Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
199,266 questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the quality and volume of musculoskeletal content in medical training match the prevalence of these conditions in the population.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the reply by the Prime Minister on 2 February that "it is really important that we champion the building of buses" (HC Deb col 41), what steps they are taking to increase the manufacture of zero emission buses i
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking with international partners to help reduce the presence of harmful contaminants in international food production.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what measures she is taking with international partners to enforce international legislation protecting endangered wildlife species.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had discussions with intentional partners on the effectiveness of animal welfare inspections in abattoirs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with international partners on the potential impact of rural depopulation on local services and economies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking with international partners to support access to clean drinking water in rural communities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking with intentional partners to (a) support sustainable fisheries and (b) protect marine biodiversity.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what funding her Department is providing to support international farmers to transition to agroforestry and other climate-resilient agricultural practices.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment has been made of the effectiveness of of cross-departmental public service delivery in the last financial year.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of VAT policy on employment-based business models in the hair and beauty sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps the Government is taking to support apprenticeships and youth employment within the hair and beauty sector.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that housing associations, and in particular the larger housing providers Sanctuary, Peabody, L&Q, and Clarion, comply with the standards set by the Regulator of Social Housing.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of disguised self-employment and associated tax losses within the hair and beauty industry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time taken is to conclude an application to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme are pending a determination by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of a) Category 1, b) Category 2, c) Category 3 and d) Category 4 calls to East Midlands Ambulance Service were responded to within target times in i) December 2025, ii) January 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what was the average wait time of an i) Category 1, ii) Category 2, iii) Category 3, iv) Category 4 EMAS call-out in Melthom Mombury in each month since December 2025.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what metrics will be used to determine court readiness for the Renters' Rights Act 2025.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 10 April 2026 to Question 123196 on Local Government Finance, what the monetary amount is that each of those six areas will receive ahead of the m
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 11 December 2025 to Question HL12896 on Recreation Spaces: Planning Permission, when the terms of reference of the review and public consultation
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department collates figures on the (a) monetary levels of and (b) revenues from pavement licensee fees charged by local authorities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department holds information on councils which have adopted BDS policies against goods and services from firms (a) based and (b) which trade in Israel and the Occupie
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to verify mobile network operators' claims of signal coverage; what metric is used; and in particular what steps they are taking to verify that the ability to receive SMS messages is not classed a
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether Ministerial Envoys to Tower Hamlets have noted whether meetings of that council are wholly conducted in English.