Written questions

233 written questions tabled, most recent first.

16 Jul 2026 · Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade

Written question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what actions, programmes and investment vehicles will be used to support agri-tech as a frontier industry under the Industrial Strategy.

16 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Written question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to review and reform permitted development rights for on-farm reservoirs.

16 Jul 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Written question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 29 April 2026 to Question HL16697 on Agriculture: Reservoirs, what assessment she has made of whether the current rate of large raised reservoir construction

16 Jul 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Written question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to support farmers to improve water resilience through on-farm reservoirs.

15 Jul 2026 · Home Office

Metropolitan Police

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the Metropolitan Police's new frontline policing rotation policy on trends in the levels of early retirement among police offic

15 Jul 2026 · Home Office

Metropolitan Police

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department took to consult experienced police personnel in the development of the Metropolitan Police's new frontline policing rotation policy.

14 Jul 2026 · Treasury

Access to Work Programme: Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of classifying Access to Work expenditure as Annually Managed Expenditure to help ensure the scheme can respond to demand from new and sustained employment

14 Jul 2026 · Department for Education

Young Carers: Education and Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Government plans to add young carers to the data which local authorities must provide in relation to 'Participation in education, training and NEET' for 16 and 17 year olds.

14 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Unemployment: Young Carers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of recent findings by UCL, City St George’s and Carers Trust that young adult carers are more than twice as likely as non-

14 Jul 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Agriculture: Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has designated a team responsible for agri-tech as a frontier industry under the Industrial Strategy.

14 Jul 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Agriculture: Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much public funding has been allocated through the Industrial Strategy to support agri-tech as a frontier industry; and how this compares with the funding allocated to each other frontier industry

13 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

National Institute for Health and Care Research: Clinical Trials

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were recruited into National Institute for Health and Care Research supported (i) phase 1, (ii) phase 2, and (iii) phase 3 trials for (a) dementia, (b) cancer, (c) stroke and (d) co

6 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pancreatic Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how his department will work with the NIHR National Speciality Lead for research into rare cancers to develop a national strategy focused on unlocking greater investment in pancreatic cancer resear

6 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pancreatic Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his department is taking to ensure a.) patients with pancreatic cancer can easily access information about relevant clinical trials and b.) they are automatically linked onto clinical tr

6 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Community Infrastructure Levy

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of legal mechanisms available to local authorities to repay Community Infrastructure Levy charges in cases of genuine home

6 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning: Flood Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on strengthening planning policy to help ensure that new developments do no

6 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Floods

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to update building regulations to require property flood resilience measures in new homes built in areas at risk of flooding.

6 Jul 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Re: Home Insurance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help improve consumer awareness of whether a property is insured through Flood Re.

6 Jul 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sewers: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of not commencing Schedule 3 to the Flood and Water Management Act 2010 on surface water flood risk from new housing dev

6 Jul 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Re

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of uncertainty over the future of Flood Re on mortgage availability for properties at high risk of flooding.

3 Jul 2026 · Department for Education

Secondary Education: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of section 68 of the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 on the funding routes available for new secondary school provision required to serv

3 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on ensuring that the timings of funding for secondary school provision for the development of strategic site

30 Jun 2026 · Department for Education

Schools: Temperature

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a specific legal working temperature for schools.

29 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospices: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will issue national guidance to reduce variation in children’s hospice funding between ICBs.

24 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking with the Secretary of State for Education to ensure the Armed Forces Covenant is applied in the provision of education to SEND pupils who are children of service men and women.

17 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to hold a consultation on the new neighbourhood governance framework.

12 Jun 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Child Maintenance Service: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of CMS responses are in compliance with the CMS' 15 days response timeframe.

12 Jun 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Child Maintenance Service: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the answer of 1 June 2026 to question 3164, if he will publish (a) those performance indicators and (b) corresponding performance data.

10 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what his proposed timetable is for publishing a new neighbourhood governance framework following the passage of the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026.

4 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water Supply

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact on small and medium-sized developers of the withdrawal of water neutrality requirements and associated credit schemes; a

Source: official written-questions record.