Written questions

1,682 written questions tabled, most recent first.

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

Temporary Accommodation: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department plans to take to help reduce the number of children living in temporary accommodation.

29 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Building Safety Regulator

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that the Building Safety Regulator works within its intended timeframes to process applications.

29 Oct 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Warm Homes Plan

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, on what date he will publish the Warm Homes Plan.

28 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Hotels

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will hypothecate funding saved from hotel closures for legal aid to reduce the backlog of asylum claims.

28 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Oppression: Hong Kong

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure representatives of the People’s Republic of China employed in the (a) UK embassy, (b) consulate and (c) Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in London do not engage i

28 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Holiday Accommodation: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to require short-term holiday lets to (a) provide a fire extinguisher and (b) meet the same minimum fire safety standards as other rental accommodation.

28 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Community Relations: Chinese

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has appointed a lead official to cover the issues (a) raised by and (b) that affect the British Chinese community.

27 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Respect Orders: Pilot Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department will announce the pilot areas for Respect Orders.

23 Oct 2025 · Department for Education

Students: Grants

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help raise awareness of the reintroduction of maintenance grants.

23 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Crisis and Resilience Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when his Department plans to publish new guidance on the Crisis and Resilience Fund.

21 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Building Safety Regulator

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many applications have waited longer than the 12-week timeframe that the Building Safety Regulator says it will take to complete its process in the last 12 months.

16 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mortgages: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking with the (a) financial sector and (b) regulators to help ensure that mortgage lenders provide loans to leaseholders affected by building safet

14 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Social Rented Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will encourage the Building Safety Regulator to provide a timeline for decision on the 338 social homes intended for the former Bermondsey Biscuit Factory development site.

14 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Alternative Fuels

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the supply of sustainable aviation fuel increases to match demand.

13 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to implement the recommendations of the most recent National Study of Health and Wellbeing.

13 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospices: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure ICBs meet national requirements for hospice performance.

13 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Charging Points

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking with the Secretary of State for Transport to (a) expand electricity capacity and (b) ensure the adequacy of the number of EV charging stations in new hous

16 Sep 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Somalia and Somaliland

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her Somali counterparts on efforts to build relations between leaders in Somalia and Somaliland.

11 Sep 2025 · Cabinet Office

Disinformation

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans he has to ensure (a) Rt hon. and hon. Members and (b) other elected representatives are held to account for (i) misleading the public and (ii) repeating inaccurate information.

11 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists's report entitled A work in progress: evaluating the women’s health strategy, published in July 2025, whether he plans to upd

9 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Immigration

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of exempting people with experience of transnational suppression from proposals to increase the qualifying time for Indefinite Leave to Remain to t

9 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Immigration: Hong Kong

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to launch its consultation on changes to indefinite leave to remain for Hong Kong British National (Overseas) visa holders; and how long her Department expects to run that co

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pregnancy: Grants

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will consider the potential merits of reintroducing health in pregnancy grants to support early years development.

22 Jul 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Export Controls: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to improve the processing of export licensing to Ukraine to aid the war effort.

22 Jul 2025 · Home Office

Anti-social Behaviour: Courts

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the Government will work with (a) housing associations, (b) police authorities, (c) mayors, (d) local authorities and (e) other landlords to introduce fast track courts to tackle antisocial behavio

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

Homelessness and Temporary Accommodation: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how (a) temporary accommodation use and (b) all forms of homelessness were factored into assessments of levels of need in the Fair Funding review of local authority needs.

21 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pancreatic Cancer: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve specialist paediatric Pancreatic Cancer services in the NHS as part of the 10 year plan.

18 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that all Primary Care Network accounts are (a) publicly available and (b) otherwise transparent.

17 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Housing Improvement: Energy

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a VAT exemption for home renovations to improve energy efficiency.

17 Jul 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Heat Pumps

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many heat pumps have been removed from homes in the last 12 months.

Source: official written-questions record.