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Every written question, every answer, and what is still waiting.

Members table written questions to ministers every sitting day. Verbatim holds every one since the 2024 general election with its answer, judges each answer against the question it was given, and shows what a department has not yet answered.

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Written questions with the department’s answers, each answer judged and what it left out set out
Written questions tabled on 9 September 2026 that mention energy.

In the product

01 · Screens from Verbatim

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    Each answer judged

    Every answer is judged against its question, and when it falls short, what it left out is set down.

    Community Energy, from Graham Leadbitter to the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: partly answered, with what was not addressed
    Tabled 9 September 2026.
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    What is still waiting

    With Pro, filter to the questions a department has not answered, each with how long it has waited.

    Unanswered questions on housing tabled on 9 September 2026, with how long each has waited
    Unanswered on 21 October 2026.
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    A page for every question

    Each question has a page of its own, with the question and the department’s answer, to link to or share.

    The page for the written question on community energy
    Tabled 9 September 2026.

How it works

02 · The steps

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    Search the questions

    By subject across every question tabled since the election, the 5 newest results on every account; with Pro, every result, by member or department too.

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    Read the answer

    Each question with the minister's answer beside it, and a judgement on whether it answered what was asked.

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    Watch the clock

    With Pro, see what each department has not answered and how long it has waited.

What you get

03 · In the tool

  • Every question since the electionTabled questions and their answers, searchable on every account.
  • Each answer judgedWhether the answer addressed the question it was given.
  • Unanswered questionsWith Pro, what a department has not answered, with the clock.
  • A page for each questionLink to any question and its answer, and share it.
  • In your briefingsWritten questions on a subject feed its Briefing Studio briefing.

Who uses it

  • Public affairs agenciesSee what members are pressing departments on, before it reaches the chamber.
  • Campaign groups and charitiesTrack the questions tabled on your issue and the answers given.
  • ResearchersThe written record, searchable and judged.

Which plans include it

04 · Plans

  • FreeEvery question and answer
  • ProUnanswered questions, with the clock
  • TeamUnanswered questions, with the clock

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