Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
201,802 questions
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what figures the Animals in Science Regulation Unit holds on the number of service project licences granted under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what figures the Animals in Science Regulation Unit holds on the number of service project licences granted under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 involving (a) dogs and (b) non-human prim
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to align the categorisation of service project licences under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 with terminology used in the EU regulatory framework, including licences fo
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department is taking steps to monitor cases of abduction, forced conversion and forced marriage affecting girls from religious minority communities in Pakistan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what outputs the Palestine Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning programme (PALMEL, GB-GOV-1-400409) has produced to date on value for money of UK-funded programmes in Palestin
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department has conducted a written equality or non-discrimination assessment of UK ODA spending on Palestine covering differential provision of infrastructure, le
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what published outputs have been produced under the programme “Palestinian Bedouin at risk of forced displacement: IHL vulnerabilities, ICC possibilities” (GB-GOV-13-OODA-AHRC-C4WCAGQ-R
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what outcomes were agreed during the UK Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief’s visit to Nigeria in May 2026.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her planned timeline is for the delivery of new free schools approved in principle, including the (a) key stages from approval to opening, (b) typical duration of each stage and (c) factors impacting deliv
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to monitor the electricity output of electric vehicle charge points relative to their advertised speeds.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether financial penalties have been levied against electric vehicle charge point operators who do not comply with the Public Charge Point Regulations 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the proportion of electric vehicle charge point operators that comply with Regulation (a) 5 and (b) 7 of the Public Charge Point Regulations 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how his Department and NHS England define a product's value to the NHS for medical technologies; how that value is assessed; and what criteria are used in that assessment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what consideration his Department has given to the potential impact of a respiratory Modern Service Framework on health inequalities in long-term respiratory conditions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations she has made to the Government of Cuba on (a) the detention of Jonathan Muir Burgos and (b) independent Protestant churches in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations she has made to her Pakistani counterpart on the protection of minority girls from abduction, forced conversion and forced marriage.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to reduce the age for jury service to 16 to align with the lower voting age.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the King's Speech 2026: background briefing notes, published 13 May 2026, whether the levy on short-term commercially let accommodation includes pitches for (a)
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 2 March 2026 to Question 113103 on Affordable Housing, what his planned timetable is for publishing the Programme Business Case for the Social and
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the King's Speech 2026: background briefing notes, published 13 May 2026, whether the overnight visitor levy will apply to transit accommodation for asylum seek
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the written statement of 4 December 2025, HCWS1128, on Devolution Priority Programme, whether Ministers had discussions with Morgan McSweeney on cancelling 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department collates statistics on retrospective planning applications.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 29 April 2026 to Question 124705 on MHCLG: Darlington, how many (a) staff are assigned to work in the Darlington office and (b) desks are provided
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 19 January 2026 to Question 103771 on Antisemitism, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle Islamism.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 20 April 2026 to Question 124799 on Housing: Construction, whether the 1.5 million housebuilding target will be met if the 302,000 net completions