Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
199,265 questions
Housing: Planning Permission
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what consideration has been given to ensuring equitable permitted development rights for homeowners for properties that were originally built with stepped rear elevations.
Housing: Sales
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on the principal causes of failed residential property transactions; whether his Department has modelled the potential impact of the propose
Housing: Sales
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department plans to take to implement the proposed home buying reforms; what estimate his Department has made of the potential costs of the reforms to (a) local au
Taxation: Debt Collection
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HM Revenue and Customs has completed an Equality Impact Assessment for proposed lower-value debt recovery powers; what assessment she has made of the potential impact of those powers on (a) disabled people,
Taxation: Debt Collection
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has received (a) legal advice on the compatibility of the proposed lower-value debt recovery powers with the European Convention on Human Rights, (b) a programme risk register, (c) advice on reputational
Schools: Temperature
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many how many schools closed as a consequence of extreme heat in the week commencing 22 June 2026.
Environmental Health: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the number of additional environmental health officers and enforcement staff local authorities will require to exercise the new enforceme
Rented Housing: Fines
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of (a) the number of civil penalties expected to be issued under the new Renters Rights enforcement regime during each of the next three yea
Private Rented Housing: Tenancy Agreements
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact on private renters of letting agents and landlords declining to provide tenancy references until a tenant has served notice on
Private Rented Housing: Tenancy Agreements
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will consider taking steps to increase protections for private renters during the process of moving between tenancies, including in relation to tenancy references and the r
Sheltered Housing: Older People
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an estimate of the number of retirement village properties that remain unsold following the (a) death and (b) transfer into care of the leaseholder; and wheth
Employment: Video Recordings
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to protect workers from being filmed without consent while carrying out their duties and having that footage published on social media.
Electric Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2026 to Question 14121 on Electric Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries, what assessment her Department has made of the impact on investor confidence of announcing a review of the
Renewable Energy: Landfill
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his department is taking to ensure transitional support for the landfill gas to energy sector will be in place when the Renewables Obligation for LFGTE expires on 31 March 2027.
Aviation
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2026 to Question 12032, whether the public interest assessment was made on a case-by-case basis or as a general policy in respect of all flights funded for non-UK nationals.
Renewable Energy: Landfill
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the expiry of the Renewables Obligation for LFGTE on the Methane Action Plan.
Energy: Park Homes
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing support to park home residents for energy efficiency upgrades to their homes, in the context of eligibility challenges of pa
Railways: Temperature
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the impact of the recent heatwave on the punctuality of trains across the national rail network; and what steps she has taken to ensure passengers receive timely delay compensati
Aviation: Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate has been made of the potential cost impact of the UK ETS and domestic carbon pricing mechanisms on the cost of UK domestic flights between 2026 and 2050.
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Peak Cluster
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what meetings a) Ministers and b) officials in his Department have had with i) local authorities and ii) private sector companies on the Peak Cluster project.
Office for Nuclear Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to publish guidance on how the Office for Nuclear Regulation will balance facilitating economic growth with maintaining independent regulatory oversight.
Maritime and Coastguard Agency: British Overseas Territories
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether any monitoring visit to a British Overseas Territory since 4 July 2024 identified non-compliance with maritime safety or security requirements; and what follow-up action was taken in each case.
Office for Nuclear Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of cybersecurity risks associated with the increased use of digital technologies by the Office for Nuclear Regulation.
Air Routes
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2026 to Question 13301 on Air Routes, what specialist workforce shortages her Department has identified that could affect delivery of the Airspace Modernisation Strategy.
Energy: Meters
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what progress he has made on upgrading smart meters in North Northumberland constituency.