Written questions

609 written questions tabled, most recent first.

4 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Children in Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England holds data on the number of (i) current and (ii) previously looked-after children on waiting lists for (a) mental health services and (b) neurodevelopmental assessments.

4 Feb 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Nuclear Regulatory Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of recommendations 11 and 12 of the Nuclear Regulatory Review on the level playing field provisions in the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agre

3 Feb 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Clean Energy: Supply Chains

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to ensure (a) the UK is establishing a resilient clean energy supply chain and (b) strengthen cooperation with European partners.

3 Feb 2026 · Department for Education

Students: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help coordinate services between higher education institutions and NHS mental health services for students.

3 Feb 2026 · Department for Education

Students: Suicide

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what mechanisms are in place to ensure that universities share learning from reviews of student deaths by suicide.

3 Feb 2026 · Department for Education

Students: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to ask the Office for Students to introduce a regulatory condition on student mental health and wellbeing.

3 Feb 2026 · Department for Education

Students: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how students and bereaved families are being involved in the work of the Implementation Taskforce on student mental health and suicide prevention.

3 Feb 2026 · Department for Education

Universities: Liability

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what evidence the Government has considered on whether the absence of a statutory duty of care contributes to inconsistent responses by universities to students at risk of harm.

3 Feb 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Religious Buildings: Tax Allowances

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has assessed the adequacy of the Green Book's methodology of the social and health benefits of places of worship, including when determining levels of capital and tax relie

3 Feb 2026 · Treasury

Repairs and Maintenance: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason repairs and maintenance are treated differently for VAT purposes for (a) places of worship and (b) museums and art galleries.

3 Feb 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Places of Worship Renewal Fund: VAT Exemptions

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of whether the £92 million Places of Worship Renewal Fund over four years provides equivalent financial support to places of worship compared with the Previous Listed

3 Feb 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Places of Worship Renewal Fund: VAT Exemptions

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact on places of worship of replacing the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme with the Places of Worship Renewal Fund, in the context of the imp

2 Feb 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Clean Energy: National Grid

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 12 December 2025 to Question 96957, when his Department plans to roll out the Connections Accelerator Service.

2 Feb 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Renewable Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of setting minimum gigawatt targets for (i) local energy and (ii) community energy projects.

27 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Biodiversity: Property Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department is assessing reports of widespread abuses of the de minimis exemption to Biodiversity Net Gain; and whether this exemption is still needed in light of the new exempti

27 Jan 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Climate Change Convention: USA

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with his US counterpart on the potential impact of the United States leaving the Paris Climate Agreement on the global, collective effort to lower fossil fuel emis

27 Jan 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy Company Obligation

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the extension of ECO4 being limited to December 2026 on insulation installers and the supply chain.

27 Jan 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Warm Homes Agency

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the Warm Homes Agency's scope will be; and what assessment he has made of the potential impact of that agency working within local authorities on the (a) impartiality, (b) independence a

27 Jan 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Warm Homes Plan: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the Warm Homes Plan, published on 21 January 2026, what proportion of consumer loans will be zero-interest.

27 Jan 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Carbon Emissions and Energy: Skilled Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how his Department plans to tackle skills shortages in retrofitting and home decarbonisation.

27 Jan 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Data Protection: Departmental Coordination

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what her timeline is for rolling out the data sharing project between her Department, the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero, the Department for Work and Pensions and HM Revenue

26 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the review of the Carr-Hill formula will conclude; and when he plans to publish its findings.

26 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Countering Foreign Financial Influence and Interference in UK Politics Independent Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he plans to take to help ensure that the consultation process for the independent review into foreign interference in UK politics remains (i) transparent and (ii) acce

26 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Countering Foreign Financial Influence and Interference in UK Politics Independent Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of publishing a call for evidence for the independent review into foreign financial interference in UK politics.

21 Jan 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Social Tariffs

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing social energy tariffs to reduce fuel poverty.

21 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Doctors: Labour Turnover

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the points-based immigration system in the recruitment and retention of UK-trained newly qualified doctors.

20 Jan 2026 · Home Office

Immigration

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of making applications for Further Leave to Remain on Family and Private Life grounds subject to published service standards.

14 Jan 2026 · Department for Transport

Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Facilities

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve the availability and quality of facilities for HGV drivers, including secure parking, welfare facilities and overnight rest areas; and what assessment has she made

13 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Fungicides

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential (a) implications for her policies of routine use of fungicides in the seed supply chain and (b) impact of their use on (i) integrated pe

12 Jan 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza and West Bank: Humanitarian Situation

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the humanitarian situation in (a) Gaza and (b) the West Bank.

Source: official written-questions record.