Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
199,266 questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential benefit of giving councils the power to designate Independent Shop Zones.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her department plans to make an assessment of the number of hours of education lost due to high temperatures in the week beginning 22nd June 2026.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her department are taking to ensure that the Deposit Return Scheme will be accessible for those with disabilities and limited mobility.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her department is making plans to offer support for schools that require air conditioning or other cooling technologies for continued function in amber and red weather warnings.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the suitability of the minimum recruitment ages of 11 for girls and 12 for boys in the PATHWAYS clinical trial.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her department will make an assessment of the economic impact of lost working hours due to disruption caused to parents by school closures during periods of extreme heat.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the capacity of children under the age of 16 to provide informed assent to participation in the PATHWAYS clinical trial.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what public funding has been allocated to the PATHWAYS clinical trial; and from which budgets.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department received representations from external organisations regarding the MHRA's review of the PATHWAYS clinical trial protocol.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's answer on 15 December 2025 to question 97651, what action she has taken to promote the department's guidance Kinship Carers in the Workplace: Guidance for Employers to employe
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking to help ensure that people with disabilities are treated fairly in employment application processes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her department is taking to help reduce plastic pollution.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department are taking to help tackle the discarding in the environment of nitrous oxide canisters.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her department is taking to tackle the illegal use of nitrous oxide.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his department is taking to reduce waiting times for access to Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services in Epping Forest.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the capacity of the retrofit and domestic energy assessor supply chain to complete upgrades to approximately 2.5 million private rented properties
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she will make an assessment of the potential merits of setting an age at which (a) driving licences are revoked and (b) drivers are required to retake a driving test.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that local authorities have sufficient resources to enforce the proposed new minimum energy efficiency standards for private re
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to increase support for emergency service personnel whose mental or physical health is affected in the line of duty.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what financial support will be available to private landlords to meet the proposed EPC C standard by 1 October 2030.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent estimate he has made of the number of private rented properties that will qualify for an exemption from the proposed EPC C standard by 1 October 2030 on the grounds of (a) high co
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when his Department plans to publish the finalised Home Energy Model band boundaries that will define compliance with the new EPC C standard for private rented properties ahead of the 1 Octob
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what criteria his Department is using to define smart readiness for the purposes of the secondary compliance metric under the proposed new EPC framework for private rented properties; and wha
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on the removal of transgender prisoners from women's prisons.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support her Department provides to councils to help resume small waste electrical and electronic equipment and battery recycling services.