Written questions

2,665 written questions tabled, most recent first.

5 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Heating

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 4 September to Question 73498 on Housing: heating, what recent estimate his Department has made of the average efficiency rating of radiator systems bei

5 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Heating

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 4 September 2025 to to Question 73498 on Housing: heating, whether the Future Homes and Buildings Standards consultation received representations from h

5 Sep 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dangerous Dogs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance his Department provide to (a) local authorities and (b) the police on the reassessment of exempted dogs where owners believe the dogs were wrongly classified as XL Bully

5 Sep 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dangerous Dogs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a mechanism allowing dog owners to apply for the un-exemption of dogs previously exempted as XL Bully type.

5 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Profession: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she will have discussions with the Solicitors Regulation Authority on standards of ethical behaviour of (a) solicitors’ and (b) barristers’ during (i) police interviews and (ii) court proceedings.

5 Sep 2025 · Department for Education

Housing Market: Curriculum

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will hold discussions with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on the potential merits of including the housing market in the national curriculum.

5 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Leasehold

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing (a) penalties and (b) redress mechanisms where leaseholders were not properly informed about the (i) risks and

5 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Leasehold: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act 2022, what steps her Department has taken to introduce (a) clearer and (b) fairer leasehold practices.

5 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Leasehold: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy to require estate agents and other sellers of residential property to include risk warnings in property listings where the tenure is leasehold.

5 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Leasehold: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of information provided to prospective homebuyers regarding the (a) terms and (b) implications of leasehold ownership at t

5 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Greta Thunberg

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will prohibit the entry of Greta Thunberg to the UK on the basis of her support for Palestine Action.

5 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Hate Crime: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the recent arrests for alleged online speech crime on freedom of speech; and if she will make a statement.

4 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Police Cautions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has considered reviewing the standard police caution to include a reference to the potential impact of legal advice to remain silent on a defendant’s defence.

4 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Military Bases: Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made an assessment of the potential security risks posed to military sites by (a) what3words and (b) other digital mapping platforms.

4 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Open Prisons

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will conduct a review of the quality of rehabilitation of prisoners released from an open prison, in comparison with prisoners released from other penal settings.

4 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Open Prisons

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the Independent Sentencing Review on the population of open prisons.

4 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Open Prisons: Crimes of Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what meetings her Department has had with (a) prison officers, (b) prison officers' unions and (c) other representative bodies of prison staff to discuss assaults in open prisons in the last 12 months.

4 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Open Prisons

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average length of time spent by prisoners in open prisons was in the last (a) 12 months, (b) three years and (c) five years.

4 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of prisoners failed drugs tests upon arrival in the last 12 months.

4 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of automatically transferring prisoners in open prisons who fail drugs tests to Category C prisons.

4 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners failed drugs tests in each of the last 12 months.

4 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Access

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will require the mapping platform what3words to limit access to the prison estate.

4 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Freehold: Mortgages and Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what support is available for leaseholders that are unable to obtain a landlord certificate from freeholders due to the freehold owners becoming insolvent.

4 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Freehold: Mortgages and Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of removing the requirement for leaseholders to require a landlord certificate from freeholders when (a) remortgaging and (

4 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Hate Crime and Incitement

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to conduct a review of (a) hate speech and (b) incitement legislation.

4 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Hate Crime: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many arrests were made for online speech offences in the last five years.

4 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Hate Crime: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance is issued to police forces on deploying armed officers for arrests relating to alleged online speech offences.

4 Sep 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Football: Ownership

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made provision for the ability of the Independent Football Regulator to require an owner to divest from a club to be subject to (a) Ministerial oversight and (b) parliamentary scr

4 Sep 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Football: Directors and Ownership

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Independent Football Regulator will have the power to retrospectively investigate incumbent owners or directors in instances where new information comes to light after their appointme

4 Sep 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Football: Directors and Ownership

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Independent Football Regulator will be required to publish an annual report detailing the number of (a) individuals and (b) entities it assessed under the ownership and directorship t

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