Written questions
1,018 written questions tabled, most recent first.
27 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Social Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many adults are assessed as having an unmet social care need in England.
27 Nov 2025 · Home Office
Inland Border Facilities
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the total capital cost to the government of customs check posts since the UK EU withdrawal.
26 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Public Health Funerals: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the trends in local authority funeral and cremation fees and charges since 2015.
26 Nov 2025 · Department for Education
Schools: Uniforms
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of (a) the number of pupils suspended or sent home for not wearing the required school uniform and (b) lost school days as a result for the most recent year the data is available.
26 Nov 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Ukraine: Reconstruction
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he is taking steps to support the rebuilding of Ukraine through UK to Ukraine economic trade expansion.
26 Nov 2025 · Department for Education
Faith Schools
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of new fee paying and charity run religious schools on community cohesion and social mixing among young people from different religious and ethnic background
26 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport
Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of car weight trends on wear and tear on highways.
26 Nov 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Youth Organisations
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the social and educational value of uniformed youth groups such as cubs, scouts and cadet units; and what are the trends in membership since 2015.
26 Nov 2025 · Home Office
Parcels: Theft
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of trends in parcel theft from goods left outside homes by delivery companies.
26 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport
Roads: Oldham
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether National Highways has included improvement works at Costco, Broadway, Oldham in its capital programme.
26 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport
Railway Stations: Lifts
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many days were disabled accessible lifts at train stations recorded as being out of use for each year from 2015 to date.
26 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Farms: Educational Visits
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps with the Secretary of State for Education to encourage schools in urban areas to visit farms and learn about farming, food and the environment.
26 Nov 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Tickets: Price Caps
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the number of visitors to live events she expects to benefit from the cap on ticket resales at face value.
26 Nov 2025 · Treasury
Energy: Taxation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what was the tax income from (a) domestic (b) commercial energy customer bills for each year from 2015 to date.
26 Nov 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Cinemas
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of trends in cinema usage since 2015; and what steps she has taken to support the industry.
26 Nov 2025 · Cabinet Office
Mission Boards: Departmental Coordination
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of cross-Government working in the context of the disbanding of Mission Boards.
26 Nov 2025 · Department for Education
Children: Musical Instruments
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data her department holds on musical instrument take up by secondary school children by social class in England.
26 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Industrial Waste: Waste Disposal
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the level of unlicensed dumping of commercial waste in England for each year from 2015 to date; and what steps she is taking to help tackle it.
26 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Prescription Drugs: Lost Property
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has been made of the number of reported patient safety incidents as a result of prescription medicines being lost in delivery in each of the last five years.
26 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Criminal Proceedings: Evidence
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many criminal prosecutions in England and Wales collapsed due to (a) lost (b) missing and (c) damaged evidence for each year from 2015 to date.
26 Nov 2025 · Home Office
Police: Lost Property
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reports of lost and missing (a) police warrant cards (b) police uniform items were made for each year from 2015 to date.
26 Nov 2025 · Home Office
Police: Lost Property
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reports have there been of lost or missing items from police force evidence stores for (a) cash (b) drugs (c) weapons (d) jewellery (e) electronic goods (f) personal ID documents for each yea
25 Nov 2025 · Home Office
Police and Crime Commissioners
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the transition costs to the public purse of the proposed abolition of Police and Crime Commissioners.
25 Nov 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
National Lottery: Grants
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what comparative assessment her Department of made of the (a) social class (b) regional breakdown of National Lottery customers and the beneficiaries of lottery-funded grant programmes.
25 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Community Relations
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to implement policies to help build community cohesion in areas with segregated communities.
25 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport
Buses: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many new buses her Department funded annually since 2015; and how many of those were made in the UK annually since 2015.
25 Nov 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Horizon IT System: Compensation
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many sub postmasters have had claims (a) settled and (b) not settled related to the Horizon issue.
25 Nov 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
BBC: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with BBC on the potential impact of its proposed budget savings on its (a) television, (b) radio, (c) streamed content and (d) website content.
25 Nov 2025 · Cabinet Office
Civil Servants: Working Class
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of civil servants have working class backgrounds.
25 Nov 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Artworks: Local Government
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate her Department has been made of the value of artwork sold by local authorities in England since 2010.
Source: official written-questions record.