Written questions

3,273 written questions tabled, most recent first.

22 Oct 2025 · Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission

Electoral Register

To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what guidance the Election Commission has issued to Electoral Registration Officers on the declarations that a potential elector mus

22 Oct 2025 · Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission

Absent Voting

To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what guidance the Electoral Commission has issued to local authorities on the provision to political parties of the expiry dates of

22 Oct 2025 · Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission

Electoral Systems

To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what discussions the Electoral Commission has had with the Government on the use of pilot voting schemes in the May 2026 local elect

22 Oct 2025 · Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission

Supplementary Vote: Voting Behaviour

To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what estimate the Electoral Commission has made of the number of spoilt votes under the supplementary vote electoral system.

22 Oct 2025 · Cabinet Office

Angela Rayner

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Written Statement of 21 July 2024 on Government of service, HCWS870, whether the breach of the Ministerial Code by the former Deputy Prime Minister was deemed a serious breach.

21 Oct 2025 · Cabinet Office

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Cabinet Secretary plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Thirsk and Malton of 10 June 2025 on the proposed Chinese Embassy and pre-determination.

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

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to respond to the letter of 14 July 2025 from the hon. Member for Thirsk and Malton on publication of councillors’ home addresses.

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

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Strikes

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many civil servants from his Department went on strike on 1 September 2025.

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

High Rise Flats: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department provides to developers on the level of information required to satisfy Gateway 2 approval for an application to the Building Safety Regulator.

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

High Rise Flats: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the average number of pages is that an applicant submits to achieve Gateway 2 clearance from the Building Safety Regulator.

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

High Rise Flats: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, on average how many days it takes for the Building Safety Regulator to approve a successful Gateway 2 application.

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

High Rise Flats: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, on average how many hours are spent reviewing (a) a successful and (b) an unsuccessful application for Gateway 2 approval from the Building Safety Regulator.

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

High Rise Flats: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many homes would have been delivered in buildings waiting for Gateway 2 approval from the Building Safety Regulator for (a) over 12 weeks, (b) over 26 weeks, (c) over 52 week

14 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 progress his Department has made on clearing the backlog caused by the Building Safety Regulator since 30 June 2025.

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

Housing: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the causes of the decline in the number of houses delivered in London this year.

14 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Landfill Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions her Department had with housing developers before publishing the consultation with proposals to reform the Landfill Tax regime.

14 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Landfill Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the cost to housing developers from the proposed reforms of Landfill Tax; and what assessment she has made of the potential impact of this cost on housing delivery.

14 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Landfill Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed reforms of Landfill Tax on the ability to deliver (a) 1.5 million homes and (b) 150 major infrastructure projects over this parliament.

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

Electoral Registration Officers

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department has issued to Electoral Registration Officers on the declarations that a potential elector must make to enter the electoral roll.

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

Absent Voting

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent guidance his Department has issued to local authorities on the expiry dates of postal voting mandates for individual electors with postal votes.

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

Elections: Local Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 114 of the policy paper entitled Restoring trust in our democracy: Our strategy for modern and secure elections, published on 17 July 2024, what types

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

Political Parties: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to consult with political parties formally on the political finance technical measures outlined in the policy paper entitled Restoring trust in our

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Social Media

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on promotion through social and digital influencers since July 2024.

10 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Public Sector: Pay

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2025 to Question 71213 on Public Sector: Pay, how many applications made through the senior pay process (a) were rejected since 4 July 2024 and (b) were approved since the new g

10 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Alcoholic Drinks

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 29 August 2025 to Question 68763 and to the Answer of 8 September 2025 to Question 74201 on Alcoholic Drinks, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing the financin

10 Oct 2025 · Cabinet Office

Admiralty House: Council Tax

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of paying council tax on the former Deputy Prime Minister's flat in Admiralty House in each of the next three months.

10 Oct 2025 · Cabinet Office

Special Advisers: Political Parties

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 3 September 2025 to Question 73832 on Special Advisers: Political Parties, whether special advisers have been asked to undertake opposition research.

16 Sep 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2025 to Question 73317 on Diplomatic Service: Pay, whether Lord Mandelson is still being paid as a civil servant following his withdrawa

16 Sep 2025 · Cabinet Office

Palantir

To ask the Minister of Cabinet Office, further to the Prime Minister's visit to the offices of Palantir Technologies in Washington with Lord Mandelson on 27 February 2025, whether any minutes were taken at that meeting.

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

Angela Rayner

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reason the Land Registry has not updated the title deeds on the former Deputy Prime Minister’s dwelling in Ashton-under-Lyne following the changes made earlier this year

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