Written questions
433 written questions tabled, most recent first.
13 Apr 2026 · Department for Education
Schools: Census
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will add data about young people's caring responsibilities to information collected as part of the school census.
13 Apr 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Carers
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department collects information on whether claimants have caring responsibilities when they register for out of work benefits.
13 Apr 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Games of Chance
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps to require promotions of paid-entry prize competition, including (a) phone-in competitions and (b) subscription prize draws, to disclose the (i) number of entries and (ii)
13 Apr 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Forests: Environment Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of supporting the restoration of plantations on ancient woodland sites.
13 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Defence
Defence Estates: Veterans
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take steps to use disused defence estate for the purposes of veterans' (a) rehabilitation and (b) accommodation to help tackle (i) veteran homelessness, (ii) barriers to accessing mental health support
13 Apr 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Iran: Development Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of reductions to ODA on the (a) UK's ability to provide humanitarian assistance to the Iranian population and (b)
24 Mar 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Charities: Subscriptions
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the answer to Question 110629 on 9 February, what assessment his Department has given to the potential merits of exempting charities from sections of the Digital Markets, Competition and Co
23 Mar 2026 · Home Office
Domestic Abuse: Financial Services
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to page 59 of her Department's document entitled Freedom from Violence and Abuse: a cross-government strategy to build a safer society for women and girls, Volume 1: Strategy, published
23 Mar 2026 · Department for Education
Teachers: Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve teachers' (a) wellbeing and (b) working conditions to support them to deliver consistent high quality teaching.
23 Mar 2026 · Department for Education
Teachers: Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of teachers' wellbeing on their ability to deliver high quality teaching.
17 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport
Roads: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to increase the use of recycled plastic materials in road construction.
17 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport
Roads: Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Live Labs 2 programme.
17 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office
Migration
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to ensure that net migration statistics clarify the distinction between (a) new entrants, (b) visa extensions and (c) visa category switches.
17 Mar 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Fossil Fuels: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what his planned timetable is for introducing legislation to end new onshore oil and gas licensing in England.
16 Mar 2026 · Home Office
Visas
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of recent trends in (a) visa extensions and (b) visa switches on her Department’s net migration targets.
16 Mar 2026 · Department for Education
Multi-academy Trusts
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to regulate how multi-academy trusts address concerns raised by parents of children whose school is joining a multi-academy trust.
16 Mar 2026 · Home Office
Animal Experiments: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what training is provided on the use of non-animal methods to inspectors in the Animals in Science Regulation Unit who are responsible for assessing project licence applications.
12 Mar 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
National Lottery: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make it a requirement of the National Lottery licence that there be (a) transparent and (b) open communication of the odds of winning the National Lottery when purchasing a ticket.
12 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Meningitis: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation has any newly available (a) evidence or (b) modelling related to carriage studies and the potential impact of routinely offering Meningit
12 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport
Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to take steps with key stakeholders to increase access to workplace electric charging points.
12 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport
Private Rented Housing: Electric Vehicles
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to take steps with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) stakeholders to allow private renters to install a home electric charging point.
12 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport
Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress has been made on (a) the rollout of the Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Fund to local authorities and (b) increasing the number of electric charging points using the Local Electric Ve
10 Mar 2026 · Home Office
Care Workers: Vetting
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure a) parents and b) carers are aware that they can request to view DBS certificates when recruiting individuals to work with i) children and ii) vulnerable
5 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Animal Welfare: Tourism
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent progress she has made on enforcing regulations to ban the (a) sale and (b) advertising of tourism activities abroad that involve treatment of animals that is illegal in the
5 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport
Speed Limits: Schools
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to reduce speed limits on roads outside of schools to 20 miles per hour or below during school (a) hours, (b) arrival times and (c) collection times.
5 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Breast Cancer: Men
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to offer routine mammography through the NHS for men who (a) have a personal history of breast cancer and (b) who are otherwise at high risk of developing breast cancer.
5 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Nurses: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of reductions in (a) overtime pay for full-time nurses working additional hours, (b) bank shift rates and (c) pay rates for unfilled shifts by
3 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Supported Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2026 to Question 103108 on Supported Housing, what estimate he has made of the number of people with additional needs awaiting a Specialised
3 Mar 2026 · Treasury
Crowdfunding: Regulation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the regulatory framework for UK-based online equity crowdfunding platforms.
24 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Park Homes: Sales
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 24 July 2025 to Question 69040 on Park Homes: Sales, what his proposed timeline is for reviewing the 10% commission on the sale of park homes.
Source: official written-questions record.