Written questions

773 written questions tabled, most recent first.

31 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Child Trust Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what options she is considering for improving access to matured Child Trust Funds for people who lack capacity.

28 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Financial Services: Regulation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has commissioned any independent assessments of the compliance costs of financial regulations since 4 July 2024.

28 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Financial Services

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the level of compliance costs for financial services.

25 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Recycling: Public Houses

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Extended Producer Responsibility fees on trends in the levels of pub closures; and what steps his Department is taking to support

25 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Public Houses: Costs

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make a comparative estimate of the cost to pubs of (a) the Extended Producer Responsibility scheme, (b) VAT and (c) beer duty compared to other major European countries.

24 Mar 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she plans to publish updated guidance for the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme.

24 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Income Tax: Pensioners

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the oral contribution of the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury in the debate on the Finance Bill on 3 March 2025, Official Report, column 92, whether her Department has calculated the number of p

24 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Tobacco: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the tobacco duty escalator on tobacco excise revenues.

7 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Driving: Disqualification

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending legislation so that driving disqualification periods commence at the end of any custodial sentence imposed.

27 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Pupils: Attendance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on what the average fine was for parents who had failed to secure their child’s regular attendance at school under section 444(1) of the Education Act 1996 in the latest pe

27 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Pupils: Attendance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of fines in tackling levels of attendance at schools.

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

Certification Quality Marks

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to (a) update guidance on the use of Conformité Européenne marking for construction products and (b) expand testing and certification capacity in the UK.

13 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Unmanned Air Systems

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many operational drones are held by the (a) Royal Navy, (b) Royal Air Force and (c) Army.

13 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Sickness Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people waiting for elective treatment are claiming sickness benefits.

12 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Military Aircraft: Ministers

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2024 to Question 28652 on Ministers: Aviation, how much air passenger duty has been paid for ministerial travel on the RAF Envoy since 5 Jul 2024.

11 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that prison leavers under the Early Release Scheme are supported in securing housing upon release.

11 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Rehabilitation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking with Cabinet colleagues to (a) support prisoner rehabilitation and (b) reduce trends in the level of homelessness amongst released prisoners.

4 Feb 2025 · Cabinet Office

Ministers: Aviation

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether flights made by (a) the Prime Minister and (b) other Ministers in the Royal Air Force's No. 32 Squadron are subject to Air Passenger Duty.

22 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many full-time equivalent officials are working on the New Hospitals Programme in (a) his Department and (b) NHS England.

22 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Concrete

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the policy paper entitled New Hospital Programme: plan for implementation, published on 20 January 2025, whether (a) NHS England and (b) his Department plan to approve business ca

22 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what approvals process (a) NHS England and (b) his Department has for business cases under the New Hospitals Programme.

21 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's policy paper entitled New Hospitals Programme: plan for implementation, published on 20 January 2025, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the d

21 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the commissioning of an updated site-by-site report of the RAAC hospitals as set out in the policy paper entitled New Hospital Programme: plan for implementation, published on 20

21 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report by Mott MacDonald on reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete of April 2022, what recent assessment he has made of whether the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King's Lynn wil

16 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Justice

HMP Garth: Unmanned Air Systems

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to her oral contribution of 5 November 2024, Official Report column 164, and to the oral contribution of 14 January 2025 by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice, Official Report c

16 Jan 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Football: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with (a) UEFA, (b) FIFA and (c) the International Olympic Committee on the publication of correspondence on the proposal to introduce a football regulator.

14 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Department for Education: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Oral Statement of 4 November 2024 on Higher Education Reform, Official Report, column 46, what progress she has made on the leak inquiry; and if she will make a statement.

14 Jan 2025 · Treasury

Treasury: Bloomberg

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Bloomberg subscriptions her Department has.

14 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Department of Health and Social Care: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) strategic (b) outline and (c) final business cases were submitted to his department in each of the last three years.

14 Jan 2025 · Treasury

Treasury: Procurement

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) strategic (b) outline and (c) final business cases were submitted to her Department in each of the last three years.

Source: official written-questions record.