Written questions

425 written questions tabled, most recent first.

13 Feb 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Churches

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many meetings she has had with (a) the Church of England, (b) the Roman Catholic Church and (c) representatives of non-conformist churches in the last six months.

13 Feb 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Historic Buildings: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with (a) the Church of England, (b) the Roman Catholic Church and (c) representatives of non-conformist churches on funding for the (i) restoration and (ii) preservat

13 Feb 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with (a) the Church of England, (b) the Roman Catholic Church and (c) representatives of non-conformist churches on changes to the Listed Places of Worship Scheme.

13 Feb 2025 · 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 make an assessment of the potential impact of changes to the Listed Places of Worship Scheme on the (a) restoration and (b) preservation of historic buildings.

13 Feb 2025 · 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 publish her Department's equality impact assessment in relation to changes to the Listed Places of Worship Scheme.

12 Feb 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Gambling: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to implement the policies set out in the policy paper entitled High stakes: gambling reform for the digital age, published on 27 April 2023; and if she will make an assessment o

12 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Performing Arts: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure young performers are (a) not (i) overworked and (ii) financially abused and (b) otherwise safeguarded in the context of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bi

12 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Performing Arts: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of safeguarding provisions in the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill for young performers absent from school for work.

12 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Performing Arts: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that young performers who are absent from school receive an appropriate education.

12 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Performing Arts: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to take steps to ensure that young performers are positively recorded in the absent register following the passage of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill.

12 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Performing Arts: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill on local authority licensing for young performers who are absent from schools for performing engagements.

24 Jan 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Sports: Concussion

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many national governing bodies of sport have (a) published and (b) implemented the Concussion Guidelines for Grassroots Sport.

24 Jan 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Sports: Injuries

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress has been made in developing a standard framework for the recording of head injuries in sport.

24 Jan 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Sports: Concussion

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department plans to fund research recommended by the Sports Concussion Research Forum.

24 Jan 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Sports: Concussion

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to monitor the implementation of the Concussion Guidelines for Grassroots Sport.

22 Jan 2025 · Treasury

Gift Aid

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to amend Gift Aid legislation to ensure that charities who rely on a membership subscription model can continue to claim Gift Aid while complying with the Dig

22 Jan 2025 · Treasury

Gift Aid

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has plans to make changes to the rules on gift aid.

19 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning Authorities: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Written Statement of 30 July 2024 on Building the homes we need, HCWS48, how many of the new planning officers will have the expertise to handle historic an

19 Dec 2024 · Treasury

Cultural Heritage: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to (a) Business and (b) Agricultural Property Relief on the heritage sector.

19 Dec 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Historic Buildings: Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to Section 5.2 of Adapting historic homes for energy efficiency: a review of the barriers, what progress has been made on Historic England’s review into the barriers to delivering

19 Dec 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Listed Buildings: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she department has had with the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero on the decarbonisation of listed buildings.

4 Dec 2024 · Treasury

Music Venues: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of forthcoming changes to business rate relief on the viability of grassroots music venues.

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

Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to review the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018.

2 Dec 2024 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Employers' Contributions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what financial support she plans to provide to the Early Years sector to help manage the impact of proposed changes to employer National Insurance contributions.

4 Nov 2024 · Department for Transport

Motorway Service Areas: Leasehold

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions her Department has had with Motorway Service Area operators on the renewal of leases for those areas.

4 Nov 2024 · Department for Transport

Motorway Service Areas: Leasehold

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to resolve the status of lease renewals of Motorway Service Areas.

4 Nov 2024 · Department for Transport

Motorway Service Areas: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to extend the lease on the Motorway Service Area at Watford Gap.

1 Nov 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department will continue to support the continuation of the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme which is due to expire in March 2025.

17 Oct 2024 · Treasury

Tax Avoidance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the recommendations in Loan Charge Resolution’s letter to the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, dated 7th August 2024.

16 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Mental Health Bill will (a) protect and (b) enhance the rights of (i) children and (ii) young people who are (A) detained in and (B) admitted informally t

Source: official written-questions record.