Written questions

433 written questions tabled, most recent first.

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

Doors: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the planned transition period for moving from the fire door safety testing standard BS 476-22 to standard EN 1634-1 on tim

2 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Autism: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) include support for adults with autism and (b) help support (i) Integrated Care Boards and (ii) local hospital trusts with supporting adults with autism through the N

2 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing Associations: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has plans to extend Section 5 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to apply to housing associations undertaking public sector contracts; and whether her

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Foie Gras: Import Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to ensure that the proposed UK-EU common veterinary agreement would allow the UK to ban the importation of foie gras produced by force-feeding.

2 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Electoral Register

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions her Department has had with the Electoral Commission on automatic voter registration since 5 July 2024.

2 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Fires: Barbecues

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department holds up-to-date data on the number of fires linked to (a) disposable and (b) single-use barbecues.

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Barbecues and Sky Lanterns

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department plans to respond to Eunomia's report entitled Sky Lanterns, Single-Use Barbecues and Helium Balloons Risks and Mitigation Options, published on 9 February 2024.

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Holiday Accommodation: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department plans to set a limit on the number of holiday lets on the national mandatory register for short-term lets within each local authority area.

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Holiday Accommodation: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she plans to begin public testing of the digital platform for the national mandatory short-term let registration scheme.

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport

Driving Licences: Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the DVLA self-reporting process for (a) age-related and (b) other health conditions.

2 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Doors: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of pausing the proposed move from the British fire door safety testing standard to the European Standard until the review of

2 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Doors: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the evidential basis is for removing the national BS 476-22 classification for fire door resistance from Approved Document B.

19 May 2025 · Treasury

Carbon Emissions: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of taxing high-polluting corporations to help support net zero initiatives.

19 May 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Offences against Children: Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders convicted of non-sexual offences against children have been released under early release schemes; and what steps her Department is taking to supervise those offenders.

19 May 2025 · Women and Equalities

Transgender People

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Supreme Court ruling of [2025] UKSC 16, 16 April 2025, on levels of provision of (a) services, (b) healthcare and (c) workplace facilities for trans

14 May 2025 · Treasury

Emergency Services: Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to increase funding for emergency services.

12 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Social Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of methodological changes to the classification of certain types of accommodation between the 2011 and 2021 census

6 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Remote Meetings

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when her Department will publish the response to the consultation entitled Enabling remote attendance and proxy voting at local authority meetings, which closed on 19 December 20

30 Apr 2025 · Treasury

CCTV: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of excluding CCTV systems used for security purposes from business rates valuations.

30 Apr 2025 · Treasury

Small Businesses: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to review the thresholds for Small Business Rate Relief to reflect changes in rateable values ahead of the 2026 revaluation.

30 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Arts: Higher Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding her Department plans to provide for (a) dance, (b) drama, (c) music and (d) musical theatre higher education courses in each of the next three years.

30 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Students: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Office for Students will be required to provide a third category for registration; and whether this will take into account the specialised environments of small specialist providers.

29 Apr 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

5G: Mid Dorset and North Poole

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what estimate he has made of the (a) quality and (b) total area coverage area for (i) 5G and (ii) other wireless data reception in Mid Dorset and North Poole constituency; and what step

29 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

GP Surgeries: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the funding made available to ICBs for primary care can be used by GP surgeries to develop plans for premises improvement that will extend beyond

25 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Disabled Students' Allowances: Assistive Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which groups were consulted on the withdrawal of funding for non-specialist assistive software through the Disabled Students' Allowance.

25 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Disabled Students' Allowances: Assistive Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the savings to her Department from the withdrawal of funding for non-specialist assistive software through the Disabled Students' Allowance.

25 Apr 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Shared Rural Network: Mid Dorset and North Poole

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what progress he has made on the Shared Rural Network (SRN) since July 2024; and what SRN projects are underway in Mid Dorset and North Poole constituency.

25 Apr 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence: Arts

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works in protecting artists against breaches of artistic

24 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning Permission: Gardens Trust

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an assessment of the benefit of including the Garden Trust as a statutory consultee to planning decisions.

24 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Electric Scooters: Pilot Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the ongoing e-scooter trials, what recent assessment she has made of the impact of e-scooters on (a) the modal shift of transport away from private cars and (b) reducing traffic congestion in

Source: official written-questions record.