Written questions

5,096 written questions tabled, most recent first.

7 May 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a home-buying scheme for (a) serving armed forces personnel and (b) veterans as part of the Defence Housing Strategy.

7 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Community First Responders

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the number of community first responders within the ambulance service.

7 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hinchingbrooke Hospital: Roads

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on resolving the land ownership on the site of the proposed new access road to Hinchingbrooke Hospital from Views Common.

7 May 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Army Cadet Force: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 29 April 2025 to Question 46157 on Army Cadet Force: Training, when that review will take place.

7 May 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Warrior Vehicles: Decommissioning

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 30 April 2025 to Question 44696 on Warrior Vehicles: Decommissioning, whether any Warrior Vehicles will be held in dry storage at MOD Ashchurch.

7 May 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Veterans

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Thousands of veterans to benefit from new UK-wide support network, published on 5 May 2025, whether Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committees will be invo

7 May 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Veterans

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Thousands of veterans to benefit from new UK-wide support network, published on 5 May 2025, what (a) rank and (b) grade the Regional Field Officers will b

7 May 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Veterans

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Thousands of veterans to benefit from new UK-wide support network, published on 5 May 2025, how many support centres are planned; and what their locations

7 May 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Firearms

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 29 April 2025 to Question 46202 on Firearms, for what reason the L7A2 general purpose machine gun is being withdrawn from service in 2035.

7 May 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 29 April 2025 to Question 46114 on Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme: Finance, what the projected decrease in the annual funding is in the next five years.

7 May 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Great British Energy: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 6 May 2025 to Question 48217 on Great British Energy: Staff, from which budget Great British Energy (a) staff and (b) non-executive directors are remunerated; and wh

7 May 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Great British Energy: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 6 May 2025 to Question 48217 on Great British Energy: Staff, whether the employees listed were the only employees of Great British Energy as of 20 April 2025.

7 May 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Pinnacle Service Families: Complaints

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many complaints have been made by (a) service personnel and (b) families about Pinnacle’s housing provision since the start of their contract.

6 May 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 30 April 2025 to Question 47898 on Armed Forces: Housing, when the new taskforce will be created.

6 May 2025 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 28 April 2025 to Question 46122 on Electric Vehicles: Charging Points, how the location of the 100,000 local chargepoints across England will be selected.

6 May 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what accommodation in Cambridgeshire is used to house people that have arrived in the UK illegally.

6 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 28 April 2025 to Question 46097 on General Practitioners: Pay, what the difference is between the (a) New Earnings Survey and (b) Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

6 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Integrated Care Boards: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 28 April 2025 to Question 46102 on Integrated Care Boards: Carbon Emissions, how (a) emission estimates and (b) progress towards net zero will be assessed for integrated c

6 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Veterans: Social Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what progress she has made with local authorities on removing local connection tests for veterans seeking social housing.

6 May 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of the 36,347 houses reacquired in January 2025 (a) were not suitable for occupation at time of reacquisition and (b) are not suitable for occupation as of May 2025.

6 May 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 29 April 2025 to Question 46131 on Armed Forces: Recruitment, how the annual Basic Training Start limit for Commonwealth citizens is determined for each service.

6 May 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 30 April 2025 to Question 47898 on Armed Forces: Housing, what progress he has made with Homes England on accelerating the release of public land for development.

6 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Prime Minister: Aviation

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many times the Prime Minister has flown from London using (a) Royal Navy, (b) Army and (c) Royal Air Force helicopters since 5 July 2024.

2 May 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recruitment advertising his Department has purchased through the Government contract with Manning Gottlieb Omni Media Group in (a) 2023-24, (b) 2024-25 and (c) 2025-26.

2 May 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the press release entitled Homes fit for heroes: Raft of new measures to improve military family housing, published on 18 April 2025, whether the named housing officer for each family will be (a

2 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pathways to Work: Public Consultation

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 28 April 2025 to Question 46071 on Personal Independence Payments: Veterans, whether her Department has invited specific organisations to participate in its Green Paper consult

2 May 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Private Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to secure five-year guaranteed full-rent deals from private landlords to house asylum seekers.

2 May 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how is the value of the financial sum added weekly to an Aspen card calculated.

1 May 2025 · Home Office

Neighbourhood Policing: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) neighbourhood police officers and (b) police community support officers there were as of (i) 5 July 2024 and (ii) 1 April 2025.

1 May 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Homes fit for heroes: Raft of new measures to improve military family housing, published on 18 April 2025, how many homes will be refurbished in addition

Source: official written-questions record.