Written questions

1,945 written questions tabled, most recent first.

9 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Private Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of Continuity of Education Allowance rates for the children of service personnel.

9 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Recreation Spaces: Caravan Sites

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of current measures to protect public green spaces from (a) unauthorised encampments and (b) environmental damage.

9 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Neighbourhood Plans

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of neighbourhood planning policies in involving local communities in the planning process.

9 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Neighbourhood Plans

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department is taking steps to help ensure that developers take account of adopted neighbourhood plans.

8 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Neighbourhood Plans

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department is taking steps to increase the role of neighbourhood plans in the planning process.

8 Jul 2025 · Home Office

Antisocial Behaviour

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of community policing in tackling antisocial behaviour linked to waste crime.

8 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fly-tipping: Prosecutions

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support local authorities seeking to prosecute repeat fly-tipping offenders.

8 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Landfill

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether landfill sites in England will receive waste from Scotland following the Scottish Government’s decision to ban landfill in that country.

8 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Landfill

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Scottish Government’s decision to ban landfill in Scotland on levels of landfill in England.

8 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fly-tipping

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the annual cost to local authorities of clearing fly-tipped waste.

8 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fly-tipping

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will increase levels of funding for local authorities for enforcing the prevention of illegal waste dumping.

8 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Waste: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of levels of penalties for waste crime.

8 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fly-tipping: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle fly-tipping in (a) rural and (b) suburban communities.

8 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Waste Disposal: Birmingham

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2025 to Question 62956 on Waste Disposal: Birmingham, when Ministers in her Department last met with the Leader of Birmingham City Council to dis

7 Jul 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2025 to Question 60503 on Housing: Construction, what steps he is taking to help mitigate risks associated with fluctuations in energy prices.

7 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2025 to Question 60503 on Housing: Construction, what the cost components are of the stability of energy costs in manufacturing.

7 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: West Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she expects the West Midlands Rail Hub to be completed.

7 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Electrification

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding she has provided for rail electrification in the (a) 2025-26, (b) 2026-27 and (c) 2027-28 financial years.

7 Jul 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to support households to get value for money from their energy supplier.

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

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2025 to Question 60503 on Housing: Construction, what steps her Department is taking to (a) monitor and (b) prevent future cost pressures on mat

3 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Credit: Interest Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to reduce the number of households relying on high-cost credit to meet living expenses.

3 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Personal Savings

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of average savings held by (a) low-income households and (b) pensioners for meeting emergency or unforeseen costs.

3 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Personal Savings

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to incentivise saving.

3 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Food and Energy: Prices

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to reduce the burden of (a) food costs, (b) energy bills and (c) credit costs on households.

3 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Food and Energy: Prices

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment has she made of the potential impact of food price and energy inflation on (a) low-income households, (b) pensioners and (c) disabled people.

3 Jul 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the proportion of overall household spending by lower income households on energy costs.

3 Jul 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Great British Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what contribution GB Energy has made to reducing (a) gas, (b) electricity and (c) fuel bills since its establishment in May 2025.

3 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Farmers: Government Assistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support British farmers producing (a) cereal, (b) milk, (c) butter, (d) beef and (e) other staple food items.

3 Jul 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the reduction in ODA on his Department’s work on human rights.

3 Jul 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the (a) annual spending allocation profile and (b) planned timeline is for the £1.25 funding pledge to Gavi.

Source: official written-questions record.