Written questions

251 written questions tabled, most recent first.

12 Feb 2026 · Department for Education

School Meals: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what is her proposed timeline for the publication and implementation of the revised school food standards.

12 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Defence

USA: Military Bases

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the local economic benefits to the United Kingdom of the United States military bases in Britain.

12 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Defence

USA: Military Bases

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether it is his Department's policy not to provide information on the number of United States military personnel present at each of its bases in the United Kingdom.

12 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Defence

US National Security Agency

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which agreements between the United States and the United Kingdom govern the presence of US National Security Agency personnel in Britain.

12 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Defence

USA: Military Bases

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether financial benefits accrue to the United Kingdom from the US War Department’s ownership of sites such as land and buildings in Britain.

12 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Defence

USA: Military Bases

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the sites the US War Department owns in the United Kingdom.

9 Feb 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Housing Benefit: Private Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the amount of money paid directly from housing benefit to private landlords in each region of England.

9 Feb 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Local Housing Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to review the Local Housing Allowance tin the context of private rented costs.

4 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Defence

USA: Armed Forces

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the legislative basis is for the United States' use of force from bases in the United Kingdom being subject to joint decision-making.

4 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Defence

USA: Military Bases

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether there are confidential arrangements in place governing the US military's use of bases in the UK in addition to the NATO Status of Forces Agreement 1951, the Visiting Forces Act 1952 and UK/US Cost Sharing

4 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Defence

USA: Military Bases

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where United States (a) naval, (b) army and (c) marine detachments are stationed in the UK.

4 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Defence

MOD Bicester

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the work carried out at MOD Bicester; how many of his Department’s personnel are stationed there; and who owns the site.

4 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Hampshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the role is of RAF Oakhanger; how many of his Department’s personnel are stationed there; and who owns the site.

3 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Property: US Department of War

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will list the properties in the UK owned by the US War Department.

22 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Defence

USA: Military Bases

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on running costs for RAF (a) Menwith Hill, (b) Lakenheath and (c) Croughton in each of the last three years; and how much of the cost for each year has been reimbursed by the Uni

22 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Military Bases: Nuclear Weapons

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 17 April 2025 to Question 45840 on RAF Lakenheath: Nuclear Weapons, when it first became policy for his Department to neither confirm nor deny the presence of nuclear weapons at United S

22 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Defence

USA: Armed Forces

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether agreements between the United States and United Kingdom on the presence of US military forces in Britain place restrictions on the ability of the US to deploy nuclear weapons in Britain.

22 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Defence

USA: Armed Forces

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many US armed forces personnel undertook training courses in Britain in each year since 2020; and in which institution they trained.

22 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Defence

USA: Armed Forces

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department places any restrictions on the number of United States military forces that can be deployed to bases in Britain.

19 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Defence

USA: Armed Forces

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department records the UK civilian airports that the US military uses for operational, training or transitory purposes.

19 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Defence

USA: Military Bases

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the United States' use of its military bases in the UK to send military equipment onward to a third country requires his approval.

19 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Defence

USA: Military Bases

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will set out the factors that his Department take into account when deciding on a case-by-case basis whether to approve the United States' use of its military bases in the UK for operational purposes.

19 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Defence

USA: Military Operations

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which types of United States' military operations undertaken from US bases in the UK his Department is required to approve.

19 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Defence

USA: Military Bases

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Government last refused permission for the US military to use its bases in the UK for operational purposes.

14 Jan 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

West Bank: Israeli Settlements

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the steps Israel is taking to establish the E1 settlement in the occupied West Bank.

8 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Defence

USA: Military Bases

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many US military personnel are stationed at (a) RAF Alconbury, (b) RAF Molesworth, (c) RAF Croughton, (d) RAF Fairford, (e) RAF Lakenheath, (f) RAF Menwith Hill, (g) RAF Mildenhall, (h) RAF Barford St John, (

8 Jan 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Maria Corina Machado

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions or meetings her Department has held with Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado since January 2024.

6 Jan 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Venezuela: Military Intervention

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if her Department will publish a summary of the legal advice it has received regarding US airstrikes on Venezuela and the capture of President Nicolas Maduro.

6 Jan 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Venezuela: Oil

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions or meetings her Department has held with representatives of BP or Shell regarding oil in Venezuela since August 2025.

6 Jan 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Guyana: Venezuela

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, on what date her Department last raised the issue of the disputed territory of Essequibo with Venezuelan officials.

Source: official written-questions record.