Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
187,198 questions
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the United Kingdom’s official gold reserves in the context of changes in the level of gold reserves held by other central banks since 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions related to school attendance offences were brought in England in each year, over the last three academic years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions related to school attendance offences were brought in Cornwall in each year, over the last three academic years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions for school attendance offences in England in each of the last three academic years resulted in (a) a conviction, (b) a withdrawal, and (c) an unsuccessful outcome.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions for school attendance offences in Cornwall in each of the last three academic years resulted in (a) a conviction, (b) a withdrawal, and (c) an unsuccessful outcome.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if his Department will release an estimation of the legal costs incurred in prosecuting school attendance offences in each of the last three academic years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department holds any analysis on the potential effects of the national penalty notice threshold, introduced in August 2024, on school attendance rates.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of allowing celebrant-led weddings to be legally recognised on the economy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he plans to take to allow independent celebrants to conduct legally recognised weddings.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to lower the legal fees involved in acquiring a Deed of Variation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure Armed Forces personnel who are away on duty are protected from Default Judgements for claims brought by private parking companies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to lower the price of lease extensions for leasehold properties.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to speed up the full implementation of the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what support is available to MedTech SMEs to assist them with developing their exports.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will ban imports of lamb meat from territories which allow routine castration and tail docking of lambs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her department will provide financial support for farmers to transition away from the routine castration and tail docking of lambs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the appropriateness of exemptions for households from restrictions on non-essential water use during temporary hosepipe bans.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of permitting exempt households to use hosepipes for non-essential purposes during temporary hosepipe bans on water conservation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to Answer of 29th June 2026 to Question 14205, what steps she plans to take to require providers of digital property logbooks to obtain independent cyber security accred
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to Answer of 29th June 2026 to Question 14205, what enforcement powers will be available where providers of digital property logbooks fail to meet required security stan
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to Answer of 29th June 2026 to Question 14205, what categories of personal information will be permitted to be stored within digital property logbooks under the proposed
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to Answer of 29th June 2026 to Question 14205, what assessment she has made of the potential risks associated with unauthorised access to information held within digital
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what contingency plans her Department intends to require providers of digital property logbooks to maintain in the event of a a) cyber attack or b) data breach.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether homeowners will be required to pay for updates to digital property logbooks following alterations or improvements to their property.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of mandatory digital property logbooks on homeowners who have limited digital skills or internet access.