Written questions

4,201 written questions tabled, most recent first.

12 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Non-crime Hate Incidents

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the cost of recording non-crime hate incidents in (a) Essex and (b) the UK since 2020.

12 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Non-crime Hate Incidents: Prosecutions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of non-crime hate incidents in (a) Essex and (b) the UK which led to (i) successful and (ii) unsuccessful prosecutions.

12 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Non-crime Hate Incidents

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department holds on the number of non-crime hate incidents recorded in (a) Essex and (b) the UK in each of the last five years.

12 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Non-crime Hate Incidents

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has issued police forces on (a) processing and (b) storing data relating to people who were accused of but not charged with non-crime hate incidents.

12 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Non-crime Hate Incidents

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department plans to issue to police forces on the data of non-crime hate incidents suspects.

12 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Non-crime Hate Incidents

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to instruct police forces to stop collecting non-crime hate incident data.

12 Nov 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

British International Investment: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how she (a) monitors and (b) evaluates the return on investment of British International Investment funded projects.

12 Nov 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

British International Investment: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will publish data on the use of (a) aid funding and (b) existing assets by British International Investment to generate investment returns in low income countries.

12 Nov 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

British International Investment: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the value for money of British International Investment’s use of UK aid funding in low income countries.

12 Nov 2025 · Department for Education

Young People: Employment and Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with Essex County Council on the impact of the We Rise Business Mentoring Programme on (a) youth employment and (b) skills development.

12 Nov 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Data Centres: Electricity

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to ensure that electricity demand from data centres does not (a) adversely impact energy security and (b) increase costs for (i) households and (ii) businesses.

12 Nov 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Data Centres

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the capacity of the UK’s energy infrastructure to meet demand from data centres.

12 Nov 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Data Centres: Infrastructure

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of data centres opting into the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects scheme on local (a) decision-making and (b) accountab

12 Nov 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Data Centres: Environment Protection and Land

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to ensure growth of the data centre sector is compatible with (a) wider land use and (b) environmental objectives.

12 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Data Centres: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the National Planning Policy Framework, updated on 12 December 2024, what steps he is taking to support local planning authorities in assessing the impact of da

12 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Data Centres: Land Use

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he collects data on the number of data centre developments consented under the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects regime; and what estimate he has made of the

12 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

ADHD: Integrated Care Boards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish data on (a) the average waiting time from referral to first appointment and (b) other assessment capacity for ADHD in each Integrated Care Board.

12 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Construction: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to align the Construction Skills Mission Board to (a) training provision and (b) (i) local and (ii) regional labour needs.

12 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Construction: Apprentices and Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 29 October 2025 to Question 86589 on Construction: Apprentices and Training, how the Construction Support Package is being allocated by (a) region and (b) type of training.

11 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Mortgage Guarantee Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will publish a breakdown of the number of mortgages issued under the Mortgage Guarantee Scheme by region of the UK.

11 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Mortgage Guarantee Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information her Department holds on the proportion of mortgages issued under the Mortgage Guarantee Scheme to first-time buyers in the last five years.

11 Nov 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Space Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will make a comparative assessment of the (a) growth and (b) global market share of the space industry in (i) the UK and (ii) other G7 countries.

11 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Level Crossings: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of (a) train scheduling and (b) barrier down-time on the number of unsafe crossing attempts by (i) pedestrians and (ii) drivers.

11 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Road Traffic: Tilbury

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans she has to make funding available for infrastructure upgrades at (a) railway crossings and (b) (i) road and (ii) pedestrian bridges in (A) areas experiencing significant increases in freight traffic

11 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Level Crossings: Tilbury

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to discourage pedestrians and motorists from attempting to cross when barriers or lights are active at level crossings in East Tilbury.

11 Nov 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Community Development: Grants

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of capital funding schemes that exclude organisations without property holdings on community development.

11 Nov 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Community Development: Grants

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will review the adequacy of the eligibility criteria for (a) the Common Ground Fund and (b) other capital funding schemes at helping to increase levels of support for community organisatio

11 Nov 2025 · Department for Education

Kinship Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department provides to councils on encouraging the use of kinship care arrangements.

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

Local Government: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with refence to his Department's oral statement of 5 February 2025 on English Devolution and Local Government, Official Report, col 767, whether it remains his Department's polic

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

Local Government: Reorganisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 10 Novembr 2025 to Question 87207 on Local Government: Reorganisation, whether his Department would consider another request to cancel elections on the

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