Written questions
1,279 written questions tabled, most recent first.
25 Jun 2026 · Department for Education
Pupils: Bus Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she plans to offer children who are eligible for free school meals with free bus travel.
25 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport
Bus Services: Concessions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she plans to provide people not in education, employment or training with free bus travel.
25 Jun 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit: Lone Parents
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of raising the Universal Credit threshold for single parents that work.
25 Jun 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Lone Parents: Government Assistance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department plans to take to provide additional practical support to lone parents.
25 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Sheep: Animal Welfare
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to prohibit the routine castration and tail docking of lambs.
25 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport
Bus Services: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of providing disabled travellers who reach state pension age to retain their disabled bus pass.
24 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Medical Certificates: General Practitioners
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in the context of fit notes, what clinical evidence supports removing or reducing GP involvement in decisions that NICE states require long term clinical understanding.
24 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Medical Certificates: Autism and Mental Illness
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that fit note assessments comply with NICE guidelines for autism and severe mental health conditions.
24 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Air Ambulance Services: Fuels
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he plans to provide emergency support to Air Ambulance charities for the costs of fuel.
24 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Marine Protected Areas: Bottom Trawling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many hours of bottom-towed fishing took place between June 2025 and May 2026 within the 41 English offshore marine protected areas subject to public consultation in summer 2025.
24 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Oil: Pollution
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the maximum fine that can be issued as a Variable Monetary Penalty for an onshore oil spill is.
24 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office
Honours
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how can members of the public register their objections to those who have been awarded honours.
24 Jun 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Social Rented Housing: Solar Power
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what plans he has to provide local authorities with grants to instal more solar panels on social housing stock.
24 Jun 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of increasing the universal credit child element by £20 a week on child poverty levels.
24 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Agriculture: Pest Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to fund a transitional programme to integrated pest management methods for farmers.
24 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Neonicotinoids
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to set out a timetable to ban the emergency use of neonicotinoids.
24 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Trapping
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to ban the use of snares in England.
24 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Visas: Digital Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to increase resources for the Home Office Resolution Centre to assist eVisa holders.
24 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Immigration: EU Nationals
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to reinstate and expand funding for organisations to provide legal support to vulnerable individuals seeking to prove EUSS status.
24 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Immigration: EU Nationals
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to increase EUSS caseworking resources to reduce waiting time for decisions on applications.
24 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Immigration: EU Nationals
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a reliable and secure physical alternative that enables individuals to prove EUSS status.
24 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Visas: Digital Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to conduct an independent review of the eVisa system.
24 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Immigration: EU Nationals
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will publish statistics on (a) eVisa errors, (b) cancellations of EUSS status and (c) EUSS status granted in error.
23 Jun 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Pension Funds: Fossil Fuels
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will issue guidance to pension funds on reducing investment in fossil fuels.
23 Jun 2026 · Home Office
MBR Acres: Animal Welfare
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with MBR Acres on ensuring that animals within that facility are safe and comfortable during extreme temperatures.
22 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Food Poverty
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether they recognise the right to food as a human right under their international obligations.
22 Jun 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Food Poverty
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that food insecurity data informs cross government anti poverty strategy.
22 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Food Poverty
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the relationship between social security policy and household food insecurity.
22 Jun 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Food Poverty: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish her Department’s analysis of food insecurity trends and the implications for children’s health and educational outcomes.
22 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Food Poverty
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of incorporating the Right to Food into domestic law.
Source: official written-questions record.