Written questions

1,820 written questions tabled, most recent first.

20 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways and Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to help develop (a) engineering and (b) maintenance adaptations to protect (i) roads, (ii) railways and (iii) embankments from an increase in the number of high soil moisture

20 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking with Network Rail to prevent high soil moisture deficit levels affecting (a) track stability, (b) lineside earthworks and (c) embankment safety.

20 Nov 2025 · Cabinet Office

Proof of Identity: Digital Technology

o ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) rural communities and (b) West Dorset are not disadvantaged by the introduction of digital ID.

20 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will extend eligibility for free Covid vaccines to people with lung conditions.

20 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will extend eligibility for free Covid vaccines to people with heart conditions in West Dorset.

20 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will extent the eligibility for free Covid vaccines to people with other medical conditions in West Dorset.

20 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Strokes: Community Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure stroke patients receive individualised post-discharge care.

20 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Strokes: Rehabilitation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will increase support for tailored rehabilitation for stroke patients.

20 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Strokes: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the need for personalised care plans for stroke patients.

20 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Rented Housing: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to require landlords and agents to accept rental payment history as proof of affordability.

20 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Rented Housing: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to improve access to housing for renters without traditional forms of affordability evidence.

20 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Rented Housing: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make rental payments acceptable as proof of affordability for housing applications.

20 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Young People: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of exposure to online drug marketing on teenage drug use in West Dorset.

19 Nov 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Fireworks: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of restricting the sale of high-noise fireworks in response to reports of harm to livestock and working farm dogs in West Dorset.

19 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Animal Welfare: Fireworks

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to protect livestock in West Dorset from distress and injury caused by fireworks.

19 Nov 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Fireworks: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent discussions he has had with veterinary organisations on the effects of fireworks noise on dogs and companion animals in (a) rural constituencies and (b) West Dorset constituency.

19 Nov 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Fireworks: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department plans to review the licensing regime for fireworks.

19 Nov 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Fireworks: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to improve public awareness of the potential impact of fireworks on animals in (a) rural constituencies and (b) West Dorset constituency.

19 Nov 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Fireworks: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of unregulated fireworks use on animal welfare in (a) rural constituencies (b) West Dorset constituency.

23 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Agriculture: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of inheritance tax changes on family farms in West Dorset constituency.

23 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Agriculture: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to change farming inheritance tax reliefs in the Autumn Budget 2025.

23 Oct 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of trends in the level of heating bills on rural communities in the context of the Autumn Budget 2025.

23 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to allocate funding in the Autumn Budget 2025 to improve access to NHS dentistry for children in West Dorset constituency.

21 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Agriculture: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of changes to Inheritance Tax on the long-term financial viability of family farms in West Dorset constituency.

21 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Cost of Living: Rural Areas

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make it her policy to introduce targeted measures to address the cost of living pressures in (a) West Dorset constituency and (b) other rural areas.

21 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Cost of Living: West Dorset

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make it her policy to allocate additional funding to support people with the cost of living in West Dorset in the Autumn Budget 2025.

21 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Cost of Living

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make it her policy to allocate funding to support people with the cost of living in the Autumn Budget 2025.

21 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food Supply

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will allocate additional funding to (a) support farmers and (b) strengthen UK food security.

21 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Police: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will allocate additional funding to support police forces in rural areas.

21 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Rural Areas: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will allocate funding to support rural communities with (a) infrastructure and (b) service delivery costs in the Autumn Budget 2025.

Source: official written-questions record.