Written questions

2,064 written questions tabled, most recent first.

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

Water: Storage

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the level of national water storage capacity.

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

Food Supply: Emergencies

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans his Department has to develop food storage and distribution capacity for use in national emergencies.

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

Food Supply: Emergencies

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the adequacy of the volume of food held in storage for use in a national emergency.

10 Apr 2026 · Home Office

Waste: Organised Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what role the National Crime Agency currently plays in tackling organised waste crime.

10 Apr 2026 · Home Office

Waste: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of designating waste crime as a national strategic policing priority.

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

Waste: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many illegal waste sites are known to the Environment Agency in each English district in the most recent year for which data is available; and what estimate she has made of the tot

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

Waste: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many waste crime officers are currently employed by the Environment Agency; and how many large-scale illegal waste sites have a designated waste crime officer assigned to them.

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

Landfill: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what was the cost to the public purse of landfill site regulation, monitoring, and remediation over the last five years.

10 Apr 2026 · Treasury

Landfill Tax: Tax Yields

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue has been raised from Landfill Tax in each of the last five years.

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

Waste Management: Fines

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what penalties she plans to bring in for waste companies that persistently breach their operating licence.

10 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Heart Diseases: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has for the NHS to do cardiac testing on young people.

26 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Babies: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of whether the newborn screening programme is fit for purpose and screens for all conditions.

24 Mar 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Outdoor Education: Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Outdoor Learning Specialist apprenticeships are projected to start in the current funding year; how long the standard has been operational; and what he estimates to be the cost saving associate

23 Mar 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Burkina Faso: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she is providing support to improve security in Burkina Faso in the context of recent attacks conducted by Islamist armed groups.

16 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Depressive Illnesses: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to increase the provision of TMS for depression.

16 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Depressive Illnesses: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS mental health Trusts currently provide a TMS service to people experiencing depression and how many people have received a full course of TMS treatment.

9 Mar 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Iran: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much funding her Department provides to support secure internet access, circumvention technologies and independent Persian-language media for people in Iran; and whether

9 Mar 2026 · Home Office

Oppression: Iran

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to introduce an expedited visa and scholarship scheme for at-risk Iranian activists, journalists and human-rights defenders seeking sanctuary and study in the UK.

9 Mar 2026 · Home Office

Oppression: Iran

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to protect Iranian dissidents, journalists and human-rights defenders resident in the UK from surveillance, harassment and threats linked to the Iranian state.

9 Mar 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Iran: Sanctions

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the humanitarian impact of UK sanctions on Iran; and what steps she is taking to ensure that sanctions are focused on human-rights violators a

9 Mar 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Iran: Sanctions

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will commit to expanding targeted sanctions against Iranian officials and security force commanders responsible for killings, torture and internet shutdowns during the

9 Mar 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Iran: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the situation of women, girls and ethnic and religious minorities in Iran following the protests that began in December 2025; and what steps h

24 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Infant Foods: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the recent recall of Aptamil and SMA on NHS infant-formula supply; and what discussions his Department has had with UK manufacturers on that r

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

Dams and Reservoirs: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department is taking steps to assess the safety of dams and reservoirs given potential climate impacts, including monitoring and standards; and whether her Department has e

4 Feb 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Air Pollution

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to ensure a just transition and economic fairness for communities when reducing air pollution from the energy sector.

4 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Air Pollution: Health Hazards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential (a) direct and (b) indirect impact of current levels of (i) ambient and (ii) indoor air pollution on the (A) current and (B) future health o

4 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Air Pollution: Health Hazards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of poor air quality in (a) ambient air and (b) indoor air on different age groups of people in England.

4 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Air Pollution: Health Hazards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on air pollution impacting people's health in relation to (a) ambient air and (b) indoor air in England.

4 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Air Pollution: Health Education and Pollution Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) bring awareness to and (b) help address the potential adverse impact of poor ambient air quality.

4 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Air Pollution: Pollution Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on delivering national targets for ambient air including by sharing data.

Source: official written-questions record.