Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
198,755 questions
Social Rented Housing: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if the Government will review housing allocation guidance to ensure that children diagnosed with conditions such as precocious puberty are supported with respect to policies that
Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 26 June 2026 to Question 11150 on Civil Service: Workplace Pensions, whether he has a timetable for setting a target date.
Review into the Organisation, Performance, and Transformation of the Permanent Civil Service
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to the Review into the Organisation, Performance and Transformation of the Permanent Civil Service, published on 1 July 2026, whether minutes, agendas and evidence submitted to the external expert adviso
Lord Mandelson
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 26 March 2026 to Question 122146 on Lord Mandelson, whether the steps taken to retain material include (a) accessing tape backups and (b) turning off the autodelete policy on Numb
Local Housing Allowance: Uprating
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of trends in the levels of homelessness among Universal Credit claimants since Local Housing Allowance was last uprated.
Freedom of Information
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department's Freedom of Information Team issues round robin guidance on answering Freedom of Information Act requests.
Motability: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the answer of 20 April 2026 to Question 126865 on Motability: Rural Areas, what estimate his Department has made of the average annual mileage driven by Motability Scheme customers living in
Food: Sales
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions his Department has had with local authorities in relation to cake sheds and local authority enforcement.
Access to Elected Office for Disabled People Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will provide an update on the Access to Elected Office Fund; and when it is likely that applications for support will open.
Cancer: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the (a) shortest, (b) median, and (c) longest time was for patients to receive the results of a suspected cancer biopsy for each of the last 12 months, broken down by hospital trust.
Miscarriage: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to review the Tommy’s Miscarriage Centre pilot; and whether he has a timeline for replacing the three miscarriage rule with a graded care model.
Venezuela: Disaster Relief
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what further steps she is considering to respond to the humanitarian crisis in Venezuela following the recent earthquake.
Charities: Ukraine
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to facilitate the transferring of funds to Ukrainian charities.
Sports: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding Sports England has provided to Development Sports; and what estimate has been made of how many people will use this programme.
Ministry of Justice: Agency Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many agency staff were employed by his Department in each of the last five years.
Nigeria: Christianity
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her Nigerian counterpart on the persecution of Christians in that country.
Rugby
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support professional rugby clubs.
Rugby: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with Prem Rugby on the long-term financial sustainability of professional rugby union.
Rugby
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions her Department has had with rugby governing bodies on the future of professional rugby.
Ministry of Justice: Members
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many surgeries Ministers in his Department have held for hon. Members (a) between July 2024 and January 2025 and (b) since January 2025.
10 Downing Street: Cats
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office on 16 June (HC6053), whether the prevailing policy allows for pets resident at 10 Downing Street to be transported at public expens
Rugby
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions her Department has had with the Rugby Football Union on grassroots rugby.
Rugby
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of participation levels in grassroots rugby.
Rugby
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what support her Department is providing for rural rugby clubs.
Lead: Poisoning
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to support international counterparts to end childhood lead poisoning; and whether it intends to join the Partnership for a Lead-Free Futu