Written Questions

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Enter an MP's name to view all written questions they have submitted. Written questions are formally addressed to government departments and require official written responses. In the House of Commons, these may be directed to the Secretary of State for a given department, or to a junior Commons Minister where the Secretary of State sits in the House of Lords. In the House of Lords, questions are addressed collectively to "His Majesty's Government" rather than to a specific Secretary of State or department.

Commons 3002
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) availability and (b) affordability of transport options for apprentices working on remote construction sites.
Tabled: 2026-05-19
Marie Goldman
LD
To: Department for Business and Trade
Answered 2026-05-28
Support for apprentices travelling to sites is provided through employer arrangements including employer-organised transport or reimbursement of travel expenses. On more remote sites accommodation ...
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Commons 3173
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to consult with business to bring forward a comprehensive workforce strategy.
Tabled: 2026-05-19
Peter Lamb
Lab
To: Department for Business and Trade
Answered 2026-05-28
The government’s Modern Industrial Strategy outlined our commitment to provide £1.2 billion of additional investment per year in skills by 2028-29 and set out plans to deliver more opportunities fo...
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Commons 2676
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of trends in the number of young people not in employment, education or training on economic growth in Lincolnshire.
Tabled: 2026-05-19
Sir John Hayes
Con
To: Department for Work and Pensions
Answered 2026-05-28
This government will not leave an entire generation of young people, including in Lincolnshire, behind. We have committed a further £1 billion investment in young people, taking total additional in...
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Commons 3023
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to help reduce the number of children in poverty in (a) Newcastle-under-Lyme constituency and (b) Staffordshire.
Tabled: 2026-05-19
Adam Jogee
Lab
To: Department for Work and Pensions
Answered 2026-05-28
Tackling child poverty is at the heart of the Government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity and improve the life chances of every child. Our Child Poverty Strategy sets out the steps w...
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Commons 3024
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to support people with health conditions (a) into work and (b) to stay in work in Newcastle-under-Lyme constituency.
Tabled: 2026-05-19
Adam Jogee
Lab
To: Department for Work and Pensions
Answered 2026-05-28
In the Newcastle-under-Lyme constituency, we have a range of specialist initiatives to support individuals to stay in work and get back into work, including those that join up employment and health...
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Commons 3022
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to increase skills and employment support for people receiving sickness benefit in (a) Newcastle-under-Lyme constituency and (b) Staffordshire.
Tabled: 2026-05-19
Adam Jogee
Lab
To: Department for Work and Pensions
Answered 2026-05-28
In the Newcastle-under-Lyme constituency, we have a range of specialist initiatives to support individuals to stay in work and get back into work, including those that join up employment and health...
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Commons 2312
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 1 July 2025 to Question 60619, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of expanding high-level access permissions on the NHS principle of data mi...
Tabled: 2026-05-18
Martin Wrigley
LD
To: Department of Health and Social Care
Answered 2026-05-28
There has not been an expansion of high-level access permissions. NHS England has not identified any adverse impact on the principle of data minimisation from the management of access permissions w...
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Commons 2209
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of the Barrow Transformation Fund will be funded by her Department.
Tabled: 2026-05-18
Ben Obese-Jecty
Con
To: Department for Education
Answered 2026-05-28
The government has committed £200 million over 10 years to support regeneration in Barrow-in-Furness (the ‘Barrow Transformation Fund’). 25% of this funding is provided by the Ministry of Housing, ...
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Commons 2967
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the Bar Council's recommendation to increase legal aid funding in family law.
Tabled: 2026-05-19
Adam Dance
LD
To: Ministry of Justice
Answered 2026-05-28
This Government recognises the vital role that legal aid plays in supporting individuals in family proceedings to have access to publicly funded legal assistance to uphold their legal rights. We kn...
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Commons 2550
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is providing additional support to schools and colleges in areas where an higher than average proportion of students do not achieve a grade 4 in GCSE (a) English and (b) Maths.
Tabled: 2026-05-18
James McMurdock
Ind
To: Department for Education
Answered 2026-05-28
The department has committed £27.7 million this financial year to raise reading standards, including a statutory reading check for pupils in year 8 to help schools provide targeted support. In 2025...
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Commons 2533
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, What steps she is taking to enable more young people to access extracurricular and youth activities outside school hours.
Tabled: 2026-05-18
Claire Hazelgrove
Lab
To: Department for Education
Answered 2026-05-28
The government’s response to the Curriculum and Assessment Review’s report, and the Schools White Paper, committed to set out a core enrichment offer through our upcoming Enrichment Framework that ...
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Commons 2835
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, the total cost of legal aid provided to prisoners bringing action against (a) other prisoners and (b) prison officers in each year since 2024.
Tabled: 2026-05-19
Nick Timothy
Con
To: Ministry of Justice
Answered 2026-05-28
This information requested is not held centrally.
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Commons 1663
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of expanding the eligibility criteria for the Holiday Activities and Food programme to include all children living in poverty.
Tabled: 2026-05-15
Mary Glindon
Lab
To: Department for Education
Answered 2026-05-28
The Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme is specifically targeted at children and families facing the greatest levels of disadvantage. We are spending more than £200 million a year to provid...
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Commons 1859
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the answer of 20 April 2026 to question 125953, whether the resources provided by Best Start for Life Family Hubs includes guidance for fathers who have been released from prison on co...
Tabled: 2026-05-15
Freddie van Mierlo
LD
To: Department for Education
Answered 2026-05-28
Best Start Family Hubs provide a welcoming, non-stigmatising space for families to get help, or simply meet other parents and access peer support. They offer evidence-based parenting programmes and...
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Commons 492
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she expects joint non-statutory guidance from the Department for Education, the Department for Health and Social Care and the NHS on how clinical healthcare is delivered in schools to be published.
Tabled: 2026-05-13
Afzal Khan
Lab
To: Department for Education
Answered 2026-05-28
Schools are not responsible for clinical healthcare tasks. Healthcare tasks can be delegated to staff in schools and other education settings where the responsible healthcare professional considers...
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