Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
201,802 questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the average time is for the Building Safety Regulator to approve (a) remediation and (b) new build applications.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he had discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on his letter to the Leader of the Opposition of 21 March 2026.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the written statement of 14 May 2026, HCWS1567, on Tackling Antisemitism, whether the strengthening of guidance to local licensing authorities will include guid
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the difference in authorised traveller (a) development and (b) encampments between summer and winter months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what revenues he expects to accrue to HMRC in the first year from the imposition of new steel trade measures on 1 July 2026.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether a market assessment of UK imports of grades of steel informed the decision to set lower quotas for the tariff free import of certain grades of steel.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what grades of steel that will attract a 50% import tariff from 1 July 2026 (a) are and (b) could be produced in the United Kingdom.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what grades of steel that will attract a 50% import tariff from 1 July 2026 (a) are not and (b) cannot be produced in the United Kingdom.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many businesses have been assisted by the inward investment concierge service in each month since it was established.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to prevent violence against women and girls in conflict-affected areas of Sudan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that Sudanese women-led organisations are involved in the design and delivery of the new programme addressing conflict-related sexual viole
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what risk assessments have been carried out to ensure that FCDO-funded services can safely reach survivors in conflict-affected and hard-to-reach areas of Sudan; and what ste
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what criteria were used to determine departmental ODA allocations set out in the Spending Review 2025.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what proportion of the UK's ODA budget is allocated to locally led development initiatives in each year from 2025-26 to 2027-28.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what mechanisms are in place to measure the effectiveness of the Government's new partnership-based and locally led approach to development.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much of the £1 billion climate initiative announced at the Global Partnerships Conference will be funded from existing ODA budgets; and how much will constitute new expen
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate she has made of the amount of private capital expected to be mobilised annually through the climate initiative announced at the Global Partnerships Conference.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she plans to publish the (a) business case and (b) expected development impact of the Global Research and Technology Development portfolio announced at the Global Par
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what budget has been allocated to the Communities of Expertise established following the Global Partnerships Conference in each financial year to 2029-30.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an estimate of the cost to the Exchequer of subsidising visa costs for foreign national workers.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the written statement of 2 June 2026, HCWS78, on Cabinet Manual, what changes he plans to make to the Cabinet Manual; and whether it will seek to amend any existing conventions where legislatio
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to Table 2 of the UKRI Budget Allocations explainer of December 2025, how much of the £2,308m allocated to 'Wider Priorities' over the Spending Review period is earmarked
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of reinstating the right to strike for prison and custody officers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of lowering the the retirement age for prison officers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2026 to Question 4297 on Driving Tests: Offices, which driving test centres were (a) added to, (b) removed from and (c) ceased conducting practical car driving tests between 1 J