Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
197,624 questions
Schools: Air Conditioning
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that schools are fitted with HVAC units throughout the building.
Schools: Temperature
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has considered the potential merits of introducing a maximum safe temperature for schools.
Schools: Temperature
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to assist schools with monitoring internal temperatures.
Schools: Temperature
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has considered the potential merits of altering the school exam period to avoid exam dates coinciding with extreme heat waves.
Schools: Temperature
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of extreme heat on students' exam performance.
Blood: Donors
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 21 May 2026 to Question 2142 on Blood: Donors, how does the number of blood donors with the RO subtype who completed donations in the 12 month period compare with th
Blood: Donors
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of blood donors with Ro blood type have had their donations deferred in the period between 1 May 2025 and 30 April 2026; and what was the reason for those deferrals.
Heathrow Airport
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Health Impact Analysis conducted as part of the Heathrow Expansion National Policy Statement, how many of the 671 sports and recreational facilities located within a 15km radius of Heathro
Homelessness
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the ending of the Renters' Rights transition period on levels of homelessness.
Water: Data Centres
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made (a) an estimate of the projected water demand of data centres over the next ten years, and (b) an assessment of the sufficiency of UK water supplies to
Thames Water
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with Ofwat over its regulation of Thames Water.
Thames Water: Environment Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has made to Thames Water on its postponement of environmental improvements.
Anti-Muslim Hostility: Hate Crime
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the trends in the levels of anti-Muslim hate crime nationally, and what assessment she has made of the sufficiency of government data reporting on anti-Muslim ha
USA: Courts Martial
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in how many cases have prosecuting powers been ceded from his Department to US military courts, in relation to prosecuting offences against serving US military personnel, for each year of the last decade.
Domestic Abuse
To ask the Solicitor General, what steps his Department is taking to prioritise the bringing about of increases to the charging rate for the offence of coercive and controlling behaviour.
Gaza: Israel
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many incidents of Israeli military action in Gaza have been assessed by her Department since September 2024; and how many of those incidents have been assessed as possibl
Corruption: Bangladesh
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether authorities in the UK have commenced the process of repatriating assets to Bangladesh previously frozen after being identified as proceeds of corruption.
Bangladesh: Hostage Taking
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made representations to her Bangladeshi counterparts regarding accountability for enforced disappearances in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: Human Rights
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made representations to her Bangladeshi counterparts on the potential risk that ordinances which guarantee the mandate of Bangladesh's National Human Rights C
Community Relations: Tower Hamlets
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what support his Department has provided for organisations undertaking interfaith community activities in Tower Hamlets.
Postpartum Haemorrhage
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to address rates of postpartum haemorrhage in England.
China: Motor Vehicles
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department a) has procured Chinese made vehicles since January 2025 and b) has any mitigation measures in place when using Chinese made cars on MoD premises.
Physical Education: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many primary schools she estimates will receive less funding for PE and school sport under the Sport Partnerships Network than they would have received through the Primary PE and Sport Premium.
Civil Servants: Overseas Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the total expenditure on additional journeys for civil servants serving at qualifying hardship posts has been since 4 July 2024, broken down by department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support biodiversity in Epping Forest constituency.