Written questions
1,018 written questions tabled, most recent first.
15 Jul 2026 · Treasury
Revenue and Customs: Staff
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the speech by the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury to the Institute for Government on 29 June 2026, whether Ministers make operational decisions regarding the deployment of Officers of Revenue &
10 Jul 2026 · Treasury
Tonnage Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what her estimate is of Corporation Tax relief for qualifying shipping company groups in the Tonnage Tax in 2026-27.
3 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport
Railways: Defibrillators
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which train companies install defibrillators on trains for i) DFT Operator Ltd managed Train Operating Companies (TOCs), and ii) DFT franchised TOCs.
1 Jul 2026 · Treasury
Revenue and Customs: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HMRC maintains a (a) public register and (b) internal inventory of automated decision-making systems.
1 Jul 2026 · Treasury
Revenue and Customs: Data Protection
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps HMRC is taking to ensure compliance with data protection requirements under the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 relating to the processing of special category data, including data relating to health or pro
1 Jul 2026 · Treasury
Revenue and Customs: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps HMRC has taken to assess and mitigate risks of (a) bias and (b) discrimination arising from the use of automated decision-making systems.
1 Jul 2026 · Treasury
Revenue and Customs: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions (a) her Department and (b) HMRC has had with recognised trade unions in HMRC regarding the (i) introduction and (ii) use of automated decision-making systems affecting staff.
1 Jul 2026 · Treasury
Revenue and Customs: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to what extent are automated decision-making systems in HMRC used in relation to civil service employment, including recruitment, performance management, discipline, or allocation of work.
1 Jul 2026 · Treasury
Revenue and Customs: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps HMRC is taking to ensure that human oversight of automated decisions is (a) substantive and (b) effective.
1 Jul 2026 · Treasury
Revenue and Customs: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how does HMRC (a) define and (b) ensure meaningful human involvement in decisions supported or made by automated systems.
1 Jul 2026 · Treasury
Revenue and Customs: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps HMRC are taking to enable individuals to (a) seek human review of and (b) to challenge decisions made by automated systems.
1 Jul 2026 · Treasury
Revenue and Customs: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how individuals are informed by HMRC that decisions affecting them have been taken (a) in whole and (b) in part by automated means.
1 Jul 2026 · Treasury
Revenue and Customs: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps HMRC are taking to ensure compliance with requirements under the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 relating to (a) automated decision-making and (b) rights to (i) information, (ii) human review, and (iii) ch
1 Jul 2026 · Treasury
Revenue and Customs: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance HMRC provides internally on compliance with the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 in relation to automated decision-making.
1 Jul 2026 · Treasury
Revenue and Customs: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025, on what lawful basis are Automated Decision-Making in HMRC being made.
17 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, where NHSE's powers to negotiate commercial agreements with companies whose products are undergoing NICE appraisal will be transferred.
12 Jun 2026 · Treasury
Parents: Allowances
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will consider counting a married couple as a single family unit and transfer the personal allowances of an unpaid parent to the working parent.
29 May 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Trade Agreements: USA
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to undertake further trade negotiations with the US under the General Terms of the Economic Prosperity Deal.
20 May 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Export Controls
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what measures are in place to ensure that UK-origin controlled goods comply with licensing requirements when transiting third countries.
20 May 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Arms Trade: Belgium
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department plans to conduct a compliance investigation into the companies involved in the seizure of UK-origin military goods in Belgium.
20 May 2026 · Department for Education
Further Education: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions she has had with the Association of Colleges on the adequacy of further education staff pay levels relative to school teacher pay.
20 May 2026 · Department for Education
Further Education: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to provide additional funding to further education colleges to support staff pay awards in the 2026–27 academic year.
20 May 2026 · Department for Education
Further Education: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve recruitment into further education teaching roles in high-demand subject areas.
20 May 2026 · Department for Education
Further Education: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions she has had with the Association of Colleges on narrowing the pay gap between further education college lecturers and school teachers.
22 Apr 2026 · Treasury
Sports: Regulation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to Question 122645 of 23 March 2026, whether she has plans to bring forward legislative proposals to clarify or amend the regulatory boundary between the Financial Conduct Authority and the Gambling Commiss
22 Apr 2026 · Treasury
Sports: Regulation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 31 March 2026 to Question 122645 on Sports: Regulation, and with reference to the FCA Perimeter Report published in March 2026, which regulator Parliament has conferred powers upon for the
22 Apr 2026 · Treasury
Revenue and Customs: Sodexo
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assurances have been provided that there will be no reduction in service to the staff at Erskine House and Carne House in Belfast following Sodexo's decision to reduce the number of cleaning and facilities staf
22 Apr 2026 · Treasury
Revenue and Customs: Sodexo
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions HMRC is having with Sodexo over the contractor's decision to reduce the number of cleaning and facilities staff at Erskine House and Carne House in Belfast.
15 Apr 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment Schemes: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether trade unions will be formal stakeholders in the Disability Confident Reform Delivery Plan.
13 Apr 2026 · Department for Transport
Flags of Convenience
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, What her policy is on the use of vessels registered on Flags of Convenience by contractors delivering the Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s Civil Hydrography Programme.
Source: official written-questions record.