Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
199,265 questions
Holiday Accommodation
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the merits of requiring owners to obtain permission from their local authority before letting a property on a short-term basis.
Holiday Accommodation: Local Government
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the merits of requiring online platforms to disclose the number of nights a property is let to local authorities.
Holiday Accommodation: Local Government
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the merits of banning online platforms from hosting or promoting short-term lets of local authority-owned property.
Holiday Accommodation: Local Government
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the merits of sharing HMRC data with local authorities to facilitate the identification of unregistered short-term lets.
Unemployment: Young People
To ask His Majesty's Government what targets they have set for reducing the number of young people aged 16 and 17 with an unknown education, employment or training status.
Unemployment: Young People
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the reasons why 32,100 young people aged 16 and 17 have an unknown education, employment or training status.
Unemployment: Young People
To ask His Majesty's Government what information will be collected to measure the success of the new Risk of NEET Indicator tool.
Music: Education
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of children who have and who have not been taught to read music by (1) age 11 and (2) age 16 in England.
Gaza: Overseas Students
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, further to written statement UIN HCWS144, what support will be available for the dependents of eligible students from Gaza travelling to UK universities.
Motability: Finance
To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the income or savings to be derived from the new criteria for Motability vehicles limiting the mileage a lessee can drive before incurring a charge.
Attendance Allowance: Motability
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to allow individuals who claim Attendance Allowance to qualify for the Motability Scheme.
Motor Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds on the number of people who were employed in the automotive manufacturing sector in each month since May 2026 up to and including the most recent month for which figures are
Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of extending the Hardship Fund to all members eligible to receive civil service pensions.
Students: Loans
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of student loan liabilities on (a) disabled students and (b) students who withdraw from university due to ill health.
Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in receipt of Universal Credit have a total gross household income, including earnings and other income, within each of the following bands: (a) £0–£20,000; (b) £20,001–£40,000; (c)
Universal Credit: Rented Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) compensation and (b) redress is available to landlords who incur rent arrears as a result of (i) delays and (ii) administrative errors in implementing Managed Payments to Landlords.
Towns Fund: Keighley
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding allocated through the Towns Fund has been spent by the Keighley Towns Fund via the local authority to date; and how that amount compares with the funding spent b
Languages: Education
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the numbers of children in England being offered teaching at school in (1) Mandarin, (2) Spanish, (3) Hindi, and (4) Arabic.
Defence Equipment
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the planned expenditure on (a) conventional equipment and (b) nuclear equipment in each year from FY26/27 to FY29/30 inclusive.
Finland and Netherlands: Military Alliances
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made in the establishment of a Multilateral Defence Mechanism between UK, Finland, and the Netherlands.
Defence: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to encourage UK defence manufacturers to participate in programmes established through the Multilateral Defence Mechanism.
Defence: Manufacturing Industries
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what consideration he has given to the development of skills required by the defence industry in Fife.
Shops: Money Laundering
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Jones of Whitchurch on 8 May 2025 (HL6763), what progress they have made in tackling money laundering through cash-based high street businesses such as American candy stores and so
Intimate Image Abuse: Artificial Intelligence
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to bring the sharing of non-consensual AI-generated intimate images by chatbots into scope of the image-based abuse offences under section 66D of the Sexual Offences Act 2003.
Vaccination
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure clear accountability for vaccination commissioning and delivery following the withdrawal of Section 7A of the National Health Service Act 2006 and the abolition of NHS England; and what role t