Written questions
698 written questions tabled, most recent first.
20 Feb 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Animal Experiments
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to coordinate policy on the development, validation and uptake of non-animal methods.
11 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport
Unadopted Roads
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate she has made of the average length of time taken by local authorities to adopt roads serving new housing developments.
11 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of families who will benefit from the financial support package to cover travel costs to and from cancer appointments in (a) Bedfordshire and (b)
11 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport
Railways: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the Office of Rail and Road’s decision not to extend the Rail Transparency Order to cover rail maintenance costs.
11 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport
Railways: Compensation
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans her Department has make it easier for passengers to receive Delay Repay compensation.
11 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport
Train Operating Companies: Subsidies
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what subsidy reduction targets her department set for train operating companies in England in (a) 2024/2025 and (b) 2025/2026.
5 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport
Great British Railways
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether Great British Railways will record and publish standardised data on the causes of Penalty Fares.
5 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport
Railways: Penalty Fares
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data her Department collects on the reasons given for the issuing of Penalty Fares on the rail network.
4 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Autism: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to revise his Department’s autism strategy when the current one expires in July 2026, in the context of the provisions of section 1 of the Autism Act 2009.
2 Feb 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Sites of Special Scientific Interest: Nature Conservation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether Natural England has enacted byelaws under Section 28R of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 for the (a) protection and (b) management of Sites of Special Scientific Interest
23 Jan 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Social Media: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent discussions he has had with his Australian counterpart on lessons learned from Australia’s introduction of a law to ban under-16s from social media platforms.
23 Jan 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Warm Homes Plan
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of the number of people who will benefit from the Warm Homes Plan in (a) Central Bedfordshire, (b) the East of England and (c) England.
22 Jan 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Public Houses: Summertime
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has undertaken an analysis of the potential impact of Single or Double British Summer Time on pubs during major international sporting tournaments.
22 Jan 2026 · Department for Education
Languages: GCSE
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase uptake of foreign language GCSEs.
22 Jan 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
FIFA: World Cup
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had discussions with (a) FIFA and (b) the Football Association on the selection criteria for hosting future FIFA World Cup tournaments.
19 Jan 2026 · Treasury
Tyres: Imports
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what data her Department holds on the volumes of imported single-life budget tyres in (a) 2023, (b) 2024 and (c) 1 January to 1 August 2025.
19 Jan 2026 · Department for Transport
Railway Signals
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of Network Rail’s progress on delivering the train control systems framework announced on 10 April 2024.
19 Jan 2026 · Department for Transport
Trains: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what date her department granted consent for the upgrade programme of South Western Railway’s Salisbury depot based 30 Class 158/159 trains; and what is her assessment of the (a) cost, (b) value for money of
19 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Fly-tipping: Forests
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Environment Agency records information on habitat type or proximity to woodland when investigating fly-tipping and illegal waste dumping incidents.
19 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Fly-tipping: Forests
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information her Department holds on the extent to which large-scale fly-tipping incidents, including transit van loads, tipper lorry loads, and significant or multiple-load incide
19 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Fly-tipping: Forests
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information her Department holds on the extent to which fly-tipping incidents occur on or adjacent to woodland habitat on (a) council-owned land, (b) footpaths and bridleways, and
19 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Sites of Special Scientific Interest: Access
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what powers public authorities have to restrict vehicular access to Sites of Special Scientific Interest that span multiple land ownerships where ecological damage is taking place.
19 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Sites of Special Scientific Interest: Access
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what powers public authorities have to restrict vehicular access to Sites of Special Scientific Interest where ecological damage has been, or is being, wilfully caused.
19 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Fly-tipping: Conservation Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many recorded incidents of fly-tipping in each of the last five years took place in or adjacent to areas designated as (a) Sites of Special Scientific Interest, (b) Special Protect
19 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Fly-tipping: Environment Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to improve the collection of data on the environmental impacts of fly-tipping on habitats.
19 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Fly-tipping
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether local authorities are required to record the habitat type affected by each reported fly-tipping incident.
19 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Fly-tipping: Forests
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what information her Department and its arm’s-length bodies hold on the number of recorded fly-tipping incidents in England in 2023–24 that occurred on or adjacent to woodland.
15 Jan 2026 · Department for Transport
Great British Railways
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to determine the geographical make up of GBR's Business Units will be determined.
15 Jan 2026 · Department for Transport
Level Crossings: Cycling and Pedestrians
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had discussions with the Office of Rail and Road on the application of a risk-based approach to the provision of new pedestrian and cycle level crossings on heritage railways in instances where
15 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Planning: Active Travel
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to Department for Transport guidance entitled Cycle infrastructure design (LTN 1/20), published on 27 July 2020, whether he plans to revise (a) the National Planni
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