Written questions
274 written questions tabled, most recent first.
24 Apr 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Malawi: Development Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what forms of accountability are in place to help ensure that UK aid to Malawi reaches its intended destination.
24 Apr 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Malawi: Development Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what due diligence processes have been undertaken to assess the suitability of organisations in Malawi to receive UK funded aid.
13 Apr 2026 · Women and Equalities
Lifts: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what estimate her Department has made of (a) private and (b) public elevator repair equipment stocks; and what assessment she has made of the potential impact of these stocks on people with access requirements
10 Apr 2026 · Department for Education
Lifts: Engineering
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she is taking steps to increase the number of qualified lift engineers in the UK.
10 Apr 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Lifts: Manufacturing Industries
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to improve elevator part manufacturing levels in the UK.
10 Apr 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Lifts: Components
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to address delays in importing elevator parts to the UK.
10 Apr 2026 · Home Office
Homicide: Women
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the recommendations of the report entitled Invisible Women "Made Visible": Learning from the Femicides of Black, Minori
10 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Electronic Cigarettes and Tobacco: Advertising
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to prevent the advertising of vapes and tobacco products alongside items such as toys and sweets in retail settings; and what assessment he has made of the poten
6 Mar 2026 · Treasury
Minimum Wage
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to help support the spending power of those who are on the national minimum wage.
4 Mar 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Middle East: Armed Conflict
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether non-British spouses of British nationals in Middle Eastern countries affected by Iranian strikes will be included in emergency evacuation and repatriation programmes.
25 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Local Government Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities have paid back their full Exceptional Financial Support.
20 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Colonoscopy: East Sussex
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help reduce colonoscopy waiting times in East Sussex.
20 Feb 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Places of Worship Renewal Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when the Places of Worship Renewal Fund will be open for applications.
20 Feb 2026 · Department for Education
Nurseries: Schools
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many school-based nurseries were created under the school-based nursery capital grant for 2024-25 that replaced an existing private nursery in the same location.
12 Feb 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Pension Credit: Veterans
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of disregarding the Pension Scheme and Armed Forces Compensation Scheme for the purpose of calculating entitlement to Pension Credit.
5 Feb 2026 · Department for Education
English Language: Teaching Methods
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help support children in schools to develop their vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation and listening skills.
2 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Endometriosis: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help health authorities deliver endometriosis services in (a) East Sussex and (b) areas where the prevalence endometriosis is higher than the nati
2 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Endometriosis: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to help ensure the guidance on endometriosis published by National Institute for Health and Care Excellence is effectively implemented.
2 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Endometriosis: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to help ensure that people from (a) ethnic minority and (b) low socio-economic backgrounds have adequate access to endometriosis diagnosis services.
2 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Endometriosis: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will publish national data on endometriosis diagnostic waiting times.
2 Feb 2026 · Department for Education
Teachers: Workplace Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an estimate of the number of people facing financial difficulties due to the time taken to issue Teachers' Superannuation Scheme statements for teachers pensions.
2 Feb 2026 · Department for Education
Teachers: Workplace Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of people in receipt of a teachers pension impacted by the length of time taken to issue Teachers' Superannuation Scheme statements.
2 Feb 2026 · Department for Education
Teachers: Workplace Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce the time taken for issuing Teachers' Superannuation Scheme statements affecting teachers pensions.
27 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Apprentices: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Government has produced an impact assessment of the effects of the reforms to Level 7 apprenticeship funding.
26 Jan 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Fireworks: Anti-social Behaviour
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department plans to review the effectiveness of the Fireworks Regulations 2004 to help prevent the antisocial use of fireworks.
22 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Temporary Accommodation
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if his Department will reissue existing guidance to local authorities to clarify responsibilities to individuals placed in out of area placements in temporary accommodation.
22 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Temporary Accommodation
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what sanctions can be applied to councils not meeting the duty (a) of care and (b) to co-operate with receiving local authorities on out of area placements in temporary accommoda
22 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Temporary Accommodation
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will consult local authorities ahead of developing guidance on out of area placements in temporary accommodation.
22 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Temporary Accommodation
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will set out a timetable for improving guidance issued to local authorities on out of area placements in temporary accommodation.
21 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Animal Welfare: Fireworks
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what data she holds on (a) which animals are currently affected by the current legal noise level of fireworks and (b) how are they affected.
Source: official written-questions record.