Written questions

561 written questions tabled, most recent first.

13 Jun 2025 · Treasury

Bank Services: Standards

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending the regulatory mandate under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 to require (a) the Financial Conduct Authority and (b) LINK to assess the a

13 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Housing: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of high-density retirement housing schemes in rural areas that do not have corresponding funding for local healthcare infrastructure on demand

13 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that planning decisions made by the Planning Inspectorate account for local housing need in (a) areas where there is (i) acute deman

12 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether contracts agreed with the Prison Education Service will include provision for inflationary increases to budgets for each prison in each year.

12 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Prison Education Service contracts have been agreed; for what reason there was a delay in signing the contracts; and what her planned timetable is for signing the contracts.

12 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Rivers and Seas and Oceans: Sewage

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with (a) NGOs, (b) non-profit organisations and (c) Surfers Against Sewage on levels of sewage in rivers and seas.

12 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport

Transport: North Cornwall

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of rural transport infrastructure in North Cornwall constituency.

12 Jun 2025 · Treasury

Disadvantaged: Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Spending Review 2025, published on 11 June 2025, if she will publish the full list of the 350 deprived communities that will receive new investment.

12 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Disadvantaged: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Spending Review 2025, published on 11 June 2025, if her Department will publish their methodology for (a) calculating and (b) allocation of funding from her

11 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Justice

County Courts: Judgements

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate she has made of the number of County Court Judgments entered by default as a result of claimants using incorrect addresses for service of court documents.

11 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Debt Collection: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing an independent statutory regulator for High Court enforcement officers.

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

Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether fines received for environmental breaches are hypothecated back into environmental schemes.

10 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Journalism: Higher Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her correspondence to the Interim Chair of the Office for Students, dated 19 May 2025, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on the reprioritisa

9 Jun 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Holiday Accommodation: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress her Department has made on the (a) development and (b) implementation of the registration scheme for short-term lets.

9 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners and Nurses: North Cornwall

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the challenges in the recruitment of (a) General Practitioners and (b) GP nurses in (i) North Cornwall constituency and (ii) rural areas.

5 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Public Houses: Codes of Practice

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a guest beer provision as part of the third statutory review and post-implementation review of the Pubs Code and Pubs Code Adjudicat

4 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water Companies

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for his policies of Water Commission's 2025 interim report findings on (a) dividends and (b) debts of water compan

4 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Human Papillomavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the uptake of HPV vaccines.

4 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will consider the potential merits of allocating funding for the (a) building of and (b) supplying of specialised equipment to new, purpose-built dental practices.

3 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Crime: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish her Department's timeline for the (a) development and (b) implementation of the Rural Crime Strategy.

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

Inland Waterways: Sewage

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of public waterways polluted by sewage on (a) young children and (b) families.

30 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of low housing stock on young families in (a) North Cornwall and (b) other rural areas.

22 May 2025 · Home Office

Hate Crime: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help tackle hate crime in rural areas.

22 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Postural Tachycardia Syndrome: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the (a) diagnosis, (b) treatment pathways and (c) levels of clinical awareness of Postural Tachycardia Syndrome in the NHS.

22 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Professions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many new NHS (a) nurses and (b) doctors will complete training in the next 12 months.

22 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Professions: Retirement

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS (a) nurses and (b) doctors are expected to (i) leave and (ii) retire in the next year.

22 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Professions: Vacancies

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) nurse and (b) doctor vacancies there are in the NHS.

20 May 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Youth Clubs: North Cornwall and Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to increase the provision of youth clubs in (a) North Cornwall constituency and (b) rural areas.

20 May 2025 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: North Cornwall and Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of reduced bus service (a) frequency and (b) routes on people travelling to healthcare appointments in (i) North Cornwall and (ii) other rural a

20 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Primary Care: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential barriers to access to Primary Healthcare in rural areas.

Source: official written-questions record.