Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
199,266 questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how the £4.1 million allocated to lighthouse projects for nature recovery on the public estate has been distributed between participating departments and agencies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to mitigate the risk of wildfires during periods of extreme heat.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of doctors with full General Medical Council registration and a licence to practise who are (a) unemployed and (b) underemployed while seeking su
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has issued guidance to NHS employers on providing meaningful feedback to unsuccessful applicants for medical posts.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of current regulations on air conditioning systems in newbuild properties.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the capacity of local authority environmental health teams to enforce the new financial penalties on landlords who do not repair Category 1 hazards
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure consistency between local authorities in the application of financial penalties for landlords found to have serious hazards in their
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the impact of the revised Housing Health and Safety Rating System on (a) inspection times and (b) enforcement outcomes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate his Department has made of the total additional cost to the public purse of increasing the Boiler Upgrade Scheme grant from £7,500 to £9,000.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how long households wait on average between approval of a Boiler Upgrade Scheme application and completion of installation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the average cost per participant of the Support Conversations programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many participants in the initial Support Conversations pilot (a) entered employment, (b) entered (i) education and (ii) training, (c) undertook voluntary work and (d) remained on out-of-work benefit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of regional disparities in access to Support Conversations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to publish regular data on the outcomes of Support Conversations, including participation rates, referrals made and employment outcomes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many households have been denied a Community Infrastructure Levy exemption as a result of procedural errors since the exemption was introduced in 2014.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many Community Infrastructure Levy cases involving household developers have resulted in (a) charging orders, (b) insolvency proceedings, (c) orders for sale and (d) criminal
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the number and proportion of secondary schools that have an inclusion base; and what timetable she has set for ensuring that every secondary school has access to an incl
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department will provide additional capital funding to schools to establish inclusion bases.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's document entitled Inclusive education estates, published on 25 June 2026, whether the guidance is mandatory for schools, early years settings and post-16 providers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether Ofsted inspections will assess compliance with new guidance on inclusion bases and Inclusive Estates.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how people with lived experience of ME/CFS will be involved in the design and delivery of the awareness campaign.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the impact of council tax premiums on unsold probate properties, particularly those restricted to age-specific occupancy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to introduce exemptions or discretionary relief for properties that cannot reasonably be let or sold due to planning or occupancy restrictions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the impact of council tax premiums on unsold probate properties, particularly those restricted to age-specific occupancy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance has been issued to local authorities on applying council tax premiums in cases where properties are actively being marketed but remain unsold.