Written questions
1,279 written questions tabled, most recent first.
29 Oct 2025 · Department for Education
Schools: Chess
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to distribute funds to support chess in schools during 2025-26.
29 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Local Government: Working Hours
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of the four day week trial taking place in some local authorities.
28 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Respiratory Diseases
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the number of people (a) with a respiratory disease, (b) who were hospitalised during winter 2024-25 and (c) who are not eligible to receive the covid-1
28 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport
Public Transport: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to provide funding by the end of this Parliament to local authorities to enable them establish a minimum level of public transport connectivity.
28 Oct 2025 · Department for Education
Schools: Discipline
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to (a) issue national guidance and (b) set consistent reporting requirements on the use of (i) isolation and (ii) internal exclusion in schools.
28 Oct 2025 · Department for Education
Schools: Discipline
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the use (a) isolation or (b) internal exclusion rooms by (a) SEND status, (b) gender, (c) ethnicity and (d) free school meal eligibility.
28 Oct 2025 · Department for Education
Schools: Discipline
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department holds information on the number of schools which use (a) isolation and (b) internal exclusion rooms and the frequency of their use in Poole constituency.
28 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Food Banks: Poole
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of foodbank use by (a) working age and (b) pension age people in Poole constituency.
28 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Poverty: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of child poverty in Poole constituency.
28 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Human Papillomavirus: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that the WHO target of 90% for the HPV vaccination programme is achieved in Poole constituency.
28 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Human Papillomavirus: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of (a) women and (b) people have had a HPV vaccination in Poole constituency in 2025.
28 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Service Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to increase property service charge thresholds under section 20 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985.
27 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Data Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to ensure individual personal data is secure.
27 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Diabetes: Babies
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his department has to introduce type one diabetes testing for all infants.
27 Oct 2025 · Treasury
Tax Collection
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the value of uncollected tax in each of the last five financial years.
27 Oct 2025 · Treasury
Artificial Intelligence: Employers' Contributions
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has considered the potential merits of requiring businesses to pay a tax equivalent to employer National Insurance contributions for each AI agent that performs tasks previously done by people.
24 Oct 2025 · Department for Education
Special Educational Needs: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support her Department is providing to local authorities to meet the ongoing costs of SEND provision until the announcement of reforms in 2026.
24 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Plastics: Imports
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of trends in the number of manufacturers using imported virgin plastic on (a) the environment and (b) rev
24 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Plastics: Waste
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to bring forward legislative proposals to remove incentives for plastic waste collectors to export rather than process waste domestically.
24 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Plastics: Waste
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce the volume of exported plastic waste.
24 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
State Retirement Pensions: Australia
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has had recent discussions with his Australian counterpart on uprating the UK state pension for British overseas pensioners living in Australia.
21 Oct 2025 · Department for Education
Students: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she had discussions with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions prior to its decision to withdraw funding for non-specialist spelling and grammar software for university students receiving the Dis
21 Oct 2025 · Department for Education
Students: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the removal of funding for non-specialist spelling and grammar software, on university students in receipt of the Disabled Students' Allowance.
21 Oct 2025 · Cabinet Office
Proof of Identity: Digital Technology
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason the proposed digital ID will be issued to children aged 13 to 16 years.
20 Oct 2025 · Department for Education
Schools: Transport
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number contracts of home to school transport for children with SEND that have been handed back to local authorities since April 2025.
20 Oct 2025 · Department for Education
Schools: Transport
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has been made of the potential impact of the recent increase in National Insurance on the provision of home to school transport for children with SEND.
20 Oct 2025 · Department for Education
Schools: Transport
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of provision of home to school transport for children with SEND.
17 Oct 2025 · Department for Education
Cycling: Curriculum
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will consider adding bicycle training onto the national curriculum.
17 Oct 2025 · Treasury
Bicycles: VAT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of removing VAT from children’s bicycles.
17 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Department of Health and Social Care: PPE Medpro
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking against PPE Medpro after their failure to repay £122m of public money by the 4pm deadline on 15 October 2025.
Source: official written-questions record.