Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
198,755 questions
Rugby
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support professional rugby community foundations.
Rugby
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of rugby community foundations on public health.
Rugby: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding is available for rugby community outreach programmes.
Data Centres: Water Supply
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the development of AI data centres on local energy and water resources.
Political Parties: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the interaction between the Electoral Commission’s draft guidance on sponsorship and the political finance reforms proposed by his Depa
Political Parties: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 19 June 2026 to Question 9009 on Political parties: Finance, what assessment has been made of whether such property assets of defunct or wound-down (a)
National Security Secretariat: Public Appointments
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the new Strategy Director in the National Security Secretariat was appointed by open and fair competition.
Cabinet Office: Glasgow
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Cabinet Office Second Headquarters 2030 Strategy, published in June 2026, what the required weekly office attendance is for staff in the Glasgow office.
Candidates
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 13 March 2026, to Question 117888, on Candidates, whether his Department is retaining the requirement that the office address must be within the l
Political Parties: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the press release entitled Tough new rules to crackdown on foreign money in UK elections, of 6 July 2026, whether political parties will be retrospectively requ
Air Conditioning
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 19 June 2026 to Question 8561 on Air Conditioning, what are the timetable and terms of reference for the Building Safety Regulator's review into Part O
Office for Statistics Regulation: Staff
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff were allocated to the Office for Statistics Regulation election stand up team in the May 2026 elections.
Public Lavatories: Stoma Appliances
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will consider establishing an assessment scheme for the adequacy of toilet provision in public areas at catering to the needs of stoma users.
Cabinet Office: Agency Workers
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many agency staff were employed by his Department in each of the last five years.
Recreation Spaces
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of changes to the legal framework governing land held in trust for community recreation, public amenity or open sp
Markets
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to support independent markets in town centres.
Buildings: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate has been made of the cost incurred by accountable persons for time spent by the Building Safety Regulator to determine building assessment certificate applic
Proportional Representation
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions and correspondence his Department has had with the Mayor of Greater Manchester on proportional representation.
Hospitality Industry: Pedestrian Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the press release, "Cheers! Football fans to raise a glass for the World Cup", published 8 June 2026, how the proposed changes to the duration to a pavement lic
Devolution
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the press release, "Mayors meet in York as “devolution revolution” delivers", of 5 June 2026, if he will list each individual Right to Request made to date, and
Government Departments: Greater Manchester
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information (a) his Department and (b) the Government Property Agency holds on which government offices are based in Greater Manchester, across which Departments and agencies.
Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether (a) her Department and (b) its Arm’s Length Bodies have financially supported the development of any technical solutions to protect the creative industries from unauthorised AI
Artificial Intelligence: Legislation
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of a) the US Cloud Act and b) the EU AI Act; and whether she has plans to bring forward similar legislation.
Social Media: Animal Welfare
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the prevalence of social media trends that encourage acts of animal cruelty.
Social Media: Animal Welfare
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions she has had with regulated online platforms on preventing the spread of social media trends that encourage acts of animal cruelty.