Written questions

404 written questions tabled, most recent first.

6 Mar 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Solar Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the total acreage of land is in the UK that is currently covered by solar farms; and what the acreage is for which planning permission for solar farms has been granted.

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

Agriculture: Subsidies

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his planned timeline is for the implementation of the Fruit and Vegetable Aid Scheme.

4 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Healthy Start Scheme: Cotswold and Wiltshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many families receive the Healthy Start scheme in (a) Cotswold and (b) Wiltshire.

4 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

School Meals: Nutrition

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data her Department holds on the proportion of (a) healthy and (b) unhealthy food provided to (i) schools and (ii) school caterers.

25 Feb 2025 · Treasury

Employers' Contributions: Pharmacy

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the proposed increase in employer National Insurance contributions on independent pharmacies.

25 Feb 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Carers: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if his Department will take steps to provide financial support for pension-age carers, in the context of increases in the price cap for energy bills.

25 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Control: Rivers and Wildlife

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Record investment to protect thousands of UK homes and businesses, published on 4 February 2025, whether he has made an assess

21 Feb 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Offshore Industry: North Sea

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the operation (a) Rosebank and (b) Jackdaw oil fields on the UK's (a) carbon budgets and (b) commitments under the Paris Agreement.

21 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of reforms to the taxation of (a) rental income, (b) shareholder dividends and (c) other passive income on

21 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions and Noise

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to tackle trends in the levels of (a) noise pollution and (b) emissions from motorcycles and cars.

21 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Rivers: Navigation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will provide clarity on the law on the public rights of navigation on non-tidal waterways; and if he will make a comparative assessment of his policy and Magna Carta.

13 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Local Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will provide (a) additional resources and (b) oversight mechanisms to ensure local authorities provide educational, health and care plan assessments in a timely manner.

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

GreenSquareAccord

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Housing Ombudsman Service's report Special Report on GreenSquareAccord, published in October 2024, what discussions she has had with the Housing Ombudsman S

13 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Local Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to provide additional (a) funding and (b) oversight of local authorities for the provision of education health and care plans.

13 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Gloucestershire Constabulary: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the level of funding provided to Gloucestershire Constabulary for the 2024-25 financial year on frontline policing; and if she will take steps

13 Feb 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Heat Pumps

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to encourage the adoption of low-cost, room-based air conditioner heat pumps; and if he will have discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on (a) reducing VAT

13 Feb 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Consultants: UK Trade with EU

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle potential barriers to trade for UK consultancy businesses operating in the EU; what assessment he has made of the potential impact of differing requir

11 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has plans to develop a pharmacy-specific workforce strategy.

11 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) financially support community pharmacies and (b) support the expansion of (i) vaccination services and (ii) support for women's health and long-term condi

11 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has plans to commission a review into the medicines supply market; what assessment he has made of the potential impact of price concessions on the medicines supply market; an

11 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support the funding model for community pharmacies, in the context of recent trends in the number of (a) service reductions and (b) pharmacy closures.

10 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospital Beds: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of repurposing Nightingale hospitals to provide temporary accommodation for elderly patients awaiting discharge.

10 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Land

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans to (a) review and (b) release (i) underused and (ii) surplus land to help meet housing targets in South and North Cotswolds.

6 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Thames Water

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of restructuring Thames Water as a Community Interest Company.

6 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

Roads: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to publish the Road Safety Strategy; and if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of implementing graduated driving licences for young people in that strategy.

4 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Gloucestershire Constabulary: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the level of funding provided to Gloucestershire Constabulary for the 2024-25 financial year on the effectiveness of frontline policing in Glo

4 Feb 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Charities: Employers' Contributions

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an estimate of the number of charities that will pay increased employer National Insurance contributions in financial year (a) 2024-25 and (b) 2025-26 in South Cotswolds constitu

3 Feb 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

National Grid: Farms

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on steps to ease the process by which farms connect to the national grid.

3 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Farms: Permitted Development Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his Department's web page entitled Steve Reed speech at the 2025 Oxford Farming Conference, published on 9 Janaury 2025, what discussions he has had with the Secretar

3 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Countryside Stewardship Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help farmers transition from the Higher Level Stewardship Schemes to the Higher Tier Countryside Stewardship agreements.

Source: official written-questions record.