Written questions

1,279 written questions tabled, most recent first.

2 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Coastal Areas: Departmental Responsibilities

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Prime Minister plans to appoint a minister for coastal communities.

2 Jan 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the (a) risks of AI and (b) potential impact of AI on society.

2 Jan 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what ethical safeguards she plans to introduce for the future use of AI.

2 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Access

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many existing homes meet the M4(2) accessibility standard.

2 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Access

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of homes in each constituency that currently meet the M4(2) accessibility standard.

2 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Poole

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many homes in Poole constituency meet the M4(2) accessibility standard.

2 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Access

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what each local authority’s target is for new build homes that meet the M4(2) standard.

2 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Access

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will introduce a minimum target of 10% for the proportion of wheelchair accessible new build homes.

2 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has carried out an impact assessment for the decision not to set a minimum target for the proportion of wheelchair accessible new build homes.

2 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions he had with disabled people’s organisations on the reduction of the number of new build homes that meet accessibility standards M4(2).

2 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Access

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reason the number of new build homes that meet accessibility standards M4(2) has been reduced to 40%.

2 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Access

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has carried out an impact assessment for the decision to require 40% of new build homes to meet accessibility standards M4(2).

2 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Leasehold: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to publish draft legislation to abolish leasehold.

18 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Workplace Pensions: Index Linking

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has been made as to the (a) merits of and (b) funding for retrospective indexation arrangements for all pre 1997 pensions scheme members.

18 Dec 2025 · Treasury

Energy: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to Budget 2025, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the proposed scrapping of the Energy Company Obligation scheme on the level of energy sector tax revenue.

18 Dec 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Heat Pumps and Solar Power: Energy Company Obligation

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to Budget 2025, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the proposed scrapping of the Energy Company Obligation on heat pump and solar panel (a) inst

18 Dec 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Heat Pumps and Solar Power: Energy Company Obligation

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of ending the ECO scheme on the number of MCS-registered heat pump and solar installations.

18 Dec 2025 · Treasury

Motor Vehicles: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the decision to introduce a pay per mile levy on hybrid and EV drivers on their future choice of vehicle.

18 Dec 2025 · Treasury

Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the planned increase in vehicle tax from April 2026 will be based on (a) emissions from vehicles based on factory information when new and (b) MOT results annually.

18 Dec 2025 · Treasury

Hybrid Vehicles: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of a tax of 1.5p per mile on drivers of hybrid vehicles.

17 Dec 2025 · Treasury

Financial Services: Compensation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, further to the answer of 16 December 2025 to Question 98338, whether she has reviewed the Bank Confidential report; and if she will establish a judge-led inquiry into its findings.

16 Dec 2025 · Department for Education

Learning Disability and Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what measures will be introduced to monitor whether Special Educational Needs and Disabilities reform improves educational outcomes for children and young people.

16 Dec 2025 · Department for Education

Learning Disability and Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase early identification of Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.

16 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individuals that have migrated from Employment Support Allowance to Universal Credit in the last 12 months have had the amount of council tax support they receive reduced.

16 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individuals have migrated from Employment Support Allowance to Universal Credit in the last 12 months.

15 Dec 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to include one or more representatives of providers of home-to-school transport for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities on the SEND Ministerial Development Group.

11 Dec 2025 · Treasury

Public Houses and Social Clubs: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the net gain in revenue from pubs and social clubs, taking account of (a) increased rateable values, (b) removal of the 40% relief and (c) introduction of transitional relief, as a re

11 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Homelessness: Poole

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many people that are currently homeless in Poole constituency will be taken out of homelessness following the introduction of the homelessness strategy.

11 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Homelessness: Poole

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many homeless people there are in Poole constituency.

10 Dec 2025 · Department for Education

Free School Meals

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy that children who are eligible for free school meals should be automatically enrolled for them.

Source: official written-questions record.