Written questions

1,945 written questions tabled, most recent first.

4 Nov 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

British International Investment

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how her Department measures the (a) economic and (b) social return on investment from British International Investment projects in partner countries.

4 Nov 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid: Investment

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that private investment in development funding is effectively leveraged.

4 Nov 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans her Department has to publish (a) performance data and (b) impact evaluations of programmes funded through Official Development Assistance.

4 Nov 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what mechanisms her Department uses to assess the effectiveness of Official Development Assistance programmes.

4 Nov 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Conflict Resolution: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 24 July 2025 to Question 67377, what plans he has for the Ministerial Women Peace and Security National Action Plan (WPS NAP) steering board to meet

4 Nov 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Conflict Resolution: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 24 July 2025 to Question 67377, which (a) Departments and (b) civil servants are represented at the (i) the Cross-Whitehall Working Group and (ii) t

4 Nov 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Humanitarian Aid: Nutrition

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the UK’s commitments at the 2025 Nutrition for Growth Summit are implemented through integration with (a) education, (b) im

4 Nov 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Nigeria: Religious Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her Nigerian counterparts on ongoing reports of (a) abduction and (b) forced marriage of Christian women and girls; and what steps sh

4 Nov 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Employers' Contributions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 29 October 2025 to Question 83833 on Schools: Employers' Contributions, what estimate she has made of the proportion of the £3.7 billion increase in school funding for 2025-26 that wil

4 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Fares

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the rail nationalisation programme on passenger rail prices.

4 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

South Western Railway: Nationalisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of nationalising South Western Railway on passenger rail prices since 25 May 2025.

4 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Nationalisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the total value of (a) debts, (b) leases and (c) other liabilities per railway operator the Government will be taking on following completion of the railway nationalisation program

4 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Passenger Standards Authority

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) role and (b) functions of the Passenger Standards Authority will be.

4 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Passenger Standards Authority

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her planned timeframe is for establishing the Passenger Standards Authority.

4 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Rolling Stock

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the annual cost to the public purse of leasing train carriages per railway operator once the nationalisation programme is complete.

4 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Food: Waste Disposal

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment has he made of the potential impact of requiring local authorities to make separate food waste collections by 31 March 2026 on (a) council budgets and (b) the pro

4 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Planning Permission: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has considered reforming the Habitat Regulations in as far as they relate to planning.

4 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning Permission: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to bring forward further legislative proposals on planning reform.

4 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Written Statement of 23 October 2025 on Housing Delivery, HCWS991, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the new time-limited plannin

3 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Apprentices: West Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with the West Midlands Combined Authority on increasing the availability of apprenticeships in the West Midlands.

3 Nov 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Broadband: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 29 October 2025 to Question 83837 on Broadband: Rural Areas, what progress she has made on Project Gigabit in the West Midlands; how many premises in Aldridge–

3 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Railway Stations: Aldridge

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 2 September 2025 to Question 69838 on Railway Stations: Aldridge, if she will publish details of any (a) discussions and (b) correspondence that (i) she and (ii) her Department has had

3 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Average Earnings and Inflation: West Midlands

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps she is taking to help (a) reduce inflation and (b) increase average annual earnings in the West Midlands.

3 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Disposable Income

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of (a) average annual earnings and (b) prices on household disposable income in 2024-25.

3 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Warm Homes Plan

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to provide additional funding for the Warm Homes Plan.

3 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: West Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Midlands Rail Hub on (a) capacity on the West Coast Main Line and (b) passenger services into central Birmingham; and what discussions she has had wit

3 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: West Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 28 October 2025 to Question 83840 on Railways: West Midlands, if her Department will explore the use of the Sutton Park freight line for passenger services; and whether its inclusion i

3 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of closing asylum accommodation hotels on (a) levels of demand for Houses of Multiple Occupation(HMOs), (b) local housing stock and (c) local publi

3 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Green Belt: West Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his Department's policy to (a) guarantee that green belt protections in the West Midlands will be maintained under the devolution of planning powers to the reg

3 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans his Department has to extend new planning powers and investment flexibilities being provided to the Mayor of London under the Housing Delivery package announced in Wri

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