The Westminster lensArchive · Written questions · 300 tabled · 285 answered

Written questions by Roome.

Every parliamentary written question tabled by Ian Roome this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.

Department:All (300)Department of Health and Social Care (77)Ministry of Defence (56)Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (27)Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (22)Department for Work and Pensions (17)Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (15)Home Office (14)Department for Education (13)Department for Transport (12)Department for Business and Trade (12)Treasury (10)Department for Culture, Media and Sport (7)

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9 Jul 2026·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·Pending
Asked

Communities and Local Government, what technical or planning criteria he will consider before granting a hyperscale data centre project a Development Consent Order via the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) regime.

Reply

Awaiting answer.

8 Jul 2026·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·Pending
Asked

Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to implement the findings of the December 2024 Court of Appeal ruling on animal welfare practices that breach the Welfare of Farmed Animals (England) Regulations 2007.

Reply

Awaiting answer.

6 Jul 2026·Treasury·Pending
Asked

What assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of an automatic release process for unclaimed Child Trust Funds traced by National Insurance number.

Reply

Awaiting answer.

6 Jul 2026·Treasury·Pending
Asked

What steps her Department is taking to trace the owners of unclaimed Child Trust Funds.

Reply

Awaiting answer.

1 Jul 2026·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·Pending
Asked

Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to compare the quality of consumer mobile phone signal in specific geographic areas against the quality of service assurances published by mobile network providers.

Reply

Awaiting answer.

1 Jul 2026·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·Pending
Asked

What steps his department is taking to ensure that the development of solar farms supports the protection and enhancement of wildlife and natural habitats.

Reply

Awaiting answer.

30 Jun 2026·Ministry of Defence·Pending
Asked

What steps his department is taking to progress the transformation of the UK Commando Force into a warfighting formation focused on the High North, including an increase in Royal Marine numbers deployed to the re

Reply

Awaiting answer.

29 Jun 2026·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·Pending
Asked

Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department is taking steps to implement the policy recommendations of the Animal Welfare Committee's independent report into the carbon dioxide gas stunning of pigs, publis

Reply

Awaiting answer.

25 Jun 2026·Department of Health and Social Care·Pending
Asked

What data his Department collects on outcomes for babies and parents receiving parent–infant relationship support in the first 1,001 days following birth.

Reply

Awaiting answer.

25 Jun 2026·Department of Health and Social Care·Pending
Asked

What data his Department collects on the provision of parent–infant relationship support in the first 1,001 days following birth.

Reply

Awaiting answer.

25 Jun 2026·Department of Health and Social Care·Pending
Asked

What guidance is issued to local authorities, Family Hubs and NHS services on delivering evidence-based parent–infant relationship support in the first 1,001 days following birth.

Reply

Awaiting answer.

25 Jun 2026·Department of Health and Social Care·Pending
Asked

What assessment he has made of trends in the level of variation between local authorities in the provision of parent–infant relationship support as part of the Healthy Child Programme and Family Hu

Reply

Awaiting answer.

25 Jun 2026·Department of Health and Social Care·Pending
Asked

What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Newborn Behavioural Observations and the Neonatal Behavioural Assessment Scale within NHS maternity, health visiting and perinatal mental health

Reply

Awaiting answer.

23 Jun 2026·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·Answered
Asked

Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department is taking steps to ensure those managing common land will be eligible to apply for the Sustainable Farming Incentive and Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier Sche

Reply

Defra understands the importance of Commons and recognises the importance of bringing them under these schemes. For technical reasons, commons groups will not be able to apply for SFI on common land when the application window opens later this month or ap...

23 Jun 2026·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·Answered
Asked

Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to introduce an offline application process for the Sustainable Farming Incentive and the Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier Scheme.

Reply

The Rural Payments Agency recognises the importance of ensuring that farmers and land managers can access environmental land management schemes. Applications for the Sustainable Farming Incentive and Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier are made through th...

18 Jun 2026·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·Answered
Asked

Innovation and Technology, what criteria she will use to designate social media platforms included in a ban for those under 16 years of age; and whether she will regularly review the criteria for inclusion.

Reply

Keeping children safe online is a priority for this government. That is why the Secretary of State announced a ban on social media platforms offering their services to under-16s. We aim to use the same model as Australia. This means capturing user to user...

17 Jun 2026·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·Answered
Asked

Communities and Local Government, what assessment they have made of the adequacy of guidance on the treatment of established mould in homes; and whether he has had discussions with industry bodies in the housing,

Reply

My Department publishes guidance on ‘Damp and mould: understanding and addressing the health risks for rented housing providers’ which can be found on gov.uk here. This guidance was developed with an advisory group consisting of academics and experts as w...

15 Jun 2026·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·Answered
Asked

Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to help ensure that the National Planning Policy Framework minimises the number of community pubs lost to closure.

Reply

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to question UIN 120463 on 23 March 2026.

15 Jun 2026·Department for Transport·Answered
Asked

What steps she is taking to verify the claimed registered nationalities of ships sailing in UK territorial waters.

Reply

The Government continuously monitors UK waters to ensure the safety of mariners, protect the marine environment and uphold the UK's national security.Where steps are required to verify the flag status of a vessel, this is done on a case-by-case basis in c...

8 Jun 2026·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
Asked

Whether the size of the Public Health Grant provided to local authorities is proportional to the population of each local authority.

Reply

Public Health Grant allocations have been confirmed for the next three years to enable local authorities to plan and make the best use of the funding available. The majority of funding which makes up the Public Health Grant will continue to be distributed...

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