Written questions

1,189 written questions tabled, most recent first.

15 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Surrey

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to increase train (a) affordability, (b) reliability and (c) frequency in Surrey.

15 Jul 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit Bill

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Universal Credit Bill on claimants with (a) fluctuating conditions and (b) mental health conditions.

15 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Rivers: Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the sources of PFAS pollution in UK rivers.

15 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Drinking Water: Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the public health risks associated with PFAS contamination in drinking water; and if he will publish a list of affected catchment areas

14 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Human Papillomavirus: Epsom and Ewell

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the target HPV vaccination rate for Epsom and Ewell constituency was in (a) 2023-24 and (b) 2024-25; what the actual vaccination rate was in those periods; and whether his Department plans to

11 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Security Action for Europe

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has agreed a timeline by which the UK will be able to access the Security Action for Europe fund; and whether a proportion of contracts available to the UK has been agreed.

7 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce delays in adult social care assessments for hospital discharge.

7 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Rivers: Sewage

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to introduce legally binding targets for the reduction of untreated sewage discharges into chalk streams.

7 Jul 2025 · Department for Education

Free School Meals: Epsom and Ewell

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of children eligible for free school meals who are not currently receiving them in Epsom and Ewell constituency.

7 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Defence

LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has set a target number of days by which individual applications to the LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme need to have been assessed by.

7 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Council Tax Reduction Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure that people who migrate from income-related Employment and Support Allowance to Universal Credit are not affected by reductions in Council Tax

7 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Nuclear Reactors: Decommissioning

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the potential cost of dismantling Pressurized Water Reactor nuclear reactors on redundant submarines at (a) Devonport and (b) Rosyth dockyards; and what recent discussions

7 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Iran: Nuclear Weapons

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of how close Iran is to making nuclear weapons; and what discussions he has had with his NATO counterparts on this.

7 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

South Western Railway

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to return the frequency of South Western Railway trains in Surrey back to pre-Covid levels following renationalisation.

7 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

South Western Railway: Rolling Stock

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to speed up the rollout of South Western Railway Arterio trains in Surrey following renationalisation.

3 Jul 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Artificial Intelligence: Data Centres

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to help mitigate the environmental impacts of AI data centres in relation to the target of Net Zero by 2050.

2 Jul 2025 · Department for Education

Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has considered making relationships, sex and health education mandatory in (a) sixth form colleges and (b) other further education institutions.

2 Jul 2025 · Department for Education

Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending existing provisions for mandatory Relationships, Sex and Health Education under the Children and Social Work Act 2017 to ensure everyone u

1 Jul 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Electricity: Standing Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to review standing charges on electricity bills for households on prepayment meters.

1 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Rivers: Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support is available to local environmental groups undertaking citizen science river testing.

1 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Surrey

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the current NHS dentist vacancy rate is in Surrey; and what steps he is taking to ensure equitable dental care access in Epsom and Ewell constituency.

1 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Concessions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much bus companies are reimbursed per journey for disabled bus pass holders; and whether this is a fixed rate across regions.

30 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 4 April 2024 to Question 19410 on General Practitioners: Labour Turnover, what estimate he has made of the number of GPs on ICB funded training schemes which are equivalen

30 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help GPs who are unable to find employment despite workforce shortages.

30 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of core funding for general practice.

30 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Epsom and Ewell

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of Integrated Care Board funding levels on GP recruitment and retention in Epsom and Ewell constituency.

30 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Neighbourhood Policing: Surrey

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the number of neighbourhood police officers in Surrey.

30 Jun 2025 · Treasury

Police: Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether increases to police spending will be funded through (a) general taxation and (b) council tax.

30 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Means-tested Benefits: Veterans

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of different approaches to the treatment of military compensation payments across welfare benefits means tests on claimants.

30 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit: Veterans

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason the disregard of (a) War Pensions and (b) Armed Forces Compensation Scheme payments is limited to £10 per week when calculating Pension Credit awards.

Source: official written-questions record.