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.