Written questions

561 written questions tabled, most recent first.

11 Nov 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Veterans: Identity Cards

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what plans her Department has to undertake a Data Protection Impact Assessment on the integration of the digital Veteran Card with GOV.UK One Login.

10 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been wrongly released from HM Prisons since July 2024 were still at large on 1 November 2025.

10 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to strengthen enforcement against non-resident parents who repeatedly fail to meet their child maintenance payment obligations.

10 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of (a) missed or (b) partial child maintenance payments on (i) children and (ii) resident parents.

10 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Parish and Town Councils

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish guidance for (a) town and (b) parish councils on the steps they can take to encourage NHS dental providers to open new practices in areas with (i) limited and (ii) no access to N

10 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of communities in rural areas providing (a) subsidised premises and (b) other local incentives to support the establishment of new NHS dental pra

10 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Bank Services: Post Offices

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of reducing cheque deposit services at post offices on people in rural areas.

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

Fisheries: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of recent (a) Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science and (b) other fisheries support schemes funding rounds on the equitablen

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

Fisheries: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the suitability of the application process for (a) Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science funding and (b) other fisheries support sch

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

Fisheries: South West

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the level of quota allocations for (a) bass, (b) horse mackerel and (c) other species for inshore fishers in (i) Cornwall and (ii) the S

4 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of abolishing the Vehicle Excise Duty exemption for classic cars on owners of (a) classic and (b) heritage vehicles.

3 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Electric Vehicles: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the application of Vehicle Excise Duty on (a) new and (b) existing electric vehicles from 1 April 2025 on the (i) affordability and (ii) trends in the level of

3 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been wrongly released from prison since July 2024.

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

Beverage Containers: Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of delaying the full implementation of the Extended Producer Responsibility scheme to review its impact on small producers of gla

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

Beverage Containers: Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of the Extended Producer Responsibility scheme’s glass packaging fees on the competitiveness of small and medium-sized beverage pro

29 Oct 2025 · Treasury

PAYE

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the agreed timescale is for HMRC to (a) process and (b) refund PAYE payments; and whether HMRC is meeting that timescale.

23 Oct 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Complaints

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of assessing (a) schools' and (b) trusts' complaint procedures to ensure that the complaint process is adequately (i) accessible and (ii) unders

23 Oct 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Complaints

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of standardising complaint procedures for (a) schools and (b) trusts to ensure that (i) parents and (ii) guardians have the same opportunity to

23 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Child Arrangements Orders: Grandparents

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department plans to legislate to protect the rights of children to communicate with (a) grandparents and (b) others members of extended family in cases where (i) one and (ii) both parents seek to prev

21 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Parking

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of hospital parking costs on (a) recruitment and (b) retention of NHS staff who commute long distances in (a) North Cornwall constitu

21 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Parking

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of ensuring that NHS bank staff are offered the same discounted parking arrangements as other hospital employees.

21 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Parking

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the costs of hospital parking for NHS bank staff working shifts at NHS Trusts.

21 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Patients: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how his Department guarantee safe services for patients when a Hospital Trust is regularly at OPEL 4.

21 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS Trusts: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support his Department has provided to Hospital Trusts that reach Opel 4.

16 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Dartmoor Line

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the Dartmoor Railway Line into (a) North Cornwall constituency, (b) Launceston and (c) Bude.

16 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: North Cornwall

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will make an assessment of the adequacy of rail connectivity in North Cornwall constituency.

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

Lobsters: Cornwall

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of designating Cornish lobster as a protected product under the Protected Geographical Indication framework.

10 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Offences against Children: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of introducing (a) device-based and (b) operating system-based safeguards to prevent live-streamed child sexual abuse.

10 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Offences against Children: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to (a) prevent and (b) limit UK-based offenders from (i) creating demand for, (ii) accessing and (iii) viewing live-streamed child sexual abuse.

10 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Offences against Children: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of UK-based live-streaming of child sexual abuse.

Source: official written-questions record.