Written questions

443 written questions tabled, most recent first.

20 Feb 2026 · Department for Education

Teachers: Career Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support leadership development pathways for teachers.

20 Feb 2026 · Department for Education

Teachers: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support the mental health of teachers.

20 Feb 2026 · Department for Education

Teachers: Mental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of mental health and wellbeing amongst teachers.

20 Feb 2026 · Department for Education

Teachers: Labour Turnover

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to produce a Teacher Retention Strategy.

20 Feb 2026 · Department for Education

Further Education: Teachers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the rates of teacher retention in further education.

20 Feb 2026 · Department for Education

Secondary Education: Teachers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the rates of teacher retention amongst secondary school educators.

20 Feb 2026 · Department for Education

Primary Education: Teachers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the rates of teacher retention amongst primary school educators.

20 Feb 2026 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Teachers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the rates of teacher retention amongst early years educators.

20 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport

Older People: Driving

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether there is a backlog of medical reviews of licenses for elderly drivers.

20 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport

Older People: Driving

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure adequate funding for medical review of licenses for elderly drivers.

20 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Defence

MOD Ashchurch: Electricity

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the annual electricity consumption at MoD Ashchurch was, provided as Half-Hourly electricity data, for the most recent 12-month period.

20 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Defence

MOD Ashchurch: Renewable Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of installing renewable energy sources at MoD Ashchurch on i) energy cost savings and ii) carbon reduction.

20 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Children: Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of levels of consistency in the (a) classification and (b) processing of safeguarding allegations in national institutions on the adequacy of level

20 Feb 2026 · Church Commissioners

Bishops: Disciplinary Proceedings

To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, what assessment she has made of the potential challenges for Clergy Disciplinary Measure processes involving senior Archbishops to be held within existing episcopal structures.

20 Feb 2026 · Church Commissioners

Church of England: Children

To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, whether current Church safeguarding guidance on engagement with parishes during live criminal investigations is consistent with national safeguarding and policing best practice.

20 Feb 2026 · Church Commissioners

Church of England: Children

To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, how potential conflicts between safeguarding outcomes and reputational and legal risk management are identified and managed during safeguarding decision-making.

20 Feb 2026 · Church Commissioners

Clergy: Conflict of Interests

To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, what formal processes exist to (a) identify and (b) manage conflicts of interest during senior Church appointments where safeguarding concerns have been raised.

20 Feb 2026 · Church Commissioners

Church of England: Children

To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, what criteria are used to assess whether safeguarding arrangements in the Church of England are adequate.

11 Feb 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fishing Vessels: Monitoring

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 24 November 2025 to question 91566, on Fishing Vessels: Monitoring, what progress has been made on the volunteer early adopter phase for Remote Electronic Mon

11 Feb 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Inshore Fishing

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the ongoing impact of large scale industrial bottom trawling on the small-scale inshore fishing fleet.

11 Feb 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Marine Protected Areas: Seabed

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when does her Department plan to announce the results of the Marine protected areas Stage 3 Consultation.

11 Feb 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Marine Protected Areas: Bottom Trawling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment has she made of the benefits of a complete ban on bottom trawling in Marine Protected Areas.

11 Feb 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fisheries

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps is she taking to reduce the harmful impacts of long lining.

11 Feb 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Seas and Oceans: Nature Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps is she taking to improve marine conservation efforts.

9 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning Inspectorate: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to increase the level of funding for the Planning Inspectorate.

9 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning Inspectorate: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the Planning Inspectorate's recruitment of inspectors.

9 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning Inspectorate: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to tackle the Planning Inspectorate’s backlog of cases awaiting a site visit.

3 Feb 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Sports: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure children, especially from lower-income families, have access to regular, free community sports activities.

3 Feb 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Sports: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure stable, long-term funding for free community sports activities.

3 Feb 2026 · Department for Education

Environment Protection: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve environmental education in schools.

Source: official written-questions record.