Written questions
398 written questions tabled, most recent first.
9 Jul 2026 · Home Office
Asylum: Temporary Accommodation
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have left asylum accommodation having been granted asylum in each month of (a) 2025 and (b) 2026 for which the latest data is available.
9 Jul 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Royal Family: Public Records
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many and what proportion of records relating to the Royal Family eligible for release under the 30 year rule were withheld in (a) 2007, (b) 2017, (c) 2020, (d) 2022 and (e) 2024.
9 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Justice
Wills
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) Royal Wills and (b) other Wills have been sealed since 1911; and whether he has assessed the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to prohibit the sealing of Royal Wills.
9 Jul 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Royal Family: Public Records
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many records relating to Royal matters have been transferred from the National Archives to the Royal Archives in Windsor since 2010.
8 Jul 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Developing Countries: Water
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the role of access to clean water, sanitation and hygiene in supporting global health, economic development and cli
8 Jul 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Developing Countries: Water
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that water security, sanitation and hygiene are reflected in the priorities of the UK's forthcoming G20 Presidency, and what pre
8 Jul 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Water Charges: Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she has taken to help ensure consistency between water companies in the inclusion of Universal Credit housing costs when calculating household income.
8 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport
Electric Vehicles
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many meetings, roundtables or other formal engagements she, Ministers in her Department and officials in her Department have had with representatives of environmental organisations, consumer groups and non-
8 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport
Electric Vehicles
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many meetings, roundtables or other formal engagements she, Ministers in her Department and officials in her Department have had with representatives of vehicle manufacturers and automotive industry bodies
8 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport
Electric Vehicles
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the value of investment in (a) vehicle manufacturing, (b) battery production, (c) supply chains, and (d) charging infrastructure that is contingent upon the Zero Emissio
8 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport
Electric Vehicles
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what review her Department has undertaken of representations from automotive manufacturers on the costs associated with discounting electric vehicles to meet Zero Emission Vehicle Mandate targets; and what esti
8 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport
Electric Vehicles: Registration
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact on projected UK greenhouse gas emissions of the reduction in the Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Mandate registration targets.
8 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Climate Change: Statistics
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the data included in the climate change mitigation metric in the Local Outcomes Framework; what plans he has to update this metric;
8 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Home Care Services: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, by what date does he estimate that minimum pay will reach £15 per hour for domiciliary care workers through the work of the Adult Social Care Negotiating Body.
8 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospital Beds: University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of social care service delays, including (a) the availability of supported housing, (b) the availability of home care or community care packages,
8 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health Services: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the resources required to deliver his commitment to open-access mental health support for children and young people in every community.
8 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health Services: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of early support hubs in increasing access to timely mental health support for children and young people aged 11 to 25, and whether he plans to supp
8 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Meals On Wheels
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to question UIN 9801, answered in June 2026, what proportion of the £4.6 billion of additional funding available for adult social care in 2028-29 will be allocated to the provision o
8 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Meals On Wheels
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of patients in England in the last five years who have not received a meals on wheels service after leaving hospital, after they have been assessed as needin
8 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Justice
Probate: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he made of the reasons for the increase in probate processing times.
8 Jul 2026 · Women and Equalities
Conversion Therapy
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the Draft Conversion Practices Bill published on 25 June 2026, what is meant by “procedures similar to forms of medical or surgical care” in clause 1(9)(b).
8 Jul 2026 · Women and Equalities
Conversion Therapy
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the Draft Conversion Practices Bill published on 25 June 2026, what assessment she has made of the potential impacts of clause 1(9)(b) which includes “procedures similar to forms of medical o
8 Jul 2026 · Women and Equalities
Conversion Therapy
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the Draft Conversion Practices Bill published on 25 June 2026, whether specialists in the impacts of conversion practices will be involved in assessing whether conversion practices meet the c
8 Jul 2026 · Women and Equalities
Conversion Therapy
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the Draft Conversion Practices Bill published on 25 June 2026, how “standards reasonably expected of a person in their position” will be defined with regards to the exemption for health care
18 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport
Active Travel: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the The third cycling and walking investment strategy, published on 15 June 2026, if she will publish details of her discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care prior to
15 Jun 2026 · Department for Education
Social Work: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure high professional standards in social work in the period in which Social Work England has paused its external sampling audit of continuing professional development records.
15 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport
Active Travel
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to question UIN 2525, answered in May 2026, on Active Travel: Local Government (a) when she plans for expanded National Travel Survey data, and any alternative active travel data sources under developm
15 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport
Aviation: Noise
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will publish the findings of the Aviation Noise Attitudes Survey attitudes to aircraft noise study by the Civil Aviation Authority, and the related study on aircraft noise at night, before the publicatio
15 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Women
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, to confirm whether any of his Department’s 14,000 planned new prison places aiming to be built by 2031 are due to hold women.
15 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
High Rise Flats: Brighton and Hove
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to question UIN 88528, answered in November 2025, on High Rise Flats: Fires, if he will confirm whether Brighton and Hove City Council responded to the survey in 2023 ab
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