Written questions

433 written questions tabled, most recent first.

16 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Obesity: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of junk food advertising on childhood obesity.

16 Dec 2025 · Home Office

Animal Breeding

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of animals in the UK who are bred for, but not used for, scientific research.

16 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Remand in Custody

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it his policy to review the status of people held on remand in custody for more than six months to determine whether they should be considered for conditional release.

16 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Palestine Action: Remand in Custody

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data his Department holds on the length of time spent in detention without trial by defendants charged under the Terrorism Act 2000 for (a) supporting or (b) being a member of Palestine Action.

10 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Park Homes

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an assessment of the impact of mobile home occupants on their host community where the former do not have a legal obligation to pay (a) Community Infrastructu

10 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mobile Homes Act 2013

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to (a) review and (b) update the Mobile Homes Act 2013.

4 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Reorganisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what his planned timeline for progression is for areas of England not included in the devolution priority programme.

2 Dec 2025 · Treasury

Bookmakers: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether telephone bookmakers will be subject to the increase to Remote Gaming Duty to 40% from 1 April 2026.

2 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport

Driving Licences: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact on road safety in the UK of her Department’s policy allowing people who obtained their driving license abroad to drive in the UK for 12 months without obtain

2 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Speech and Language Therapy: Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to ensure Mental Health Support Teams in schools are trained in Speech and Language therapy.

26 Nov 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Royal Mail: Ofcom

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department plans to review the effectiveness of the working relationship between Ofcom and Royal Mail.

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

Incinerators: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of re-instating the pause on the building of new waste incinerators.

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

Incinerators: Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the incinerator capacity for waste destined for landfill in Dorset.

24 Nov 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Television Licences: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to remove the Television Licence exemption for people over 75 years old and in receipt of pension credit.

11 Nov 2025 · Department for Education

Literature: Curriculum

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish guidance for schools on (a) responding to parental requests for the withdrawal of books from recommended reading lists and (b) the circumstances under which schools can remove books from tho

11 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Gambling: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of introducing a progressive remote betting duty on small, independent bookmakers.

5 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Repayments

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of HMRC's Child Benefit verification checks on the timelines of Self Assessment tax repayments.

5 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Repayments

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of (a) delays in HMRC Self Assessment tax repayments and (b) the non-fulfilment of published complaint response timeframes on taxpayers awaiting refunds.

4 Nov 2025 · Department for Education

Childcare

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that Ofsted inspections are carried out in accordance with standardised procedures across childcare settings.

4 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Allergies: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment with Secretary of State for Education of the potential impact of amending Schedule 17, Part 1, Paragraph 12(b) of The Human Medicines Regulations 2012 to enable sc

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

Buildings: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to amend the (a) Building Safety Act 2022 and (b) Building Regulations to ensure (i) building owners and (ii) nominated building design professionals can access

3 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Buprenorphine: Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment with the Home Secretary of the potential merits of funding a wider rollout of long-acting Injectable Buprenorphine as a treatment option for people using opioids i

3 Nov 2025 · Department for Education

Home Education: Assessments

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department holds data on families with home-educated children who are unable to (a) secure a place in a GCSE examination centre and (b) afford exam entry fees.

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

Water Companies: Assets

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of requiring water companies to demonstrate efficient land asset management before price increases are approved on customers.

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

Water Companies: Land

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether Ofwat records non-operational land assets held by water companies.

29 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has plans to adapt pharmacy contracts so that pharmacies can be re-located to areas of high need.

29 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of (a) the optimum number of pharmacies and (b) areas where there is an oversupply of pharmacies.

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

Water Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the CMA's decision to allow some water companies to increase bills above the rate set by OFWAT on consumers.

27 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Military Bases

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the cost of moving asylum seekers housed in hotels into disused military bases.

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

Agriculture and Animal Welfare: Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of recent appointments to the Food Strategy Advisory Board on (a) animal welfare, (b) farming practices and (c) farmers in Dorset.

Source: official written-questions record.