Social Rented Housing: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to require registered providers of social housing to provide data on (a) the number and (b) location of all market sales over the past five years and

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Heat Pumps

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Microgeneration Certification Scheme regulations for heat pumps operating at flow temperatures between 65°C and 75°C.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Heating: Social Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to support the large scale retrofitting of heating systems in social housing.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Heat Pumps

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the suitability of current Seasonal Coefficient of Performance thresholds for high temperature heat pumps.

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

Community Assets

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to review the criteria for designating Assets of Community Value to consider environmental benefit as a qualifying factor.

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

Unitary Councils: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of using the Single Transferable Vote system in elections for newly established unitary councils.

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

Local Government Executive

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of requiring councils to adopt a cabinet model of governance under proposed legislation.

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

Local Government: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to take steps to avoid postponement of scheduled local elections during future reorganisation processes.

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

Local Government: Reorganisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of undertaking a public consultation on the reorganisation of local government.

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

Unitary Councils

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has considered reducing the desired population size for new unitary councils to 300,000 residents.

12 Sep 2025 · Department for Education

Kinship Care: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to review the financial support available to kinship carers.

12 Sep 2025 · Department for Education

Kinship Care: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the mental health support needs of kinship carers and the children in their care; and what steps she is taking to improve their access to appropriate services.

12 Sep 2025 · Department for Education

Kinship Care: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the number of kinship carers who will not be eligible for the new Kinship Allowance Pilot.

12 Sep 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Internet: Newbury

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to improve internet access in rural areas of Newbury constituency.

Source: official written-questions record.