Written questions

249 written questions tabled, most recent first.

20 May 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Ammonia and Fertilisers: UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is on UK CBAM for fertilisers and ammonia.

19 May 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help support farmer cash flow and access to credit.

19 May 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fertilisers

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure the availability of fertiliser, including in response to sudden increases in demand.

19 May 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Red Diesel

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what contingency plans her Department has made for red diesel availability and costs if the conflict in Iran becomes a long-term issue.

19 May 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Red Diesel: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to reduce the impact of changes to red diesel prices during peak harvest season.

19 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Diabetes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to recommendation R/2026/074 of the Health Services Safety Investigations Body Report 'Insulin: supporting safe self-administration in vulnerable patient groups in the community with

14 May 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking with the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, to support the agri-food sector.

26 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Chronic Illnesses: Prescriptions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the NHS Business Services Authority on extending the duration of Medical Exemption Certificates for those with long-term conditions.

20 Jan 2026 · Department for Transport

Driving Licences

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what evidence her Department considered on graduated driving licenses as part of the Road Safety Strategy; and whether she will publish that evidence.

20 Jan 2026 · Department for Transport

Driving Licences

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a graduated driving license.

12 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sustainable Farming Incentive

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what criteria her Department plans to use to differentiate between small and large farms in assessing eligibility for future SFI applications.

16 Dec 2025 · Department for Education

Children: Long Covid

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department tracks the number of children whose education has been disrupted by long COVID.

16 Dec 2025 · Department for Education

Children: Long Covid

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Department has taken to monitor the progress of children whose education has been disrupted by long COVID.

19 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Spirits: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of UK spirits duty rates for the on-trade compared to equivalent rates in (a) Ireland, (b) France, (c) Germany, and (d) other EU member states.

19 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Spirits: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate her Department has made of the spirits duty revenue at risk from pub closures.

19 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Spirits: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what data her Department holds on the proportion of spirits duty revenue generated from UK-produced spirits sold in pubs.

19 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Public Houses

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the cost of spirits duty, business rates, VAT, and employer National Insurance contributions paid by pubs in the last 12 months.

19 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Spirits: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate she has made of the revenue generated from spirits duty paid by on-trade premises compared to off-trade retailers.

18 Nov 2025 · Scotland Office

Agriculture and Business: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of changes to Agricultural Property Relief and Business Property Relief on Scottish family farms.

11 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Battles: Cultural Heritage

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of further permitted development protections for registered historic battlefields in England.

30 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Ministers' Private Offices: Civil Servants

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many appointments to ministerial private office have been made by exceptions to the civil service recruitment principles since July 2024; and how many transfers of civil servants from other departments by exc

28 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Ammunition

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to reduce the time taken to replenish UK munitions stockpiles.

13 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Deer: Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents relating to deer management required an armed response from police officers in the year 2023-24.

13 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Deer: Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents relating to deer management were reported by police forces in 2023-24.

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

Deer: Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to streamline the deer management night licensing regime.

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

Deer: Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to incentivise deer management by local landowners at a landscape scale.

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

Deer: Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of a deer management strategy.

2 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ministers' Private Offices: Civil Service

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many appointments to ministerial private offices since July 2024 have been made by civil service recruitment principles exceptions including the transfer of civil servants from other department

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Education

Education: Armed Forces Covenant

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of extending the Armed Forces Covenant Duty on her departmental responsibilities.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Disabled Facilities Grants

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government’s commission on adult social care will consider reform to the means test of the Disabled Facilities Grant.

Source: official written-questions record.