Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
199,266 questions
Data Centres: Greenfield Sites
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the suitability of greenfield sites for the development of AI data centres.
Housing: Construction
To ask His Majesty's Government how many houses granted planning permission in England since the financial year 2012–13 have (1) commenced construction, and (2) been completed.
Electric Vehicles: Motorcycles
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of electric motorcycles ridden on public roads without registration, taxation or insurance.
Social Rented Housing
To ask His Majesty's Government what was the average and median turnaround time for social housing properties between tenancies in the latest year for which figures are available, broken down by local authority.
Electric Vehicles: Motorcycles
To ask His Majesty's Government how many prosecutions have been brought for the use of electric motorcycles which have not been registered, taxed and insured.
Israel and Palestine: Foreign Relations
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the implications of the report, Unshielded Childhood: Palestinian children and teenagers killed by Israel in the West Bank in 2025, published by B'Tselem on 29 June, for the conduct of Unit
Israel Defense Forces: British Nationals Abroad
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of British citizens who have joined the Israel Defence Forces in their occupation of Gaza and conflict in Lebanon.
Carbon Budgets
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking, as part of the development and delivery of the Seventh Carbon Budget, to ensure UK industry remains internationally competitive.
Bahrain: Nationality
To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Bahrain concerning the revocation of citizenship from a number of Shia Muslims on 27 April; and what assessment they have made of the implications for freedom of reli
Sudan: Humanitarian Situation
To ask His Majesty's Government what emergency humanitarian response plans they have to prevent the worsening of humanitarian needs and mass displacement in El Obeid, Sudan.
Hospitality Industry and Tourism: Trade Competitiveness
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to enhance the competitiveness of the UK tourism and hospitality industry within the European market.
Lord Mandelson
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Minister for the Cabinet Office on 5 June (HC3788), whether civil servants in the Cabinet Office Propriety and Ethics Team who worked on Lord Mandelson’s due diligence recused themselve
Ministers: Official Residences
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Cabinet Office’s policy of the Government paying the council tax bill of a Minister in an official residence applies to Ministers whose primary residence is neither their constituency address nor the
Internet: Children
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology on 15 June (HC Deb 592), whether they plan to take steps to prevent AI chatbots providing inadequate safeguarding advice and misleadin
Health Services: Malpractice
To ask His Majesty's Government whether victims of serious medical malpractice resulting in convictions for wounding with intent have the same statutory rights to make representations to the Parole Board as victims of violent crime; and if not, whether th
Ian Paterson
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that victims of Ian Paterson are formally notified of, and given the opportunity to make representations regarding, any decisions relating to his early release or change of custodial cat
Genetically Modified Organisms: Regulation
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the legislative proposals in California (Assembly Bill 1864) and New York (Assembly Bill 3283) to mandate synthetic nucleic acid synthesis screening; and what plans they have to make the UK
Social Media: Disinformation
To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with social media platforms on measures to prevent AI-generated deepfake advertisements from being used to facilitate fraud.
Palantir: Data Protection
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to review and manage the impact on British data sovereignty of data currently being held by Palantir.
Jacob Wulfson
To ask His Majesty's Government what information they have about the reasons and justification for transferring of the sexual assault case against US pilot Captain Jacob Wulfson from the UK civil justice system to the UK military one; in how many other ca
Social Rented Housing
To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of social housing properties that are vacant between tenancies at any one time.
Housing: Air Conditioning
To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of houses built or under construction since the financial year 2012–13 which had air conditioning.
Shared Ownership Schemes
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the principal barriers preventing shared ownership leaseholders from staircasing to full ownership.
Shared Ownership Schemes: Service Charges
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of service charges on the affordability of shared ownership homes.
Shared Ownership Schemes
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of regional differences in access to shared ownership schemes.