Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
187,198 questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that businesses, including at late-night venues such as nightclubs, clearly outline any accessibility restrictions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to strengthen mobile coverage in developing rural areas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what recent assessment his Department has made of Ofcom’s data on mobile coverage compared with fixed broadband coverage.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the detail of data on mobile coverage is improved to the same level as that available for fixed broadband coverage.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has lodged a formal protest with the Irish Ambassador following the statement that she was beginning her posting as Ireland’s Ambassador to Great Britain.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of specialist equipment and personal protective equipment available to fire and rescue services for responding to wildfires.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the resilience of fire and rescue services during periods in which multiple major incidents occur simultaneously.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of deterring the deliberate starting of wildfires.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to improve the a) identification and b) prosecution of individuals responsible for deliberately starting wildfires.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of whether existing enforcement powers are sufficient to deal with individuals who deliberately start wildfires.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of public awareness campaigns aimed at reducing accidental wildfire incidents.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of trends in the number of personal data breaches in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with the Information Commissioner’s Office on trends in data protection compliance across the public sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the average distance travelled by pupils attending specialist schools outside their local authority area.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to increase the number of specialist school places available in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of children with an Education, Health and Care Plan awaiting a specialist school placement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the British Embassy Tirana article entitled UK and Albania sign a regional-first asset sharing arrangement, published on 26 August 2026, what assessment has been made of the adequacy
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the British Embassy Tirana article entitled UK and Albania sign a regional-first asset sharing arrangement, published on 26 August 2026, what assessment has been made of the effectiv
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Government press release entitled Historic council housebuilding comeback to help families into secure homes, published on 24 August 2026, how much funding
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Government press release entitled Historic council housebuilding comeback to help families into secure homes, published on 24 August 2026, what steps the De
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Department has made an assessment of the potential implications for Essex of the decision to delay the establishment of its Mayor with regards to accessing housing in
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Government press release entitled Historic council housebuilding comeback to help families into secure homes, published on 24 August 2026, what discussions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to reduce the risk to motorists by vehicles travelling in the wrong direction on (a) motorways and (b) other major roads.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has undertaken research into the feasibility of using connected vehicle technology to alert motorists to the presence of a wrong-way driver.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether her Department supports legal recognition and workplace rights for public sector union representatives carrying out the role of ‘Environmental Representatives’.