Written questions
277 written questions tabled, most recent first.
11 Feb 2025 · Home Office
Forensic Science: Nationalisation
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of re-nationalisation of forensic services in England and Wales.
11 Feb 2025 · Home Office
Police: Forensic Science
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with Eurofins Forensic Services Limited on the market for forensic services to police forces in England and Wales.
11 Feb 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Broadband: Urban Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to help ensure that infrastructure service suppliers do not leave areas of poor broadband connection in fully connected urban areas.
11 Feb 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Project Gigabit: Didcot and Wantage
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions he has had with Building Digital UK on the existing levels of (a) fibre and (b) gigabit capable broadband of premises included in Project Gigabit in Didcot and Wantage
10 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Disability: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that disabled children from all socio-economic backgrounds receive appropriate therapy.
10 Feb 2025 · Women and Equalities
Companies: Recruitment
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring companies to record age-related data in their recruitment practices as means of ensuring compliance with the 2010 Equalities Act.
5 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Veterinary Services: Insurance
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure there is adequate competition in the domestic veterinary care insurance sector.
3 Feb 2025 · Department for Education
Special Educational Needs: Cost Effectiveness
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve the value for money of education, health and care plans.
3 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Access to Work Programme: Applications
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent progress she has made on reducing the time taken for Access to Work applications to be processed.
3 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Development Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to increase assistance to states affected by (a) fragility, (b) conflict and (c) violence.
3 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Development Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to strengthen partnerships with (a) humanitarian organisations, (b) women-led organisations and (c) local civil society in development wor
3 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Sudan: Conflict Resolution
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make international conflict resolution in Sudan a foreign policy priority.
3 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Peatlands: Environment Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to (a) support the restoration of peatlands and (b) deliver the targets in the England Peat Action Plan.
3 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Poverty: Oxfordshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to tackle the proportion of people who die in poverty in South Oxfordshire constituency.
3 Feb 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Fuel Poverty: Oxfordshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to tackle the proportion of people who die in fuel poverty in South Oxfordshire constituency.
3 Feb 2025 · Department for Education
Special Educational Needs: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to make funding available for Local Authorities to clear the backlog of young people waiting for their EHCP to be implemented.
3 Feb 2025 · Department for Education
Pupils: Neurodiversity
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she has taken to improve the inclusivity of mainstream schools for autistic and neurodivergent young people.
3 Feb 2025 · Department for Education
Pupils: Autism
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support schools to (a) understand and (b) support autistic pupils.
3 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport
Great British Railways: Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the annual cost of GBRX.
3 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport
Great British Railways
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will outline the (a) role and (b) responsibilities of GBRX.
29 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Members: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to respond to the correspondence of (a) 18 November 2024 and (b) 16 January 2025 from the hon. Member for Didcot and Wantage on a request for a meeting on AEAT pensions.
23 Jan 2025 · Department for Education
Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the University of Manchester's research entitled Social and Emotional Learning for Every Child: Why SEL Matters, published on 6 N
20 Jan 2025 · Department for Education
Children: Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to include (a) schools and (b) educational agencies in local arrangements for safeguarding.
14 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to conduct a review of the medicines supply chain to ensure that the causes of ongoing shortages of medicines for (a) epilepsy, (b) Parkinson’s and (c) ADHD are (i) un
7 Jan 2025 · Department for Education
Students: Loans
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of either (a) removing the margin or (b) capping the interest rate on student loans.
16 Dec 2024 · Department for Education
Educational Institutions: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support people working in education who experience mental health issues.
12 Dec 2024 · Women and Equalities
Paternity Leave
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of trends in the length of paternity leave taken by men on women.
26 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Elections: Reform
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will have discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of reforming the electoral system used to elect Members of Parliament.
19 Nov 2024 · Department for Education
Nurseries: Employers' Contributions
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the increase in employers' National Insurance contributions, as announced in the Autumn Budget 2024, on the the cost of nursery provision for parents.
17 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Elections: Reform
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will have discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of reforming the electoral system used to elect Members of Parliament.
Source: official written-questions record.