Written questions

1,279 written questions tabled, most recent first.

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

Public Libraries: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with local authorities on the potential impact of reductions in library staff numbers since 2010 on access to library services for the most vulnerable

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

Public Libraries

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking with local authorities to help increase access to local library services.

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

Public Libraries: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking with local authorities to help increase pay for library workers.

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

Public Libraries

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with local authorities on the potential impact of the increased use of unstaffed hours at community libraries on access to local library services.

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

Public Libraries: Opening Hours

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for her policies of the decline in council run library hours and what steps he is taking with local authorities to help

3 Mar 2026 · Home Office

Offensive Weapons: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will introduce age restrictions of 18 plus for the purchasing of catapults and slingshots.

27 Feb 2026 · Department for Education

Teachers: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's policy paper entitled Every child achieving and thriving, published on 23 February 2026, how much and what proportion of the proposed teacher training will be delivered in per

27 Feb 2026 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what (a) estimate her Department has made of the number and (b) assessment of the adequacy of availability of trained professionals required to meet the Experts at Hand plan.

27 Feb 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Hunting: Foxes

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2026 to Question 114681 on Hunting: Birds of Prey, what assessment she has made of the likelihood of fox hunts exploiting the Falconry exemption t

26 Feb 2026 · Treasury

State Retirement Pensions: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of exempting the state pension from taxation.

26 Feb 2026 · Treasury

Tax Avoidance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many outstanding Loan Charge cases will be settled as a result of the McCann Review.

26 Feb 2026 · Treasury

Tax Avoidance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the value-for-money of the Loan Charge.

26 Feb 2026 · Treasury

Tax Avoidance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Loan Charge and HMRC’s approach to dealing with so-called disguised remuneration schemes.

26 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Immigration

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the extension of settlement routes for those on family visas from 6 to 10 years in 2012 on the number of illegal migrants arriving in the UK.

26 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Immigration

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the extension of settlement routes for those on family visas from 6 to 10 years in 2012 on the number of people leaving (a) voluntarily and (b)

25 Feb 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

USA: Foreign Relations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the Monroe Doctrine.

25 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Asylum: Temporary Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will set out what the asylum accommodation move-on period will be for all groups after 28 February 2026.

25 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Asylum: Temporary Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to make a decision on the future of the 56-day asylum move on pilot.

25 Feb 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Poultry: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to work with industry to end the routine culling of male chicks.

25 Feb 2026 · Department for Education

Education: Poole

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Schools White Paper 2026, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of Mission Coastal on young people in Poole.

25 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Street Wardens: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has issued guidance to Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council on volunteer groups that patrol local streets.

25 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Street Wardens: Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has issued guidance to Dorset Police on volunteer groups that patrol local streets.

25 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Street Wardens: Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had recent discussions with Dorset Police on trends in the number of volunteer groups that patrol local streets.

25 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Street Wardens

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of licensing volunteer groups that patrol local streets.

25 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Street Wardens

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of trends in the number of volunteer groups that patrol local streets.

25 Feb 2026 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Attendance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of SATs on levels of school attendance of children with SEND.

23 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport

Electric Scooters

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consideration has been given to legalising the use of electric scooters on roads for use by adults who also hold a full driving licence.

23 Feb 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Companies: Data Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will take steps to ensure that identifying information is not open to abuse by (a) Palantir and (b) other companies.

23 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

High Rise Flats: Insulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to support leaseholders in Poole constituency for remediation work to properties that is required following the Grenfell Tower fire.

23 Feb 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Horticulture: Peat

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to ban the sale and supply of peat for horticulture.

Source: official written-questions record.