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.