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 estimate she has made of the number of homes with planning permission that have not yet started construction.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the affordability of home ownership for first-time buyers in the Filton and Bradley Stoke constituency since July 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of nurse vacancies on the provision of learning disability and mental health services in Filton and Bradley Stoke constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the contemporary operating model used by letting agencies whereby potential tenants are not permitted to view the full terms of
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance has his Department issued to pensions schemes on contacting members whose pre-retirement fund suffered crystallised losses following the use of leveraged Liability–Driven investment strate
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether her department undertook constituency-level modelling to estimate trends in the level of support for constituencies from the £53 million emergency support package to help with rising
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many applications her department received for its Crisis and Resilience Fund to assist with heating oil costs since its launch on 1 April 2026, broken down by local authority area, and ho
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she plans to visit Aberdeen to meet representatives of the oil and gas sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she met with representatives of the UK oil and gas sector during the summer recess.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what her policy is on the future licensing of new oil and gas fields in the North Sea.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to make an assessment of the potential cumulative impact of combined impact overheads such as current or future levels of tax, energy bill, and labour costs on the financial viability of
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of support available to Iranian nationals and dual nationals visiting the UK and unable to return to Iran.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to introduce (a) temporary visa extensions and (b) other immigration flexibility for Iranian nationals and dual nationals whose permission to stay in the UK is due to expire and who
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consideration her Department has given to the needs of elderly Iranian nationals and dual nationals visiting the UK unable to return to Iran.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department provides to Iranian nationals and dual nationals visiting the UK whose permission to stay is due to expire but who are unable to return to Iran; and whether that guidance
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the eight-week complaint resolution timeframe for mobile network providers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing strengthened service standards and automatic compensation for mobile network customers, similar to those availabl
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of proposed STFC funding reductions on the long-term scientific capabilities of Jodrell Bank Observatory, including its contribu
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of charging interest on unpaid Inheritance Tax where an estate’s principal asset cannot be sold because of delays by HM Courts and Tribunals Service in issuing pro
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of applications for (a) grants of probate, (b) letters of administration with a will and (c) letters of administration without a will took more than (i) 26, (ii) 52 and (iii) 70 weeks
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the additional financial liabilities incurred by estates as a result of exceptional delays in obtaining probate and letters of administration.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of guidance to billing authorities on the exercise of discretionary powers to reduce council-tax liabilities where an estate has been
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions his Department has had with HM Treasury and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government on Inheritance Tax interest and council-tax liabilities incurred by estates as a result of ex
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment the Department has made of the potential impact of Google’s proposed Android developer verification requirements on competition and consumer choice in the distribut
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment the Department has made of the potential impact of Google’s proposed Android developer verification requirements on independent and small-scale application develope