Written questions, answers and statements

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many proposed Freedom of Information responses were awaiting clearance from (a) the Communications Directorate and (b) special advisers on 31 August 2026, and how many in each category had been aw...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what proportion of civil servants in her Department were on permanent home working contracts in 2025.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what was the total cost of facility time to the department in (a) 2023-24, (b) 2024-25 and (c) 2025-26; and what was the headcount number of facility time staff in each; how many were ...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 27 July 2026, to question 17492 on Guided Weapons, by when does he plan to have a) defined, b) sequenced and c) implemented arrangements to support a future UK-France Complex Weapons coo...

To ask His Majesty's Government what the average response time was for applicants to receive a decision on their expression of interest to the places of worship renewal fund.

To ask His Majesty's Government what the average response time was for applicants to receive a decision on their application to the places of worship renewal fund.

To ask His Majesty's Government what is the maximum allowable operating speed in the HS2 Phase 1 tunnels.

To ask His Majesty's Government why the practice of using public funds from HM Treasury to pay the Bank of England to enable the Bank to pay interest to commercial banks on their reserve deposits is continuing in the UK, in the light of international comp...