Written questions

3,117 written questions tabled, most recent first.

15 May 2026 · Department for Transport

Motor Insurance: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help tackle phantom car insurance fraud.

14 May 2026 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Will she hold discussions with motor manufacturers regarding offering an opt in and an opt out facility for drivers with the 'lane assist' technology system in new vehicles.

14 May 2026 · Home Office

Electronic Travel Authorisations

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to introduce legislative provision making it an offence to knowingly arrive in the UK without an Electronic Travel Authorisation before the summer recess.

14 May 2026 · Treasury

Broadband: Northern Ireland

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the National Wealth Fund's promotion of rural broadband development in Northern Ireland will include financial support to inward investors.

14 May 2026 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Lighting

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she will receive updates in advance of any final report from the taskforce at the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe on investigations into headlamp glare by vehicles.

14 May 2026 · Treasury

Banking Hubs: Rural Areas

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will hold discussions with representatives of LINK on the roll out of banking hubs including villages and small towns in rural areas.

13 May 2026 · Home Office

Immigration Controls: EU Countries

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the indication by the Government of the Hellenic Republic of 20 April 2026 to not proceed with the collection of fingerprints or photographs under the EU Entry/Exit System for UK vis

13 May 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Motability: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with the Motability Scheme on the potential impact of the proposed change in the annual mileage limit for new leases on rural users.

24 Apr 2026 · Treasury

Banking Hubs

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with the banking sector on the rollout of banking hubs beyond the lifetime of this Parliament.

24 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Myopia: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when does he expect treatment of myopia in children aged between three and 14 years through low-dose atropine eye drops to begin.

24 Apr 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

International Development Association: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much her Department will contribute to the International Development Association of the World Bank in the remainder of this Parliament.

23 Apr 2026 · Home Office

British Nationals Abroad: EU Countries

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help reduce waiting times for UK citizens travelling through airports in Schengen area countries in summer 2026.

23 Apr 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Plants: UK Internal Trade

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on how many occasions in the past six months have discussions taken place with the EU Commission on increasing the number of plant species that can be traded between Northern Ireland a

22 Apr 2026 · Treasury

Taxation: Electronic Government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to WPQ 128052, whether she will maintain the free to use MTD software for taxpayers for the lifetime of this Parliament.

22 Apr 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Squirrels: Pest Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle the predominance of the grey squirrel population during this Parliament.

21 Apr 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

BBC: Directors

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she plans to meet with the new Director General of the BBC.

21 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to respond to the Ipsos MORI research project on the retributive benefit of prison before summer recess 2026.

20 Apr 2026 · Department for Transport

Buses: Electric Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans are there to ensure, under the ten-year zero emission bus order pipeline, that UK based manufacturers are best placed to produce the new vehicles.

20 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Organs: Donors

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, approximately how many non - direct altruistic organ donations have there been in each of the last ten years.

20 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Organs: Donors

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many organ donations under deemed consent legislation have there been from deceased donors between 1st January (a) 2022, and (b) 2026.

17 Apr 2026 · Treasury

Taxation: Electronic Government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 16 April 2026 to Question 126551, what steps she is taking to ensure that the merits of the HMRC approved software to the user are maintained for the remainder of this Parliament.

17 Apr 2026 · Department for Education

Students: Debts

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help reduce levels of student debt.

17 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Doctors: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, who will have lead responsibility in co ordination and organising the four Nation Steering Group in examining the role of the Multi Speciality Recruitment Assessment process.

17 Apr 2026 · Treasury

Winter Fuel Payment: Older People

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the circumstances whereby senior citizens receive the Winter Fuel Allowance then are ineligible for the payment due to their level of income.

17 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Department of Health and Social Care: Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when does he expect to be able to reply to WPQ 115339 tabled on 24th February 2026.

15 Apr 2026 · Department for Transport

Cars: Lighting

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she expects the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe to publish a timeline for measures to be implemented by car manufacturers to help reduce the occurrence of headlamp glare.

15 Apr 2026 · Home Office

Asylum: Bangladesh and Pakistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will investigate trends in the number of applications for asylum from people from (a) Pakistan and (b) Bangladesh who are falsely claiming to be gay and in fear for their lives if returned to t

14 Apr 2026 · Home Office

Foreign Influence Registration Scheme: Prosecutions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many instances of breaches of the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme have resulted in prosecutions.

14 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Russia: Shipping

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions have been held with the Government of the Irish Republic on what increases in co-operation are required to deal with the numbers of Russian shadow fleet vessels operating in British and Irish ter

14 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to WPQ 109064 dated 2 February 2026, when does he expect to be able to reply.

Source: official written-questions record.