Written questions
28 written questions tabled, most recent first.
1 Jul 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Clean Energy: North West
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to help increase funding for clean energy in the North West.
23 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Justice
Rape: Youth Courts
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many rapes were tried in the youth court last year and in each of the preceding three years; and of those, for each year, (a) how many resulted in a guilty verdict, (b) how many were sentenced in the youth co
8 Jun 2026 · Treasury
Revenue and Customs: Forms
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether all HMRC forms are available in paper form on request.
8 Jun 2026 · Treasury
Revenue and Customs: Forms
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of making all HMRC forms available (a) online and (b) in paper form.
18 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timetable is for the publication of the 10-Year Workplace Plan.
18 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Medicine: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of medical training places in Cheshire and Merseyside.
18 May 2026 · Department for Transport
Roads: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of potholes on rural road safety.
10 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Palliative Care: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the long-term sustainability of the palliative care workforce.
10 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Migrant Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Home Office's White Paper entitled Restoring control over the immigration system, published on 12 May 2025, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impa
10 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospitals: Discharges
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of reductions in the social care workforce on the level of delayed discharges from hospitals.
10 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dentistry: Complaints
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the General Dental Council on reducing the waiting time for fitness to practice cases to be heard.
10 Apr 2026 · Home Office
Domestic Abuse: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to improve the availability of domestic abuse services in semi-rural areas.
10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Housing: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure the accessibility of new housing for people with disabilities.
10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Housing: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an assessment of the sufficiency of the level of accessible homes for people with disabilities in the North West.
5 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Maternity Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timetable is for publication of the final findings of the independent maternity services investigation.
5 Mar 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
STEM Subjects: Women
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what measures her Department is taking to support women working in UK science technology, engineering and mathematic sectors.
5 Mar 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Conditions of Employment: Parents
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what progress his Department has made on improving parental rights for workers in (a) Congleton constituency and (b) Cheshire.
5 Mar 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Paternity Leave
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential benefits of increasing the statutory entitlement to paternity leave.
4 Mar 2026 · Department for Education
Students: Loans
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made on the number of people with a Plan 3 student loan in England and Wales; and what is the total value of those loans.
14 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Healthy Start Scheme: Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what is the annual cost to the public purse of the Healthy Start scheme; and what proportion of this cost is attributed to (a) administration and (b) payments to families.
14 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Healthy Start Scheme: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will estimate how many four year-olds live in families that would be eligible for Healthy Start vouchers had their child not become ineligible on their fourth birthday.
14 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Healthy Start Scheme: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children live in families eligible for Healthy Start vouchers; and how many and what proportion of those children are in receipt of those vouchers.
30 Jan 2025 · Women and Equalities
Sexual Harassment: Employment
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to tackle workplace sexual harassment.
5 Dec 2024 · Department for Business and Trade
Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Act 2023
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to implement the provisions of the Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Act 2023.
2 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Asthma: Medical Equipment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of pressurised metered dose inhalers were manufactured in pharmaceutical production facilities (a) in the UK and (b) overseas in the last year for which data is available.
2 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Asthma: Medical Equipment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many pressurised metered dose inhalers were prescribed by the NHS in the last year for which data is available.
25 Nov 2024 · Home Office
Delivery Services: Crimes of Violence
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of reported incidents of violence against retail workers employed in home delivery; and if she will make an assessment of the potential impac
14 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Universal Credit minimum income threshold on trends in the level of childminder (a) recruitment and (b) retention, in the context of recent
Source: official written-questions record.