Written questions
1,820 written questions tabled, most recent first.
14 Oct 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Solar Power: Exports
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make it his policy review the minimum export value for rooftop solar electricity to support investment.
14 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport
Railways: Dorset
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make it her policy to introduce a Dorset Railcard.
14 Oct 2025 · Home Office
Rights of Accused
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of allowing police forces to release details of a suspect's (a) ethnicity, (b) nationality and (c) immigration status on the fairness of subsequent
14 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Insolvency: West Dorset
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to strengthen protections for small businesses against “phoenixing” as part of the Government’s late payment reforms in West Dorset constituency.
14 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: West Dorset
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it her policy to allocate resources in the Autumn Budget 2025 to support the recruitment and retention of NHS dentists in West Dorset.
14 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Nurses: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the trends in the level of wages for general practice nurses.
14 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Nurses: Conditions of Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of (a) benefits and (b) conditions for general practice nursing staff.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Biofuels: Imports
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help mitigate the potential impact of US bioethanol imports on (a) animal feed prices and (b) UK producers.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport
Biofuels: Imports
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the US trade deal on levels of bioethanol production in the UK.
10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Housing: South East
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the mandatory housing targets are for (a) Dorset, (b) West Dorset constituency and (c) the South East for 2025-29.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Carbon Capture and Storage: Innovation
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what funding he has allocated to support innovation in greenhouse gas removals in each year of this Parliament.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Carbon Capture and Storage: Innovation
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to replace the Greenhouse Gas Removals Innovation Programme.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Carbon Capture and Storage: Innovation
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the total cost to the public purse was for the Greenhouse Gas Removals Innovation Programme.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Solar Power: Exports
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has had discussions with rooftop solar panel manufacturers on the minimum commercially-viable price for exports.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport
Biofuels
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of moving from E10 to E20 petrol on vehicles and consumers.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport
Biofuels
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her planned timeline is for the introduction of E20 petrol in the UK.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport
Railways: Dorset
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will have discussions with local stakeholders on a Dorset Railcard scheme.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport
Railways: Dorset
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of introducing a Dorset Railcard to support residents with travel costs.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Poverty: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what comparative data his Department holds on rates of (a) child poverty and (b) homelessness in (i) West Dorset, (ii) Dorset, (iii) the South West and (iv) England.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Poverty: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to reduce child poverty in West Dorset constituency.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Poverty: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of trends in the level of the cost of living on child poverty levels in West Dorset constituency.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Poverty: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of children living in poverty in West Dorset.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Separated People
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to introduce reforms to ensure equal benefit access for separated parents with equal caring responsibilities.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Separated People
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of benefit allocation rules on children in shared care arrangements.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Separated People
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to review benefit rules for parents with shared care.
10 Oct 2025 · Home Office
Neighbourhood Policing: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of police station front counter closures on community policing in rural areas.
10 Oct 2025 · Home Office
Police Stations: West Dorset
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police stations have closed in West Dorset constituency since 2010.
10 Oct 2025 · Home Office
Police: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that rural areas receive adequate police funding to maintain (a) visible and (b) accessible policing.
10 Oct 2025 · Home Office
Police: West Dorset
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the Dorset Police and Crime Commissioner on police station closures and funding in West Dorset.
10 Oct 2025 · Home Office
Police: West Dorset
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of the current police funding formula in meeting the needs of (a) rural areas and (b) West Dorset.
Source: official written-questions record.