Written questions
4,201 written questions tabled, most recent first.
13 Jan 2026 · Department for Transport
Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the value for money of temporary pothole repairs where defects recur frequently.
13 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Justice
Recruitment: Discrimination
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many enforcement actions or penalties have been issued for age discrimination in recruitment in each of the past three years.
13 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Ground Rent
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) leaseholders and b) residential developments in England affected by ground rent clauses.
13 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Public Lavatories: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to introduce a statutory requirement in Building Regulations for the provision of Changing Places toilets in new developments.
12 Jan 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Animal Experiments
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to prioritise the development of non-animal testing methods under the Replacing Animals in Science strategy.
12 Jan 2026 · Department for Transport
c2c: Tickets
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the removal of advance ticket discounts on affordability on the c2c rail line.
12 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Infrastructure
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the relative costs of (a) publicly funding health infrastructure and (b) health infrastructure funded through Public Private Partnerships.
12 Jan 2026 · Cabinet Office
Government Departments: Social Media
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 8 January to Question 102676, on Government Departments: Social Media, how much the Government has spent on targeted advertising on social media platforms since 2024.
12 Jan 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
North Africa: Undocumented Migrants
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 7 January to Question 102465, on North Africa: Refugees, when her Department last assessed the effectiveness of her Department's existing migration
12 Jan 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Grok
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to her Department's press release entitled Technology Secretary statement on xAI's Grok image generation and editing tool published on 9 January 2026, what official communicati
12 Jan 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Belgium: Embassies
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the British Embassy in Brussels' press release entitled Diplomat for a Day 2026 in Brussels: enter our competition' published on 9 January 2026, what estimate her
12 Jan 2026 · Department for Education
Assessments: Software
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to her Department's press release entitled Government modernises exam records with new app published on 8 January 2026, whether her Department has any plans to expand the Education Record app to includ
12 Jan 2026 · Department for Education
Assessments: Software
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to her Department's press release entitled Government modernises exam records with new app published on 8 January 2026, what data her Department holds on the impact on further education enrolment in Gr
12 Jan 2026 · Department for Education
Assessments: Software
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to her Department's press release entitled Government modernises exam records with new app published on 8 January 2026, what data protection guidance is given to students accessing their results via th
12 Jan 2026 · Department for Education
Assessments: Software
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to her Department's press release entitled Government modernises exam records with new app published on 8 January 2026, whether she has any plans to make signing up to the Education Records app system
12 Jan 2026 · Department for Education
Assessments
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to her Department's press release entitled Government modernises exam records with new app published on 8 January 2026, whether her Department has any plans to abolish physical result certificates.
12 Jan 2026 · Department for Education
Assessments: Software
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to her Department's press release entitled Government modernises exam records with new app published on 8 January 2026, how her Department calculated the £30 million per year saving in administrative c
12 Jan 2026 · Department for Education
Assessments: Software
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to her Department's press release entitled Government modernises exam records with new app published on 8 January 2026, what estimate her Department has made of the ongoing costs of maintaining and hos
12 Jan 2026 · Department for Education
Assessments: Software
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to her Department's press release entitled 'Government modernises exam records with new app' published on 8 January 2026, what estimate her Department has made of the cost of developing the Education R
12 Jan 2026 · Home Office
Animal Experiments: Shellfish
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of excluding decapod crustaceans from the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 on the Government's approach to animal sentience.
12 Jan 2026 · Department for Transport
Motor Vehicles: Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an estimate of the cost to the logistics sector of transitioning to zero-emission vehicles by 2035.
12 Jan 2026 · Treasury
Further Education: VAT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the potential impact of the ineligibility of further education colleges to reclaim VAT on purchases linked to education and training on costs to those colleges.
12 Jan 2026 · Department for Transport
Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help ensure that local authorities adopt preventative road maintenance approaches in line with the commissioned guidance.
9 Jan 2026 · Department for Education
Financial Services: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve education on pensions and long-term saving.
9 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Pensions: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the relationship between levels of pension financial literacy and vulnerability to pension fraud.
9 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Pensions: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to help people understand the risks associated with pension transfers.
9 Jan 2026 · Treasury
Pensions: Education
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of levels of financial literacy in relation to pensions among the UK population.
9 Jan 2026 · Home Office
Refugees: Offenders
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what impact on applications for refugee status in the UK transpires when an applicant's home country refuses to share criminal activity data with UK authorities.
9 Jan 2026 · Home Office
Refugees and Visas: Offenders
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which countries currently refuse to share criminal record data with UK immigration authorities as part of visa or refugee application processes.
9 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Payments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the decision not to introduce regulations of mandatory disclosure of payments to the healthcare sector under the Health and Care Act 2022.
Source: official written-questions record.