Written questions
1,279 written questions tabled, most recent first.
10 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Nature Conservation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has held discussions with Natural England on their Recovering Nature for Growth, Health and Security strategy.
10 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Nature Conservation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the effectiveness of Natural England’s Recovering Nature for Growth, Health and Security strategy.
10 Nov 2025 · Department for Education
Disabled Students' Allowances
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how she plans to support disabled students following the implementation of changes to Disabled Students' Allowance funding.
10 Nov 2025 · Department for Education
Schools: Literacy
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what (a) training and (b) support will be given to (i) teachers and (ii) education staff to support the delivery of stronger literacy in schools.
10 Nov 2025 · Department for Education
Children: Reading
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to develop reading for pleasure in schools.
10 Nov 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Primary Education: School Libraries
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when the primary school library rollout will begin as part of the government's commitment to ensure every primary school in England has a library by the end of this parliament.
10 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
British Assistive Technology Association
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the Minister for Disability plans to meet (a) the British Assistive Technology Association and (b) other disability sector organisations.
10 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Poole
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many homes in the Poole constituency will be (a) modernised and (b) upgraded under the Defence Housing Strategy.
10 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Elections: Visual Impairment
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) blind and (b) partially sighted voters can exercise their right to secret ballot in (i) local and (ii) general elections.
10 Nov 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Postage Stamps: Price Caps
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has had recent discussions with Ofcom on the future of the second class stamp price cap.
10 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
School Milk
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing dairy-free alternatives as part of the Nursery Milk Scheme.
10 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Greyhounds: Animal Welfare
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of amending the Welfare of Racing Greyhounds Regulations 2010 to remove the requirement for racing greyhounds to be iden
10 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Greyhounds: Animal Welfare
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of amending the Welfare of Racing Greyhounds Regulations 2010 to include dog nose prints as an means of identifying raci
10 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment: Chronic Illnesses and Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Written Statement of 5 November 2025 on Keep Britain Working Review: Government Response, HCWS1020, whether the Vanguard phase will include involvement with representative trade un
10 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Unemployment: Chronic Illnesses
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Written Statement of 5 November 2025 on Keep Britain Working Review: Government Response, HCWS1020, if he will publish a categorisation of the nature of the health problems affecti
10 Nov 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Electronic Government: Disadvantaged
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help ensure that households that have no (a) mobile and (b) broadband internet are not excluded from accessing (i) government service
10 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Digital Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people who be unable to access NHS services after the move from analogue to digital.
10 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Digital Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what will the NHS offline alternative consist of for people who are digitally excluded, in the context of NHS digitalisation.
5 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Veterans: Homelessness
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to help reduce veteran homelessness in Poole constituency.
5 Nov 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Hospitality Industry: Poole
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to support (a) pubs, (b) restaurants and (c) other food outlets in Poole constituency.
5 Nov 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
European Court of Human Rights
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of membership of the ECHR.
4 Nov 2025 · Department for Education
GCSE: Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans her Department has to ensure that children with SEND have access to a GCSE curriculum irrespective of their educational setting.
4 Nov 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Young Futures Hubs: Poole
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to create a Young Futures Hub for young people in Poole constituency.
4 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Small Businesses: Apprentices
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions his Department is having with relevant stakeholders on supporting small and medium sized businesses to provide apprenticeship schemes in Poole constituency.
4 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Agency Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that NHS bank shifts are paid at the same rate as contracted overtime.
4 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Water Supply
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures are in place to enable those parts of the country with a surplus of water to redistribute it to those areas in need.
3 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Furs: Imports and Sales
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of banning the (a) import and (b) sale of fur on the economy.
31 Oct 2025 · Home Office
Police: Communication
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of whether communications guidance for police officers permits sufficient communication of police activity.
31 Oct 2025 · Home Office
Criminal Behaviour Orders: Social Media
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to review the guidance provided to police forces on the publication of information relating to Criminal Behaviour Orders on social media.
31 Oct 2025 · Department for Education
Primary Education: Chess
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what lessons her Department has learned from the experience of the Strengthening Chess in Primary Schools grant made in the 2023-24 financial year.
Source: official written-questions record.