Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
201,802 questions
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether representatives of (a) his Department and (b) Downing Street have briefed the Financial Times on reforming the Freedom of Information Act.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether a Cabinet Secretary can be appointed using a reserve list, without fresh and open competition, but disregarding the merit order of the previous appointment process.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether there are mechanisms to review the conduct of a Minister in office after they have left that office, including where the Government may wish to reclaim Ministerial exit payments.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the answer of 21 April 2026 to Question 125703 on Food: Labelling, whether the Government will be able to (a) influence and (b) veto EU Directives restricting the (i) sale and (ii) marketing of
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the publication of the Cabinet Secretaries Objectives 2026-27, whether he plans to revise those objectives in the context of the dismissal of Oliver Robbins.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether party political events in the Prime Minister’s diary are held information for the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 1 April 2026 (HL15859), whether they have considered introducing urine albumin to creatinine ratio tests for high-risk individuals within the NHS Health Check programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the drug Daraxonrasib will be available to pancreatic cancer patients on the NHS.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what amount she is planning to pay Wealden District Council under the Funding Instruction for Local Authorities: Asylum grant by 30th June 2026.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many notifications has the Office for Students received relating to harassment and sexual misconduct since Condition E6 came into effect; what proportion of the total number of notifications this is; and wh
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Office for Students has taken enforcement action or opened up investigations into any higher education institutions relating to the E6 regulation since it came into force.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if the Office for Students will consider requiring public data reporting from higher education institutions to support enforcement of E6.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on revising and updating regulations governing the operation of pharmacies by pharmacy businesses in the context of Jhoots pharmacy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 18 March 2026 to Question 119518 on Polling Stations: Religious Buildings, who would determine which locations the mobile polling station would visit.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 10 April 2026 to Question 123196 on Local Government Finance, what is the monetary amount of the £200 million of funding that will no longer be al
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has made an estimate of how many local authorities in England have a reduction in core spending power in real terms in 2026-27, relative to 2025-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 19 March 2026, to Question HL15092, on Government departments: Public Consultation, how his Department uses these principles, and whether it gives
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Baroness Merron on 17 March (HL Deb col 766), where a referral to a specialist by a GP is made through a single point of access and declined or converted to an advice and guidance response by a sec
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his department has undertaken, or plans to undertake, post-legislative assessment or research on the effect of the second homes council tax premium on local housing marke
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he intends to publish the Government response to the consultation on the overnight visitor levy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reason the MHCLG press release, Right to Buy overhaul to safeguard social housing, released on 28 April 2026 was issued during the local government pre-election period.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the Home Builders Federation publication, Rising costs making development unviable across swathes of the count
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, further to his letter to council leaders and others of 16 February 2026, on postponement of local elections in England in May 2026, for what reason the secondary legislation was
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 29 April 2026 to Question HL16548 on Community Relations, what assessment he has made of the inclusion of the National Union of Students.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what figures his Department collates on business rate receipts each year from the central list, and what projections and forecast does it produce.