Written Questions

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All Commons Lords

Enter an MP's name to view all written questions they have submitted. Written questions are formally addressed to government departments and require official written responses. In the House of Commons, these may be directed to the Secretary of State for a given department, or to a junior Commons Minister where the Secretary of State sits in the House of Lords. In the House of Lords, questions are addressed collectively to "His Majesty's Government" rather than to a specific Secretary of State or department.

Commons 1967
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 19 March 2026 (HCWS1425), what assessment she has made of the impact of reductions in ODA allocations to the Departme...
Tabled: 2026-05-18
Wendy Morton
Con
To: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Answered 2026-05-28
The Government has taken the difficult decision to reduce Official Development Assistance (ODA) to the equivalent of 0.3 per cent of Gross National Income (GNI) by 2027 to fund an essential increas...
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Commons 1966
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 19 March 2026 (HCWS1425), what factors explain the change in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office’s ODA a...
Tabled: 2026-05-18
Wendy Morton
Con
To: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Answered 2026-05-28
The Government has taken the difficult decision to reduce Official Development Assistance (ODA) to the equivalent of 0.3 per cent of Gross National Income (GNI) by 2027 to fund an essential increas...
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Commons 2884
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of increasing the Normal Minimum Pension Age from 6 April 2028 on members of the Local Government Pension Scheme with ...
Tabled: 2026-05-19
Damien Egan
Lab
To: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Answered 2026-05-28
HMRC has published details of the general equalities impacts of the increase in Normal Minimum Pension Age. The Finance Act 2022 already includes protections for members of registered pension schem...
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Commons 2961
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of local authorities' financial resources to deliver the measures in the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017 in the ne...
Tabled: 2026-05-19
Mr Will Forster
LD
To: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Answered 2026-05-28
The government is providing £3.6 billion funding for homelessness services from 2026/27 to 2028/29, including more than £2.2 billion for local authorities to prevent and address homelessness and ro...
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Commons 140
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department amended the draft Right to Try regulations from The Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment and Employment and Support Allowance (Amendment) Regulations 2026 follo...
Tabled: 2026-05-13
Vicky Foxcroft
Lab
To: Department for Work and Pensions
Answered 2026-05-28
We carefully considered the Social Security Advisory Committee’s report and have taken its recommendations on board. While the regulations were laid to provide immediate clarity that work, in and o...
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Commons 3072
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to reduce the use of out-of-area temporary accommodation placements for homeless households.
Tabled: 2026-05-19
James McMurdock
Ind
To: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Answered 2026-05-28
To reduce the use of out of area placements, we must tackle the root causes of homelessness and reduce the number of families in temporary accommodation. To do this we must build more homes, includ...
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Commons 3071
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of out-of-area homelessness placements on children’s a) school attendance and b) attainment.
Tabled: 2026-05-19
James McMurdock
Ind
To: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Answered 2026-05-28
To reduce the use of out of area placements, we must tackle the root causes of homelessness and reduce the number of families in temporary accommodation. To do this we must build more homes, includ...
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Commons 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what is the average workplace attendance in his Department’s London main building on a Friday as a proportion of assigned staff over the past 12 months.
Tabled: 2026-05-18
Sir James Cleverly
Con
To: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Answered 2026-05-28
We hold the information, but collating it and calculating an accurate percentage would exceed our cost limits.
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Commons 1971
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 19 March 2026 (HCWS1425), why no allocation is provided to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance in 2026-27, followed by £195 mi...
Tabled: 2026-05-18
Wendy Morton
Con
To: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Answered 2026-05-28
I refer the Rt Hon Member to Footnote 6 in the document accompanying the statement to which her question refers.
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Commons 1970
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 19 March 2026, HCWS1425, what the reason is for the variation in contributions to the International Development...
Tabled: 2026-05-18
Wendy Morton
Con
To: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Answered 2026-05-28
I refer the Rt Hon Member to Footnote 6 in the document accompanying the statement to which her question refers.
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Commons 1985
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 19 March 2026 (HCWS1425), what proportion of ODA is allocated to humanitarian programming in each year.
Tabled: 2026-05-18
Wendy Morton
Con
To: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Answered 2026-05-28
I refer the Rt Hon Member to the answer provided on 20 April in response to Question 124888.
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Commons 1981
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 19 March 2026, HCWS1425, what proportion of bilateral ODA is allocated to fragile and conflict-affected states ...
Tabled: 2026-05-18
Wendy Morton
Con
To: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Answered 2026-05-28
I refer the Rt Hon Member to the answer provided on 20 April in response to Question 124888.
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Commons 1980
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 19 March 2026 (HCWS1425), whether the £75 million annual Crisis Fund is considered sufficient to respond to emerging ...
Tabled: 2026-05-18
Wendy Morton
Con
To: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Answered 2026-05-28
I refer the Rt Hon Member to the answer provided on 20 April in response to Question 124888.
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Commons 1978
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 19 March 2026 (HCWS1425), whether the structure of the UK’s contribution to the Global Fund differs from previous rep...
Tabled: 2026-05-18
Wendy Morton
Con
To: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Answered 2026-05-28
I refer the Rt Hon Member to the answer provided on 30 March in response to Question 122631.
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Commons 1977
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 19 March 2026 (HCWS1425), what assessment she has made of the impact of the UK’s funding profile on the Global Fund’s...
Tabled: 2026-05-18
Wendy Morton
Con
To: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Answered 2026-05-28
I refer the Rt Hon Member to the answer provided on 30 March in response to Question 122631.
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