Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
199,265 questions
Housing: Insurance
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has considered the merits of introducing a law to compel property owners to have adequate insurance for damage caused by their trees, especially in the context of more frequent storms and extreme weather
Work Capability Assessment: Chronic Illnesses
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Department of Work and Pensions Freedom of Information Act response, reference FOI2026/51669 dated 6 June 2026, what proportion of WCA decisions for non-ESA transition claimants in
Work Capability Assessment: Mental Illness
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Department of Work and Pensions Freedom of Information Act response, reference FOI2026/51669 dated 6 June 2026, how many WCA decisions for non-ESA transition claimants in the perio
Armed Forces Compensation Scheme: Means-tested Benefits
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of treating Armed Forces Compensation Scheme payments as income for means-tested benefit assessments.
Rented Housing: Landlords
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the change in the Renters' Rights Act from fixed term tenancies to rolling, periodic tenancies on student HMO landlords.
Business Premises
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of privately rented non-domestic buildings in England and Wales with a total useful floor area of less than 1,000 square metres.
Childcare: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the level of spending was on the 15 hours free childcare offer in each of the last five financial years for which data is available, broken down by a. working and b. non-working parents.
Pre-school Education: Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much was spent on the Early Learning for 2 year olds scheme in each of the last five financial years for which data is available.
Pre-school Education: Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much of the spending on the Early Learning for 2 year olds scheme is accounted for by (a) families entitled via eligibility for certain benefits (b) families entitled because the child has an Education, Hea
Health Visitors
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average caseload per health visitor is (a) in the Devon Integrated Care Board area and (b) across all Integrated Care Board areas.
Treasury: Members
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many MP surgeries have Ministers in her Department had with MPs (a) in period July 2024 to January 2025 and (b) since January 2025.
Craig Foreman and Lindsay Foreman
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure regular communication between Craig and Lindsay Foreman and their family in the United Kingdom.
Craig Foreman and Lindsay Foreman
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to support the organisation of an independent medical assessment of Craig and Lindsay Foreman.
Craig Foreman and Lindsay Foreman
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to support the delivery of medical and personal hygiene items to Craig and Lindsay Foreman.
Railways: Trespass
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the number of passengers delayed as a result of rail trespass incidents in each of the last five years.
British Transport Police: Railway Stations
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many British Transport Police officers were assigned to policing major rail interchange stations in each of the last five years; and if she will list the stations included in those figures.
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Members
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many MP surgeries have Ministers in his Department had with MPs (a) in period July 2024 to January 2025 and (b) since January 2025.
Aviation: Anti-social Behaviour
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2026 to Question 13039 on Aviation: Antisocial Behaviour, whether her Department holds data on the proportion of incidents involving disruptive or unruly airline passengers in w
Jerusalem: Religious Buildings
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of Jordan's custodianship of the Muslim and Christian holy sites in Jerusalem on maintaining the status quo a
Business Rates and Council Tax: Arrears
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, further to Collection rates for Council Tax and non-domestic rates in England, 2025 to 2026, published on 24 June 2026, what analysis he has undertaken into the reasons for the (
Osteoporosis: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to improve (a) awareness and (b) early diagnosis of osteoporosis before people suffer bone fractures as a result of the disease.
Department for Work and Pensions: Members
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent progress his Department has made on reducing the time taken to provide a substantive response to casework enquiries from Members of Parliament.
Asylum: Government Assistance
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of people granted refugee status were in receipt of asylum support at the time of the decision on their asylum claim in the last 12 months.
Asylum: Government Assistance
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what comparative assessment she has made of employment outcomes for refugees who were and were not in receipt of asylum support at the time of the decision on their asylum claim.
Asylum: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's news story entitled Asylum seekers will pay towards costs of accommodation, published on 30 June 2026, for what reason the flat charge is set at £10,000.