Written questions
433 written questions tabled, most recent first.
13 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Animal Welfare: Labelling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of implementing a grading system for food labelling that rates the animal welfare standards in the food’s production.
13 Jan 2026 · Home Office
Nature Conservation: Crime
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to page 26 of the Animal Welfare Strategy for England, published on 22 December 2025, whether she plans to make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) making wildlife crimes notif
13 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Veterinary Services: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to include proposals on the regulation of veterinary fees for uninsured animals in the upcoming consultation on reform of the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966.
13 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Agriculture: Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she plans to take to help support UK (a) farmers and (b) fishers where (i) animal welfare standards and (ii) climate and nature policies contribute to higher farming costs,
12 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Visitor Levy
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he will take steps to allow non-Mayoral authorities to access proposals for a Tourism Levy.
12 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Animal Breeding: Animal Welfare
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help reduce the breeding of animals who are genetically predisposed to brachycephaly.
7 Jan 2026 · Treasury
Drinks: Taxation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her department has made of the potential impact of (a) business rates, (b) VAT thresholds (c) Employer National Insurance Contributions and (d) other employer costs on non-alcoholic drink price infla
7 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Animal Welfare: Fireworks
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of including measures relating to fireworks’ impact on animals in her Department’s Animal Welfare Strategy.
7 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Sport England: Planning
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, in the context of his Department’s open consultation on reforms to the statutory consultee system, whether he will consider the potential merits of legislation providing that Spo
7 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Neighbourhood Plans
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the withdrawal of funding for the neighbourhood planning support programme on (a) town and (b) parish councils who will nee
7 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Neighbourhood Plans
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what data his Department holds on the number of (a) town and (b) parish councils that do not have a neighbourhood plan.
5 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Community Care: Learning Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to deliver the outstanding recommendations from Sir Stephen Bubb's report for the Public Accounts Select Committee, entitled Care services for people with lea
5 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Supported Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of (a) the number of people with additional needs awaiting a Specialised Supported Housing home and (b) the estimated cost r of housing people with ad
5 Jan 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Monuments
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government of the adequacy of current statutory protections for scheduled monuments.
5 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Public Lavatories
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential benefits of providing funding through councils' public health grants for public toilet provision.
5 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Public Lavatories
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the level of public toilets on the public.
5 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Public Lavatories
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to create and implement a duty on every council to develop a public toilet strategy.
5 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Learning Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of adults with a learning disability in England have a regular annual health check by a GP.
5 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Learning Disability: Life Expectancy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help close the gap in average life expectancy between those with a learning disability and those living without a learning disability.
5 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Learning Disability: Life Expectancy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the life expectancy is of (a) women and (b) men of working age with a learning disability; and how does this compare with the life expectancy of people without a learning disability.
5 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Learning Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to help increase the uptake of registration on the learning disability register.
5 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Learning Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of adults with a learning disability are registered on the learning disability register in (a) England (b) each region of England.
5 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has for future NHS staff pay negotiations in terms of (a) groups who will be involved and (b) when such negotiations will take place.
16 Dec 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Animal Products: Labelling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will introduce mandatory animal welfare labelling on supermarket products in the forthcoming animal welfare strategy.
16 Dec 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Iron and Steel: Imports
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the current steel rebar importation quotas on the growth of the UK steel industry.
16 Dec 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Iron and Steel: Imports
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will take steps to restore the UK steel rebar importation quota rollover.
16 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Remand in Custody
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that those remanded in custody for more than six months receive access to (a) education, (b) work and (c) mental health support.
16 Dec 2025 · Department for Education
Supply Teachers
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what consideration she has given to the potential benefits for schools of introducing a register of supply teachers, allowing access to available, qualified and DBS checked substitute staff.
16 Dec 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy: Debts
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of the Energy Security and Net Zero Committee’s recommendation in its Fifth Report of Session 2024–26, Tackling the energy cost crisis, published on 29 Octob
16 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Food: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce the consumption of junk food by children.
Source: official written-questions record.