Written questions

854 written questions tabled, most recent first.

4 Dec 2025 · Department for Education

Department for Education: Departmental Expenditure Limits

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the policy papers entitled Spending Review 2025, published on 30 June 2025, and Budget 2025, published on 28 November 2025, what their Department’s capital Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL)

4 Dec 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Departmental Expenditure Limits

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the policy papers entitled Spending Review 2025, published on 30 June 2025, and Budget 2025, published on 28 November 2025, what their Department’s capital Departmental Expendit

4 Dec 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Department for Business and Trade: Departmental Expenditure Limits

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the policy papers entitled Spending Review 2025, published on 30 June 2025, and Budget 2025, published on 28 November 2025, what their Department’s capital Departmental Expenditure Li

4 Dec 2025 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Departmental Expenditure Limits

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the policy papers entitled Spending Review 2025, published on 30 June 2025, and Budget 2025, published on 28 November 2025, what their Department’s capital Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL)

4 Dec 2025 · Attorney General

Attorney General's Office: Departmental Expenditure Limits

To ask the Solicitor General, what her Department’s capital Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) will be in each year of the Spending Review period; how much capital funding has been allocated to each of her Department’s programmes; and how much and what

24 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mayoral Development Corporations: Birmingham

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what his proposed timetable is for establishing a West Midlands mayoral development company for east Birmingham.

10 Nov 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Trade Agreements: USA

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, which (a) Department and (b) Minister have lead responsibility for the implementation of the UK–US Technology Prosperity Deal; and what (i) structures and (ii) processes are in place to

10 Nov 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Trade Agreements: USA

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, which (a) Department and (b) Minister had responsibility for the negotiation of the UK–US Technology Prosperity Deal.

26 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Dual Use Goods and Technologies: Exports

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Prime Minister’s written ministerial statement of 3 June 2025 on Machinery of Government: Cyber-security and Defence Exports, HCWS679, if his Department will retain responsibility

26 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Arms Trade: Exports

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to (a) page 7 and (b) recommendation 12 on page 63 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, what (i) mechanisms and (ii) training he will put in place so that the new Defence Expo

25 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Arms Trade: Exports

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to (a) page 7 and (b) recommendation 12 on page 63 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, what input other Government (i) departments and (ii) agencies will have into the export

25 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Arms Trade: Exports

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Prime Minister’s written ministerial statement of 3 June 2025 on Machinery of Government: Cyber-security and Defence Exports HCWS679, and (a) page 7 and (b) recommendation 12 on page 63 of t

25 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Arms Trade: Exports

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 7 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, what the remit is of the new defence exports office; and when that office will be operational.

25 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence

National Armaments Director

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 12 on page 63 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, what role the National Armaments Director will have in (a) considering, (b) advising on and (c) deciding e

25 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Arms Trade: Exports

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to recommendation 12 on page 63 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, whether the review of export licensing policy will examine export controls relating to (a) sens

24 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Arms Trade: Exports

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to recommendation 12 on page 63 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, whether his Department's review of export licensing policy will include an examination of the e

24 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Arms Trade: Exports

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to recommendation 12 on page 63 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, whether (a) export licensing decisions will remain the responsibility of his Department and (b)

24 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Arms Trade: Exports

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to recommendation 12 on page 63 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, whether his Department's review of export licensing policy will include the UK’s (a) participat

24 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Arms Trade: Exports

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to recommendation 12 on page 63 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, qwhther his Department's review of export licensing policy will include the (a) UK Strategic Ex

24 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Arms Trade: Exports

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to recommendation 12 on page 63 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, who will conduct the review of the export licensing policy; what the (a) planned timetable and

30 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when he plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North of 14 March 2025, reference LB46879 on British Leadership in

25 Mar 2025 · Home Office

Economic Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the proportion of police staff involved with investigating (a) fraud and (b) other types of economic crime in 2023 and 2024.

25 Mar 2025 · Attorney General

Tax Evasion: Prosecutions

To ask the Solicitor General, what information her Department holds on the number of (a) attempted and (b) successful public prosecutions under Section 45 of the Criminal Finances Act 2017, broken down by (a) type or sub-type of offence and (b) prosecutin

25 Mar 2025 · Attorney General

Bribery: Prosecutions

To ask the Solicitor General, what information his Department holds on the number of (a) attempted and (b) successful public prosecutions under Section 7 of the Bribery Act 2010, broken down by (i) type or sub-type of offence and (ii) prosecuting organisa

25 Mar 2025 · Attorney General

Bribery: Prosecutions

To ask the Solicitor General, how many (a) attempted and (b) successful public prosecutions there have been of (a) British nationals and (b) individuals resident in the UK with respect to the general bribery offences under the Bribery Act 2010 broken down

10 Mar 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Companies House: Fines

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what was the total (a) number and (b) value of financial penalties (i) levied and (ii) collected by Companies House since October 2024.

6 Mar 2025 · Attorney General

Unexplained Wealth Orders

To ask the Solicitor General, if she will make an estimate of the number of unexplained wealth orders that have been (a) requested by and (b) granted to the Serious Fraud Office for each year from 2020 to 2024.

6 Mar 2025 · Home Office

Unexplained Wealth Orders

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the number of unexplained wealth orders that have been (a) requested by and (b) granted to the National Crime Agency each year from 2020 to 2024.

6 Mar 2025 · Home Office

Economic Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will take steps to publish a public private economic crime data strategy.

6 Mar 2025 · Home Office

Fraud: Reviews

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will publish its response to the Independent Review of Disclosure and Fraud Offences.

Source: official written-questions record.