Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
201,802 questions
To ask His Majesty's Government what the total costs to public funds were of the decision by the Charity Commission to pursue a judicial review of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman between 2024 and March 2026.
To ask His Majesty's Government, what action they are taking to support the Charity Commission in improving the way it handles cases of whistleblowers following the Commission's application to pursue a judicial review of the Parliamentary and Health Servi
To ask His Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the procurement timelines for the replacement cutters for Border Force.
To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they intend to give to UK content and social value in the procurement of Border Force cutters.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend the replacement of the Border Force cutters to be undertaken via domestic-only procurement.
To ask His Majesty's Government what progress has been made in securing for British claimants restitution, compensation for, or commemoration of property seized from Polish victims of the Nazis since the appointment of the first Special Envoy for Post Hol
To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the most recent incumbent Special Envoy for Post Holocaust Issues regarding that post's role in international progress on Holocaust-era property and art restitution issues.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Baroness Hayman of Ullock on 3 June (HL Deb col 839), by what date they intend to deliver the target of ensuring that everyone has access to green or blue spaces within a 15-minute walk of their ho
To ask His Majesty's Government when they will issue their guidance to the Office for Students on the allocation of the 2026–27 Strategic Priorities Grant.
To ask His Majesty's Government why guidance to the Office for Students on the allocation of the 2026–27 Strategic Priorities Grant has been delayed; and what plans they have to mitigate the funding risks this delay has caused.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 1 April (HL15592), whether they have assessed proposals for a system for equitable distribution of general practitioners in England; and whether amendments to implement a
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of measures proposed in the EU reset on economic growth, taking account costs on business and the taxpayer of, inter allia, i) new regulations and dire
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with the NAO on the use of the Special Administration Regime in the water sector.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions her Department has had with the NAO on the use of the Special Administration Regime in the water sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had discussions with her counterpart in Ireland on the (a) restricting and (b) ceasing of sales of aluminium to Russia.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of higher education providers in England are expected to record an operating deficit in each of the next three financial years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of staff redundancies (a) announced and (b) implemented by higher education providers in England since 1 January 2025.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether mechanisms are in place to provide compensation to higher education providers in cases where regulatory penalties imposed by the Office for Students are overturned by the courts.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if her Department permits civil servants employed in the UK to work from overseas on a regular basis.
To ask His Majesty's Government when the NHS England headache guideline and other outputs from the Neurology Service Transformation Programme will be published.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of recent reports of inadequate future personal pension provision; and what further steps she is taking to help increase personal pension contributio
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to improve the (a) efficiency and (b) response time of the Independent Office for Police Conduct.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he has taken to tackle illegal gasworks on private properties.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many a) deaths and b) injuries have been caused by illegal gas works in i) England and ii) London in each year since 2020.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she has taken to increase economic productivity in a) England and b) Romford constituency.