Written questions

974 written questions tabled, most recent first.

2 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Sewers and Unadopted Roads

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what baseline data his Department holds on the number of roads and sewers not adopted by (a) Buckinghamshire Council and (b) Milton Keynes City Council.

2 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing Estates: Unadopted Roads

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the scale of unadopted infrastructure across new freehold estates.

2 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential fiscal impact of enhanced farm support measures on the public finances.

2 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Climate Change

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what work has been done to model the impact of climate variability on farm profitability projections.

2 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Trade Missions

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to evaluate the effectiveness of trade missions dedicated to British agriculture.

2 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Farmers: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of potential barriers to rural workforce housing on farm labour availability.

2 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what analysis her Department has made of the potential relationship between environmental regulation costs and farm profitability.

2 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department will take to improve market transparency for input price indices for farmers.

2 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Profitability

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what work has been done to identify geographic disparities in farm profitability.

2 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Farming and Food Partnership Board

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what criteria her Department will use to evaluate the effectiveness of the Farming and Food Partnership Board.

2 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Profitability

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential role of export market access in improving farm profitability since 2021.

2 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Profitability

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what analysis has been undertaken of the relative profitability trends in the (i) arable and (ii) livestock sectors since 2020.

2 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what data her Department holds on farmer-reported barriers to accessing private finance.

2 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Planning

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of planning rule changes on on-farm infrastructure delivery.

2 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Farming Profitability Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what mechanisms will be used to prioritise recommendations in the Farming Profitability Review.

2 Jan 2026 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what analysis her Department has undertaken on the relationship between early years entitlement funding rates and levels of parental fees charged above entitlement hours.

2 Jan 2026 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the impact of the indicative early years funding allocations on workforce recruitment and retention in early years settings.

2 Jan 2026 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Buckingham and Bletchley

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children taking up early years entitlements in 2026-27 in Buckingham and Bletchley constituency are projected to be from households in the bottom two deciles of income distribution.

16 Dec 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Financial Services and Investment: South Korea

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he plans to take to assess the effectiveness of the investment and financial services provisions of the UK–Republic of Korea Free Trade Agreement.

16 Dec 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Financial Services: South Korea

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what formal mechanisms exist for engagement with financial services firms on the operation of the UK–Republic of Korea Free Trade Agreement.

16 Dec 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Overseas Investment: South Korea

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has identified sector-specific barriers to UK investment in the Republic of Korea since conclusion of the UK–Republic of Korea Free Trade Agreement.

16 Dec 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Overseas Investment: South Korea

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the UK–Republic of Korea Free Trade Agreement on UK institutional investment in Korean capital markets.

16 Dec 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Financial Services: South Korea

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer and financial regulators on implementation of the financial services chapter of the UK–Republic of Korea Free Trade Agreement.

16 Dec 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Trade Agreements: South Korea

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to monitor use of investment dispute resolution mechanisms under the UK–Republic of Korea Free Trade Agreement.

16 Dec 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Overseas Investment: South Korea

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the investment provisions of the UK–Republic of Korea Free Trade Agreement on UK outward investment to the Republic of Korea.

16 Dec 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Africa: Economic Partnership Agreements

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department has taken to align the Africa Approach with multilateral development banks’ capitalisation cycles.

16 Dec 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Africa: Free Trade

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department has taken to co-ordinate the Africa Approach with the African Continental Free Trade Area.

16 Dec 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Africa: Renewable Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate she has made of the UK (i) public and (ii) private finance commitments for renewable energy projects in Africa since launch of the Africa Approach.

16 Dec 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Africa: Trade Agreements

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to monitor implementation of the Africa Approach across Government departments.

16 Dec 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Africa: Economic Partnership Agreements

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the number of African countries with strategic economic development priorities that align with the UK’s Africa Approach.

Source: official written-questions record.