Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
199,265 questions
Agriculture: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the annual farming budget is for (a) 2025–26 and (b) 2026–27; and how the spending is broken down for each year.
Community Transport: West Dorset
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of community transport on rural mobility in West Dorset.
Bus Services: West Dorset
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 2 July 2026 to Question 14261, how much funding her Department is providing under the Bus Service Operators Grant to West Dorset; and whether her Department plans to provide ring fence
Railways: West Dorset
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions his Department has had with rail operators on service reliability caused by climate change affecting West Dorset.
Water: Sutton Park
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help improve water safety measures at Sutton Park.
Water: Sutton Park
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with Birmingham City Council on improving water safety at Sutton Park.
Parking: Private Sector
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 20 May 2026 to Question 934 on Parking: Fines, how many audits of parking companies have been undertaken by (a) DVLA and (b) the Government Internal Audit Agency since July 2024.
Public Transport: North East Hampshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of a multimodal ticketing system on rural communities in North East Hampshire constituency reliant on rail-bus interchange.
Railways: North East Hampshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much her Department has spent on rail infrastructure in North East Hampshire constituency in each of the last five years.
Buses: Driving Licences
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 2 July 2026 to Question 13942, what estimate she has made of the average cost to an individual of maintaining licences and certifications required to drive a (i) bus and (ii) coach com
Pigs: Animal Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she intends to publish a consultation on phasing out the use of farrowing crates for sows.
International Maritime Organization
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions she has had with the International Maritime Organisation on the work of her Department.
Motor Insurance: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has considered including information on insurance ghost broking and identifying legitimate motor insurance providers within Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency communications and educational materia
Driving Tests: Lincolnshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many practical driving tests have been completed in Lincolnshire in each of the past three years.
Driving Tests
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average wait for a practical driving test has been at (a) Boston, (b) Grantham and (c) Peterborough test centres in each of the past three years.
Bus Services: Franchises
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department maintains a list of which local transport authorities are seeking to make use of the franchising powers in the Bus Services Act 2025.
Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Bovine TB Control Strategy for England, published on 10 June 2026, what criteria her Department will use to determine whether wildlife control methods are humane;
Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Bovine TB Control Strategy for England, published on 10 June 2026, what weight her Departme
Pigs: Animal Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department is collecting data on the number of flexible crates being installed by pig farmers in England; and what assessment she has made of the potential impact of that v
Flood Re
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of uncertainty over the future of Flood Re on mortgage availability for properties at high risk of flooding.
Flood Re: Home Insurance
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help improve consumer awareness of whether a property is insured through Flood Re.
Peatlands: Fire Prevention
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the scientific evidence on rewetting peatland and other habitats and resilience to wildfire; and what her Department's strategy is for reduci
Peace Negotiations: Women
To ask His Majesty's Government what action they are taking to (1) promote the representation of women in peace processes, and (2) ensure that inclusion extends to efforts to prevent sexual violence and protect women’s sexual health.
Investment: Strait of Hormuz
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, paragraph 43, of the £120m investment in the Multinational Hormuz Mission has come from the contingency reserve.
Equality: Staffordshire
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps she is taking to reduce inequality in a) Newcastle-under-Lyme and b) Staffordshire.