Written questions

314 written questions tabled, most recent first.

15 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Building Regulations: Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps the department is taking to ensure building energy standards are kept up to date in line with technological advancements in energy-saving technology.

15 Jul 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps the department is taking to ensure the Standard Assessment Procedure is kept up to date in line with technological advancements in energy-saving technology.

15 Jul 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment the department has made of the effectiveness of the Standard Assessment Procedure when applied to new energy-saving technologies.

15 Jul 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate the department has made of the comparative performance of predicted and actual energy performance of homes.

9 Jul 2026 · Home Office

Imports: Customs

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consideration her department has given to the merits of implementing amnesty bins for prohibited personal imports prior to customs clearance.

9 Jul 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agricultural Products: Import Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her department will take steps to introduce an official, categorised level-rating for biosecurity risk to the UK.

9 Jul 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agricultural Products: Import Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her department has made of the biosecurity threat posed by personal imports.

9 Jul 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agricultural Products: Import Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 13 January 2026 to questions 99362 and 99361, what further consideration her department has given to implementing public awareness campaigns regarding a) bios

9 Jul 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Heating: Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to support the safe storage and disposal of oil and gas assets removed following a change in heating technology, in the context of the aim to deploy 450,000 cl

9 Jul 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Heating: Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of redundant oil and gas assets following installation of new heating technologies such as heat pumps on the environment.

9 Jul 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Heating: Waste

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of waste created as a result of consumers changing heating technologies.

8 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve GP services in rural areas.

1 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Gardens

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of policy options to deliver adequately sized, high-quality gardens of 200 square metres as part of the Government's pledge to build 1.5 million new

1 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Recreation Spaces

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of access to high-quality green spaces across the UK.

29 Jun 2026 · Treasury

Property: Income

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 15 June 2026 to Question 7262, what proportion of taxpayers reporting a gross property income greater than £1,000 claimed property allowance, and at what cost to the treasury.

29 Jun 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Video Games

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment she has made of trends in the levels of video games studio closures, and what steps she is taking to support the long-term sustainability of the UK video games development

29 Jun 2026 · Treasury

Video Games: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the proportion of qualifying expenditure for Video Games Expenditure Credit (VGEC) from 80 per cent to 100 per cent.

29 Jun 2026 · Treasury

Video Games: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the Video Games Expenditure Credit (VGEC) to 53%.

29 Jun 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Video Games: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to encourage banks to provide financial support to video games developers at all stages of the development process.

29 Jun 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Video Games: South Norfolk

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to hep support the establishment and growth of video games studios in South Norfolk.

29 Jun 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

UK Games Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the Entry Track grant of the UK Games Fund.

29 Jun 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Video Games

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to help ensure the long-term presence of video game studios in a) the UK b) the East of England.

29 Jun 2026 · Department for Education

Video Games: Work Experience

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help expand access to work experience placements for young people interested in careers in the video games industry.

29 Jun 2026 · Department for Education

Video Games: Curriculum

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure the curriculum is encouraging young people to consider careers in the video games sector.

29 Jun 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Video Games

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her department will review the effectiveness of the updated Standard Industrial Classification codes for the video games industry following their implementation.

29 Jun 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

UK Games Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how the UK Games Fund will be targeted to support early-stage video game studios.

29 Jun 2026 · Department for Education

Video Games: Vocational Guidance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help ensure that careers guidance in schools promotes video-games careers to girls and young women.

29 Jun 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Video Games: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her department is taking to help improve gender diversity within the video-games sector.

10 Jun 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Hong Kong: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the potential implications for her Department's policies of the human rights situation in Hong Kong.

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

Genetically Modified Organisms: Plants

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answers of 27 May 2026 to Questions 2585 and 2586, on what date will a National Listing system recognising precision bred seeds be available.

Source: official written-questions record.