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, how many claims for compensation have been made under the Gas (Street Works) (Compensation of Small Businesses) Regulations 1996, since the start of 2025.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the formulas used by the Child Maintenance Service to determine child maintenance payments.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to online marketplace VAT liability on small businesses that purchase second hand goods from private individuals for resale.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has been made to ban the import of hunting trophies.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of ringfencing revenue raised from the retail licensing scheme to fund Trading Standards enforcement against illicit high street retailers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what consideration she has given to the potential merits of including a pre-licensing integrity assessment within the forthcoming tobacco, vaping and nicotine licensing scheme, akin to the model un
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will bring forwards the consultation on the retail licensing scheme under the Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026 to 2026.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of increasing opportunities for pupils to learn British Sign Language as part of the school curriculum.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact on digitally excluded and vulnerable households of withdrawals of digital terrestrial television services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to make a final decision on the future of the former RAF Scampton site.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will extend the deadline for payment of inheritance tax from six to 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information her Department holds for the delay in responding to the recommendations of the Patient Safety Commissioner's report on redress for those harmed by pelvic mesh and sodium valproate.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of reducing VAT on heating oil and liquefied petroleum gas for households not connected to the gas grid, in the context of the Government’s planned reduction in VA
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many reports received by the Health and Safety Executive in 2024-25 relating to falling objects from scaffolding onto public highways resulted in a site inspection.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria the Health and Safety Executive applies when determining whether incidents involving falling objects from height in areas accessible to members of the public meet the threshold for inspect
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many enforcement notices were issued in 2024-25 in relation to breaches of the Work at Height Regulations 2005 involving risks to non-employees.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Independent Adviser of Ministerial Standards cross-referencing interests relating to residential property ownership with areas subject to selective licensing designations when reviewing the List of M
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to 10 Downing Street's publication entitled Exchange of letters between the Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the advice from the Independent Adviser on Ministerial Standards:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 23 September 2025 to Question 74186, on Cabinet Office: Council Tax, for what reason council tax is personally payable on a Ministerial residence occupied as a primary home, but n
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the answer of 23 September 2025, to Question 74186, on Cabinet Office: Council Tax, what is the evidential test applied on whether Ministerial grace and favour accommodation is occupied as a se
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 22 May 2025, to Question 1215, on Admiralty House: Official Residences, who gives permission for civil servants to make use of Admiralty House for overnight accommodation.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether an assessment has been made by the National Cyber Security Centre on whether a hostile foreign state has compromised the digital communications or accounts of Reform UK politicians.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the letter from the Independent Adviser on Ministerial Standards to the Prime Minister of 5 September 2025, whether the Independent Adviser took steps to ascertain that additional specialist ta
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Cabinet Office is paying a second homes council tax premium to Westminster Council for any Ministerial residence in 2026-27.
To ask the Leader of the House, with reference to HM Government’s submission to the Procedure Committee, WRP0015, published 28 January 2026, paragraph 14, what estimate the Leader of the House has made of the increase in the number of written Parliamentar