Written questions
2,665 written questions tabled, most recent first.
7 Jan 2026 · Cabinet Office
Migration: Statistics
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how migration data is shared with the Office for National Statistics to inform population estimates.
7 Jan 2026 · Cabinet Office
Population
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the accuracy of population estimates derived from the 2021 Census.
6 Jan 2026 · Treasury
Manufacturing Industries: Tax Allowances
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the new 40% first year allowance for for main-rate plant and machinery on the level of regional investment and economic growth.
6 Jan 2026 · Treasury
Corporation Tax: Tax Allowances
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what metrics her Department will use to evaluate the success of the new first-year allowance in stimulating growth and productivity.
6 Jan 2026 · Department for Transport
Railways: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to minimise disruption on the rail network in periods of extreme snow and cold weather.
6 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Dogs
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance her Department issues dog walkers in periods of extreme cold.
6 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Parking: Private Sector
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to address the situation whereby motorists risk losing the discounted rate if they pursue an appeal against a private parking charge.
6 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Parking: Private Sector
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps are being taken to ensure that private parking operators consider mitigating circumstances, including disability and medical necessity, when issuing parking charge not
6 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Parking
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of whether disabled parking provision at NHS and primary care premises is adequate to meet patient demand.
6 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of variations between GP surgeries in the provision of basic clinical procedures, including suture removal.
6 Jan 2026 · Department for Transport
Large Goods Vehicles: Coastal Areas and Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the impact of rising and unpredictable police escort costs on the abnormal load haulage sector and the wider tourism supply chain, particularly in rural and coastal areas.
6 Jan 2026 · Home Office
Abnormal Loads
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to address inconsistencies between police forces in their interpretation and application of escort requirements for lawful abnormal load movements.
6 Jan 2026 · Home Office
Abnormal Loads
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to introduce a national regulatory framework governing when police forces may require escorts for abnormal load movements.
6 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Slaughterhouses
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the written answer 100620 of 6 Jan 2025 on Slaughterhouses, how many slaughterhouses were subject to more than one enforcement action for animal welfare breaches in each of the last fiv
6 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Slaughterhouses
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the written answer 100620 of 6 Jan 2025 on Slaughterhouses, whether the Food Standards Agency plans to begin routinely recording the method of slaughter used at the time an animal welfa
6 Jan 2026 · Home Office
Sexual Offences: Criminal Investigation
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police forces operate specialist rape and sexual offence investigation teams; and which forces do not yet have such teams in place.
6 Jan 2026 · Home Office
Domestic Abuse: Disclosure of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to extend the Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme to include offences such as stalking, sexual assault and harassment.
6 Jan 2026 · Home Office
Police: Electronic Surveillance
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how funding for undercover online policing units will be distributed; and what outcomes each unit is expected to deliver.
6 Jan 2026 · Home Office
Sexual Offences: Criminal Investigation
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of setting a 2029 deadline for the establishment of dedicated rape and sexual offence investigation teams on postcode disparities in the investig
6 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Carer's Allowance: Overpayments
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps are being taken to ensure that carers affected by overpayments are proactively informed of their right to reassessment, debt reduction or refund.
6 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Carer's Allowance: Overpayments
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the risk that unpaid carers may have acquired criminal convictions as a result of DWP system failures rather than deliberate fraud.
6 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Carer's Allowance: Overpayments
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many unpaid carers have been referred to the Crown Prosecution Service in relation to carer’s allowance overpayments in each year since 2015.
5 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Justice
Alcoholic Drinks: Crime
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders were subject to alcohol monitoring tags over the Christmas and New Year period in each of the last five years.
5 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Justice
Alcoholic Drinks: Sentencing
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what comparative assessment his Department has made of the cost-effectiveness of (a) alcohol monitoring tags and (b) custodial sentences for alcohol-related offences.
5 Jan 2026 · Home Office
Young Futures Panels
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what metrics are being used to evaluate the effectiveness of the Young Futures Panel pilots.
5 Jan 2026 · Treasury
Taxis: VAT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to bring forward further reforms to VAT treatment within the taxi and private hire vehicle sector.
5 Jan 2026 · Treasury
Taxis: VAT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps HMRC is taking to ensure compliance with the new VAT rules for private hire vehicle operators following the closure of access to the Tour Operators Margin Scheme.
2 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Rent Repayment Orders
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether there will be further expansion of the Rent Repayment Order scheme.
2 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Rent Repayment Orders: Information Sharing
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria were used to select the 38 additional local authorities included in the expansion of the Rent Repayment Order data-sharing scheme.
18 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hearing Impairment: Babies
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps are being taken to ensure that families of babies identified as deaf through the newborn hearing screening programme receive timely and appropriate support from birth.
Source: official written-questions record.