Written questions
1,279 written questions tabled, most recent first.
15 Jun 2026 · Treasury
Gyms: VAT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of applying a reduced rate of VAT to gyms and fitness businesses, in the context of the net fiscal effect of potential reductions in NHS and othe
11 Jun 2026 · Department for Education
Curriculum
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to include key life skills such as cooking, fixing and mending, upcycling and budgeting into the national curriculum.
11 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Animal Products: Import Controls
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which species of conservation concern will be covered by the forthcoming legislation to ban the import of hunting trophies.
10 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Dangerous Dogs: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of implementing the measure banning children being left alone with section 1 dogs before November 2026.
10 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Dangerous Dogs: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how a prohibition on children being left unsupervised with banned breeds will be enforced; and what will be the consequences for doing so.
10 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Dangerous Dogs: Insurance
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the evidence base was for requiring third-party liability insurance for banned breeds, and what assessment she has made of the potential impact of removing the requirement.
10 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport
Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 May 2026 to Question 1089 on Electric Vehicles: Charging Points, when permitted development rights to expand EV charging provision will be introduced.
4 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Equality
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the Global Justice Report by the World Inequality Lab.
2 Jun 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Community Energy: Sales
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to enable community energy schemes to sell their power directly to households and businesses in nearby communities.
1 Jun 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Culture and Media: Government Assistance
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department plans to provided additional support to cultural, arts and media organisations in the context of rising costs associated with ongoing global instability.
1 Jun 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Arts: Self-employed
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether financial support from her Department is available to freelance workers in the creative industries.
1 Jun 2026 · Treasury
Digital Services Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an estimate of how much additional revenue would be collected from the Digital Services Tax if the rate were to be increased to (a) 3%, (b) 5% and (c) 10%.
1 Jun 2026 · Treasury
Digital Services Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what consideration has been given to the potential merits of increasing the existing 2% rate of the Digital Services Tax.
1 Jun 2026 · Treasury
Digital Services Tax: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what consideration her Department has given to the potential merits of expanding the scope of the Digital Services Tax to include AI companies and products.
1 Jun 2026 · Treasury
Tax Allowances
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to audit and evaluate the cost and impact of all existing tax reliefs.
1 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Gyms
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has considered formally recognising gyms and fitness facilities as part of the wider preventative health infrastructure.
1 Jun 2026 · Treasury
Gyms: VAT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of exempting (a) gyms and (b) fitness businesses from VAT where they can demonstrate clear preventative health outcomes for their users.
1 Jun 2026 · Treasury
Gyms: VAT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of reducing the 20% VAT rate on (a) gyms and (b) fitness businesses that are delivering preventative health outcomes for the public.
1 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Gyms
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the role of (a) gyms and (b) fitness businesses in delivering health prevention measures to the public.
1 Jun 2026 · Home Office
B & K Universal and MBR Acres: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what financial support her Department provides for (a) B & K Universal and (b) MBR Acres.
1 Jun 2026 · Department for Education
Free School Meals: Nutrition
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the proposed updated School Food Standards improve the nutritional quality of meals provided to pupils in receipt of Free School Meals.
1 Jun 2026 · Treasury
Swimming: VAT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of VAT on swimming lessons on (a) affordability and (b) accessibility.
1 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Timber: Industry
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on including timber and wood processing within the UK’s industrial strategy.
1 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Forests
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans her department has to support long-term certainty for productive woodland creation and management.
1 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Timber: National Security
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her department plans to recognise timber supply as a national security issue within the UK’s National Security Risk Assessment.
29 May 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Elections: Internet
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the risk that foreign owners, foreign states and foreign-aligned actors may use digital platforms to influence UK elections without making formal d
29 May 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Elections: Internet
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Electoral Commission will have the power to investigate suspected platform-level manipulation of political content during a regulated election period.
29 May 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Elections: Internet
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether platform-owner amplification of political content during election periods constitutes a regulated campaign intervention.
29 May 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Listed Events
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to help ensure that major sporting events such as the Tour de France are available on free to air TV.
29 May 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Greyhounds: Animal Welfare
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what criteria her Department uses to assess the effectiveness of the Greyhound Board of Great Britain as a regulator of greyhound welfare.
Source: official written-questions record.