Written questions

43 written questions tabled, most recent first.

20 May 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Social Rented Housing: Empty Property

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will take legislative steps to provide new powers for councils to help bring more long-term empty homes into use.

20 May 2026 · Department for Education

Department for Education: Redundancy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will ensure no compulsory redundancies among staff who cannot relocate from her Department's offices which are closing.

18 May 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Ninth Report of the Environmental Audit Committee of Session 2024-26 on Addressing the risks from Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS), HC 852, pu

21 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Autism: Departmental Coordination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the development of the next national Autism Strategy is aligned with (a) the Department for Education’s Special Educational Needs and Disabilities

21 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Autism: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the timeline is for publishing a new national Autism Strategy.

21 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Autism: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the development of the next national Autism Strategy is co-produced with autistic people and their families.

21 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Autism: Departmental Coordination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how responsibility for delivering the next national Autism Strategy will be coordinated across the Department for a) Education, b) Health and Social Care) Work and Pensions d) other Government Depa

21 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Autism: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what metrics will be used to assess whether the next national Autism Strategy improves outcomes for autistic people across a) education b) health and c) employment.

20 Apr 2026 · Home Office

Asylum: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to WPQ UIN 121674, tabled on 17 March 2026 on Asylum: Artificial Intelligence if people will be informed if their asylum case is being assessed with the input of AI under the ACS and APS sche

20 Apr 2026 · Home Office

Asylum: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to WPQ UIN 121674, tabled on 17 March 2026 on Asylum: Artificial Intelligence what a)steps were taken at the design stage to assess b)mechanisms are in place to monitor the i) accuracy ii) po

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Furs: Imports and Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the UK-EU SPS Agreement on the UK's ability to unilaterally ban the import and sale of fur products.

19 Mar 2026 · Department for Education

Teachers: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to publish the latest School Teachers' Review Body report on teacher’s pay; and what discussions she has had with head teachers and their representatives on (a) the publication date of that repor

19 Mar 2026 · Department for Education

Teachers: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her Department's policies of the recommendation on the competitiveness of teachers’ pay in The National Foundation for Educational Research repor

Source: official written-questions record.