Written questions
433 written questions tabled, most recent first.
8 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Food: Prices
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing price caps for basic foodstuffs.
3 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Property Development
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of paragraph 129 of the First Report of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee of S
3 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Social Rented Housing: Planning Permission
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she is taking steps to amend the local plan process to (a) include a stronger needs assessment for social housing across the plan period and (b) require local authorities
3 Jul 2025 · Cabinet Office
Census: Finance
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much funding was allocated for preparations for the 2031 census in each of the past three financial years.
23 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Badgers: Conservation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the amendments made in Schedule 6, Part 2, Clause 41 of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill relating to the Protection of Badger
23 Jun 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Telecommunications: Infrastructure
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to help support small landowners in accessing (a) legal and (b) technical advice when negotiating agreements under the Electronic Communications Code.
23 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Electric Vehicles: Storage
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the funding available to (a) housing associations, (b) property owners and (c) local authorities for the provision of infrastructure for the secur
23 Jun 2025 · Cabinet Office
Census
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to make a formal decision on the methodology for the 2031 Census; and what steps he plans to take to hold stakeholder consultation prior to that decision.
19 Jun 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Broadband: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the effective roll out of broadband infrastructure in rural areas.
17 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Affordable Housing: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Spending Review 2025, published on 11 June 2025, which local authorities will be allocated additional funding for the Affordable Homes Programme; and how mu
17 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Local Government: Temporary Accommodation
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to help local authorities with the costs for the provision of temporary accommodation.
17 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Local Government Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to support local authorities in receipt of exceptional financial support to resolve funding issues in the long term.
17 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Housing Benefit: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the housing benefit taper rate on young people in supported housing who increase working hours.
17 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Homelessness: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to include youth homelessness in the cross-government homelessness strategy.
17 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Bereavement: Damages
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to review the system for bereavement damages.
17 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport
Driving Tests: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the process for booking a driving test through the DVLA test booking system on the mental health of young people.
17 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport
Driving Tests
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Driving and Vehicle Standards Agency's consultation entitled Improving car driving test booking rules, published on 28 May 2025, what her Department's planned timeline is for making change
17 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Access to Work Programme: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that it conducts a full review of the requester's (a) case and (b) complaint when Access to Work reconsideration requests are made.
17 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Infant Foods
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps with the Food Standards Agency to (a) review the standards for baby food products and (b) ensure that those standards are updated to include (i) new baby foods mad
17 Jun 2025 · Cabinet Office
Census
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions the Office for National Statistics has had with local government stakeholders on the 2031 census.
17 Jun 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Broadband: Optical Fibres
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of duplicate fibre broadband cabling on the (a) distribution of fibre coverage nationally, (b) environment and (c) infras
10 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Access to Work Programme: Self-employed
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that self-employed people are adequately supported when using the Access to Work scheme.
10 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Infant Foods
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps with the Food Standards Agency to align the labelling of early-weaning baby food sold as suitable for babies aged four months and older with NHS guidance on i
10 Jun 2025 · Cabinet Office
Census
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has made an assessment of the accuracy of the 2021 census, in the context of covid-19 lockdown measures.
10 Jun 2025 · Cabinet Office
Census
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what meetings Ministers in his Department have had with the UK Statistics Authority on (a) the future of the census and (b) the 2031 census; and if he will publish the minutes of those meetings.
10 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Prescriptions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of providing funding for dispensing GPs to offer electronic prescribing.
10 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners: Pharmacy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of dispensing GPs matching the terms of the drug reimbursement agreement in place for pharmacies.
10 Jun 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Broadband: Mid Dorset and North Poole
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department plans to resume the Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme in Mid Dorset and North Poole constituency.
10 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Elections: Reform
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions she has had with the Electoral Commission on potential provisions for the planned elections bill.
10 Jun 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Holiday Accommodation
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department plans to require (a) tree houses, (b) shepherds huts, (c) farm buildings and (d) other properties not suitable for (i) long-term and (ii) residential letting to be added to
Source: official written-questions record.