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.