Written questions

3,117 written questions tabled, most recent first.

11 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Avian Influenza

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what has been the change in the number of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza cases between January 2021 and January 2026.

11 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he expects to announce the Partnership Contingent Decision route in connection with the Civil Service Pension Scheme.

11 Mar 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Young Futures Hubs

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many Young Futures Hubs will be fully functional by the end of 2026.

11 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Rare Diseases: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children were born with rare diseases as identified by the National Congenital Anomaly and Rare Disease Registration Service in each of the last ten years.

10 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Professions: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timetable is for amending the General Medical Council’s regulatory framework.

10 Mar 2026 · Northern Ireland Office

Drugs: Misuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has had discussions with the Northern Ireland Justice Minister on possible changes to classifications and statutory sentencing in drugs misuse policy.

10 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Management

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether improvements in prison management arising from the Managing Women in Crisis Working Group have been shared with devolved justice departments in Scotland and Northern Ireland.

9 Mar 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Armed Conflict: Diplomatic Relations and Soft Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she will have discussions with the United Nations on the potential merits of reviewing the role of international diplomacy and soft power following recent events in t

9 Mar 2026 · Home Office

Gender Based Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that best practices deployed by the National Centre for Violence Against Women and Girls and Public Protection are shared with the devolved Administrations.

9 Mar 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Science Museum and Victoria and Albert Museum: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 March 2026 to Question 117246 on Science Museum and Victoria and Albert Museum: Northern Ireland, if she will ensure that Departmental officials hold urgent discussion

9 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Military Aircraft: In-flight Refuelling

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he has taken to ensure that air to air re-fuelling movements are not discovered on insecure aviation messaging systems.

9 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Iran: Military Bases

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK military bases in the Middle East were subjected to attack from Iranian missiles between Saturday 28 February and Saturday 7 March 2026; and how many personnel were (a) severely injured and (b) killed

5 Mar 2026 · Treasury

Taxpayers

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) basic rate and (b) higher rate tax payers there were in December (i) 2021 and (ii) 2025.

5 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Russia

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many ships in UK waters suspected of being associated with the movement of Russian oil have been monitored in the last four years; and what steps her Department took in each instance.

5 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Surveillance: Palantir

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment has been made of the potential impact of Palantir's involvement with surveillance on the protection of data of UK citizens.

4 Mar 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were entitled to (a) old style and (b) new style State Pensions in Northern Ireland as of December 2025; and what was the average annual payment paid to each recipient.

4 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Reoffenders: Community Orders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of courts using Community Orders under the Sentencing Framework on re-offending rates in the last two years.

4 Mar 2026 · Treasury

National Wealth Fund

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 17 July 2025 to 67306, what proportion of NWF's portfolio outside of London and the South-East is located in (a) the rest of England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland.

4 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Lighting

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will have discussions with motor manufacturers on levels of headlight beam intensity while driving when dark.

3 Mar 2026 · Treasury

Business Rates: North East

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue was raised through business rates from charities operating commercial premises in the North East Combined Authority in 2024/25.

3 Mar 2026 · Home Office

Demonstrations: Palestine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has held with the Metropolitan Police on the advisability of allowing the proposed Al Quds parade to take place in London on March 15, in the context of the current security situa

3 Mar 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Science Museum and Victoria and Albert Museum: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February 2026 to Question 109971 on Science Museum and Victoria and Albert Museum: Northern Ireland, what indicative dates for re-commencing online sales to Northern I

3 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prostate Cancer: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the change in the bowel screening age to 50 on rates of diagnosis of prostate cancer.

3 Mar 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Youth Guarantee: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to WPQ 112574 dated 11 February 2026 on the Youth Guarantee Trailblazers scheme, when does he expect to be able to reply.

2 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Grants

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she review the overall objectives of the Local Transport Grant to ensure that manufacturers of zero emission buses across the whole of the UK can benefit.

2 Mar 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Music Export Growth Scheme: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to Questions 112100 and 115340, what was the breakdown in each of the years specified in Northern Ireland.

2 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medicine: Postgraduate Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what changes have been introduced to postgraduate medical education as a result of the review published in October 2025.

2 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prosopagnosia: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding has been allocated in the next financial year to assist research into prosopagnosia.

2 Mar 2026 · Treasury

National Wealth Fund: Northern Ireland

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the impact of the Statement of Strategic Priorities for the National Wealth Fund in March 2025 on Northern Ireland.

27 Feb 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Coeliac Disease

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has been made of a recent report from COELIAC UK indicating that sufferers spend in excess of a third more on food purchases than the average consumer.

Source: official written-questions record.