Written questions

295 written questions tabled, most recent first.

13 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport

South Western Railway: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department plans to take to improve (a) service quality and (b) fares for passengers once South Western Railway is under public control.

13 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to support more people with disabilities to (a) enter and (b) remain in the workplace; and what plans she has to improve access to (i) employment opportunities and (ii) workplac

13 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport

Active Travel

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of prioritising active transport schemes.

11 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Surrey

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the debate following her oral statement of 5 February 2025 on English Devolution and Local Government, Official Report, column 780, if she will meet the hon. Me

10 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport

M25: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to provide support to local businesses potentially impacted by delays to the completion of M25 junction 10 works.

10 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport

M25: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason hon. Members representing local constituencies were recently informed of delays to the completion of M25 junction 10 works; and what the cost to the public purse is of those delays.

10 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Teaching Aids

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to increase access to audio-based learning resources in schools.

5 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her Department will reconsider its decision not to provide compensation to women born in the 1950s and 1960s following the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s recommendation that those affec

21 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Gender Dysphoria: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the difference in waiting times for gender dysphoria treatment between England and Wales.

12 Feb 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Radio: Competition

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of Ofcom's role in regulating the BBC's impact on fair and effective competition in radio.

12 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Heart Diseases: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to improve access to cardiac screening for people aged 14 to 35 years including (a) at university (b) grassroots sports clubs.

5 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Candidates: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her Department will take steps to establish a funding scheme to support disabled candidates for elections in England.

28 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of the time taken for the state pensions top-up process.

22 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Child Sexual Abuse Independent Panel Inquiry

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to implement the recommendations of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, published on 20 October 2022.

13 Jan 2025 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking with (a) Europol, (b) Eurojust, (c) French authorities and (d) other international partners to (i) tackle migration challenges and (ii) help reduce deaths in the Ch

7 Jan 2025 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help reduce the number of people who die when crossing the Channel in small boats.

16 Dec 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sewage: Pollution Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to tackle unlawful discharges of sewage by water companies into waterways in Surrey.

16 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Community Development: Surrey

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help support cross-community inter-faith work in Surrey.

16 Dec 2024 · Attorney General

Gender Based Violence: Surrey

To ask the Solicitor General, what steps she is taking to increase prosecution rates for cases relating to violence against women and girls in Surrey.

16 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Surrey

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of access to emergency dentistry in Surrey.

16 Dec 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on steps to ensure all new homes are built to high energy efficiency standards.

16 Dec 2024 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Pupil Exclusions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of trends in the level of (a) suspensions and (b) exclusions among pupils with SEND.

16 Dec 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Fuel Poverty: Surrey

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to tackle fuel poverty in Surrey in winter 2024-25.

4 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

University of Surrey: Solar Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when her Department plans to make a decision on the planning application for a solar facility at the University of Surrey.

17 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Voting Rights: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of lowering the voting age to 16.

Source: official written-questions record.