Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
187,193 questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of protections available to small businesses when seeking compensation from private parcel delivery and courier companies for lost, dama
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that apprenticeship and skills funding provides employers with adequate flexibility to fund training to address sector-specific skills shortages.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to reduce administration for employers seeking to access apprenticeship and skills funding.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that employers are involved in the design of technical and vocational training to ensure that provision reflects workforce needs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what analysis he has undertaken of future skills requirements in the waste and resource management sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Education on the skills and workforce required to support the transition to a more circular economy.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign national offenders, sentenced to less than a year in prison, were in the community as at June 2026.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign national offenders were convicted of any criminal offence but not sentenced to prison, broken down by offence type, in the year ending June 2026.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026, to Question 26942 on Asylum: Sponsorship, when the cap on the new community sponsorship scheme will be announced.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many complaints concerning Notting Hill Genesis, and its predecessor organisations Notting Hill Housing and Genesis Housing Association prior to their merger in 2018, has the
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many complaints concerning Notting Hill Genesis, and its predecessor organisations Notting Hill Housing and Genesis Housing Association prior to their merger in 2018, has the
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help restore nature and biodiversity.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many Band 5 physiotherapist posts were vacant in NHS trusts in England on the most recent date for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has assessed the adequacy of the number of Band 5 physiotherapist posts in the NHS relative to the number of physiotherapy graduates each year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure physiotherapy staffing levels are maintained at current levels in NHS trusts.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to bring forward regulations to introduce a public food waste reporting requirement for large businesses.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of the Care Quality Commission (CQC) introducing a "special circumstances" policy permitting 16- and 17-year-olds with specific care needs t
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of the Care Quality Commission (CQC) introducing a "special circumstances" policy permitting 16- and 17-year-olds with specific
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of the proposals of the Jhatka Council for commercial Jhatka slaughter.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Minister for the Civil Service plans to take to engage with HM Opposition on changes to legislation affecting the Civil Service.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any Mission Boards are operational.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, Which department is now the lead department for the Defending Democracy Taskforce.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any unused Ministerial residences in Admiralty House are paying the empty homes council tax premium to Westminster City Council.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many special advisers in Government have the title of Chief of Staff.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the answer of 19 March 2026, to Question 116770, whether Cabinet Office's Direct Ministerial Appointments portal entries on gov.uk should be amended once the Direct Ministerial Appointment leav