Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
187,193 questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of the UK rejoining the EU SAFE access scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has considered extending the VAT exemption on repair works to listed places of worship.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason and on what evidential basis is the Department proposing to restrict funded specialist assistive software through the Disabled Students' Allowance to exceptional circumstances only.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of restricting funded specialist assistive software through the Disabled Students' Allowance on the course completion and graduate employment rate
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has carried out a cost-benefit analysis of the proposals to restricting funded specialist assistive software through the Disabled Students' Allowance.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of the proposed Disabled Students' Allowance changes on the disability employment commitments in the Get Britain Working White Paper.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, with reference to the response to the Statutory review of the Pubs Code and Pubs Code Adjudicator: 2022 – 2026, what consideration his Department gave to introducing a guest beer r
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department has issued on the minimum amount of curriculum time that schools should allocate to music at Key Stage 3.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the relationship between the amount of music teaching pupils receive at Key Stage 3 and subsequent participation in GCSE Music.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to monitor the spread of emerald ash borer across Europe; and what steps she plans to take to prevent its spread into the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of whether aviation performance statistics adequately reflect passenger experience after an aircraft has arrived on stand; and whether the department would consider introducing repo
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average annual running cost is of a Type 45 destroyer.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average annual running cost is of a Type 23 frigate.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the oral statement by the Prime Minister of 1 September 2026 on Direction of Government, Official Report, column 28, whether (a) Cornwall and (b) other local au
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, further to the written statement of 1 September 2026, HCWS299, on the Social and Affordable Homes Programme and the reinvigoration of council housebuilding, over what time period
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2026 to Question 13628, on Empty Property: Council Tax, and with reference to her Department's document entitled Guidance on the implementation o
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the appropriateness of time taken to implement road safety measures following serious or fatal road traffic collisions; what steps her Department is taking to reduce barriers to
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Cost of Living taskforce plans to make an assessment of the potential impact of council tax increases on the cost of living of households.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the period of time between announcing the Emergency Alert of 14 August 2025 to the public and the alert itself being issued.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2026 to Question 23249 on Guided Weapons, if he will provide a direct comparison between the rolling 10-year profile at (a) Quarter 4 (FY24/25) and (b) Quarter 4 (FY25/26) il
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what responsibility the Public Control taskforce will have for housing policy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026 to question 23400 on Ajax vehicles, how many Ajax family vehicles have been accepted since 17 April 2026 by variant.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has been made of the potential impact of the Valuation Tribunal Service decision, Amazon UK Services Ltd and Karen Giles (Valuation Officer), Ref: Case No: CH
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 28 August 2026 to Question 18188 on Devolution, if she will summarise the 43 requests; and what the response was for each of those requests.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 28 August 2026 to Question 17442 on Global Counsel, whether minutes were taken of the meeting between the Minister for Housing and Planning and Global C