Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
193,089 questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what monitoring, outcome delivery and value-for-money assessments have taken place for Homes England grants awarded to McCarthy Stone since 2021; what financial risk assessments
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure the Leasehold Reform Bill protects elderly residents from (a) uncapped retirement property fees, (b) losing tribunal rights, (c) unchecked lega
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of poor phone connectivity in towns and villages on allowing consumers to access cheap overnight rates for charging electric vehicles; and what steps she is
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of making tax digital’s quarterly reporting of tax returns on accountancy fees and workload for small businesses.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps is she taking to improve the palliative care for terminally ill hospital patients that cannot be transferred to a hospice or into the care of end-of-life charities, and if she will make
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what consideration he has given to the potential merits of removing VAT on sunscreen.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of (a) UNISON’s 2026 NMC member survey on staff satisfaction and (b) its findings relating to (i) senior leadership, (ii) organisat
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps his department takes to ensure that technology companies with which it contracts do not have links to incidents of violations of international law.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps his department takes to ensure that technology companies with which it contracts are not involved in actions that are contrary to UK Government values.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps his department takes to ensure that technology companies with which it contracts are not associated with the gathering of information and data which could be used by oth
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether action is being taken to ensure that no UK contractor bids for contracts connected to the proposed E1 development in Palestine.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of mandating the installation of thermometers in classrooms in (a) Yeovil constituency, (b) Somerset and (c) England.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of commissioning a review into the effects of the Prevent Strategy on people with autism.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she is taking steps to improve the awareness of autistic characteristics in Prevent safeguarding training.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she is taking steps to improve the guidance on identifying signs of radicalisation as part of the Prevent Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 19 January 2026 to Question 100106 on Counter-terrorism, when the independent evaluation of Channel will be published.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an estimate of the temperature on South Western train carriages on the West of England line travelling through Yeovil constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to ensure trains on the West of England line are air-conditioned.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to improve the resilience of the rail network on the West of England Line to heatwaves.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of reserving a proportion of driving test appointments for candidates requiring a resit of a test to reduce (a) test waiting lists and (b) costs for learner
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish the results of the internal consultation carried out by the Student Loans Company for her department regarding the proposed changes to the Disabled Student Allowance.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of supporting Avon and Somerset Police to install a police custody suite in the new Horsey Lane police station in Yeovil.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee’s recommendations of 20 May 2026, what the Government’s expected timeline is for the implementation of a
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to encourage developers in (a) Yeovil constituency (b) Somerset and (c) England to register to the New Homes Ombudsman scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to support new homeowners in Yeovil constituency with grievances against developers who are not registered with the New Homes Ombudsman scheme.