Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
200,535 questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much will be spent on military accommodation in the next ten financial years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of providing multi-year funding for Active Travel England grants.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on the proportion of short stages in towns and cities in England that are currently walked and cycled.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of introducing a congestion charge in respect of journeys to and from Heathrow Airport.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment the Department has made of the real-terms value of Bereavement Support Payment since its introduction in April 2017, including the change in value adjusted for CPI inflation in each fina
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Chapman of Darlington on 26 November 2025 (HL11857), what (1) progress they have made, and (2) further investigations they plan, in assessing allegations that foreign nationals par
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what methodology is used in the annual uprating assessment of Bereavement Support Payment; and whether CPI inflation is explicitly incorporated into decisions on maintaining its real-terms value.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason there is no dedicated bereavement-related income support payment paid directly or specifically in respect of bereaved children.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to assess whether sites like the Shelford landfill have followed environmental permit rules.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had discussions with her Nigerian counterpart on the recent kidnapping of schoolchildren and teachers in Oyo State.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the period product scheme will continue within schools in 2026-27.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to Note 8. Purchase of Goods, Services and Other Expenditure on page 114 of the Whole of Government Accounts 2024-5, if she can provide a breakdown of expenditure in the financial years in (a) 2024/5
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Euston Delivery Company will be stood up as a public body.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the planned timetable is for the Liverpool Street Station redevelopment scheme from planning consent to commencement of construction; and what the timescales required are for (a) completion of Section 106
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the establishment of Great British Railways on the governance and delivery of the Liverpool Street Station redevelopment scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many rail infrastructure projects in England with a capital value below £50 million are behind schedule.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Lloyd of Effra on 13 April (HL16133), on what date they intend to commence their review of the functioning of section 10 of the Employment Relations Act 1999.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what ministerial decisions have been taken on the publication of the Freight Plan since 1 January 2026; and on what dates.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many motorists were convicted of driving without valid insurance in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many fixed penalty notices were issued for failure to wear a seat belt in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many prosecutions were brought for fare evasion offences on the rail network in each of the last ten years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many assaults against railway staff were recorded in each of the last five years; and how many resulted in a prosecution.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to reduce benefits fraud.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on the number of people found guilty of benefits fraud in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of preventing asylum seekers in Home Office supported accommodation from being able to go out into the community freely.