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.