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.