Written questions
1,945 written questions tabled, most recent first.
1 May 2025 · Home Office
Neighbourhood Policing: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the framework or criteria used to assess police force eligibility and funding levels for neighbourhood policing allocations in 2025-26.
1 May 2025 · Home Office
Neighbourhood Policing: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether (a) police authorities and (b) police and crime commissioners were required to submit a formal bid or proposal to access funding under the 2025-26 Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee.
1 May 2025 · Home Office
Neighbourhood Policing: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what methodology was used to determine the allocation of neighbourhood policing funding to each police force area as part of the 2025-26 settlement.
1 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Planning
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans she has to reduce the size of local authority planning committees.
1 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Planning
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her planned timeline is for publishing details of national guidance on when local planning committees should delegate decisions to planning officers.
1 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Winter Fuel Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 7 April 2025 to Question 43065 on Pension Credit, if she will make an assessment of the accuracy of her Department’s impact assessment on the decision to remove the winter fuel
30 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Councillors: Planning
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 7 April 2025 to Question 42592 on Councillors: Planning, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of councillors on the planning process.
30 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure the UK’s health security against (a) malaria, (b) tuberculosis and (c) HIV/AIDS.
30 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Development Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to paragraph 2.13 of the Spring Statement 2025, published in March 2025, what his planned timetable is to introduce plans to modernise aid; and how he will eng
30 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Development Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to paragraph 2.13 of the Spring Statement 2025, published in March 2025, what (a) plans he has to share progress on working with (i) the financial sector and (
30 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Development Aid: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of protecting funding for global health multilaterals, in the context of changes to levels of Official Development A
30 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tropical Diseases: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Science Innovation and Technology on the role of the UK science and technology sector in global efforts to elimina
30 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Development Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to reduce in-donor refugee costs to meet Official Development Assistance budget allocations for (a) 2026-27 and (b) 2027-28.
30 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Development Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what proportion of Official Development Assistance spending will be on domestic (a) administrative and (b) staffing costs in 2025-26.
30 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Development Aid: Family Planning
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of changes to levels of Official Development Assistance on the number of women and girls using modern methods of family pl
30 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of (a) replenishments and (b) pledges to (i) the Global Fund and (ii) GAVI on the UK's international reputation.
30 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Development Aid: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he will take to ensure UK (a) health and (b) health security is not adversely impacted by changes to (i) Official Development Assistance and (ii) the global health
30 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Public Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he is considering amending existing (a) commitments and (b) financial pledges when determining budgets for (i) this financial year and (ii) 2026-27.
30 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the UK’s financial commitment to Gavi for the 2026-2030 period has changed since 1 April 2025.
30 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Developing Countries: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that the International Finance Facility for Immunisation frontloading model is effectively utilised for the fast delivery of vaccines.
30 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to use the International Finance Facility for Immunisation to support Gavi’s funding needs.
30 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department plans to take to help support Gavi between 2026 and 2030.
30 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Children's Rights: International Assistance
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department undertakes Child's Rights impact assessments during the development of international development policies.
30 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Sudan: Development Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 8 April 2025 to Question 39011 on Sudan: Development Aid, how much has been allocated for the 2025-26 financial year.
30 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Development Aid: Nutrition
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that nutrition is considered in all of his Department’s spending programmes.
29 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Planning
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, what her planned timetable is for publishing national guidance on when local planning committees should delegate decisions
29 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Planning
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, what assessment she has made of the potential impact on local democratic oversight of replacing individual local authority
29 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Councillors: Planning
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 7 April 2025 to Question 42592 on Councillors: Planning, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill on
29 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Winter Fuel Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the accuracy of her Department’s impact assessment on the decision to remove the winter fuel payment.
29 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Packaging: Recycling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 7 April 2025 to Question 42598 on Recycling: Packaging, who is on the steering group; and which specific sectors are represented.
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