Written questions
1,279 written questions tabled, most recent first.
19 Jan 2026 · Department for Education
Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she will publish The Schools White Paper covering SEND matters.
14 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Migrant Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many existing NHS workers in Poole constituency could be affected by proposed changes to rules around indefinite leave to remain.
14 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Migrant Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many existing NHS workers could be affected by the proposed changes to rules around indefinite leave to remain.
14 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Professions: Migrant Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has been made as to the impact of proposed changes to rules around indefinite leave to remain for health workers on the viability of the NHS 10-year workforce plan.
14 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Professions: Migrant Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions have taken place with the Home Office regarding proposed changes to rules around indefinite leave to remain for health workers and the impact this could have on the viability of th
14 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
State Retirement Pensions: Women
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of State Pension age changes for 1950s-born women living in Poole constituency.
14 Jan 2026 · Department for Education
Religion: Curriculum
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will add Humanism to the Religious Education syllabus on the National Curriculum in England.
14 Jan 2026 · Department for Education
Schools: Collective Worship
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of ending compulsory collective worship in schools.
12 Jan 2026 · Treasury
Business Rates
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what her planned timetable is for replacing the existing system of business rates.
12 Jan 2026 · Treasury
Business Rates
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps are being taken to replace the existing system of business rates.
12 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Hunting Act 2004
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to publish a consultation on amending the Hunting Act 2004.
12 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Water Companies: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will amend water company regulations to ensure that companies banned from making bonus payments are not able to continue doing so.
12 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Water Companies: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to amend regulations on the pay of water company executives.
12 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Wessex Water
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will investigate payments made to the (a) Chief Executive and (b) Chief Financial Officer of Wessex Water in the year up to June 2025.
12 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS 111: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment has been made of the effectiveness of the 111 service in ensuring patients are referred to the correct place for treatment.
12 Jan 2026 · Treasury
State Retirement Pensions: Taxation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the number of pensioners who will pay tax on their (a) basic state pension (b) second state pension and (c) new state pension from April 2026.
12 Jan 2026 · Treasury
Pensioners: Income Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to confirm how many state pensioners will be exempted from the proposed freeze on personal tax allowances from April 2026.
12 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
State Retirement Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will set out the annual uprating arrangements for (a) both parts of the old state pension (basic and second) and (b) the new state pension.
12 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
State Retirement Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individuals are currently in receipt of (a) the old state pension and (b) the new state pension.
8 Jan 2026 · Home Office
Migrant Workers: Visas
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Immigration White Paper published in May 2025 and paragraph 221 on exploring further measures against sponsors falling short of their responsibilities, what sanctions or penaltie
8 Jan 2026 · Home Office
Migrant Workers: Visas
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Immigration White Paper published in May 2025, which stated at paragraph 176 that the Government would explore making it easier for workers to move between licensed sponsors for
7 Jan 2026 · Home Office
Animal Experiments
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Animals in Science Regulation Unit Annual Report 2024, published in December 2025, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the incident in
7 Jan 2026 · Home Office
Animal Experiments
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made for her policies of the Animals in Science Regulation Unit Annual Report 2024, published in December 2025; and what steps her Department is taking to help prevent animals
7 Jan 2026 · Treasury
Motability: Insurance Premium Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of limiting the relief from insurance premium under paragraph 3 of Schedule 7A to the Finance Act 1994 on disabled people.
7 Jan 2026 · Treasury
Disability: VAT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of repealing item 14 of group 12 of Schedule 8 to the Value Added Tax Act 1994 on disabled people.
7 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Motability
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the removal of the Mercedes Vito as a vehicle available through Motability on the availability of vehicles with a) dropped floors b) hand controls.
6 Jan 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
West Bank: Demolition
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations her Department has made to the Israeli Government over the decision to demolish a football pitch in the Aida Refugee Camp in the West Bank.
5 Jan 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Venezuela: Military Operations
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her United States counterpart on the military operation in Venezuela and compliance with international law.
5 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Circumcision
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing regulation of non-therapeutic male circumcision.
2 Jan 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Palestine: Non-governmental Organisations
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made representations to her Israeli counterpart on its decision to remove registration from 31 December 2025 from international NGOs operating in the occupied
Source: official written-questions record.