Written questions

4,009 written questions tabled, most recent first.

15 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Written question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many meetings Ministers in her Department have held with property developers, housebuilders, and their representative organisations to discuss the National Planning Policy Fr

24 Jun 2026 · Department for Education

PE and Sport Premium

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the removal of funding for the PE and Sport Premium on schools’ ability to fund staffing, equipment and external coaching.

24 Jun 2026 · Department for Education

PE and Sport Premium

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the reductions in funding under the new PE and School Sport Partnerships Network on PE and sport provision in primary schools from 2027 onwards

24 Jun 2026 · Department for Education

PE and Sport Premium

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on what date her Department took the decision to abolish the Sport Premium and replace it with a Partnerships Network; and for what reason that decision was not announced at the same time as the 2025-26 confirm

16 Jun 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Women against State Pension Inequality: Legal Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the Department has spent on litigation relating to its position on WASPI compensation since its initial decision to reject compensation in December 2024.

10 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning: Green Belt

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what safeguards are in place to ensure the grey belt definition is not being applied more broadly than intended.

10 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what powers local highway authorities have to compel developers to complete section 38 adoption procedures within a defined timescale; and if he will introduce new enforcement me

10 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the Competition and Markets Authority's finding in its 2024 Housebuilding Market Study that the priv

10 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of (a) the potential implications for his policies of data on levels of adoption of new roads, sewers and sustainable drainage systems on recent housi

10 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Unadopted Roads: Local Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of research by the Home Builders Federation on rates of road adoption by local authorities; and whether

10 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning: Brownfield Sites and Green Belt

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance the Government has issued to local planning authorities on how to assess and document that brownfield and grey belt options have been exhausted before releasing oth

10 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning: Brownfield Sites

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many local planning authorities have published a brownfield land register; what proportion of those registers have been reviewed in the last two years; and what steps is his

10 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning: Green Belt

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that grey belt land is only brought forward for development where there are no suitable brownfield sites available; and what steps i

10 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning: Green Belt

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how the Government intends to monitor and enforce compliance with the golden rules requiring at least 50% affordable housing, infrastructure improvements and accessible green spa

10 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning: Green Belt

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has made an estimate of how much of land classified as grey belt is previously developed sites.

10 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning: Green Belt

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department's publication entitled National Planning Policy Framework, published in December 2024, how many sites have been formally identified as grey belt

10 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Waste Management: Enforcement

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to ensure enforcement action against waste companies is more robust.

10 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Environment Protection: Enforcement

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many environmental permit breaches were recorded by the Environment Agency in each year between 2019 and 2025; how many were classified as category 1, 2 and 3; and what proportion

28 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office

Prime Minister: Palantir

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what meetings the Prime Minister has had with Palantir since May 2024.

28 Apr 2026 · Treasury

Rents: Regulation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of national rent controls on living standards.

15 Apr 2026 · Treasury

Standard of Living

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the war in the Middle East on projected living standards in each of the next 5 years.

15 Apr 2026 · Treasury

Personal Income

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the proportion of UK income going to workers in each of the next five years.

5 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ambulance Services: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of ambulance response cases in Category 3 and Category 4 incidents that involved patients waiting over 5 hours for an ambulance for each region o

5 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ambulance Services: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the average ambulance waiting times for (a) Category 1, (b) Category 2, (c) Category 3 and (d) Category 4 incidents for each region of the UK.

3 Mar 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Trade Promotion: Official Hospitality

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much money has been spent on hospitality for the UK trade envoy programme in each of the last 3 years.

3 Mar 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Trade Promotion

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much his Department spent in each of the last 3 years on the UK Trade Envoy programme.

24 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Palantir

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has contingency plans in the event that his Department’s contracts with Palantir are terminated.

23 Feb 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Venezuela: Oil

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department has had discussions with the Venezuelan Government on the operation of UK oil companies in Venezuela.

23 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Palantir

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason the contract with Palantir was awarded without competition in December 2025.

5 Feb 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Disability Living Allowance: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what is the average time taken to complete a mandatory reconsideration for a Disability Living Allowance for Children.

Source: official written-questions record.