Written questions

Members of the Senedd can ask Welsh Government ministers, the Counsel General and the Senedd Commission questions in writing. The answers are published on the Senedd's website.

Members have tabled 15,617 written questions in the Sixth Senedd so far. 15,405 have been answered and 212 are awaiting an answer. Of the 15,617 questions whose due date has passed, 6,596 (42%) were answered by that date. Half of the answers were published within 8 days of the question being tabled.

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What assessment has the Minister made of the impact that universal free school meals has on pupil development grant funding?
Gareth DaviesConservativeTo Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
Answered 31 Mar 2023
9 days after tabling
Tabled 22 Mar 2023
What is the average cost, per head, of providing free school meals?
Laura Anne JonesConservativeTo Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
Answered 28 Mar 2023
7 days after tabling
Tabled 21 Mar 2023
How many people over 60 have made applications to the discretionary assistance fund for an emergency assistance payment during 2022-23?
Mark Isherwood

Days are calendar days, from the date a question was tabled to the date its answer was published. The due date is the date the question was listed for answer on the Senedd's Order Paper.