Written questions

1,279 written questions tabled, most recent first.

10 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Poverty: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will consider introducing legally-binding child poverty targets to reduce child poverty within this Parliament and beyond.

9 Dec 2025 · Home Office

Police: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether there are any plans to ensure that future funding formulas for the police take account of (a) seasonality and (b) rurality.

9 Dec 2025 · Treasury

Motability

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the policy document entitled Motability Scheme: reforming tax reliefs’ policy, published on 26 November, if she will publish the calculations used for the conclusion that the proposed changes are not exp

9 Dec 2025 · Treasury

Religious Buildings: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether religious-based properties will be exempt from the new tax announced in the Budget on properties valued at £2 million and over.

9 Dec 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if her Department will convene a cross-government summit with key tech companies and trade unions to discuss the future impact of AI and ASI on jobs, the economy and society.

9 Dec 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department has taken to identify sectors of the economy in which AI should not replace human productivity or experience.

9 Dec 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to create a cross-department, nation-wide AI strategy in the next 12 months.

9 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Poverty: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number of children in Poole constituency who will become newly eligible for support measures introduced under the Child Poverty Strategy.

9 Dec 2025 · Treasury

Public Houses: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether Transitional Relief for pubs only applies to the portion of increase directly attributable to Rateable Value change after the effect of new multipliers.

9 Dec 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of centralising SEND funding on the needs of individual children.

9 Dec 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that any reforms to SEND will not change the provision for existing enforceable rights under the Children and Families Act 2014.

8 Dec 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to ensure that any proposed reforms to the SEND system will be subject to (a) parliamentary and (b) public scrutiny prior to the introduction of legislation.

8 Dec 2025 · Treasury

Financial Services: Compensation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she is taking steps to ensure that people affected by interest rate hedging products are compensated.

8 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what safeguards will be put in place to help ensure that jobs under the new youth employment guarantee will pay the living wage and lead to long-term secure employment.

8 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of young people on universal credit in Poole constituency who have been looking for work for 18 months who will benefit from the government’s planned job guarante

8 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Unemployment: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support will be offered to disabled young people not currently in education, employment or training.

8 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Poole

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many training and workplace opportunities will be offered to young people in Poole constituency.

8 Dec 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Rivers: Access

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to give the public a right of responsible access to all rivers in England.

8 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport

Cycling: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment has been made of the potential merits of requiring cyclists to wear a high visibility jacket when riding on the road.

8 Dec 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Collective Worship

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of replacing the statutory requirement for daily Christian collective worship in schools without a religious character in England with non-confessional assem

8 Dec 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Collective Worship

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to withdraw, revise, or replace Circular 1/94 Religious Education and Collective Worship, in the context of the Supreme Court’s ruling in JR87 2025 UKSC 40.

8 Dec 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Greyhounds: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has received from the Greyhound Board of Great Britain on amending the Welfare of Racing Greyhounds Regulations 2010.

8 Dec 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Greyhounds: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Greyhound Board of Great Britain on amending the Welfare of Racing Greyhounds Regulations 2010 to include dog nose prints as an means of identifyi

8 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Poverty: Death

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his department is taking to prevent people from dying in poverty.

8 Dec 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Fuel Poverty: Death

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his department is taking to prevent people from dying in fuel poverty.

8 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Terminal Illnesses: Low Incomes

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his department has made an assessment of the causes and impact of financial insecurity for people at the end of life.

8 Dec 2025 · Department for Education

Students: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish the details of the review the Department is undertaking regarding assistive technologies for disabled students provided through the Disabled Students’ Allowances grant.

4 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, further to question 95498 if he will make an assessment of the impact for his policies of the findings of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation entitled Guarantee our Essentials: reforming Universal Credit to

4 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Motability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that disabled people, including those living with multiple sclerosis, who rely on Motability vehicles do not lose their ability to live independently following changes

4 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Motability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether any new vehicle leases on the Motability Scheme will not increase in cost for the end user from July 2026.

Source: official written-questions record.