Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
187,198 questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will publish a list of all posts and locations currently classified as qualifying hardship posts for the purpose of additional journeys for staff posted overseas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to define what constitutes comparable pricing for academy trusts seeking to benchmark their energy costs with the Energy for Schools route.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the comparable pricing requirement for alternative energy contracts in the Academy Trusts Handbook on competition between procurement routes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the value for money of the Energy for Schools route compared with alternative compliant procurement approaches.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of energy procurement guidance on the ability of academy trusts to leverage price competition.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department provides to academy trusts on how to demonstrate comparable pricing for alternative energy contracts.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Government funding announcement to establish a new National Housing Bank (£16 billion) will be allocated to the Devolved Administrations via the Barnett formula.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when she plans to publish a full implementation timetable for the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024, including provisions on lease extensions, freehold purchase, valuation,
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what legislative changes she plans to bring forward to address technical defects in the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 before commencing provisions on lease extensions an
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when she plans to introduce the final Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill following pre-legislative scrutiny of the draft Bill.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to expedite reforms to make lease extensions and freehold purchase quicker, easier and cheaper.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when she plans to bring forward legislation to cap ground rents in existing residential leases; and what assessment she has made of the potential impact of continued uncapped gro
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when she plans to legislate to prohibit the sale of new leasehold flats except in limited circumstances; and what steps she is taking to prevent developers continuing to sell new
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of protections for leaseholders in high-rise and mixed-use residential developments from service charges, management fees and freehol
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when she plans to bring forward proposals to regulate property managing agents; and whether those proposals will include mandatory professional qualifications, transparency requi
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of residential freeholds held through offshore ownership structures; and what steps she is taking to improve transparency of b
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has made an assessment of trends in the level of leasehold tenure in new residential developments in Liverpool; and what steps she is taking to protect lea
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the time taken for full implementation of the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 on the human rights
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to end the leasehold system during this Parliament; and what steps it plans to take to deliver that policy following pre-legislative scrutiny of the
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps are being taken to help ensure that imported eggs and egg products are safe for consumption in the context of the recent salmonella outbreak.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in the context of the recent salmonella outbreak, whether steps are being taken to support British egg farmers to reduce levels of reliance on imported eggs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if her Department will take steps to establish a national policy to protect 24/7 access to on-site hospital helipads.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the extent of the contribution of air ambulance charities to the delivery of specialist pre-hospital emergency care across the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has taken steps to ensure restrictive planning policies do not impact 24/7 access to hospital helipads.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, to date, a) how many of the 1,000+ planned inspections into engineered stone silica dust exposure has the Health and Safety Executive carried out since April 2026, and b) what have these inspections fou