Written questions

748 written questions tabled, most recent first.

17 Dec 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Solar Power: Public Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to his oral answer of 14 October 2025, Official Report, col 189, what plans he has to extend grants for solar panels on public buildings in non-Mayoral areas.

10 Dec 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Fireworks: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the current pricing of licenses for the all-year storage and sale of fireworks of up to 2,000kg in content, in the context of the cost of the license havi

1 Dec 2025 · Home Office

Events Industry: Security

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether financial resources will be made available to charities and voluntary groups organising public events in order for them to comply with the provisions of the Terrorism (Protection Of Premises)

1 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

High Rise Flats: Insulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent progress her Department has made on implementing the Remediation Acceleration Plan.

30 Jan 2025 · Women and Equalities

Marriage: Humanism

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Justice on legally binding humanist marriages in England and Wales.

9 Dec 2024 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether Special Educational Need schools are eligible for split school site funding.

9 Dec 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Payments

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of paying benefits on 24 December 2024 on (a) access to banking and (b) time available for Christmas shopping for (i) pensioners and (ii)

5 Nov 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Spain: Floods

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assistance his Department has offered to the Spanish government, in the context of recent floods in that country.

12 Sep 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will simplify the application form for Pension Credit.

12 Sep 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Park Homes: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her planned timetable is for publishing a response to the report entitled The impact of a change in the maximum park home sale commission, published in June 2022.

6 Sep 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Trapping

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the merits of the use of snares.

3 Sep 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Uprating

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to negotiate a reciprocal agreement with the Australian government on uprating state pensions.

16 May 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Probation Service: Sexual Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of the Target Operating Model on Divisional Sex Offender Units.

16 May 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Probation Officers

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many qualified probation officers were in post at the end of March in each year since 2020.

16 May 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many requests were completed by frontline HM Prison and Probation Service staff for prisoners to be exempted from the End of Custody Supervised Licence scheme in each month since October 2023; and how many an

16 May 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Approved Premises

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Approved Premises referrals were submitted by probation staff to accommodate people released on an End of Custody Supervised Licence in each month since October 2023; and how many and what proportion of

16 May 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of people released on an end of custody supervised licence were subject to a serious further offence review in each month since October 2023.

16 May 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release: Homelessness

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the number and proportion of prisoners that were released under the End of Custody Supervised License scheme who were homeless upon their release from prison in each month

16 May 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release: Self-harm

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of people released on End of Custody Supervised Licence were assessed as posing a high risk of harm in each month since October 2023.

16 May 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of people released on an End of Custody Supervised Licence were subsequently (a) recalled back to prison and (b) subject to a Death Under Supervision Review in each month since Octobe

30 Apr 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Colombia: Peace Negotiations

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what steps his Department is taking with the UK Embassy in Colombia to support the peace talks between the Colombian government and the Segunda Marquetalia.

24 Apr 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Housing: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many homes are classified as non-decent by (a) age and (b) tenure type in (i) Luton South constituency, (ii) Bedfordshire, and (iii) England.

24 Apr 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Rape: Reoffenders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the reoffending rate was for people convicted of rape in each year since 2005.

24 Apr 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Homicide: Reoffenders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the reoffending rate was for people convicted of murder in each year since 2005.

24 Apr 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Rape: Convictions

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions there were for rape in each year since 2005; and what the conviction rate was in the same period.

24 Apr 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Homicide: Convictions

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions there were for murder in each year since 2005; and what the conviction rate was in the same period.

17 Apr 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Culture: Local Government Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding her Department has allocated to councils to deliver cultural services in (a) 2010, (b) 2018 and (c) 2024 as of 17 April 2024.

17 Apr 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Culture: Local Government Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has for funding for councils to deliver cultural services in the next two years; and if she will increase such funding.

7 Mar 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Environmental Land Management Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will publish an impact assessment of the structure of payments within the Environmental Land Management schemes.

28 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Access

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to improve access to mental health services.

Source: official written-questions record.