Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
199,266 questions
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers are currently being accommodated in hotels in each local authority area.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her department has made of the annual cost of asylum accommodation contracts.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences involving acid attacks were recorded in England and Wales in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of trends in organised crime activity across England and Wales.
Innovation: Finance
?To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to support locally led innovation investment.
Internet: Children
?To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what progress her Department has made on its response to the consultation entitled Growing up in the online world.
Artificial Intelligence
?To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to help ensure that the UK has sovereign AI capacity.
Artificial Intelligence: Job Creation
?To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that AI creates jobs in the UK.
Artificial Intelligence: Job Creation
?To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that AI creates jobs in the UK.
Project Gigabit
?To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what progress her Department has made on the rollout of Project Gigabit.
5G: Rural Areas
?To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to help improve the accuracy of reported 5G coverage in rural areas.
Broadband: Urban Areas
?To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of broadband provision in historic town centres.
Retail Trade: Urban Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to support high street businesses.
Iron and Steel: Imports
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to support businesses reliant on imported steel.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to support Venture Capital Trust-backed technology businesses.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of levels of economic cooperation with the EU on businesses.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of the introduction of an overnight visitor levy on hospitality businesses.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to help attract private sector investment into the hydrogen market.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what plans he has for tyre manufacture for electric vehicles when butyl is no longer available from fossil fuel sources.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what (a) opportunities and (b) obstacles she has identified to admission to university and other higher education establishments of Ukrainian children who came to the UK as refugees from the Russian invasion an
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to include the time spent by Ukrainian refugees in the UK since the invasion of Ukraine in the qualifying period necessary to be granted permanent residence.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he PLANS TO launch the call for evidence on Building Regulations 2010 Guidance: Approved Document K (ADK).
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment has been made of the availability of capital funding for brownfield housing developments led by housing associations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many applications for brownfield regeneration funding in the West Midlands have been (a) received, (b) approved and (c) rejected in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps is the Department taking to accelerate housing delivery on long-term derelict urban brownfield sites.