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.

Lords HL91
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hanson of Flint on 24 March (HL15469), whether the Home Office has commissioned a second external peer review of the National Centre for Social Research evaluation of the pilot...
Tabled: 2026-05-14
The Lord Bishop of Chelmsford
Bshp
To: Home Office
Answered 2026-05-29
The independent evaluation led by the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) has undergone external peer review as part of the publication process, including the requirement for two satisfact...
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Commons 3025
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to support tech start-up companies to scale-up in (a) Newcastle-under-Lyme constituency and (b) Staffordshire.
Tabled: 2026-05-19
Adam Jogee
Lab
To: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Answered 2026-05-29
This Government is committed to removing barriers to growth. We are unlocking finance via pension and capital‑markets reforms, while the British Business Bank increases annual investment to £2.5 bi...
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Commons 2803
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the National Audit Office's report entitled Innovation in transport, published on 18 May 2026, what the expenditure has been by her Department and HS2 Ltd on the calcined clay accelera...
Tabled: 2026-05-19
Mr Richard Holden
Con
To: Department for Transport
Answered 2026-05-29
Since December 2023, HS2 Ltd has spent £377,225 (net) on work to accelerate the UK adoption of calcined clay, with the aim of understanding and mitigating the blockers to the UK establishing a comm...
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Commons 2813
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has awarded the contract for the procurement of the Washwood Heath Depot for HS2.
Tabled: 2026-05-19
Jerome Mayhew
Con
To: Department for Transport
Answered 2026-05-29
The contract for The Washwood Heath Depot and Network Integrated Control Centre was awarded on 30th April 2026 to the TWA Joint Venture comprising Taylor Woodrow Infrastructure Limited and Aureos R...
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Lords HL112
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will issue a corrected version of the Family Returns: Reforming Asylum Support and Enforcing Family Returns consultation document and extend the timeline for stakeholders to respond in view of incorrect...
Tabled: 2026-05-14
Baroness Lister of Burtersett
Lab
To: Home Office
Answered 2026-05-29
An addendum correcting numbering errors identified in the Family Returns Consultation, as launched on 5 March 2026, was sent to stakeholders on 14 March. These minor corrections do not affect the s...
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Commons 2042
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help support schools in meeting the needs of children awaiting neurodevelopmental assessments who are experiencing escalating difficulties.
Tabled: 2026-05-18
Suella Braverman
RUK
To: Department for Education
Answered 2026-05-29
Access to educational support should not be dependent on a child or young person having a diagnosis.We are developing National Inclusion Standards to set out what ordinarily available provision sho...
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Commons 2041
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact on school attendance and educational outcomes for children whose ADHD or autism assessments have been delayed due to the pause of Right to...
Tabled: 2026-05-18
Suella Braverman
RUK
To: Department for Education
Answered 2026-05-29
Access to educational support should not be dependent on a child or young person having a diagnosis.We are developing National Inclusion Standards to set out what ordinarily available provision sho...
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Commons 2622
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that children and young people with Developmental Language Disorders are included in SEND reforms.
Tabled: 2026-05-18
Helen Maguire
LD
To: Department for Education
Answered 2026-05-29
The department recognises the issues raised in Speech and Language UK’s ‘Missing Million’ report, including the importance of improving identification and support for children and young people with...
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Commons 2621
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the recommendations in the Missing Million report published by Speech and Language UK.
Tabled: 2026-05-18
Helen Maguire
LD
To: Department for Education
Answered 2026-05-29
The department recognises the issues raised in Speech and Language UK’s ‘Missing Million’ report, including the importance of improving identification and support for children and young people with...
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Lords HL404
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of local authority attempts to introduce banding frameworks for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities.
Tabled: 2026-05-21
Lord Touhig
Lab
To: Department for Education
Answered 2026-05-29
Many local authorities have systems which indicate the range of top-up funding that might be provided for children and young people with a particular type and complexity of need, sometimes referred...
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Lords HL355
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure families are involved in the assessment of their children's needs and in the development of the children's individual support plans.
Tabled: 2026-05-20
Lord Touhig
Lab
To: Department for Education
Answered 2026-05-29
The department recognises that families play a vital role in identifying and understanding their children’s needs, and we expect education settings to work in partnership with parents and carers as...
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Lords HL80
To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made in implementing the recommendations of the Joint Committee on Human Rights report Forced Labour in UK Supply Chains, published on 24 July 2025, in particular its recommendation that Grea...
Tabled: 2026-05-14
Lord Alton of Liverpool
XB
To: Department for Business and Trade
Answered 2026-05-29
The Government welcomes the recommendations made in the report, Forced Labour in UK Supply Chains. We are taking these into account as we progress the Responsible Business Conduct Review.We have al...
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Commons 3138
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 22 April 2026 to Question 126442, when Network Rail is expected to have completed the feasibility study on what would need to be true to improve passenger services on the...
Tabled: 2026-05-19
Joe Robertson
Con
To: Department for Transport
Answered 2026-05-29
The passenger feasibility study mentioned will be complete in Autumn 2026.
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Commons 1260
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that regional domestic ferry operators affected by a lack of grid capacity and grid connections are supported to meet the goals of the Maritime Decarbonisat...
Tabled: 2026-05-14
Greg Smith
Con
To: Department for Transport
Answered 2026-05-29
The Government is aware that grid connectivity is a challenge for the maritime sector. Government is taking action to reform the grid connections process to ensure that ports can access the grid co...
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Commons 1142
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that regional domestic ferry operators affected by a lack of grid capacity and grid connections are supported to meet the goals of the Maritime Decarbonisat...
Tabled: 2026-05-14
Dame Caroline Dinenage
Con
To: Department for Transport
Answered 2026-05-29
The Government is aware that grid connectivity is a challenge for the maritime sector. Government is taking action to reform the grid connections process to ensure that ports can access the grid co...
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