Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
187,198 questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps her Department is taking to increase the uptake of air-to-air heat pumps through the Boiler Upgrade Scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of Housing Revenue Account debt on councils’ ability to build new social rent homes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of differences in access to low-cost borrowing between local authorities and registered providers of social housing on the ab
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of cancelling Housing Revenue Account debt held by local authorities on the economy.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people were in receipt of (a) Statutory Maternity Pay, (b) Statutory Paternity Pay, (c) Statutory Adoption Pay and (d) Statutory Shared Parental Pay in the (i) 2024-25 and (ii) 2025-2026 financial year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of revoking the Traffic Distribution Rules 1991 on (a) passenger services, (b) dedicated air freight services and (c) regional airports serving th
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will publish a list of legislative and statutory requirements that apply to the planning and construction of railways.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2026 to Question 13947 on Road Traffic Accidents: Minibuses, how many casualties in reported road traffic collisions involving a minibus, where a contributory factor was attribu
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the comments made by the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, during Departmental Questions on 1 Sep
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the comments made by the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, during Departmental Questions on 1 September 2026, how much of the funding f
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to WPQ 8165 answered on 29 July 2026 about Chagos Islands: Sovereignty and the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, during
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to WPQ 8165 answered on 29 July 2026 about Chagos Islands: Sovereignty and the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Foreign, Commo
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions she has had with NHS leaders to [a] assess the progress being achieved with the aims of the 2026 extension of the Rare Disease Framework and [b] and determine the needs to i
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the farming community on the prospect of higher inheritance tax bills if a farm invests in a new farm reservoir or an irrigation system.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps is she taking to respond to the requests of the Patient Safety Commissioner about [i] the DHASC's engagement with the Hughes Report [ii] the action of the DHASC to consider policy decisi
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the need for interim payments for those patients affected by the sodium valproate exposure in pregnancy.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will conduct an assessment of the [i] current levels of cases refused by Entry Clearance Officers raising concerns about the nature of a cousin marriage and [ii] the reasons why the concerns we
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will have discussions with relevant statutory and non- statutory third parties to gauge the current levels of cousin marriages where [i] a person was trapped in extended-family control networks
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will conduct an assessment of recent trends in the numbers of immigration cases where the cousin marriage was noted to have been forced and determined as persecution.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will assess the potential merits of making changes to the [i] Marriage Act 1949 and the [ii] Sexual Offences Act 2023 in view of placing restrictions on first cousin marriages.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to WPQ 16079 answered on 14 July 2026 about Marriage Relatives, if he will hold discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on levels of congenital birth defects to children whose
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the National Bereavement Care Pathway on levels of consistent, individualised and sensitive care for fathers and partners.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what outcomes arose from meetings with bereaved fathers as part of her Department's wider engagement with families.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she will conduct a further meeting with bereaved fathers as part of the impact of baby loss on fathers and support services.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if she will publish the criteria used to assess whether to use the emergency alerts system on Friday 14 August 2026.