Written questions

Mark Garnier

333 written questions tabled, most recent first.

6 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

National Leasehold Campaign

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions he has had with the National Leasehold Campaign.

6 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Commonhold and Leasehold: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether Plotland sites will be included within the draft Leasehold and Commonhold Reform Bill.

6 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Commonhold and Leasehold: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to publish the draft Leasehold and Commonhold Reform Bill before the end of the 2024-26 parliamentary session.

17 Dec 2025 · Treasury

Cryptocurrencies: Regulation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with his USA counterpart under the Transatlantic Taskforce for Markets of the Future on mutual recognition of UK and US cryptoasset firms, aligned disclosure standards, and ensuring that

17 Dec 2025 · Treasury

Cryptocurrencies: Regulation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Transatlantic Taskforce for Markets of the Future is being used to develop a joint UK-US approach to tokenisation, including cross-border access to tokenised securities and aligned rules for capital, dis

17 Dec 2025 · Treasury

Cryptocurrencies: Regulation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department plans to use the Transatlantic Taskforce for Markets of the Future to deepen engagement with United States’ regulators following the finalisation of the GENIUS Act, to support regulatory align

10 Dec 2025 · Treasury

Bank Services: Regulation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2025 to Question 61158, whether she plans to publish the statutory instrument on open banking in the first quarter of 2026.

3 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Oral Statement on 11 November 2025 entitled Pensions, if he will publish the research findings from the Department's 2007 evaluation on the effectiveness of automatic pension forec

3 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Oral Statement on 11 November 2025 entitled Pensions, whether the 2007 report on the effectiveness of automatic pension forecast letters is the one referenced in the Parliamentary

3 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the 2007 report on the effectiveness of automatic pension forecast letters is the one referenced in the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman's report entitled Women's State Pension age: ou

3 Dec 2025 · Treasury

State Retirement Pensions: Income Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to Section 4.167 of the Autumn Budget 2025, when her Department plans to publish the solution ensuring that pensioners who only receive the state pension will not (a) have to fill out a tax return and

3 Dec 2025 · Treasury

State Retirement Pensions: Income Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 4.167 State Pension and Simple Assessment of the Budget 2025, published in November 2025, when her Department began consulting on this policy.

3 Dec 2025 · Treasury

State Retirement Pensions: Income Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she considered including an assessment of the potential impact of paragraph 4.167 State Pension and Simple Assessment of the Budget 2025, published in November 2025, on costs to the public purse within the B

3 Dec 2025 · Treasury

State Retirement Pensions: Income Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to Section 4.167 (State Pension and Simple Assessment) of the Budget 2025, if she will publish the cost impact of this policy.

3 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners receive the full state pension as their only income.

27 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Offences against Children: Inquiries

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the National Inquiry, how she will ensure the survivors of group-based child sexual exploitation and abuse are supported throughout the process.

27 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Offences against Children: Inquiries

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the National Inquiry into Group-Based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse will (a) conclude and (b) publish its findings.

27 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Offences against Children: Inquiries

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the National Inquiry into Group-Based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse will start to conduct (a) hearings and (b) local investigations.

3 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Pensions: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it is her policy to protect accrued pension rights when changing the tax treatment of pensions.

3 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Pensions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the number of customers accessing pensions prior to the Autumn Budget 2025; and whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of media coverage of the Budget on pension ade

24 Oct 2025 · Department for Education

Further Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help further education colleges support young people who are not in education, employment or training through (a) flexible funding arrangements and (b) supporting collabor

22 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Unemployment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data his Department uses, other than the Labour Market Force survey, to estimate the population of people who are not in education, employment or training.

22 Oct 2025 · Department for Education

Student Wastage

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of trends in the number of students who are at risk of being withdrawn from their study programme for not attending their GCSE retak

22 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Youth Guarantee

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department plans to take to distribute funding for people not in education, employment or training through the Youth Guarantee scheme in each region.

22 Oct 2025 · Department for Education

Unemployment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how her Department uses data on people who are not in education, employment or training (NEET) to develop policy in the context of changes in the number of people who are NEET.