Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
187,198 questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress she has made on banning trail hunting.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many trees have been planted in England in each of the last two years; and what proportion of those trees were planted in urban and residential areas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to support equitable access to electric vehicle charging for households without private off-street parking, including those in shared covenant restricted residential areas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of data centre expansion on water shortages.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of neonicotinoid pesticide use on pollinator populations and food security since the last emergency authorisation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps her Department will take to ensure that landlords are not penalised for not meeting the EPC C standard where the final Home Energy Model metrics and band boundaries are published a
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she plans to establish the independent two-stage redress scheme recommended by the Hughes Report, including financial compensation for those harmed by sodium valproate and pelvic mesh.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the answer of 13 January 2026 to Question 103635, whether her Department has completed its assessment of avian influenza risks associated with the release of captive-
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of including practical cardiopulmonary resuscitation and defibrillator awareness training as part of the driving licence practical test.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to reduce regional inequalities in railcard provision; and whether she will make it her policy to introduce a single nationwide Network Railcard.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy steps to ban the import of foie gras produced using methods that are illegal in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps their Department is taking to support the 110 hairdressing and beauty salons in the Eastleigh constituency identified in ONS data for 2025.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what support her Department is providing to Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service in tackling wildfires; what assessment she has made of the adequacy of funding for
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of remuneration for firefighters in retaining staff at the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service; and what steps her De
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of permanently banning the use of disposable barbecues in natural areas with a high risk of fire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of (a) the effectiveness of current legal penalties for possessing number plates designed to evade ANPR detection, (b) the potential impact of increasing the penalty for
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of guidance on the risks of cosmetic and elective surgery overseas in reducing the number of UK residents who experience complications f
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the answer of 23 January 2026 to Question 105837 and to the The report of the independent review of deaths among care-experienced young adults in England, published 25 August 2026, what timeta
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions she has had on establishing a dedicated national lead for brain cancer.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what discussions he has had with relevant stakeholders on introducing legal protections preventing employers from changing (a) bonus and (b) commission schemes at short notice.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what mandatory training her Department provides to catering staff on the risks of gluten cross-contamination for people with coeliac disease.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether he plans to extend the 20% reduction in business rates from 2027-28 to hairdressing and beauty salons.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many naturalised citizens who had citizenship removed were left with no citizenship of any country in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what level of priority her Department places on palliative and end-of-life care; and whether the Modern Service Framework for Palliative Care and End-of-Life Care will include measures to increase
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of Hospice UK's call for £112.5 million in recurring revenue funding from 2026-27 onwards, for specialist palliative care delivered by hospices.