Written questions

265 written questions tabled, most recent first.

29 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Atrial Fibrillation: Camborne and Redruth

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve outcomes for patients with atrial fibrillation in Camborne and Redruth constituency.

29 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Engineering Recommendation G100: Technical Requirements for Customers’ Export and Import Limitation Schemes, published in July 2016, what steps she is taking to encourage District Network

22 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of the EV Infrastructure Grant has been (a) spent on and (b) allocated to external parking bays.

22 Oct 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps is he taking to ensure that charging meters in residential blocks that have been incorrectly classified as commercial are reclassified.

22 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will review the adequacy of fire safety guidance on installing EV chargers in car parks beneath blocks of flats.

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

Affordable Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has considered the potential merits of introducing loan guarantees for joint ventures between housing associations and local authorities to support afforda

21 Oct 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Uniforms

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment has her Department has made of the adequacy of provision of school uniform for children with physical disabilities.

21 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Statutory Sick Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to monitor the potential impact of the April 2025 Statutory Sick Pay reforms on low-paid workers.

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

Affordable Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an assessment of the merits of introducing (a) ring-fenced grants and (b) bonuses for local authorities that exceed (i) affordable and (ii) sub-market housing

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

Affordable Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to prioritise the release of surplus public land to (a) councils and (b) housing associations for affordable housing projects at discounted rates.

21 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Housing: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government will consider introducing VAT relief on construction costs for sub-market housing developments.

21 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Affordable Housing: Loans

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of improving access to low-interest loans for councils delivering affordable homes via the Public Works Loan Board.

21 Oct 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Renewable Energy: Exports

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to formalise alternative routes to smart export guarantee eligibility for renewable energy installations that are not certified under the microgeneration c

21 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Defibrillators: Care Homes and Sheltered Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to increase the number of defibrillators at (a) care homes, (b) sheltered housing and (c) warden controlled properties.

20 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Electric Vehicles: Civil Servants

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of implementing an electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme for civil service departments.

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

Planning Permission: Public Consultation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department issues to local planning authorities on anonymisation of public comments on planning applications.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help support people who were underpaid wages by their former employers.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Funerals: Small Businesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what support her Department is providing to small independent funeral directors in response to market pressures from large direct cremation providers.

10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cremation: Advertising

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to regulate advertising by direct cremation companies to ensure transparency about the handling and care of the deceased.

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

Defibrillators

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has held discussions with the Department of Health and Social Care on integrating public access defibrillators into housing infrastructure planning.

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

Defibrillators

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will issue guidance to local planning authorities and neighbourhood planning groups on encouraging the inclusion of public access defibrillators in new housing developments

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

Defibrillators

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has considered requiring the installation of public access defibrillators in new housing developments as part of (a) planning guidance and (b) building reg

16 Sep 2025 · Treasury

Life Insurance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what regulatory safeguards are in place to protect consumers from excessive premium increases following the transfer of life insurance policy liabilities.

16 Sep 2025 · Treasury

Life Insurance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to regulate the pricing of legacy life insurance policies following provider transfers.

16 Sep 2025 · Treasury

Financial Ombudsman Service: Standards

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to tackle the backlog of cases at the Financial Ombudsman Service.

10 Sep 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Animal Experiments: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of banning animal testing.

10 Sep 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Trapping: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress her Department has made on implementing a ban on the use, sale, and possession of snare traps in England; and whether she has a planned timeline for legislative action.

10 Sep 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Cats and Dogs: Smuggling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the illegal importation of puppies and kittens.

10 Sep 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Seals: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of adding seals to Schedule 5 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.

9 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Affordable Housing: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to introduce a performance framework that (a) publicly tracks local authority delivery of affordable housing and (b) links it to future funding eligi

Source: official written-questions record.