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, whether Gambling Impact Assessments enable local authorities to disapply the aim to permit presumption by creating a rebuttable presumption against the granting of new gambling p
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what legislative, financial and administrative barriers his Department has identified to introducing a right for women diagnosed with cancer during (a) pregnancy and (b) maternity
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of a diagnosis of cancer during (a) pregnancy and (b) maternity leave on a mother's physical health, mental wellbeing and access to t
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of a diagnosis of cancer during (a) pregnancy and (b) maternity leave on a mother's employment and income.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate her Department has made of the annual cost to the NHS arising from duplicated referrals, repeated diagnostic investigations and missed outpatient appointments associated with asylum s
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on improving coordination between asylum dispersal decisions and continuity of NHS care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to support smaller providers to access land to deliver affordable housing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she has taken to encourage the fast-tracking of applications with 100% affordable homes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Schools White Paper, what progress her Department has made on further embedding education on legal rights, the justice system and the rule of law across the school curriculum, including th
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the answer of 22 July 2026 to Question 12810, what general policy criteria are applied when determining whether a proposed allied military activity supported from UK territory falls within the G
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department are taking to improve data collection into inequalities in maternal mental health outcomes for Black women and birthing people.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people serving an IPP sentence who had completed (a) the Building Better Choices programme and (b) any successor programme providing equivalent offending behaviour intervention were recalled to custody i
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many IPP prisoners who completed the Building Better Choices programme and were recalled in 2025 were recalled without being charged with a further offence.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many IPP prisoners who had completed the Building Better Choices programme and were not charged with a further offence received a Parole Board direction for release.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many IPP prisoners who had completed Building Better Choices, or an equivalent successor programme, were recalled more than once during 2025.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether HMPPS record the completion of Building Better Choices or equivalent offending-behaviour programmes against the records of people serving IPP sentences.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Animal Welfare Strategy, published in December 2025, when the consultation on banning the use of carbon dioxide gas stunning of pigs will open; and how long it wi
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Animal Welfare Strategy, published in December 2025, when she plans to publish a response to the consultation on banning the use of carbon dioxide gas stunning of
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Animal Welfare Strategy, published in December 2025, when any ban on the use of carbon dioxide gas stunning of pigs will take effect, including any proposed trans
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Animal Welfare Strategy, published in December 2025, what legislative vehicle she plans to use for any ban on the carbon dioxide gas stunning of pigs; and when sh
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders convicted of (a) rape, (b) other sexual offences against adults, (c) child sexual offences and (d) offences involving grooming are expected to be released earlier than they otherwise would have
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that victims receive individual and timely notification when an offender becomes eligible for earlier release under the Sentencing Act 2026.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions her Department has had with the Maritime and Coastguard Agency on the adequacy and sustainability of the long-term system for payments for Coastguard Rescue Officers attending training and emer
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an estimate of the additional annual cost to the Exchequer of increasing Official Development Assistance spending from 0.3 per cent to 0.7 per cent of Gross National Income in each of the next fi
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government plans to restore Official Development Assistance spending to 0.7 per cent of Gross National Income.