Written questions

464 written questions tabled, most recent first.

16 Apr 2026 · Department for Transport

Railways: Waste Disposal

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what timetable Network Rail has set for the clearance of construction and maintenance waste from lineside land across the rail network.

14 Apr 2026 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many speech and language therapists and educational psychologists will be required to deliver the Experts at Hand service set out in the SEND White Paper.

14 Apr 2026 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to hold local authorities accountable for meeting the statutory 20-week timeframe for issuing education, health and care plans.

14 Apr 2026 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Tribunals

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to SEND tribunal powers on the ability of parents and carers to secure named school placements for children with education, health and ca

14 Apr 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Agricultural Supply Chain Adjudicator and Groceries Code Adjudicator

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps the Government is taking to ensure coordination between the Groceries Code Adjudicator and the Agricultural Supply Chain Adjudicator to provide a coherent regulatory framework for the food s

14 Apr 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Groceries Code Adjudicator

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has had discussions with the Groceries Code Adjudicator on (a) improving the transparency of its enforcement activity and (b) the potential merits of publishing practical examples of how the

14 Apr 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Groceries Code Adjudicator

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment has been made of the effectiveness of the Groceries Code Adjudicator's existing confidentiality protections in encouraging smaller and harder-to-reach suppliers to report concerns about

13 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Leasehold

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will place in the Library of the House a breakdown of leasehold properties in England and Wales by remaining lease term, using data held by HM Land Registry; and whether th

13 Apr 2026 · Treasury

Stamp Duty Land Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact on Stamp Duty Land Tax receipts when local authorities are unable to process land charges searches due to IT system failures.

10 Apr 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid: Global Polio Eradication Initiative

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of changes to Official Development Assistance funding for the Global Polio Eradication Initiative on (a) progr

10 Apr 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid: Global Polio Eradication Initiative

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to meet the UK's commitments under the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, in the context of revisions to the Official Development Assist

10 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Polio: Sewers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment the UK Health Security Agency has made of the public health risk associated with poliovirus detections in wastewater surveillance systems in the last 12 months.

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Education

School Meals: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the timeline for reviewing school food standards.

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

UK Relations with EU: Employment and Qualifications

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what consideration he has made of the potential merits of the UK participating in the European Commission's proposed Skills Portability Initiative.

10 Apr 2026 · Treasury

Stamp Duty Land Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on the potential impact of local authority land charges register failures for residential property transactio

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Education

Further Education: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to take steps with Cabinet colleagues to (a) maintain funding for all 16 to 24 year olds enrolled in further education and training, (b) extend VAT reimbursement to further education colleges

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Education

Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that Personal, Social, Health and Economic education in schools includes specific teaching on racism, sexism and gender equality across all state schools.

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Education

Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education: Social Media

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of teaching on social media harms, including body image and algorithmic content, within PSHE curricula in secondary schools.

24 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Nature Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of land is managed for nature in England, and what steps the Government is taking to meet its commitment to protect 30% of land for nature by 2030.

24 Mar 2026 · Department for Education

Childcare

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has plans to review the Childcare Sufficiency Duty.

24 Mar 2026 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many early years pre-school settings have closed in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in the last 12 months; and what steps the Government is taking to support the financial sustainability of earl

24 Mar 2026 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of early years funding rates in helping to ensure the financial sustainability of pre-school and nursery settings.

24 Mar 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Animal Experiments: Dogs

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the consistency between the number of beagles licensed for use in scientific experiments approved by the Home Office between January and December 2025 an

19 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water Companies: Insolvency

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that Ofwat's successor regulator has sufficient powers to place a failing water company into Special Administration on grounds of environmental non-c

19 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Flats: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department has taken to communicate to mortgage lenders the Government's guidance that buildings under 11 metres in height do not require an EWS1 form.

18 Mar 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases in the last three years involved child maintenance payments being incorrectly refunded to the paying parent due to clerical error; and what steps the Department is taking to reduce such e

18 Mar 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time is between a parent with care requesting a Financial Investigation Unit referral and the referral being actioned; and how the Department monitors compliance with internal timeframe

18 Mar 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in the past year what has the average time been for the Child Maintenance Service to obtain a verified address for a paying parent once a caseworker identifies that one is missing; and what processes ar

18 Mar 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Child Maintenance Service takes to (a) verify and (b) obtain up-to-date addresses for paying parents in cases where enforcement action cannot proceed due to the absence of a confirmed add

18 Mar 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Exports

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the value of exports facilitated by his Department was in each of the last five financial years by destination country.

Source: official written-questions record.