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Written questions, answers and statements

Written questions allow MPs and Members of the House of Lords to ask for information on the work, policy and activities of Government departments, related bodies, and the administration of Parliament. Oral or written statements to Parliament are also made by the Government and others to inform both Houses of their work. Written statements are normally used to put the day-to-day business of Government on the official record and in the public domain.

All oral statements and any written content from before 2014 can be found in Hansard.

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Commons written questions and answers

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The most recent four written questions in the House of Commons

Question for Treasury
Blake Stephenson
Conservative, Mid Bedfordshire

Question text 2...

Asked 12 May 2026
Answered 15 May 2026
By Rachel Reeves (Labour, Leeds West and Pudsey)
2607
Named day
Answered
Commons
Question for Treasury
Blake Stephenson
Conservative, Mid Bedfordshire

Question text 10...

Asked 8 May 2026
Answered 14 May 2026
By Rachel Reeves (Labour, Leeds West and Pudsey)
Answer corrected
By Rachel Reeves (Labour, Leeds West and Pudsey)
10
Named day
Answered
Commons
Question for Treasury
Blake Stephenson
Conservative, Mid Bedfordshire

Question text 100...

Asked 8 May 2026
Answered 14 May 2026
By Rachel Reeves (Labour, Leeds West and Pudsey)
Answer corrected
By Rachel Reeves (Labour, Leeds West and Pudsey)
100
Named day
Answered
Commons
Question for Department for Education
Index heading for 119190 on 7th May
Dan Aldridge
Labour, Weston-super-Mare

a test question on 14th April - 2...

Asked 10 April 2026
Answered 7 May 2026
By Bridget Phillipson (Labour, Houghton and Sunderland South)
119190
Interests declared
Answered
Commons

Lords written questions and answers

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Question for Cabinet Office
Lord Addington
Liberal Democrat, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government a test question - 1 and this has been changed from DfE to Cabinet Office...

Asked 21 April 2026
Answered 8 May 2026
By Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent (Labour, Life peer)
HL14263
Answered
Lords
Question for Department for Education
Lord Goddard of Stockport
Liberal Democrat, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government a test Lords question on 14th April - 4...

Asked 31 March 2026
Answered 7 May 2026
By Lord Maude of Horsham (Conservative, Life peer)
HL14251
Answered
Lords
Question for Department for Education
Baroness Campbell of Loughborough
Crossbench, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government a test Lords question on 14th April - 6...

Asked 31 March 2026
Answered 7 May 2026
By Lord Maude of Horsham (Conservative, Life peer)
HL14246
Answered
Lords
Question for Cabinet Office
Lord John of Southwark
Labour, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government a test question on 7th May - 2 with registered interest...

Asked 23 April 2026
Answered 7 May 2026
By Lord Foster of Bath (Liberal Democrat, Life peer)
HL14267
Interests declared
Answered
Lords

Commons written statements

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The most recent four written statements in the House of Commons

Department for Business and Trade
Test Statement - after fix, created
John Healey
Commons Minister
Labour, Rawmarsh and Conisbrough
Statement made 15 May 2026
HCWS5
Commons
Department for Business and Trade
Test Statement - 15th May 2026
Mr Douglas Alexander
Test Minister
Labour, Lothian East
Statement made 15 May 2026
HCWS4
Commons
Treasury
Test Statement on 15th May
Rachel Reeves
Commons Minister
Labour, Leeds West and Pudsey
Statement made 15 May 2026
HCWS182
Commons
Department for Business and Trade
Test Statement with Correction
Rachel Blake
Commons Minister
Labour, Cities of London and Westminster
Statement made 14 May 2026
HCWS2
Commons

Lords written statements

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The most recent four written statements in the House of Lords

Treasury
Lords Statement on 15th May
Lord Jack of Courance
Lords Minister
Conservative, Life peer
Statement made 15 May 2026
HLWS140
Lords
Department for Business and Trade
Test statement correcting another statement w/ attachment
Baroness Barran
Lords Minister
Conservative, Life peer
Statement made 14 May 2026
HLWS2
Lords
Department for Business and Trade
Lords Statement test - 14th May 2026
Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent
Lords Minister
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 14 May 2026
HLWS1
Lords
Department for Education
Statement for Lords on 5th May 2026
Lord Deben
Lords Minister for Education
Conservative, Life peer
Statement made 5 May 2026
HLWS139
Lords

Commons daily reports

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House of Commons written answers and statements
5 May 2026
PDF (1 MB)
Commons
House of Commons written answers and statements
17 April 2026
PDF (1 MB)
Commons
House of Commons written answers and statements
13 April 2026
PDF (1 MB)
Commons
House of Commons written answers and statements
10 April 2026
PDF (100.2 KB)
Commons

Lords daily reports

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House of Lords written answers and statements
5 May 2026
PDF (1 MB)
Lords
House of Lords written answers and statements
17 April 2026
PDF (500.09 KB)
Lords
House of Lords written answers and statements
13 April 2026
PDF (1 MB)
Lords
House of Lords written answers and statements
10 April 2026
PDF (1 MB)
Lords