Written questions
3,117 written questions tabled, most recent first.
27 Feb 2026 · Home Office
UK Border Force: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Border Force employees were routinely employed at (a) Belfast, (b) Larne, (c) Foyle, and (d) Warrenpoint ports during 2025.
27 Feb 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Artificial Intelligence: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, when she plans to publish the outcome of the Artificial Intelligence regulatory approach discussions with the Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee.
26 Feb 2026 · Home Office
Demonstrations: Parliament Square
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will hold discussions with the Metropolitan Police on the potential merits of investigating an incident at 12.55pm on 25 February 2026 at Parliament Square where protestors allegedly chanted de
26 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office
Cabinet Office: Written Questions
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to respond to WPQ 107963 tabled on 23 January 2025.
26 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Defence
Defence: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Northern Ireland element of the Defence Growth Deal on (a) jobs and (b) private sector investment in areas beyond Greater Belfast.
26 Feb 2026 · Northern Ireland Office
InterTrade UK
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions he has had with InterTrade UK on the support his Department is able to provide on the (a) operations and (b) objectives of that body.
25 Feb 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Movement Assistance Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with (a) supermarkets and (b) other retailers on the potential impact of the closure of the Movement Assistance Scheme on those businesses.
25 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Regeneration: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will hold discussions with the boards of (a) Londonderry and (b) Coleraine Future Towns funds on the expansion of those funds.
25 Feb 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Conditions of Employment: Parents
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to announce an outcome of the consultation on the provision of statutory paid leave and job protection for parents of critically ill children by the summer recess.
25 Feb 2026 · Northern Ireland Office
Railways: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will hold discussions with the Northern Ireland Executive on the funding implications of the Rail Project Prioritisation Strategy announced in December 2025.
25 Feb 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what analysis his Department has undertaken on the reasons for increases in the numbers of successful applications for Universal Credit in the last three years.
24 Feb 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Music Export Growth Scheme: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to Question 112100 answered on 23 February 2026, if he will provide a breakdown of the numbers approved in both (a) 2024 and (b) 2025.
24 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Fractures: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how best practice in the roll out of fracture liaison services in England is being shared with the devolved institutions.
24 Feb 2026 · Church Commissioners
Churches: Listed Buildings
To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, how many listed churches have been demolished in each of the last five years.
20 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Gender Dysphoria: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department are taking to support people who have requested help and information on detransitioning.
12 Feb 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Pollution: Lough Neagh
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will hold discussions with the Northern Ireland Executive on how best practice across the UK can be utilised to help with green blue algae problems in Lough Neagh.
12 Feb 2026 · Department for Education
Schools: Taxis
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether independent assessment processes exist to monitor the changing costs for local authorities' expenditure on taxi provision to schools.
11 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has set incremental targets for its overall housebuilding target in this Parliament.
11 Feb 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Youth Guarantee: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will hold discussions with the Northern Ireland Executive on how people using the Youth Guarantee Trailblazers scheme in England can find employment in Northern Ireland.
10 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners' Release: Pilot Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his planned timetable is for Release on Temporary Licence pilot scheme to be completed.
10 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office
Civil Servants: Sick Leave
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what comparative assessment he has made of levels of long term sickness absence in the Civil Service between (a) 2020 and (b) 2025.
10 Feb 2026 · Department for Education
Students: Loans
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the change was in the level of Student Loan debt between (a) 2020 and (b) 2025.
10 Feb 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Music Export Growth Scheme: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many applications were approved under the Music Export Growth Scheme from Northern Ireland in (a) 2024 and (b) 2025.
9 Feb 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy: Prices
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the recent announcement by the International Energy Agency that the UK's domestic energy costs are significantly higher tha
4 Feb 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Northern Ireland: Undocumented Migrants
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when she last met her Irish counterpart face to face to discuss people arriving illegally and crossing the border into Northern Ireland.
4 Feb 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has been made of the change in the amounts claimed in Universal Credit between (a) September 2024 and (b) September 2029.
4 Feb 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
BBC: Broadcasting Programmes
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will hold discussions with the BBC on ensuring its (a) TV and (b) radio programming is made across the UK.
4 Feb 2026 · Home Office
Immigration Controls: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of Operation Gull in Northern Ireland in the last 15 years.
3 Feb 2026 · Treasury
Cars: Loans
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when she expects to receive the report by the FCA into hidden commission costs connected with car purchase loan schemes.
3 Feb 2026 · Treasury
Child Trust Fund
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 27 November 2025 to WPQ 93664, whether any ongoing assessment is being made of the success of the take up campaign aimed at the 750,000 people who have not yet claimed their matured Child T
Source: official written-questions record.