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Government Departments: Parliamentary Proceedings

Question for Leader of the House

UIN 42432, tabled on 31 March 2025

To ask the Leader of the House, how many (a) oral statements, (b) urgent questions, (c) end of day adjournment debates and (d) Westminster Hall debates each Department has responded to since 5 July 2024.

Answered on

3 April 2025

Urgent questions, adjournment debates and Westminster Hall debates are a matter for the House. Information relating to each of these is available on the Parliament website.

The Government is responsible for the arrangement of oral statements. As of 3rd April 2025, there have been 129 oral statements from the following departments:

Department

Number of oral statements

Department for Business and Trade

8

Cabinet Office

9

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

4

Ministry of Defence

7

Department for Education

8

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

8

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

4

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

20

Department of Health and Social Care

8

Home Office

15

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

8

Ministry of Justice

6

Northern Ireland Office

2

Prime Minister

6

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

2

Department for Transport

5

Treasury

6

Department for Work and Pensions

3

Named day
Named day questions only occur in the House of Commons. The MP tabling the question specifies the date on which they should receive an answer. MPs may not table more than five named day questions on a single day.