Written questions

397 written questions tabled, most recent first.

16 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport

Written question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the surface access requirements in the draft Heathrow Expansion National Policy Statement (HENPS) will require the promoter to deliver or fund a direct rail route between Woking and Heathrow Airport.

16 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport

Written question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her department has assessed how local authorities' interpretations of blue badge regulations differ.

16 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Written question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what is the role of the new local assurance board in Surrey.

16 Jul 2026 · Home Office

Written question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to protect Surrey’s Steps to Change hub.

16 Jul 2026 · Department for Education

Written question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her department is taking to help improve local authorities’ children’s services a) across the country and b) where children’s services teams are being transferred to new local authorities as a result

15 Jul 2026 · Cabinet Office

Intelligence Services: China

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance her Department has issued to local authorities on the use of surveillance cameras manufactured by companies subject to the National Intelligence Law of the People's Republic of China.

15 Jul 2026 · Home Office

Immigration: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to continue the Ukraine Permission Extension Scheme.

14 Jul 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Royal Mail: Working Conditions

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of Royal Mail’s three workers to four frames delivery model on service quality and staff fatigue.

14 Jul 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Postal Services: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an impact assessment of Royal Mail’s new delivery model.

14 Jul 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Sports: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had discussions with the Chancellor on the adequacy of levels of funding allocated to support women’s sport in Woking.

14 Jul 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Sports: Woking

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps is she taking to help tackle the gender gap in sports participation for young people in Woking.

13 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Integrated Care Boards: Accident and Emergency Departments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what oversight is NHS England exercising over ICBs whose conversion rates fall significantly below the national average.

13 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department is able to intervene in a shadow authority.

13 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps is he taking to address regional differences in NHS healthcare.

13 Jul 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Packaging: Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the forthcoming amendment to the pEPR statutory instrument on businesses.

13 Jul 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Packaging: Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of EPR on the ability of businesses to meet recycling targets or to exceed them.

13 Jul 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Packaging: Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the accuracy of the impact assessment of EPR conducted 17 October 2024 in its assessment of the impact on businesses.

13 Jul 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Packaging: Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the financial impact of Extended Producer Responsibility fees on the hospitality sector; and if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of a

13 Jul 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Packaging: Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an estimate of the number of businesses which have stopped trading due to the extended producer responsibility scheme.

13 Jul 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Glass: Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the cost of expanding bring banks for glass recycling.

10 Jul 2026 · Department for Education

Service Pupil Premium

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her department has assessed the potential merits of increasing the service pupil premium.

10 Jul 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Motor Vehicles: USA

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his department is taking to increase the annual quota British car manufacturers can export tariff free to the United States of America.

10 Jul 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Kashmir: British Nationals Abroad

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her department is taking to ensure that British citizens with families in Kashmir are able to maintain contact with loved ones.

10 Jul 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Kashmir: British Nationals Abroad

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that British nationals in Kashmir are safe and able to return to the United Kingdom.

10 Jul 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Packaging: Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will publish the data and results of the Extended Producer Responsibility pilot projects.

10 Jul 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Packaging: Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made a comparative assessment of the cost of Extended Producer Responsibility in the (a) United Kingdom and (b) European Union.

10 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Driving under Influence: Criminal Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate the Department has made of how many drink and drug driving cases have been thrown out on technicalities, and whether the Department is reviewing this.

9 Jul 2026 · Home Office

Hikvision: Data Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of Hikvision cameras being used a) in the UK and b) by local authorities on data protection and security.

6 Jul 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Food Banks

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the APPG on Ending the Need for Food Banks' call for evidence into how the level of support offered by Universal Credit is decided, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the

6 Jul 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Food Banks

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the APPG on Ending the Need for Food Banks' call for evidence into how the level of support offered by Universal Credit is decided, what consideration his Department has given to the r

Source: official written-questions record.