Written questions

213 written questions tabled, most recent first.

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

Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to ensure that (a) high-quality (i) landscape design and (ii) green infrastructure proposed in planning applications are protected during construction and (b) lo

22 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Officers

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment has he made of the adequacy of the current eligibility criteria for the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal for Regular Officers who were (a) discharged before 29 July 2014 and (b) served the same

22 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the Universal Credit savings threshold for disabled claimants who are permanently unable to work and need to pay for (a) mobility equipment, (b) vehicle re

22 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that disabled people who are (a) unable to work and (b) on Universal Credit awaiting a Work Capability Assessment are not left in financial hardship for ext

22 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his planned timetable is for the completion of the review of medical entry standards; and what interim (a) guidance and (b) appeal mechanisms are available to applicants to the armed forces with well-managed

22 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Community Interest Companies: Electronic Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of mandatory digital filing requirements on Community Interest Companies (CICs); and what steps he is taking to support CICs to (a)

20 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Project Gigabit

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that all premises previously covered by the cancelled Airband Community Internet Ltd contract, are included in an extended Openreach c

20 Oct 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Fossil Fuels

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he plans to take to prohibit new onshore fossil fuel extraction.

20 Oct 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Fracking

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to review the technical definition of hydraulic fracturing in respect of (a) volume thresholds and (b) geological conditions to prevent onshore oil and gas extraction operati

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

Social Rented Housing: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether any respondents to the consultation on the Competence and Conduct Standard for Social Housing, updated on 30 September 2025, raised concerns about the reliance on continu

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

Social Rented Housing: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether any respondents to the consultation on the Competence and Conduct Standard for Social Housing, updated on 30 September 2025, raised concerns about the potential implicati

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Office of the Public Guardian: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were exempt from Office of the Public Guardian deputyship fees in each of the last five years.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Office of the Public Guardian: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people in receipt of Employment and Support Allowance have (a) qualified for and (b) ceased to qualify for exemption from Office of the Public Guardian deputyship fees in each of the last five years.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Office of the Public Guardian: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the gross annual income threshold for exemption from Office of the Public Guardian deputyship fees remaining unchanged for several years on low-income people

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Office of the Public Guardian: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the gross annual income threshold for exemption from Office of the Public Guardian deputyship fees remaining unchanged for several years on people with incom

10 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Pensions: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of including unused pension funds within the inheritance tax framework on (a) bereaved families and (b) incentives for retirement saving.

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

Floods: Insurance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the number of residential properties built after 1 January 2009 in designated flood risk areas that are ineligible for support under the Flood

16 Sep 2025 · Department for Education

Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund: Eligibility

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to review the eligibility criteria for the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund to ensure that adoptive families whose children were not previously looked after by a local

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

Meat: Smuggling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help protect the (a) animal and (b) plant export sector from risks posed by illegal meat imports.

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

African Swine Fever

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential economic impact of an outbreak of African swine fever on the (a) pig industry and (b) related exports.

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

Dairy Products and Meat: Smuggling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to strengthen deterrence of illegal personal imports of (a) meat and (b) dairy products following the recent outbreak of foot and mouth disease i

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

Domestic Abuse: Social Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending statutory guidance to improve access to social housing for survivors of domestic abuse with debt living in temp

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

Domestic Abuse: Social Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department is taking steps to help prevent victims of financial abuse being barred from bidding on social housing when in temporary accommodation because of debt accr

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

Temporary Accommodation: Families

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information her Department holds on the number of families that have been living in emergency accommodation for longer than the six-week legal limit.

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

Temporary Accommodation: Families

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has put in place a process to track the distance that families have moved when placed in temporary accommodation out of their local authority area.

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

Temporary Accommodation: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the age breakdown is of children over the age of ten in temporary accommodation; and what steps she is taking to help ensure that the accommodation is suitable for children.

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

Temporary Accommodation: Families

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of families in temporary accommodation were placed outside their own local authority area in the latest period for which data is available.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Education

Religion: Curriculum

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the Review of Religious Education (a) considers a (i) broad and (ii) balanced range of (A) academic, (B) educational and (C) community perspectives and (b) is

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Wills: Court of Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications to the Court of Protection for statutory wills were made in each of the last five years; and how many applications were granted in each of the last five years.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Wills: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she plans to review the statutory will process to help ensure that it is accessible for (a) people with disabilities and (b) their families.

Source: official written-questions record.