Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
201,591 questions
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with the College of Policing on ensuring that police officers prioritise immediate threats to life and evidence at the scene when responding to allegations of racially
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that police guidance and operational training require officers to assess all parties equally and objectively, regardless of race, when attending incidents
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether an Equality Impact Assessment has been completed for the Inpatient and Outpatient Care Co-ordination Solution products used through the NHS Federated Data Platform to flag patients for remo
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Algorithmic Transparency Recording Standard, (a) how many algorithmic tools deployed through the NHS Federated Data Platform have been assessed as falling within the mandatory
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a national framework for action for creative health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what training will be given to border officials to enforce the government’s proposed ban on imports of hunting trophies, including how to identify the species from which the trophy is
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will assess the adequacy of the provision of heart and lung transplant services, including (a) access to specialist care, (b) post-transplant follow-up services, (c) psychological
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many full-time equivalent driving examiners recruited by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) were (a) in post and (b) delivering practical car driving tests in May 2026.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what offence is committed by a person who books, amends, cancels or swaps a driving test on behalf of another person; under which statutory provision is that offence created; and what the maximum penalty is upo
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the cost per placement on the Erasmus+ in each of the first five years of association.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate his Department has made of the additional volume of steel that will be sourced from UK producers as a result of the new tariff and quota regime.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the new steel import measures on costs for the construction sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of regional variations in the investigation and enforcement of fly-tipping offences by local authorities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of guidance issued to local authorities on the seizure and disposal of vehicles used in fly-tipping offences.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding has been provided to local authorities in England to prevent and tackle fly-tipping in each year since 2020.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2026 to Question 9125, if he will provide a list of local planning authorities without an up-to-date local plan in place.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of additional homes required in local planning authority areas in Fylde constituency to meet the revised housing target methodology.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to allow local authorities greater flexibility to reduce housing targets where environmental, agricultural and infrastructure constraints can be demonstrated.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the protocol is for distributing matrimonial assets following a crime of a highly serious nature committed by a spouse against the other a) pre and b) post-conviction.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what training judges are given to deal with crimes of an extremely serious nature including the repeated sexual abuse of women.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how judges are selected for trials of an extremely serious nature that include the abuse of women; and whether gender is considered as a factor in relation to the nature of the crimes involved.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of new legislation creating standalone offences for extreme acts of violence and assault against women and girls.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of current sentencing guidelines in reflecting the seriousness of extremely violent and sexual offences against women and girls.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what is the process for changing and updating sentencing guidelines set by the Sentencing Council.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of updating the sentencing guidelines in respect of crimes such as online grooming and other crimes of a highly serious and extreme nature against women and g