Written questions
277 written questions tabled, most recent first.
2 Apr 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Renewable Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to help accommodate excess domestic renewable power within local power networks.
2 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Parish and Town Councils: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what support she is providing to maintain the roles of (a) parish and town clerks and (b) responsible financial officers on local councils.
2 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish rates of sectioning under the Mental Health Act 1983 by diagnosis of (a) bipolar and (b) other mental health conditions for each of the last five years.
2 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Bipolar Disorder: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending Early Intervention in Psychosis services to include people with bipolar who do not experience psychosis.
2 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Bipolar Disorder: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what training is provided to early intervention in psychosis teams on (a) recognising and (b) supporting people with bipolar.
2 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Bipolar Disorder: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help establish specialist care pathways for people with bipolar to (a) improve treatment and (b) reduce the levels of misdiagnosis
2 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Bipolar Disorder: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce the average time taken to diagnose bipolar disorder in line with early intervention targets for other conditions
2 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport
Cross Country Trains
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the performance of Arriva Cross Country under the terms of its contract.
2 Apr 2025 · Department for Education
Dyslexia: Primary Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that teachers are adequately trained on identifying dyslexia in the early years of primary education.
2 Apr 2025 · Department for Education
Dyslexia: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of children in England with undiagnosed dyslexia; and what steps she is taking to help reduce that number.
2 Apr 2025 · Department for Education
Dyslexia: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of early dyslexia screening on literacy outcomes in primary school children.
1 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Inland Waterways: Rights of Way
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a right to roam for waterways.
27 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport
Roads: Handbooks
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to publish the guidance entitled Manual For Streets 3.
17 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport
Active Travel: Investment
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress she has made on the preparation of the third Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy.
13 Mar 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Electricity: Distribution
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the report by National Infrastructure Commission entitled Electricity distribution networks: creating capacity
13 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport
Active Travel: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2025 to Question 32531 on Active Travel: Finance, how much funding her Department allocated for active travel by (a) (i) capital and (ii) revenue funding and (b) funding fo
12 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Medical Equipment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 7 May 2024 to 24262, whether the Innovative Devices Access Pathway pilot will conclude in March 2025; and what his planned timetable is for assessing the findings of
10 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport
Great British Railways
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the estimated cost of the Great British Railways livery rebrand is.
6 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle the public health risks associated with high levels of nitrogen oxide pollution from diesel vehicles.
6 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of excess diesel emissions from vehicles using defeat devices on (a) the prevalence of respiratory diseases and (b) public health.
6 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport
Diesel Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to (a) identify and (b) recall diesel vehicles found to contain illegal defeat devices.
6 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport
Diesel Vehicles: Nitrogen Oxides
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of excess nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions from diesel vehicles using defeat devices on UK air quality.
4 Mar 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Consumer Goods: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the EU General Product Safety Regulation on UK medium-sized businesses exporting to the EU.
4 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
ADHD: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of recent trends in the level of funding for elective services on ADHD right to choose assessments.
3 Mar 2025 · Department for Education
Physical Education and Sports: Children and Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the recommendations within the article entitled Transforming children and young people’s futures through PE, school sp
3 Mar 2025 · Department for Education
Physical Education and Sports: Children and Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to develop programmes promoting active lifestyles for children and young people as recommended in the article by Sarah MacQuarrie and Alexandra Hennessey entitled Transforming children and you
3 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Midwives: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of midwife training with respect to (a) pay and (b) conditions and (i) the impact to the profession and (ii) the care that expectant parents recei
26 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Water Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with (a) Ofwat and (b) Thames Water on increases to consumers' water bills.
26 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Water Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on support for consumers with increases to water bills.
21 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport
Active Travel: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will set out the amounts of dedicated funding she has allocated for active travel in England for (a) 2024/5 and (b) 2025/6, each broken down into (i) capital and revenue funding and (ii) funding for loca
Source: official written-questions record.