Written questions

4,201 written questions tabled, most recent first.

10 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office

Collective Responsibility

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to his Department’s press release entitled Ministers rip up consultation culture, published on 26 March 2026, if he will make an assessment of which cabinet decisions since July 2024 would have been spe

10 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Bureaucracy

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to his Department’s press release entitled Ministers rip up consultation culture, published on 26 March 2026, what the higher bar will be for reporting and consultation requirements in legislation.

10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Environmental Outcomes Reports

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the press release entitled Ministers rip up consultation culture, published on 26 March 2026, what research his Department have conducted of the efficiencies that wil

10 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office

Equality: Impact Assessments

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to his Department’s press release entitled Ministers rip up consultation culture, published on 26 March 2026, what estimate his Department have made of the (a) number of, and (b) cost of Equalities Impa

10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Essex

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 31 March 2026 to Question 123457 on Local Government and Voluntary Organisations: Social Impact Bonds, whether his Department consulted the Department f

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Better Futures Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 31 March 2026 to Question 123457 on Local Government and Voluntary Organisations: Social Impact Bonds, whether her Department has any plans to consult areas due to becom

10 Apr 2026 · Treasury

Motorcycles: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the fairness of Vehicle Excise Duty for motorcycles compared with cars.

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Transport

Roads: Motorcycles

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the contribution of motorcycles to road wear compared with cars.

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Better Futures Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 31 March 2026 to Question 123457, on Local Government and Voluntary Organisations: Social Impact Bonds, whether local authorities which are not currently covered by Mayo

10 Apr 2026 · Treasury

Public Sector: Debt Collection

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to her Department’s press release entitled Government to Improve Support for Affordable Debt Repayments, published on 20 March 2026, what contingency plans are in place if the strategy does not lead to impr

10 Apr 2026 · Treasury

Public Sector: Debt Collection

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to her Department’s press release entitled Government to Improve Support for Affordable Debt Repayments, published on 20 March 2026, what assessment she has made of the risk that improved repayment terms ma

10 Apr 2026 · Treasury

Public Sector: Debt Collection

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to her Department’s press release entitled Government to Improve Support for Affordable Debt Repayments, published on 20 March 2026, what metrics will be used to assess whether repayment plans are genuinely

10 Apr 2026 · Treasury

Public Sector: Debt Collection

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to her Department’s press release entitled Government to Improve Support for Affordable Debt Repayments, published on 20 March 2026, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of implementin

10 Apr 2026 · Treasury

Public Sector: Debt Collection

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to her Department’s press release entitled Government to Improve Support for Affordable Debt Repayments, published on 20 March 2026, what interest will be charged on people impacted by new debt repayment pr

10 Apr 2026 · Treasury

Public Sector: Debt Collection

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to her Department’s press release entitled Government to Improve Support for Affordable Debt Repayments, published on 20 March 2026, what assessment she has made of the impact of extending repayment periods

10 Apr 2026 · Treasury

Public Sector: Debt Collection

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to her Department’s press release entitled Government to Improve Support for Affordable Debt Repayments, published on 20 March 2026, which types of debt owed to government will be included within the scope

10 Apr 2026 · Treasury

Public Sector: Debt Collection

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to her Department’s press release entitled Government to Improve Support for Affordable Debt Repayments, published on 20 March 2026, whether guidance will be issued to departments to distinguish between del

10 Apr 2026 · Treasury

Public Sector: Debt Collection

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to her Department’s press release entitled Government to Improve Support for Affordable Debt Repayments, published on 20 March 2026, what additional support will be offered to individuals identified as bein

10 Apr 2026 · Treasury

Public Sector: Debt Collection

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to her Department’s press release entitled Government to Improve Support for Affordable Debt Repayments, published on 20 March 2026, what measures will be used to identify individuals at risk of falling int

10 Apr 2026 · Treasury

Public Sector: Debt Collection

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to her Department’s press release entitled Government to Improve Support for Affordable Debt Repayments, published on 20 March 2026, what assessment she has made of variations in repayment practices between

10 Apr 2026 · Treasury

Public Sector: Debt Collection

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to her Department’s press release entitled Government to Improve Support for Affordable Debt Repayments, published on 20 March 2026, whether individuals will have the right to challenge affordability assess

10 Apr 2026 · Treasury

Public Sector: Debt Collection

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to her Department’s press release entitled Government to Improve Support for Affordable Debt Repayments, published on 20 March 2026, what safeguards will be in place to protect personal data used to determi

10 Apr 2026 · Treasury

Public Sector: Debt Collection

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to her Department’s press release entitled Government to Improve Support for Affordable Debt Repayments, published on 20 March 2026, what types of data will be shared between departments to assess individua

10 Apr 2026 · Treasury

Public Sector: Debt Collection

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to her Department’s press release entitled Government to Improve Support for Affordable Debt Repayments, published on 20 March 2026, what reduction in default rates she expects as a result of introducing mo

10 Apr 2026 · Treasury

Public Sector: Debt Collection

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to her Department’s press release entitled Government to Improve Support for Affordable Debt Repayments, published on 20 March 2026, what estimate she has made of the proportion of people in government debt

10 Apr 2026 · Treasury

Public Sector: Debt Collection

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to her Department’s press release entitled Government to Improve Support for Affordable Debt Repayments, published on 20 March 2026, what assessment she has made of the number of individuals who currently a

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Local Press: Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to her Department’s press release entitled Future of news is local, says Culture Secretary, as she launches the first action plan to back local news in a generation, published on 17 Marc

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Local Press: Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to her Department’s press release entitled Future of news is local, says Culture Secretary, as she launches the first action plan to back local news in a generation, published on 17 Marc

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Local Press: Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled Future of news is local, says Culture Secretary, as she launches the first action plan to back local news in a generation, published on 1

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Local Press: Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled Future of news is local, says Culture Secretary, as she launches the first action plan to back local news in a generation, published on 1

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