Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
199,266 questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help schools adapt to rising temperatures.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Chapman of Darlington on 24 June (HL Deb cols 663–6), whether they have any plans to advocate for a no-fly zone across Sudan and call for an emergency debate in the United Nations Securit
To ask the Leader of the House, whether he has had discussions with the Foreign Secretary on arrangements for a debate on the Gibraltar Treaty during the period of parliamentary scrutiny under the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of any provisional application of the Gibraltar Treaty before completion of scrutiny under Part 2 of the Constitutional Reform and
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the publication entitled Environmental Outcomes Reports: Roadmap to reform, published on 13 March 2026, whether (a) Habitats Regulations and (b) Biodiversity Ne
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the publication entitled Changes to the Single Data List from April 2020, updated 8 May 2026, for what reason the data collection on Strategic Overview of Flood
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 20 April 2026, to Question 124702, Local Government: Reorganisation, whether he has had discussions with the City of London Corporation on the pro
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment has the Government Property Agency made of the number of government buildings which have gender-neutral toilets that are not fully enclosed self-contained univers
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the news story entitled Appointment of Mo Baines as Lead Non-Executive Director, published on 15 May 2026, whether Mo Baines was appointed by open and fair comp
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the policy paper entitled Protecting What Matters: Towards a more confident, cohesive, and resilient United Kingdom, updated 28 April 2026, whether the £800 mil
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the written statement of 16 April 2026, HCWS1520, on 80A Duty to report on air quality in England, whether (a) his department or (b) DEFRA intend to consult on
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 21 April 2026, to Question 124699, if he will deem council tax an outcome metric.
To ask The Senior Deputy Speaker why the House of Lords decided to outsource the provision of cleaning services; and what discussions have been had with the contractors who now provide these services over the numbers of cleaners made redundant since the s
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 20 April 2026, to Question 124761, on Public Houses: Business Rates, how the hereditament-level data differs from the hereditament and special cat
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what (a) discussions has his Department had with, and (b) representations has his Department received from, Labour Together / Think Labour in relation to its proposals for compul
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the support of the local authority is a necessary condition of a proposed development being part of the Government’s new towns programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate has (a) her Department and (b) WRAP made of the number of waste collection authorities that have adopted (i) three weekly or (ii) monthly collections of residual househol
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the answer of 21 April 2026, to Question 124787, on Forestry Commission: Appeals, what steps are taken to ensure panel members are independent of the Forestry Commiss
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the transparency data, "MHCLG: spending over £25,000, February 2026", published on 17 April 2026, what was the purpose and specification of the payment to Cogni
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the transparency data, "MHCLG: spending over £25,000, February 2026", published on 17 April 2026, what was the purpose and specification of the payment to Marke
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what use of National Insurance numbers is made to verify (a) electoral registration, (b) postal vote registration and (c) the submission of completed postal votes, for (i) in UK
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 11 February 2026, to Question 110405, on Council tax, what estimate has been made of the number of councils which have adopted budgets for 2026-27
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Core Spending Power table: final local government finance settlement 2026–27 to 2028–29, published on 9 February, and the associated council tax requirement
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the need to ensure that the Government Commercial Agency's spending takes account of the source of its purchases; and what assessment they have made of the tax receipt, UK employment and re
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the answer of 16 June 2026, to Question 4241, on Department for Education: Secondment, what information her Department holds on the reason for (a) staff having been seconded to Serco UK Limited and