Written questions

1,538 written questions tabled, most recent first.

30 Jun 2026 · Home Office

Immigration

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to adopt recommendation 4 of the report Backdoors to Britain, published by the honourable Member for Mid Bedfordshire on 4 March 2026.

30 Jun 2026 · Home Office

Immigration

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to adopt recommendation 3 of the report Backdoors to Britain, published by the honourable Member for Mid Bedfordshire on 4 March 2026.

30 Jun 2026 · Home Office

Immigration

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to adopt recommendation 2 of the report Backdoors to Britain, published by the honourable Member for Mid Bedfordshire on 4 March 2026.

30 Jun 2026 · Home Office

Immigration

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to adopt recommendation 1 of the report Backdoors to Britain, published by the honourable Member for Mid Bedfordshire on 4 March 2026.

30 Jun 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Renewable Energy: Landfill

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment has been made of the relative cost to the public purse of (a) providing transitional support for landfill gas generation and (b) responsible parties bearing the unsupported co

30 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Fuels

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps her Department has taken to increase the supply of (a) sustainable aviation fuel and( b) domestic aviation fuel production.

30 Jun 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Renewable Energy: Landfill

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what his planned timetable is for taking a decision on transitional arrangements for landfill gas operation before the closure of the Renewables Obligation in April 2027.

29 Jun 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

British International Investment

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she has taken to ensure British International Investment’s use of taxpayer funds is consistent with value for money and the Government’s policy of encouraging wide

29 Jun 2026 · Treasury

Local Government Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of her policies for fiscal devolution in relation to income tax on trends in the level of funding for local authorities.

29 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

East West Rail Line: Railway Stations

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether new stations on the Marston Vale Line will be built prior to services between Oxford and Bedford beginning.

29 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he intends to publish the National Planning Policy Framework.

29 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Railway Stations: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy not to include train stations which do not have step free access in his planning policies on development around train stations.

29 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

New Towns

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reason a) Stotfold Garden Village, b) Tempsford and c) Milton Keynes scored differently for Objective 2 of the New Towns Programme methodology.

29 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Recreation Spaces: Parking and Railway Stations

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of its proposals on density around train stations on the provision of a) station parking and b) green space.

29 Jun 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Developing Countries: Overseas Investment

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she has taken to help ensure British International Investment’s use of taxpayer funds is consistent with value for money and the Government’s policy of encouraging

29 Jun 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Primary Education: School Libraries

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the answer to of 22 October 2025 to Written Question 101953 on Primary Education: School Libraries, published on 12 January 2026, how her Department will allocate funding for th

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

Social Rented Housing: Tenants

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the average tenure of social housing tenants in England.

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

Social Rented Housing: Tenants

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the average income of social housing tenants in England.

26 Jun 2026 · Home Office

Immigration: English Language

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department has received any correspondence from a) Global Counsel or b) Peter Mandelson in relation to English language testing in the UK immigration system since 4 July 2024.

26 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Postal Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made any estimate of the proportion of missed appointments which have resulted from delays in receiving posted letters.

26 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the reduction in waiting lists since July 2024 has been as a result of patients receiving treatment.

26 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food Supply: Unmanned Air Systems

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what consideration she has given to the potential impact of the regulatory environment for agricultural drone technology on British food security.

26 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

Food Supply: Unmanned Air Systems

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consideration she has given to the potential impact of payloads regulations for drone technology for British food security.

26 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food Supply: Unmanned Air Systems

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what consideration she has given to the potential impact of chemical approvals for drone technology on British food security.

26 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

Food Supply: Unmanned Air Systems

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consideration she has given to the impact of Beyond Visual Line of Sight restrictions on drone technology for British food security.

26 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sewers

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she will make it her policy to bring Schedule 3 of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010 into force.

24 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Defence

LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme: Publicity

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to raise awareness of the LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme outside of veterans networks.

24 Jun 2026 · Home Office

Legal Profession: USA

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the decision to remove remote testing for the LSAT by the US Government.

24 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Plans

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Government intends for a) nationally-set housing targets or b) housing targets set out in Local Plans to be used for the calculation of five year land supply in circu

24 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Water Supply

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of a) water and b) sewage capacity in areas with high housing targets.

Source: official written-questions record.