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 2458
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with the leadership of Skills England.
Tabled: 2026-05-18
Adam Jogee
Lab
To: Department for Work and Pensions
Answered 2026-05-29
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions maintains a close and collaborative working relationship with the leadership of Skills England, reflecting their direct reporting relationship and suppo...
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Commons 2395
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had discussions with police forces, the National Police Chiefs’ Council and other enforcement bodies on the impact of the legality of the manufacture, sale and fitting of flip plates and...
Tabled: 2026-05-18
Chris Coghlan
LD
To: Department for Transport
Answered 2026-05-29
The law states that number plates must be displayed vertically and must be easily distinguishable in normal daylight conditions. It is an offence to either obscure a vehicle registration number or ...
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Commons 2394
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to prohibit the manufacture, sale and fitting of flip plates and similar devices allowing vehicle reg...
Tabled: 2026-05-18
Chris Coghlan
LD
To: Department for Transport
Answered 2026-05-29
The law states that number plates must be displayed vertically and must be easily distinguishable in normal daylight conditions. It is an offence to either obscure a vehicle registration number or ...
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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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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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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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Commons 1753
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department provides to local authorities on recognising existing diagnoses and statutory support plans for armed forces families with special educational needs and disabilities when fa...
Tabled: 2026-05-15
Michelle Scrogham
Lab
To: Department for Education
Answered 2026-05-29
The department recognises that Armed Forces life may present particular challenges for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). As part of our consultation on SEND reforms, ...
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Commons 1752
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the impact of local authority assessment delays on service children with special educational needs and disabilities who relocate frequently due to Armed Forces postings; ...
Tabled: 2026-05-15
Michelle Scrogham
Lab
To: Department for Education
Answered 2026-05-29
The department recognises that Armed Forces life may present particular challenges for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). As part of our consultation on SEND reforms, ...
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