Written questions

138 written questions tabled, most recent first.

2 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing Associations: Energy Performance Certificates

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of homes provided by housing associations had an Energy Performance Certificate rating of C or above in (a) the most recent year for which data is available and (

2 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Social Rented Housing: Energy Performance Certificates

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of social housing had an Energy Performance Certificate rating of C or above in (a) the most recent year for which data is available and (b) 2010 in (i) England,

2 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Council Housing: Energy Performance Certificates

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of homes owned by local authorities had an Energy Performance Certificate rating of C or above in (a) the most recent year for which data is available and (b) 201

17 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Down's Syndrome

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, who the designated board-level executive leads are for Down Syndrome in each ICB in England.

25 Feb 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Biofuels: Electricity Generation

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the Oral Statement by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero of 10 February 2025 on Biomass Generation, Official Report, columns 41-43,

11 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children have an education, health and care plan in each local authority area.

29 Jan 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Renewable Energy: Supply Chains

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether it is his policy to continue the Green Industries Growth Accelerator; and how much has been spent on the scheme.

24 Jan 2025 · Treasury

Agriculture: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies on the threshold for agricultural property relief and business property relief of the proportion of commercial farms that are valued at o

21 Jan 2025 · Treasury

Agriculture: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department made of the potential impact of changes to the threshold for agricultural property relief and business property relief on (a) farm businesses and (b) people who bought land to reduce I

10 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Home Education: Travellers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the proportion of children of peripatetic families not in school who will be captured by the proposed register of home schooled children.

10 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Home Education: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the penalty for late payment for not registering home schooled children will be; and what the maximum penalty will be in the event of continued non-payment.

10 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Home Education: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the monetary penalty issued to a person who has not registered their child would be under clause 436E of the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill.

10 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Home Education: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to provide additional funding to local authorities to (a) create and (b) enforce a register of children not in school.

10 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Home Education: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the cost to local authorities of (a) establishing and (b) maintaining a register of home schooled children.

16 Dec 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Voluntary Work: Prizes

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has for the Points of Light awards.

1 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Agriculture: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to her Oral Statement of 30 October 2024 on Financial Statement and Budget Report, Official Report, column 819, what the evidential basis is for the estimate that 75% of family farms will not be affec

31 Oct 2024 · Treasury

Agriculture: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 2.51 of the Autumn Budget 2024, on what evidential basis she reduced Agricultural Property Relief on combined agricultural and business assets valued over £1 million.

21 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Concessions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make it her policy to continue to fund the universal bus pass for those of pension age.

15 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Fares

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make it her policy to extend the £2 bus fare cap beyond 31 December 2024.

10 Oct 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Non-governmental Organisations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department employs staff on secondment from human rights NGOs.

10 Oct 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Legal Profession

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many qualified lawyers are working in his Department's legal directorate.

10 Oct 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Legal Profession

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many full time equivalent personnel there are working in his Department's legal directorate.

7 Oct 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Carbon Capture and Storage: Yorkshire and the Humber

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when he expects to progress Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage in the Humber through the Track-1 Expansion and Track-2 processes.

7 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Floods: Beverley and Holderness

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department plans to pay the second phase of grants under the Farming Recovery Fund to farmers affected by flooding in Beverley and Holderness constituency.

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture and Rural Areas: Flood Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to approve Tranche 2 funding for Asset Repair and Improvement.

10 Sep 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will extend the Listed Places of Worship Grant beyond March 2025.

30 Aug 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Wind Power: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what percentage of existing onshore wind farms in England have a decommissioning bond as part of their planning consent agreement.

30 Aug 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Wind Power: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, which onshore wind farms in the UK have a decommissioning bond as part of their planning consent agreement.

30 Aug 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 31 July 2024 to Question 1642 on Dental Services, if he will make it his policy to implement the plans to reform dental services set out in the document published by his D

26 Jul 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Floods: Beverley and Holderness

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take legislative steps to ensure all domestic insurers offer Build Back Better policies to protect victims of flood damage in Beverley and Holderness constituency.

Source: official written-questions record.