Written questions

1,018 written questions tabled, most recent first.

11 Feb 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Libraries: Reading

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what role public libraries will play in the delivery of the National Year of Reading.

11 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Humble address of 4 February 2026, what material the ISC will have the authority to determine the publication of; and whether the Government will have a right to veto ISC decisions on the p

11 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to ensure that all documents relevant to his Department's investigation into Peter Mandelson are received in a timely manner.

11 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, will the information received on the inquiry into Peter Mandelson be forwarded to the Intelligence and Security Committee (a) in tranches and (b) all together.

11 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what is the expected date for completion of the review into the material related to Lord Mandelson.

11 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what resources he has allocated to the disclosure process on the Peter Mandelson inquiry.

4 Feb 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Pakistan: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of Pakistan’s compliance with its obligations under international human rights conventions, particularly in relation to enforced

2 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Visas: Pakistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department takes before issuing visas to former Pakistani military officers.

28 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Defence

RFA Wave Knight and RFA Wave Ruler: Decommissioning

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will provide an update on the commercial sale of the former RFA vessels (a) Wave Knight and (b) Wave Ruler.

28 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Royal Fleet Auxiliary: Conditions of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the current online Royal Navy recruitment campaign, how many merchant seafarers currently employed by the Royal Fleet Auxiliary work a 3-month on, 3-month off schedule; and if he will make a sta

28 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Royal Fleet Auxiliary: Conditions of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take steps to compare the contractual employment conditions of Royal Fleet Auxiliary seafarers with employment conditions of crew on outsourced MoD contracts for maritime services.

28 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Royal Fleet Auxiliary: Crew

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the current level of operational crewing is at the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.

28 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Defence

RFA Argus and RFA Fort Victoria

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the operational future of the (a) RFA Argus and (b) RFA Fort Victoria; and what the current status is of each vessel.

28 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Royal Fleet Auxiliary

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the re-classification of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary as a Non-Standard Occupation Group has been completed.

28 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Royal Fleet Auxiliary

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of Royal Navy tasking is currently being carried out by the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.

28 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Royal Fleet Auxiliary: Conditions of Employment and Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take steps to establish the (a) hourly rate of pay and (b) annual hours of each seafarer grade at the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.

23 Jan 2026 · Home Office

British Nationals Abroad: France

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to stop British citizens from travelling to France to participate in far right activities.

21 Jan 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Balochistan: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will have discussions with her counterpart in Pakistan about the abduction of Women in Balochistan.

21 Jan 2026 · Home Office

Asylum: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of the introduction of buffer zones around asylum accommodation.

21 Jan 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

France: British Nationals Abroad

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department is monitoring far right activity by British citizens in France.

19 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Forestry Commission: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the estimated time is for staff working in the Forestry Commission to be reimbursed for the purchase of equipment, including Personal Protective Equipment, who do not have access

19 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Forestry Commission: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether an impact assessment was carried before withdrawing Government Procurement Cards from staff working in the Forestry Commission.

19 Jan 2026 · Treasury

Electric Vehicles: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the cost to the Exchequer of exempting Motability vehicles from the introduction of Electric Vehicle Excise Duty from April 2028.

19 Jan 2026 · Treasury

Electric Vehicles: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost of Electric Vehicle Excise Duty will be to the average Motability scheme user; and what equality impact assessment she has carried out on the differential impact on Motability scheme users.

19 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Motability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of the 815,000 people who use the Motability scheme will be impacted by one or more of the changes to the Motability scheme.

19 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Motability: Commuters

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Motability scheme users use their vehicle to travel to work.

19 Jan 2026 · Home Office

Asylum: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what professional regulatory body will be responsible for proposed Immigration Adjudicators.

19 Jan 2026 · Home Office

Asylum: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what qualifications and professional experience will be required when proposed Immigration Adjudicators are recruited to replace First-tier Tribunal Judges in asylum cases in the Immigration and Asylu

1 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Crimes of Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, What assessment she has made of the triggers for violence perpetrated on the rail network.

1 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Crimes of Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she requires the train companies contracted to her Department to include trade union health and safety representatives in post violent incident activity including safety inspections, violence at work po

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