Written questions

974 written questions tabled, most recent first.

27 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Housing: Buckinghamshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many housing developments in Buckinghamshire are expected to benefit from reduced permitting times as a result of the new exempt-low-risk-activity provisions.

27 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Housing: Buckinghamshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the proposed changes to environmental permitting on the delivery of new homes in Buckinghamshire.

27 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Environmental Land Management Schemes: Buckinghamshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what engagement her Department has had with (a) farming and (b) land management representatives in Buckinghamshire on the future of (i) Countryside Stewardship and (ii) related environ

27 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Countryside Stewardship Scheme: Buckinghamshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to measure the environmental impact delivered by extended Countryside Stewardship agreements in Buckinghamshire.

27 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Countryside Stewardship Scheme: Buckinghamshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department plans to take to ensure that farmers in Buckinghamshire can transition smoothly from Countryside Stewardship to the Sustainable Farming Incentive scheme.

27 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Countryside Stewardship Scheme: Buckinghamshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the additional hectares of farmland in Buckinghamshire that will remain under agri-environment schemes as a result of the extension to Countryside Steward

27 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Countryside Stewardship Scheme: Buckinghamshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many Countryside Stewardship agreements currently in place in Buckinghamshire are eligible for the one-year extension announced in October 2025.

27 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to (a) monitor and (b) evaluate how the target of 80 percent employment will be supported via the co-ordination of (i) employment support and (ii) skills services.

27 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Financial Services: Digital Technology

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the size of the UK FinTech scale-up funding gap.

27 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Business: Government Assistance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what performance metrics she has set for the Scale-up Unit in relation to regulatory case resolution times for supported firms.

27 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Financial Services: Government Assistance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many innovative financial services firms are expected to access support from the Scale-up Unit in its first year of operation.

22 Oct 2025 · Department for Education

Teachers: Buckinghamshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding under the reading initiative has been allocated for teacher training in (a) Milton Keynes and (b) Buckinghamshire.

21 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

British Business Bank: Investment

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what proportion of the British Business Bank’s annual investment capacity has been earmarked for deployment in under-served (a) regions and (b) nations of the UK.

21 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

British Business Bank: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what performance indicators his Department uses to measure the extent to which the British Business Bank has reduced the scale-up financing gap of R&D intensive companies.

21 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

British Business Bank: Investment

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has set a quantitative target for annual increases in private capital crowd-in by the British Business Bank over the next five years.

20 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government Pension Scheme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what his planned timeline is for implementing the proposed reforms to restore access for councillors and extend access to mayors under the Local Government Pension Scheme.

20 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Public Houses: Government Assistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what criteria his Department is applying to select rural pub diversification projects for the funding scheme.

20 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Public Houses: Buckingham and Bletchley

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential for the recently announced funding for rural village pubs to support broader community-services provision in Buckingham and Bletchley constituen

13 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Sovereign Wealth Funds

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the UK’s investment screening regime supports responsible sovereign wealth fund investment.

13 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Sovereign Wealth Funds

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of sovereign wealth fund partnerships on UK regional growth priorities.

13 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Sovereign Wealth Funds

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what plans his Department has to expand the UK’s investment promotion activities targeted at sovereign wealth funds.

13 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Sovereign Wealth Funds

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has undertaken analysis of barriers to inward investment from sovereign wealth funds into UK (a) infrastructure and (b) growth sectors.

13 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Sovereign Wealth Funds

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to strengthen the UK’s institutional relationships with major global sovereign wealth funds.

13 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Sovereign Wealth Funds

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential contribution of foreign sovereign wealth funds to the Government’s strategy for attracting long-term investment into the UK economy.

13 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Financial Services: Islam

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to promote UK-based Islamic finance capabilities in international markets.

13 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Financial Services: Islam

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of UK financial markets infrastructure to support further issuances of Islamic financial instruments.

13 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Financial Services: Islam

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential contribution of Islamic finance to achieving the Government’s green finance and sustainability objectives.

13 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Financial Services: Islam

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of expanding the UK’s sovereign sukuk programme.

13 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Financial Services: Islam

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the UK’s Islamic finance sector on the Government’s objective of strengthening the UK’s position as a leading global financial centre.

13 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Foreign Investment in UK: India

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what mechanisms his Department plans to use to monitor the implementation of (a) funding and (b) job commitments announced following the Prime Minister’s visit to India in October 2025.

Source: official written-questions record.