Written questions

397 written questions tabled, most recent first.

30 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of PIP claims were under review as of 27 June 2025.

27 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her letter on the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill, dated 26 June 2025, whether the exemption from reassessment for existing Personal Independence Payment claima

26 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Human Papillomavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to meet the World Health Organisation’s vaccination target for the human papillomavirus vaccine.

26 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that asylum interviews are conducted (a) in full and (b) without unnecessary delay.

26 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of new homes are (a) under construction and (b) have been completed since 4 July 2025.

18 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Surrey

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions her Department has had with Surrey County Council on the findings of its 2024 Parents’ Voices Matter survey that 20% of children with special educational needs do not receive (a) an Educ

16 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport

South West Main Line: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Spending Review, published on 11 June 2025, how much and what proportion of the funding allocated for rail enhancements will be allocated to upgrades on the South Western Railway network.

16 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport

Public Transport: Surrey

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much of the Local Transport Grant will go to Surrey County Council in the 2025-26 financial year.

16 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Supermarkets: Labelling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring supermarkets to include labelling in braille on newly designed packaging.

12 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Israel: Military Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department will stop training Israeli Defence Force personnel following the British Government’s decision to sanction members of the Israeli Government.

10 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Ukraine: Veterans

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of offering Defence and National Rehabilitation Centre surplus capacity to Ukrainian veterans.

10 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will summon the Israeli Ambassador to explain ask why (a) Israeli armed forces seized the British-flagged ship Madleen and (b) arrested British citizens on board that s

10 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Free School Meals: Woking

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of school-aged children in Woking who will become newly eligible for free school meals under the planned September 2026 Universal Credit extension.

10 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Free School Meals: Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the delay in extending free school meals to all children in households receiving Universal Credit until September 2026 on the percentage of children in Wo

9 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Surrey

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for her policies of the finding from Surrey County Council’s 2024 Parents’ Voices Matter survey that 20% of children with special educationa

9 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Respiratory Syncytial Virus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps is his Department taking to reduce inequalities in uptake of the Respiratory Syncytial Virus maternal vaccination programme by (a) region, (b) ethnicity and (c) socioeconomic background.

5 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Audit

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle the risks of historic local authority accounts that auditors disclaim and have not fully checked.

5 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Audit

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to improve future auditing arrangements for local authorities.

4 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Teachers: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will undertake a review of the requirements non-UK nationals face when applying to train to become an educator.

4 Jun 2025 · Treasury

Financial Conduct Authority

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will review the role of the Financial Conduct Authority.

4 Jun 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Information Commissioner's Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will review the role of the Information Commissioner's Office.

4 Jun 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Renewable Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to (a) manage and (b) accelerate the connection of the renewable energy projects in the transmission queue.

4 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Surrey

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Safety Valve agreement on the provision of special educational needs support in Surrey.

4 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Multiple Sclerosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to support people living with multiple sclerosis in Woking constituency; and what assessment she has made of the potential impact of reforms to (a) disability benefit

4 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Multiple Sclerosis: Woking

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support people diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in Woking constituency.

3 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: National Insurance Credits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether people on Universal Credit receive National Insurance Contribution credits.

3 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme: Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether receipt of compensation from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme impacts entitlement to benefits.

3 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment and Support Allowance: Uprating

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether people on legacy Employment and Support Allowance receive the same inflation increase as people on other benefits.

3 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Reconstruction: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help support Ukraine’s (a) reconstruction and (b) economic recovery.

3 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Infrastructure: Digital Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the potential benefits of using digital twin technology in major infrastructure projects.

Source: official written-questions record.