Written questions

4,201 written questions tabled, most recent first.

13 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of trends in house prices in the East of England in the last 10 years.

13 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Private Rented Housing: South Basildon and East Thurrock

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of house prices in South Basildon and East Thurrock constituency on rental affordability in the local private rented sector.

13 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: South Basildon and East Thurrock

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the affordability of housing in South Basildon and East Thurrock constituency.

13 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Roads: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has plans to introduce measures which aim to minimise the time taken for emergency services to be able to attend to accidents as part of the upcoming Road Safety Strategy.

13 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Epilepsy: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the annual cost to the NHS of treating children with drug-resistant epilepsy who do not respond to conventional medications; and whether his Department is f

13 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Epilepsy: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to support adaptive clinical trials for cannabinoid treatments tailored to children with drug-resistant epilepsy.

13 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Parkinson's Disease: Essex

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to ensure (a) better patient outcomes and (b) reduced waiting times for residents in Essex awaiting appointments for Parkinson's disease.

13 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prostate Cancer: Essex

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department have taken to (a) improve patient outcomes and (b) reduce waiting times for patients in Essex living with prostate cancer.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Electronic Government: Logos

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, which Departments contributed to the cost of redesigning the GOV.UK logo.

10 Oct 2025 · Cabinet Office

Emigration

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the key drivers behind the emigration of highly skilled UK (a) graduates and (b) other workers.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

STEM Subjects: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to help retain UK-trained STEM graduates in the domestic workforce; and what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of international

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Nature Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 2 September 2025 to Question 69569 on Grasslands: Conservation, when she plans to start the review of irreplaceable habitats.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Large Goods Vehicles: Concrete

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 June 2025 to Question 59664 on Large Goods Vehicles: Concrete, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of reducing weight limits for volumetric concrete mixe

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Large Goods Vehicles: Concrete

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on the number of volumetric concrete mixers (a) currently operational and (b) that will be unusable when the weight limit is changed in 2028.

10 Oct 2025 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to paragraph 3.16 of the report by the National Audit Office entitled Investigation into the administration of the Civil Service Pension Scheme, published on 16 June 2025, HC 951, by when he expec

10 Oct 2025 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to paragraph 3.14 of the report by the National Audit Office entitled Investigation into the administration of the Civil Service Pension Scheme, published on 16 June 2025, HC 951, when he expects

10 Oct 2025 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds on the profit margin obtained by MyCSP in each year of their administration of the Civil Service Pension Scheme contract.

10 Oct 2025 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the report by the National Audit Office entitled Investigation into the administration of the Civil Service Pension Scheme, published on 16 June 2025, HC 951, what steps he has taken to ensure

10 Oct 2025 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to paragraph 3.9 of the report by the National Audit Office entitled Investigation into the administration of the Civil Service Pension Scheme, published on 16 June 2025, HC 951, what further step

10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Professions: Perfume

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to ensure that (a) medical and healthcare education and (b) training curricula include guidance on the appropriateness of wearing (i) perfume, (ii) aftershave and (iii)

10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Professions: Perfume

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department provides to NHS trusts on the wearing by healthcare staff in hospital settings of (a) perfumes, (b) scented laundry products and (c) other fragranced products; and what

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Timesharing: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 15 September 2025 to Question 72662 on Timesharing: Regulation, whether this guidance applies to fractional ownership schemes as well as shared ownershi

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Better Futures Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to ensure that the Better Futures Fund includes provision for disabled children and young people.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Better Futures Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will set out the eligibility criteria to access the Better Futures Fund for (a) disabled children, (b) other children and (c) families.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Better Futures Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department plans to take to (a) monitor and (b) report on the cost-effectiveness of the interventions funded by the Better Futures Fund.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Better Futures Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what her planned timetable is for distributing funding under the Better Futures Fund.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Better Futures Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what criteria will be used to determine which (a) local authorities, (b) charities and (c) social enterprises receive funding through the Better Futures Fund.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Civil Society Covenant

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to ensure that (a) small grassroots organisations and (b) under-represented groups are consulted on the Civil Society Covenant.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Civil Society Covenant

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what criteria she will use to make an assessment of the success of the Civil Society Covenant.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help improve collaboration between (a) schools, (b) local authorities and (c) police forces to ensure that intelligence that could help to prevent security breaches on school grounds

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