Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
199,265 questions
Electric Vehicles: Batteries
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing additional tariffs on battery electric vehicles manufactured in China.
Renewable Energy: Landfill
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the expiry of Renewables Obligation support for landfill gas generation on (a) electricity generation, (b) methane emissions, environmen
Renewable Energy: Landfill
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure there is no gap in financial support for landfill gas electricity generation following the expiry of Renewables Obligation support in April 20
Cycling and Pedestrians: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to improve pedestrian and cyclist safety.
Electric Vehicles
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing (a) procurement and (b) local content requirements for publicly supported vehicle purchases.
Large Goods Vehicles: Electric Vehicles
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2026 to Question 8651 on Large Goods Vehicles: Electric Vehicles, whether her Department has undertaken modelling of the impact of charging times on the operational efficiency
Railways: Nationalisation
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 22 June 2026 to Question 10032, what proportion of the expected savings from public ownership are attributable to management fees.
Air Traffic Control: Vocational Guidance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department is taking steps to encourage young people aged 16 and over to consider a career as an air traffic controller; and what discussions she has had with the aviation sector on increasing aware
Veterinary Services: Insecticides
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the decision to exclude POM-V medicines from its call for evidence on levels of chemicals from flea and tick treatmen
Offences against Children: Prisoners' Release
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether offenders servicing sentences for sexual abuse against children are eligible for the Early Release Scheme.
Home Care Services: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with local councils on the non-payment for travel time between care visits for homecare workers.
Home Care Services: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the (a) Department for Housing, Communities and Local Government and (b) Local Government Association on the non-payment of travel time for homecare workers
Water Supply: Temperature
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of increasingly frequent heatwaves on water security in England.
Water Supply: Temperature
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with water companies on ensuring continuity of water supplies during prolonged periods of extreme heat.
Air Pollution: Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the annual economic cost of air pollution to the UK.
General Practitioners: Tunbridge Wells
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has had discussions with NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board on plans to upgrade GP provision and access in the Tunbridge Wells constituency, specifically at the (i) Lo
General Practitioners: Tunbridge Wells
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of access to GP services in the Tunbridge Wells constituency.
Dental Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the time in an average week NHS dentists have spent carrying out private dental work between 2020 and 2025.
General Practitioners: Tunbridge Wells
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department have had discussions with NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board on the use of section 106 funding from new housing developments to expand access to GP services and improv
General Practitioners: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of available section 106 funding has been spent on improving GP services in the last 12 months, and what this equates to in pounds sterling, in (i) England, (ii) Kent and (iii) Tunb
Rivers: Sewage
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of implementing the measures in the Chalk Streams (Sewerage Investment) Bill.
Air Pollution: Public Consultation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how her Department intends to engage with (a) community organisations, (b) charities and (c) people with lived experience of air pollution during the upcoming review of the Air Quality
Air Pollution: Public Consultation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential benefits of involving people directly affected by air pollution in the review of the Air Quality Strategy.
Planning
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he intends to publish the National Planning Policy Framework.
Planning
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will undertake an assessment of the impact of the Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 on the powers of lo