Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
199,265 questions
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.
NHS Kent and Medway
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many meetings (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department held with representatives of NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board in the 2025-26 financial year; and how many of those meeti
Department of Health and Social Care: Agency Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many agency staff were employed by his Department in each of the last five years.
Home Office: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many agency staff were employed by her Department in each of the last five years.
Government Departments: Lobbying and Public Appointments
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to implement the recommendations in the report by the Ethics and Integrity Commission, Lobbying, Business Appointment Rules and Disclosure, published on 9 July.
Small Businesses: Israeli Settlements
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the auction of occupied Palestinian land in the UK, in the context of guidance on businesses maintaining commer
Treasury: Agency Workers
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many agency staff were employed by her Department in each of the last five years.
Apprentices: Pilot Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing an investment package to support apprenticeship brokerage pilots in non-developed mayoral authorities, modelled on the £140 million fun
Fishing Vessels: Research
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Hayman of Ullock on 1 August 2025 (HL9721), what was the outcome of Resource Futures' research on the number of vessels reaching end-of-life and the policy options to reduce marine
Dental Services: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his department spent on research into improving the (a) accessibility and (b) cost of dentistry in the last 12 months for which data is available.
Medical Equipment: Cybersecurity
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many cybersecurity vulnerabilities affecting medical devices have been reported to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency in each of the last three years.
Mental Health Services: Lewes
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for children and young people referred to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in the Lewes constituency.
ADHD: Slough
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps have been taken to reduce waiting times for ADHD assessments in the constituency of Slough.
Animal Breeding: Animal Experiments
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Annual statistics of scientific procedures on living animals, Great Britain 2025, published in July 2026, what assessment she has made of the reduction in procedures reported as
Animal Experiments: Shellfish
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to publish a roadmap for the phased approach to policy development on decapods used in scientific procedures.
Animal Experiments: Shellfish
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what resources have been allocated to the planned phased approach to policy development on decapods, including the number of full-time equivalent staff involved, dedicated budget, external expertise c