Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
198,185 questions
Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that new developments include adequate infrastructure and community services.
Planning Permission
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of whether the revised National Planning Policy Framework will increase the number of planning permissions granted before supporting infrastructure is
Defence: Trade Barriers
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had discussions with NATO allies on eliminating defence trade barriers.
Defence: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the implications of the commitments agreed at the NATO meeting in Ankara for the UK's future defence spending plans.
Offenders: Deportation
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign criminals have avoided deportation in each of the last ten years on the basis of Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
Asylum: Northern Ireland
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hanson of Flint on 13 July (HL1405), whether they plan to collect data on the number of people claiming asylum at the Home Office building in Belfast, the means by which they entered t
Humanitarian Aid: Older People
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Department is taking to ensure that UK-funded humanitarian programmes collect age-disaggregated data and include older people in needs assessments and programm
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Equality
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many FTE equivalent staff in (a) their Department and (b) each Arm's Length Body it sponsors are dedicated to fulfilment of the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED); what t
Asylum
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to Part 4 of the Immigration and Asylum Bill, what estimate has been made of the annual amount expected to be recovered through contributions from recipients of asylum support.
Asylum
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to Part 4 of the Immigration and Asylum Bill, what criteria will be used to determine the level of contribution required from recipients of asylum support.
Asylum
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to Part 4 of the Immigration and Asylum Bill, what estimate has been made of the administrative cost of recovering contributions from recipients of asylum support.
Asylum
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to Part 4 of the Immigration and Asylum Bill, whether unpaid asylum support contributions will affect future immigration applications or applications for settlement.
Deportation
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to clause 20 of the Immigration and Asylum Bill, how many deportation cases each year are expected to be prevented on the grounds that removal would have an unduly harsh impact on a qua
Asylum: RAF Linton-on-Ouse
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 9 July 2026 to Question 15306, whether she has submitted a change of use planning application under The Town and Country Planning (Crown Development Applications) (Procedure
Asylum
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has been made of the reasons why the number of asylum applications to the United Kingdom has increased at a different rate from applications made in EU Member States since 2021.
Asylum
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what comparative assessment has been made of asylum application growth in the United Kingdom and EU Member States since 2021, and what factors have been identified as contributing to any difference in
Prisoners' Release
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to monitor the safety of release provisions in place for offenders serving custodial sentences for (a) domestic abuse-related offences, (b) sexual offences and (c) child sexual
Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Equality
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many FTE equivalent staff in (a) their Department and (b) each Arm's Length Body it sponsors are dedicated to fulfilment of the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED); what the (i) annua
Internet: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the availability of guidance to parents following the planned social media ban for under 16s; what steps her Department will take to involve
Armed Forces: Visas
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, chapter 3, paragraph 14, does the £70 million allocation for Veterans between FY26/27 and FY29/30 include provision for waiving visa fees
Ministry of Defence: Housing
To ask His Majesty's Government what was the purchase price of the Ministry of Defence housing from Annington; how the monies paid to Annington are accounted for in Ministry of Defence and national accounts; and whether the purchase price will be transfer
Defence: Housing
To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of the £9 billion to be spent on defence housing is planned to be paid out of (1) Ministry of Defence revenue, and (2) Ministry of Defence capital budgets, over the next 10 years.
Defence: Housing
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential benefits of establishing a housing association for defence housing, in particular the ability of housing associations to (1) borrow up to 50 per cent of their assets from the
Warships: Procurement
To ask His Majesty's Government, following the announcement that both the five planned Type 32 and the planned Type 83 ships will now be replaced by six Common Combat Vessels, what assessment they have made of the impact of the reduction in the number of
Iron and Steel: Defence
To ask His Majesty's Government how they intend to strengthen domestic supply chains for steel to support the delivery of the Defence Industrial Strategy.