Written questions

185 written questions tabled, most recent first.

1 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Crimes of Violence and Sexual Offences: Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Government's early release scheme, (a) which categories of serious offenders are eligible for release and (b) how many offenders convicted of rape and other serious violent or sexual offences have

13 May 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Countryside: Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure public authorities are aware of and comply with Section 245 of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023.

13 May 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Floods: Risk Assessment

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has issued guidance to Lead Local Flood Authorities on the application of Section 245 of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 when assessing Flood Ri

8 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Tofersen

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to help ensure tofersen can be administered to MND patients under the early access programme.

8 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Tofersen

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people diagnosed with SOD 1 MND are currently unable to access tofersen.

16 Dec 2025 · Treasury

Tourism: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the OBR has reviewed the Treasury’s 2020 forecast of the fiscal impact of extending the VAT RES to EU residents.

16 Dec 2025 · Treasury

Tourism: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Treasury has reviewed its 2020 forecast of the fiscal impact of extending the VAT RES to EU residents.

16 Dec 2025 · Restoration and Renewal Client Board

Parliamentary Estate: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the Restoration and Renewal Client Board, what the budget is for the restoration and renewal of the parliamentary estate in the next financial year.

16 Dec 2025 · House of Commons Commission

Parliamentary Estate

To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, what the budget is for Strategic Estates in the next financial year.

16 Dec 2025 · House of Commons Commission

Palace of Westminster: Security

To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, what the total cost was of the new security arrangements at carriage gates; how many tenders were received for those works; and what the sign-off procedure

13 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Gun Sports: Hares

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information his Department holds on the number of brown hares shot in England between February and October each year.

13 Mar 2025 · Home Office

Firearms: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data on the performance of firearms licensing departments her Department has received in each of the last three years.

25 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Firearms: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times the Home Office Firearms Fees Working Group met in 2022 and 2023; what conclusions it reached on firearms licensing fees; and if she will publish its report.

21 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Medical Records: Firearms

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason she is not making placing of a marker on the medical notes of firearms certificate holders mandatory for general practitioners.

21 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Medical Records: Firearms

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department holds information on the proportion of general practitioners who place medical markers on the medical notes of patients who are firearms certificate holders.

21 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Firearms: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is her policy that firearms certificate holders should have a marker placed on their medical notes.

21 Feb 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Government Departments: ICT

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will make an assessment of potential levels of (a) financial and (b) carbon savings from (i) estate and (ii) digital budgets through consolidation of disparate legacy IT systems l

6 Feb 2025 · Treasury

Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of reducing the business rate multiplier by 20p for all hereditaments in England used for retail, hospitality and leisure with a rateable value of (a) under £51

6 Feb 2025 · Treasury

Business Rates: Greater London

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of applying a 10p increase in the business rate multiplier for all hereditaments in Greater London with a rateable value of £500,000 or more on business rate in

6 Feb 2025 · Treasury

Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of applying a 10p increase in the business rate multiplier for all hereditaments in England with a rateable value of £500,000 or more on business rate income in

6 Feb 2025 · Treasury

Amazon: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many hereditaments are used for (a) distribution and (b) warehousing by Amazon in England and have a rateable value of £499,999 or below.

4 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Firearms: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has used powers under section 44 of the Police Act 1996 to require Chief Constables to provide information on the time taken by firearms licensing departments to process (a) grants and (b)

29 Jan 2025 · Treasury

Warehouses: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many hereditaments used for (a) distribution and (b) warehousing in England had a rateable value of £500,000 or above on 29 January 2025.

29 Jan 2025 · Treasury

Hospitality Industry and Leisure: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many hereditaments in England that are not used for retail, hospitality or leisure had a rateable value of £500,000 or above on 29 January 2025.

29 Jan 2025 · Treasury

Leisure: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many hereditaments used for leisure in England had a rateable value of £500,000 or above on 29 January 2025.

29 Jan 2025 · Treasury

Hospitality Sector: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many hereditaments used for hospitality in England had a rateable value of £500,000 or above on 29 January 2025.

29 Jan 2025 · Treasury

Retail Trade: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many hereditaments used for retail in England had a rateable value of £500,000 or above on 29 January 2025.

19 Dec 2024 · Treasury

Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many hereditaments used for (a) retail, (b) hospitality and (c) leisure in England have a rateable value of (i) £51,000 or below, (ii) between £51,001 and £499,999 and (iii) £500,000 or above.

19 Dec 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sewers

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the recommendations of the review entitled The review for implementation of Schedule 3 to The Flood and Water Management Act 2010, published in January 2023, what ste

4 Nov 2024 · Treasury

General Practitioners: Employers' Contributions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will take steps to ensure that the rise in employer National Insurance contributions does not apply to general practices.

Source: official written-questions record.