Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
201,802 questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much of the projected £4.448 billion of active travel spending is expected to be spent on (a) infrastructure, (b) maintenance, (c) behavioural change programmes, (d) planning and design work, (e) monitoring
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the continued freeze in fuel duty on (a) CPI inflation and (b) the cost of living.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the suspension of accreditation of the British Board of Agrément on the number of new building products coming to market.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June to Question 6798 on Travellers: Caravan Sites, how many new Gypsy and Traveller sites and pitches have been built since September 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the planned timetable is for the submission of the Development Consent Order for the River Thames Scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of when River Thames Scheme main construction works will begin.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether it remains Government policy to support the delivery of the River Thames Scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of limiting farm businesses to a single Sustainable Farming Incentive agreement on farm-level participation and flexibil
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what evidence was used to inform the decision to set the Sustainable Farming Incentive annual agreement cap at £100,000.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the (a) range and (b) scale of environmental actions that can be delivered by farm businesses within the £100,000 annual agreement cap under the Sustainab
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences were handled over the course of the 2026 local elections by the national police unit established for protecting people standing for public office.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to question 6647 asked on 3 June 2026 (Israel: Military Alliances), whether the December 2020 agreement has been (a) reviewed, (b) modified or (c) amended at any point since its signing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the answer of 2 June 2026 to question 2901 titled Students: Loans, whether she has made an assessment on the potential merits of bringing the Plan 2 repayment threshold in line with today’s RPI infl
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the cost to the National Health Service of treating conditions caused or exacerbated by tobacco, alcohol and drug use.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help prevent the spread of Ebola from the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Britain.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of improving the national curriculum on education on littering and environmental responsibility.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure that toilet facilities at public transport (a) stations and (b) interchanges are (i) accessible and (ii) free of cost.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department plans to introduce regulations on the use of camera-enabled smart glasses, such as Meta Smart Glasses, for filming in public spaces.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2026 to Question 5439 on Natural Gas: Prices, what data his Department holds on changes to bills for consumers connected to communal heat networks since gas p
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to Questions 1233 and 1236 from the Rt Hon. Member for Basildon and Billericay.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with the National Police Chiefs' Council on whether it retains identities of Freedom of Information applicants for the purposes of duplicate request checks, repeat requ
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many recorded offences of theft from a motor vehicle involved commercial freight vehicles in each of the last five years; what estimate she has made of the value of goods stolen in those offences;
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the number of secure HGV parking spaces in England; how many secure lorry parking spaces have been created since July 2024; and whether her Department plans to take steps to increa
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to her Department's policy paper entitled Active Travel – Active England: the third cycling and walking investment strategy, published on 12 June 2026, how much of the £4.555 billion represents (
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce minimum unit pricing for alcohol in England.