Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
190,605 questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the quality and sustainability of jobs entered by participants in the Pathways to Work programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many participants left the Pathways to Work programme without entering employment.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many complaints relating to Buy-Now, Pay-Later products were received by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Financial Ombudsman Service in each of the last five years.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance has been issued to Buy-Now, Pay-Later providers on referring customers in financial difficulty to debt advice services.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance has been issued to Buy-Now, Pay-Later providers on referring customers in financial difficulty to debt advice services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria were used to determine the allocation of funding for new railway ticket gates.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of fare evasion at stations in Lancashire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will publish the (a) list of railway stations assessed for inclusion in the first phase of the ticket gate rollout and (b) criteria used to prioritise those stations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of including stations serving Blackpool, Kirkham & Wesham, Poulton-le-Fylde and Lytham in future phases of the ticket gate rollout.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether social media platforms will be required to apply the default settings automatically to existing 16 and 17-year-old users.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what discussions she has had with AI developers regarding the implementation of mandatory breaks for users under the age of 18.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what training will be provided to teachers ahead of the introduction of new media literacy content relating to artificial intelligence and online safety.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what analysis her Department has undertaken of the likelihood and potential impact of interference in the UK's democratic processes over the next five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether British nationals detained in countries that do not recognise dual nationality will be eligible for support from the Envoy for Complex Consular Cases.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many British nationals are currently detained overseas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the impact of the residential expectations placed on High Court judges on the geographical diversity of applicants for appointment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of whether the expectation that High Court judges reside in London acts as a barrier to applications from candidates based outside London and the South East.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will carry out an investigation into the prevalence of polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) pollution in the water supply in Lancashire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will assess the potential merits of amending the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 to introduce a separate planning use class for children's care homes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of whether the existing planning guidance relating to children's homes provides sufficient clarity on when planning permission is required for the es
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of whether local planning authorities have sufficient powers to manage the number and distribution of children's care homes within their areas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the impact on local public services of accommodating children placed in residential care from outside the local authority area.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance has been issued to Regional Care Cooperatives on ensuring a more equitable distribution of children's residential care provision between regions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's press release entitled Stronger leasehold protections in crackdown on hidden fees, published on 16 July 2026, what assessment she has made of t
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy to place a statutory cap on the administrative fees landlords may charge for complying with requests for building information under the Leasehold a