Written questions

3,117 written questions tabled, most recent first.

7 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Inter-Ministerial Group for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when did the Inter Ministerial Group for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs last meet: and what agenda items were discussed.

7 Jan 2026 · Women and Equalities

Equal Pay

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what has been the change in the Gender Pay Gap between July 2024 and December 2025.

6 Jan 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Businesses: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the responses by private sector businesses to the first 12 months since the publication of the General Product Safety Regul

6 Jan 2026 · Northern Ireland Office

Victims' Payments Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2026 to Question 100839, if he will make an estimate of the number of people who are likely to be eligible for the Troubles Permanent Disablement Payment Scheme in Nor

6 Jan 2026 · Home Office

Electronic Travel Authorisations: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, How many visitors to Northern Ireland whose primary residence falls outside the UK and the Republic of Ireland have been charged with offences between December 2024 and December 2025 relating to the n

6 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what has been the estimated change in the numbers of those in receipt of Pension Credit between (a) November 2023 and (b) November 2025.

6 Jan 2026 · Department for Transport

Road Traffic

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she expects to publish the next National Road Traffic Projections in 2026.

6 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prostate Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when does he expect to receive the outcome of the Prostate Cancer UK-led Transform screening trial.

5 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Vehicle Number Plates: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of offences connected with the use of illegal number plates on vehicles in the last four years.

17 Dec 2025 · Northern Ireland Office

Northern Ireland Office: Social Media

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment has he made of the potential implications for his policies of the conclusions of the report by the Windsor Framework Independent Monitoring Panel, published on 5 December 2025, on Busines

17 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Victims' Payments Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of veterans living in Northern Ireland who are eligible for but have not yet applied to the Troubles Permanent Disablement Payment Scheme.

17 Dec 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Trade Agreements: South Korea

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will take steps with Invest NI and the Northern Ireland Executive to ensure that the trade deal between the UK and South Korea impacts all areas of the United Kingdom.

16 Dec 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the number of domestic properties Mears Housing currently owns in Northern Ireland which were previously used for housing asylum seekers but are vacant as of 1 December

16 Dec 2025 · Treasury

Banking Hubs

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the viability over the next five years of existing banking hubs.

16 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport

Vehicle Number Plates: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 15 December 2025 to WPQ 98745, how many (a) vehicle owners and (b) people on the Register of Number Plate Suppliers have been (i) charged, and (ii) convicted of offences connected with

15 Dec 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Incinerators and Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the change in the tonnage of (a) recycled and (b) incinerated waste between 2019 and 2024.

15 Dec 2025 · Northern Ireland Office

Connect Fund: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Connect Fund reaches communities that have previously had lower application rates for grant funding across Northern Ireland.

15 Dec 2025 · Cabinet Office

Employment: Older People

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people aged 66 and over are estimated in 2025 to be in (a) full time employment, and (b) part time employment.

15 Dec 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to WPQ 3948 Dated 9/9/2024, which areas in the nations and regions of the UK were events held to ensure that businesses become more aware of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Tra

12 Dec 2025 · Treasury

Income Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate has been made of the number of people paying (a) basic rate, (b) higher rate, and (c) additional rate of Income Tax between 2020 and 2025.

11 Dec 2025 · Treasury

Air Passenger Duty

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will consider changing air passenger duty on all passengers so that higher duty is levied on those who fly more frequently.

11 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Alternative Fuels

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what has been the change in the volume of sustainable aviation fuel production in the UK between 2019 and 2024.

11 Dec 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Boiler Upgrade Scheme: Biofuels

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many biomass boilers granted and installed under the Boiler Upgrade Scheme have had to be replaced due to faults in the installation or in the boiler in each of the last three years.

10 Dec 2025 · Treasury

Small Businesses: Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how she will notify SMEs that their bank is a designated bank under any scheme set up to ensure customers that are rejected for finance approval can be matched with alternatives who will offer support.

10 Dec 2025 · Treasury

UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what was the total in duty deferment accounts that HMRC received in the calendar year 2024 via customs duties collected as a result of trade between GB and NI affected by the Windsor Framework.

10 Dec 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Veterinary Medicine Working Group

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Veterinary Medicine Working Group plans to meet in January 2026.

10 Dec 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Biotechnology: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps her Department is taking to help support and promote biotechnology in Northern Ireland through the Industrial Strategy.

10 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport

Vehicle Number Plates: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of trends in the level of use of illegal number plates between 2021 and 2025.

9 Dec 2025 · Home Office

Terrorism: Victims

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answers of 9 December 2025 to Question 96618 and 25 November 2025 to Question 94151, what assessment she has made of the risk of those involved in committing acts of terrorism being in

9 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport

Civil Aviation Authority: Windsor Framework

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assesment she has made of the potential impact the Windsor Framework on the operations of the Civil Aviation Authority.

Source: official written-questions record.