Written questions

1,538 written questions tabled, most recent first.

17 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Treasury: Public Consultation and Reviews

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of a) consultations and b) reviews conducted by their Department since 4 July 2024.

17 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sewage: Pollution Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the press release entitled Reed: Government to cut sewage pollution in half by 2030, published on 19 July 2025, what proportion of the £104 billion funding will be sp

13 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Honey: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an estimate of the (a) amount and (b) proportion of mechanically dried honey sold as honey in the UK; and what steps he is taking to ensure that honey sold in the UK me

13 Nov 2025 · Cabinet Office

Ministers: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of Ministerial pensions in the 2024-25 financial year.

13 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Alternative Fuels

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2025 to Question 74693, if she will consider the potential merits of the UK becoming a global leader in SAF production.

13 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Alternative Fuels

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 10 September 2025 to Question 74254, what steps she will take to ensure that increased production of Sustainable Aviation Fuels delivers high skilled jobs.

13 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Alternative Fuels

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 10 September 2025 to Question 74254, what steps she will take to (a) speed up and (b) scale the production of Sustainable Aviation Fuels.

13 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answers of 04 September 2025 to Questions 73487 and 73488, if she will set out the benefits to British consumers.

13 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Department for Transport: Public Consultation and Reviews

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of (a) consultations and (b) reviews conducted by her Department since 4 July 2024.

13 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Transport: Bedfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to her Department's press release entitled £104 million government investment to deliver faster, more reliable travel for millions, published on 2 September 2025, how much funding has been alloca

13 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Electric Scooters: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to tackle the illegal usage of e-scooters.

13 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Electric Scooters: Bedfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make it her policy to provide more resources to Bedfordshire Police for increased enforcement against illegal usage of e-scooters.

13 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Tickets

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to her Department's press release entitled Cutting-edge rail ticket technology to be trialled across the Midlands and North, published on 1 September 2025, for what reason nationalised all rail s

13 Nov 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Public Consultation and Reviews

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of (a) consultations and (b) reviews conducted by her Department since 4 July 2024.

13 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

5G: East West Rail Line

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make it her policy to ensure that the route of East-West Rail is covered by 5G mobile signal prior to the first services running on the Marston Vale Line.

13 Nov 2025 · Cabinet Office

GREAT: Finance

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2025 to Question 64583, if his Department will publish the assessment they made to inform the GREAT Campaign’s focus for 2025-26.

13 Nov 2025 · Cabinet Office

GREAT: Investment

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2025 to Question 64200, when he expects to publish the evaluation results for 2024-25.

12 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Building Safety Regulator

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of low-complexity work in higher-risk buildings having to be submitted to the Building Safety Regulator for approval on

12 Nov 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Broadband: High Rise Flats

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the impact of the High-Risk Building regime on the Government’s target of achieving 99% gigabit-capable broadband coverage by 2032; and what discussions

11 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department's publication entitled Key findings, Statistical Digest of Rural England, updated on 15 October 2025, if she will request a formal assessment of the st

11 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Tickets

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the press release entitled Cutting-edge rail ticket technology to be trialled across the Midlands and North, published on 1 September 2025, how she plans to measure the success of that trial.

11 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Tickets

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the press release entitled Cutting-edge rail ticket technology to be trialled across the Midlands and North, published on 1 September 2025, for what reason East Midlands Rail and Northern were

11 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Grants

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has carried out a value for money analysis of the Electric Car Grant.

11 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice: Public Consultation and Reviews

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of (a) consultations and (b) reviews conducted by his Department since 4 July 2024.

11 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Bedfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the press release entitled Crime cutting courts to target prolific offending hotspots, published on 25 July 2025, whether the expansion will include Bedfordshire.

11 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Property Development: Small Businesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of residential development projects had a main developer which was classified as an SME in each of the last five years.

11 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Public Consultation and Reviews

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of (a) consultations and (b) reviews conducted by his Department since 4 July 2024.

11 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an assessment of the proportion of planning applications rejected by Councils in each of the last five years, broken down by controlling political party.

11 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an estimate of the proportion of planning applications which have been rejected in each of the past five years in London.

11 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an estimate of the proportion of planning applications that have been rejected in each of the past five years in England.

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