Written questions
476 written questions tabled, most recent first.
23 Jun 2026 · Department for Education
Schools: Temperature
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her department will make an assessment of the economic impact of lost working hours due to disruption caused to parents by school closures during periods of extreme heat.
23 Jun 2026 · Department for Education
Schools: Air Conditioning
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her department is making plans to offer support for schools that require air conditioning or other cooling technologies for continued function in amber and red weather warnings.
23 Jun 2026 · Department for Education
Educational Institutions: Temperature
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her department plans to make an assessment of the number of hours of education lost due to high temperatures in the week beginning 22nd June 2026.
23 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Local Government: Gloucestershire
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has a timeline for announcing the chosen model for Local Government Reorganisation in Gloucestershire.
22 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport
Railways: Anti-social Behaviour
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the relationship between alcohol consumption and incidents of anti-social behaviour on trains.
22 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport
Railways: Anti-social Behaviour
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her department is taking to reduce anti-social behaviour on trains related to excessive alcohol consumption.
8 Jun 2026 · Department for Education
Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the level of the Adoption Support and Special Guardianship Support Fund on the amount of therapy available for adopted children.
8 Jun 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Children: Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his department has made of how closely the online guidance about equal shared and day-to-day care aligns with the experiences of parents using the CMS system.
8 Jun 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Children: Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what factors may be considered when assessing child maintenance claims made in cases where parents have a court-sealed 50/50 custody arrangement.
8 Jun 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Unemployment: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to support employers to meet the needs of young people who require additional support in roles gained through the Youth Guarantee or Youth Jobs Grant.
8 Jun 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Unemployment: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department will take to help ensure that the roles gained through the Youth Guarantee or Youth Jobs Grant by young people not in education, employment or training lead to ongoing employme
8 Jun 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Jobseekers Allowance and Universal Credit: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many young people not in education, employment or training do not claim Universal Credit or Jobseekers Allowance for the latest period for which data is available.
8 Jun 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Children: Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the level of the 25 per cent threshold applied to changes in income for recalculating child maintenance liability.
8 Jun 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Housing: Insulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending the requirement to use an existing Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating to determine eligibility for insulation f
8 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Solar Power: Planning Permission
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether planning provisions allow local authorities to consider existing solar energy generation installations as a material consideration in planning decisions.
8 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport
Roads: Damage
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the cost to local authorities of of (a) paying compensation and (b) related legal advice for claims for damages attributed to road conditions in each of the last five years.
8 Jun 2026 · Treasury
Electric Vehicles: Excise Duties
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to her Department's document entitled Consultation on the Introduction of Electric Vehicle Excise Duty (eVED), updated on 25 March 2026, whether she will make an assessment of the potential impact of
2 Jun 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Public Telephones: Urban Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent discussions she has had with BT about its duty to maintain or remove disused, dilapidated and eyesore telephone boxes on high streets.
2 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport
Great Western Main Line: Cheltenham
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many GWR train services from London Paddington to Cheltenham Spa did not reach Cheltenham Spa because the service terminated at Gloucester since 1 January 2025.
2 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport
Great Western Main Line: Cheltenham
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of GWR services from London Paddington to Cheltenham Spa did not reach Cheltenham since 1 January 2025.
14 May 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Flats: Fire Prevention
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether a five storey building meets the criteria for Homes England to provide funding for essential cladding remediation works, irrespective of the building's height.
13 May 2026 · Home Office
Asylum: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if they will list the total number of performance failures recorded under each of the seven regional Asylum Accommodation and Support Contracts (AASC) in each year from 2019 to 2024; and what the tota
13 May 2026 · Home Office
Asylum: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff are currently engaged in the management and oversight of asylum accommodation contracts, broken down by (a) directly employed departmental staff and (b) external contractors and consult
27 Apr 2026 · Home Office
Asylum: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if they will list the excess profits recorded under each of the seven regional Asylum Accommodation and Support Contracts (AASC) for each year from 2019 to 2024; and how much has been returned to the
27 Apr 2026 · Home Office
Asylum: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if they will list the total number of performance failures recorded under each of the seven regional Asylum Accommodation and Support Contracts (AASC) in each year from 2019 to 2024; and what the tota
27 Apr 2026 · Home Office
Asylum: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps they have taken to reform the performance management regime for the Asylum Accommodation and Support Contracts (AASC); and when they expect substantive changes to that regime to be implemen
27 Apr 2026 · Home Office
Asylum: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff are currently engaged in the management and oversight of asylum accommodation contracts, broken down by (a) directly employed departmental staff and (b) external contractors and consult
21 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Water Supply: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on the maintenance cost to councils of ageing water infrastructure.
21 Apr 2026 · Department for Transport
Roads: Water
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of ageing water infrastructure on road surfaces.
21 Apr 2026 · Department for Transport
Roads: Water
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits to the effectiveness of highway maintenance of mapping underground water infrastructure.
Source: official written-questions record.