Written questions

1,018 written questions tabled, most recent first.

5 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

High Rise Flats: Fires

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on practices for the safe evacuation of high rise buildings in the event of fire as building heights increase to over 70 stori

5 Dec 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Electric Bicycles and Electric Scooters: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with local authority trading standards teams about assessing the potential risk of purchasing imported e-bikes and e-scooters, and fire risk from sub standard batteries and

5 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Food

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has been made of the volume, proportion and value of food waste in the NHS.

4 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport

Cycling: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the take up of cycling proficiency programmes in schools in (a) England (b) Greater Manchester and (c) Oldham.

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

Zoos: Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the level of commercial energy costs on Zoos in England, such as Chester and Blackpool Zoos.

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

Thames Water

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the medium term viability of Thames Water.

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

Local Government Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with councils in the devolution priority programme areas on securing investment ahead of the delayed mayoral elections.

4 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport

Vehicle Number Plates: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of ghost number plate enforcement in England.

4 Dec 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Newspaper Press: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the notional lost revenue to newspapers of online platforms using content without payment in return.

4 Dec 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Local Broadcasting and Local Press: Community Assets

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending Asset of Community Value protections to local newspaper titles and community radio stations.

4 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Influenza: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the take up of flu vaccinations so far this year.

4 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport

Heathrow Airport: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of Heathrow expansion on regional airports such as Manchester.

4 Dec 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Cultural Heritage: Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding her Department has provided to Irish cultural heritage groups in the last 12 months.

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

Empty Property

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment has been made of the adequacy of approaches to bringing empty residential properties back into use.

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

Social Services: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment has been made of the trends in insourcing in adult social care and children social care in England.

4 Dec 2025 · Treasury

Economic Growth

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of coordinating place-based (a) Government funding and (b) philanthropic, institutional and private sector investment on regional growth.

4 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport

Road Works

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate has been made of the value of fines imposed on utility companies by highway authorities in England for each year from 2015 to date.

4 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport

Pedestrian Areas: Urban Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential implications for Government policies of trends in the level of street clutter on the character of urban areas.

4 Dec 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Travel

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was spent on (a) taxis (b) buses (c) trains by her Department and its contractors for asylum seekers in it's care for each year from 2015 to date.

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

Housing: Boilers

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment has been made of the number of domestic boilers sold in England against the number of installations reported to local authority building control.

4 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobcentres: Crimes of Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many assaults on staff working in Job Centres were reported for each region for each year from 2015 to date.

4 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Motability: Motor Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the government has held discussions with Motability following the revision of vehicle brands supported by the scheme to prioritise British made vehicles and to report accurate data on the number

4 Dec 2025 · Cabinet Office

Official Cars: Procurement

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has had recent discussions with Cabinet colleagues on (a) the potential merits of prioritising British made vehicles through procurement and (b) holding accurate data on the number of British and non-

4 Dec 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment has been made of the potential merits of introducing legislation to regulate designed in bias in AI programmes such as ChatGPT, GROK, CoPilot and others.

4 Dec 2025 · Treasury

Hospitality Industry: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of the lower rate of business rates retail, hospitality and leisure multipliers, revaluation, and transition arrangements on pubs, bars and restaurants.

3 Dec 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Community Energy: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what funding has been allocated to local authorities in England to lead local community energy schemes.

3 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what measures are in place to help increase defence supply chain apprenticeships in the North West.

3 Dec 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Newspaper Press: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of trends in the number of online platforms scraping news articles produced by UK newspapers.

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

Regional Planning and Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what process his Department plans to use to allocate funding following the end of UK Shared Prosperity Fund in regions and counties without an elected mayor.

3 Dec 2025 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how long has the HMRC helpline number 0300 200 3822 been out of service.

Source: official written-questions record.