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 assessment his department has made of the potential impact of biraderi networks on levels of electoral fraud.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 20 April 2026, to Question 125733, on Political Parties: Donors, how political parties and regulated donees will be required to verify the revenue
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 21 April 2026, to Question 124766, on Electoral Register, and of 20 April 2026, to Question 124792, whether political parties will be consulted on
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Parliamentary Parties Panel has been consulted by his department on how the Government intends to respond to the Rycroft review report; and how the Government plans i
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Public Bill Committee for the Representation of the People Bill, Official Report, Compilation PDF of all Committee Debate sittings so far, 21 April 2026, Co
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 20 April 2026 to Question 124763 on Political Parties: Donors, how political parties and regulated donees can assess whether companies have suffic
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 20 April 2026 to Question 124770 on Elections: Proof of Identity, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of that policy on levels of
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of registers held by the Republic of Ireland’s Companies Registration Office in providing data and information for politic
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 18 March 2026 to Question 118899 on Elections: Campaigns, if he will amend (i) legislation and (ii) statutory guidance to ensure that hard copy an
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 18 March 2026 to Question 118898 on Candidates, what consideration has been made by his Department of amending legislation to allow agents to resi
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 21 April 2026 to Question 124762 on Political Parties: Finance, what consideration has been made of using powers under the Electronic Communicatio
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 20 April 2026 to Question 124675 on political donations, whether donations to Irish political parties, where passed on to Northern Ireland parties
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding has been allocated to local election pilots in (a) 2026 and (b) 2027.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government in the Third Sitting of the Public Bill Commit
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether virtual bank cards will be accepted as identification to vote at a polling station.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of fraudulent electoral registration.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to consider (a) a uniform publication of local election results by local authorities and (b) an official central repository of local election results.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has plans to introduce (a) a mandatory dyslexia screening for all primary pupils, (b) a national standard for early identification of dyslexia amongst students and (c) a national standard
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she plans to bring forward a White Paper on the Overseas Territories.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will consider appointing a Trade Envoy for the Overseas Territories.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Government of the Virgin Islands on constitutional reform and the development of a partnership framework between that Territory and the
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support she provides the Overseas Territories to improve the quality and effectiveness of transport infrastructure.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the operational effectiveness of the new Entry Exit System for travellers from the United Kingdom to member states of the European Union.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 26 May 2026 to Question 1715, if she will make an estimate of the number of oil tankers required annually to transport Russian crude oil used in the
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 May 2026 to Question 481 on Roads: Safety, how many prosecutions of illegal driving instructors have taken place in (a) 2023, (b) 2024, (c) 2025 and (d) 2026 to the most recent date