Written questions
173 written questions tabled, most recent first.
20 Feb 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Government Departments: Environment Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to WPQ 107238 what the timeline is for her review of the Greening Government commitments.
20 Feb 2026 · Home Office
Prostitution
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to Freedom from Violence and Abuse: a cross-government strategy to build a safer society for women and girls Action Plan, published on 18 December 2025, if she will set out the timeline
20 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Justice
Palestine Action: Judicial Review
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department received any representations on the replacement of Justice Chamberlain as the judge presiding over the judicial review of Palestine Action’s proscription.
11 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Defence
Palantir
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had discussions with his Swiss counterpart on the assessment conducted by the (a) Swiss army and (b) Swiss Armed Forces of Palantir, including that company's safeguards for handling sensitive data.
5 Feb 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
North Sea Oil: Pollution
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the the crude oil and diesel spill from the Piper Bravo Platform on 6 January 2026 on the marine environment.
30 Jan 2026 · Home Office
Migrant Workers: Care Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the proposals in the Earned Settlement consultation on staffing levels in the adult social care sector; and whether social care roles
29 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Housing: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to The New Decent Homes Standard: policy statement, updated 28 January 2025, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Education on the potent
29 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health: Private Rented Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to The New Decent Homes Standard: policy statement, updated 28 January 2025, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
22 Jan 2026 · Department for Education
Children: Poverty
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to Question 103540 answered on 13 January, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on potential impact of the extension of the qualifying period for indefinite leave to remain on the Child
22 Jan 2026 · Department for Transport
Electric Vehicles: Public Sector
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to provide support to public sector workers to access electric vehicles.
22 Jan 2026 · Treasury
Public Sector: Pay
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2025 to Question 87556 on Academies: Electric Vehicles, if the findings of the cross-government review on public sector salary sacrifice schemes will be made publicly available.
22 Jan 2026 · Department for Transport
Harbours, Docks and Piers Clauses Act
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans her Department has to (a) review and (b) update the Harbour, Docks and Piers Clauses Act 1847.
20 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Government Departments: Environment Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the delay in publishing the Greening Government Commitments for the period 2025-2030 on (a) the timetable for achieving Net Zer
20 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Government Departments: Environment Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of AI technologies on the environment as part of her Department's work on the Greening Government Commitments for the period 2025 t
20 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Government Departments: Environment Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to publish the Greening Government Commitments for the period 2025 to 2030; and for what reasons this has not already been published.
13 Jan 2026 · Home Office
Gender Based Violence
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what additional resources she plans to provide to ensure the police can meet the expectation set out in the Freedom From Violence and Abuse Strategy for police forces to follow the Domestic Violence D
13 Jan 2026 · Home Office
Domestic Abuse
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her planned timetable is for reviewing the legal framework for domestic abuse.
13 Jan 2026 · Home Office
Gender Based Violence: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of the funding over the next three years in the Freedom From Violence and Abuse Strategy is a) new funding and b) a continuation of existing funds.
13 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Infant Mortality: Bristol Central
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support families who have experienced baby loss in Bristol Central constituency.
6 Jan 2026 · Cabinet Office
Poverty: Children
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to page 97 of the Government's document entitled Our Children, Our Future: Tackling Child Poverty, updated on 23 December 2025, when the new guidance to aid local authorities in their understandin
6 Jan 2026 · Cabinet Office
Poverty: Children
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department about the potential impact of the extension of the qualifying period for indefinite leave to remain on the success of the Child Pov
6 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Poverty: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children whose families are subject to No Recourse to Public Funds restrictions are living in poverty.
9 Dec 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Offshore Industry: North Sea
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what definition his Department uses for new exploration in the context of a Transitional Energy Certificate; and whether that definition includes seismic activity.
8 Dec 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Offshore Industry: North Sea
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the North Sea Future Plan published on 26 November 2025, if he will clarify his Department's definition of a (a) managed, (b) prosperous and (c) orderly transition; and how
8 Dec 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy: Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether Transitional Energy Certificates will be required to supply environmental statements that (a) include Scope 3 emissions and (b) consider potential environmental impacts in line with w
2 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Poverty: Bristol Central
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to address the 18% of people who are dying annually in poverty in Bristol Central, as identified in Marie Curie's Dying in Poverty 2025 report.
2 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Housing Benefit: Supported Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what is the timeline for the introduction of new earned income disregards for Housing Benefit claimants in supported housing.
2 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Housing Benefit: Supported Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are expected to be supported by the introduction of new earned income disregards for Housing Benefit claimants in supported housing.
2 Dec 2025 · Department for Education
Relationships and Sex Education: Gender
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason her department’s July 2025 statutory guidance on Relationships and Sex Education notes that schools should not teach as fact that all people have a gender identity; and how schools should follow
2 Dec 2025 · Department for Education
Relationships and Sex Education: LGBT+ People
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to July 2025 statutory guidance on Relationships and Sex Education, whether primary schools are required to teach about same-sex families.
Source: official written-questions record.