Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
187,198 questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance her department gives for determining neighbourhood health centre catchment/geographical areas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish the membership and remit of the water delivery taskforce.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what is the Government's rationale for policies and funding decisions that have resulted in reduced capacity for schools to deliver extra-curricular sport.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what consideration has been given to providing schools with additional funding or staffing flexibility to protect extra-curricular sport, including allowing PE departments dedicated timetable capacity to organi
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions has the Department had with school leaders, PE teachers and representative bodies regarding the sustainability of current extra-curricular sports provision in state secondary schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment has been made of the extent to which workload pressures on PE teachers have contributed to reductions in after-school sports clubs, training sessions and fixtures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of reductions in School Sport Partnership and School Games Organiser funding on the organisation and delivery of competitive school sport.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment has been made of trends in participation in extra-curricular sport and inter-school competitions in secondary schools over the last ten years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment has the Department made of the potential impact of increasing teaching allocations and wider workload demands on the ability of physical education teachers to deliver extra-curricular sport, tra
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether a) his policy remains that freedom of religion or belief includes the ability of members of all faiths to access and worship at sites of particular religious signific
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what mechanisms are available to his Department to hold local authorities to account for their performance (a) in commissioning third party homelessness accommodation, support an
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance has the Department provided to local authorities on the mechanisms they should be using to scrutinise Housing Benefit claims in the period prior to the implementation of the Supported Hous
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the number of supported accommodation places available in England (a) overall and (b) designed for those experiencing or at risk of homelessness.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the National Audit Office's letter of 12 August 2026 concerning the West Bank Protection Consortium, if he will publish the (a) WBPC-specific value-for-mone
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Annual statistics of scientific procedures on living animals, Great Britain 2025, published in July 2026, what steps she is taking to replace the use of horses in science with hu
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Annual statistics of scientific procedures on living animals, Great Britain 2025, published in July 2026, how many dogs and non-human primates were used in dedicated pharmacokine
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions officials in her Department have had with the Football Association, the National League, and the Independent Football Regulator regarding the role of Abdulla Al-Humaidi
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether an individual's leave to remain or UK settlement status is subject to review in instances where they have committed UK insolvency offences and is acting as a director while an undischarged ban
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has received any request from Kuwaiti authorities relating to the residence or immigration status of Abdulla Al-Humaidi.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions UK officials have had with their Kuwaiti counterparts regarding UK-based Kuwaiti nationals who are the subject of Kuwaiti criminal proceedings or convictions
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department took of the bankruptcy status of Abdulla Al-Humaidi and other ultimate beneficial owners regarding the Northfleet Harbourside scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how children’s hospices are being supported to deliver the shift from hospital to community care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to prevent reductions in children’s hospice-at-home services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will introduce measures to ensure that information relating to artefacts recovered from United Kingdom-owned First and Second World War wrecks and maritime war graves, including the SS Tilawa, is not routin
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will review the protections afforded to whistleblowers who disclose information in the public interest relating to potential interference with, disturbance of, or artefact recovery from First and Second Wor