Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
199,265 questions
Political Parties: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether under the proposed Know You Donor regime for political donations, donations to local accounting units may be aggregated with parallel donations to other local accounting
Polling Stations: Pilot Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 17 June 2026 to Question 8094 on Polling Stations: Pilot schemes, who discussions are taking place with; and whether they include (a) councillors and (b
Local Government: Elections
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his department holds an estimate on the average unit cost of a local government by-election.
Council Tax: Greater London
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 2 March 2026 to Question 113737 on Council Tax: City of Westminster and Wandsworth, what is the level of core spending power in cash terms in each
Local Government: Reorganisation
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to approve new unitary council structures where new unitary council wards cross and split existing (a) district wards, (b) unitary wards and (c) county divisions
Local Government: Reorganisation
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on the the term limits for the positions unitary authorities elected in May 2027.
Minerals: Imports
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate he has made of the value of critical mineral imports into the United Kingdom in each of the last five years.
Packaging: Recycling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of Extended Producer Responsibility packaging fees on home improvement manufacturers who sell through builders' merchants and canno
Members: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 22 May 2026 to Question 382 on Members: Correspondence, for what reason did Network Rail not write to the Rt. Hon. Member for Basildon and Billericay by the end of May; and when
Banking Hubs: Scotland
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions she has had with stakeholders on steps to increase the number of banking hubs in Scotland.
Adoption and Children in Care: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the extent to which services supporting adopted and looked after children meet their needs.
Adoption and Children in Care: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help improve services to support adopted and looked after children transitioning to adulthood.
Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to help reduce the volume of channel crossings.
Asylum
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the backlog of asylum claims.
Immigration Controls: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many immigration enforcement officers have been deployed in the last 12 months.
Network Rail: Biodiversity
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2026 to Question 13067 on Network Rail: Biodiversity, how many protected species licences have been applied for (a) by and (b) on behalf of Network Rail in each of the last fiv
Pharmacy: Closures
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Merron on 1 July (HL Deb cols 1032–34), what data the Department of Health and Social Care collects on the reasons for pharmacy closures.
Defence: UK Relations with EU
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in the European Union on defence co-operation.
Lord Mandelson
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the statement of 11 March 2026, Official Report, Column 364, on Lord Mandelson: Response to Humble Address Motion, for what reason she did not receive the r
Defence: Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to help small technology companies to work with the Department.
Aviation: Crew
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 17 April 2026 to Question 123626 on Aviation: Crew, if she will provide the number of commercial airline pilots registered with the Civil Aviation Authority who (a) reached the mandato
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 estimate she has made of the number of additional specialist personnel required to deliver the Airspace Modernisation Strategy.
Aviation: Crew
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many commercial airline pilots joined the Civil Aviation Authority register in each of the past five calendar years.
Israel: Sanctions
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of issuing further sanctions against Israel for the loss of British property around Bethlehem Children with Disability
Defence: Glasgow
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate he has made of the number of jobs in the Glasgow City Region supported by defence spending.