Written questions

442 written questions tabled, most recent first.

11 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning Permission: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to limit speculative planning applications for sites that have been deemed unsuitable for development by the Planning Inspectorate.

11 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Magistrates' Courts: Chichester

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he will consider reopening the Magistrates Court in Chichester.

11 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Magistrates' Courts: Chichester

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has for the Magistrates Court building in Chichester.

11 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Public Houses: Planning

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to policy HC6 in the National Planning Policy Framework on planning protections for public houses in areas

11 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Public Housing: Planning

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to policy HC6 in the National Planning Policy Framework on the number of public houses at risk of conversi

11 Mar 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Royal Mail: Labour Turnover

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of workforce retention at Royal Mail on recent delivery performance.

11 Mar 2026 · Treasury

Fuels: Price Caps

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing temporary emergency price controls on retail petrol and diesel prices.

11 Mar 2026 · Treasury

Fuels: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of freezing fuel duty again in September 2026, in the context of volatility in global oil prices.

10 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Respiratory Diseases: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of (a) the prevalence of respiratory disease and (b) the number of emergency hospital admissions for respiratory conditions in Chichester constituency compar

9 Mar 2026 · Treasury

Tax Avoidance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many individuals in (a) the Chichester constituency and (b) the UK have been issued tax demands under the Loan Charge policy; and what estimate she has made of the total value of those demands.

5 Mar 2026 · Department for Education

Children in Care: Missing Persons

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had discussions with the service provider Missing to address the number of children going missing in care.

5 Mar 2026 · Department for Education

Children in Care: Missing Persons

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with the Home Office on the number of children in care going missing due to child exploitation.

5 Mar 2026 · Department for Education

Children in Care: Missing Persons

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps is her Department taking to help reduce the number of children in care that go missing.

5 Mar 2026 · Department for Education

Children in Care: Missing Persons

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment has her Department on trends in the level of children going missing in care.

5 Mar 2026 · Home Office

Children in Care: Missing Persons

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department holds data on the number of children that go missing by region every year.

5 Mar 2026 · Department for Education

Children in Care: Missing Persons

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate has her Department made of the number of children in care that have gone missing annually since 2015.

5 Mar 2026 · Department for Education

Childminding: Tax Allowances

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of removing the wear and tear allowance on (a) the finances of childminders and (b) early years and childcare provision in Chichester constituency.

5 Mar 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Iran: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what guidance has her Department issued for for families in the UK on reporting family members stranded overseas as a result of the ongoing situation in Iran including if the

4 Mar 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse that would have been incurred had compensation been provided to women affected by changes to the State Pension age in the Chichester constitue

3 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Speech and Language Disorders: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has reviewed the effects of device use, including tablets, amongst young children on speech and language development.

3 Mar 2026 · Department for Education

Pupils: Attendance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has reviewed the potential effects of digital device use, including tablets, amongst young children on school attendance.

2 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport

Electric Bicycles and Electric Scooters: Vehicle Number Plates

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will consider introducing number plates for e-bikes and e-scooters.

23 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Doctors: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to increase the number of NHS posts available to doctors completing Foundation Year 2 in addition to the measures set out in the Medical Training (Prioritisat

23 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Diagnosis and Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether data on triple-negative breast cancer is used to identify variation in diagnosis, treatment and outcomes between i) regions and ii) NHS trusts.

20 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Property Management Companies: Service Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to cap service charges on managed estates.

20 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Parking: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when his Department plans to publish proposals for a code of practice for the operating of private car parks.

20 Feb 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dogs: Import Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he will consider the potential merits of exemptions to restrictions on importing docked dogs for recognised rescue charities rehoming dogs that were docked prior to rescue.

20 Feb 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Park Homes: Boilers

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what support exists for park home owners with faulty LPG boilers.

12 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Crown Court: Trials

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the percentage of the cases awaiting a Crown Court trial that have a potential sentence of up to three years imprisonment and that would go before a Judge-only court under his propose

11 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Trials

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has information on the median age of cases that have yet to elect mode of trial.

Source: official written-questions record.