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.