Written questions

3,630 written questions tabled, most recent first.

13 Apr 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if her department will cease the passage of the Diego Garcia Military Base & BIOT Bill, in respect to the ruling by Justice Lewis that reinstated the Right of Abode for Chago

13 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Bowel Cancer: South Holland and the Deepings

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to raise public awareness of bowel cancer in South Holland and the Deepings constituency.

13 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether their Department has used artificial intelligence to assist with drafting (a) legislation and (b) policy in the past 12 months.

13 Apr 2026 · Home Office

Home Office: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether their Department has used artificial intelligence to assist with drafting (a) legislation and (b) policy in the past 12 months.

13 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether their Department has used artificial intelligence to assist with drafting (a) legislation and (b) policy in the past 12 months.

13 Apr 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Department for Business and Trade: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether their Department has used artificial intelligence to assist with drafting (a) legislation and (b) policy in the past 12 months.

13 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether their Department has used artificial intelligence to assist with drafting (a) legislation and (b) policy in the past 12 months.

13 Apr 2026 · Home Office

Homes for Ukraine Scheme: Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of those granted visas under the Homes for Ukraine sponsorship programme were Ukrainian nationals.

13 Apr 2026 · Home Office

Homes for Ukraine Scheme: Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the nationalities were of those granted visas under the Homes for Ukraine sponsorship programme.

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if her department has used artificial intelligence to assist with drafting (a) legislation and (b) policy in the past 12 months.

10 Apr 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Peacekeeping Operations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, on what dates (a) she and (b) Ministers in her Department held discussions with their United States' counterparts on the Board of Peace.

10 Apr 2026 · Home Office

Homicide: Alcoholic Drinks and Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether murder victims are posthumously (a) drug and (b) alcohol tested as a matter of routine.

10 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Resident Doctors: Strikes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of operations (a) cancelled and (b) delayed for longer than one month as a result of industrial action by resident doctors in (i) 2024 and (ii) 2025.

10 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Resident Doctors: Strikes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the potential cost to the public purse of industrial action by resident doctors in (a) 2024 and (b) 2025.

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Fuel Oil: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many reports of suspected price gouging for the price of heating oil have been made to the Competition and Markets Authority since 28 February 2026.

10 Apr 2026 · Home Office

Undocumented Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many businesses were found guilty of employing illegal workers, and how much were they fined in 2025.

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

Agriculture: Land Use

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Land Use Framework on Best and Most Versatile farmland in Lincolnshire.

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Renewable Energy: Lincolnshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of the number of renewable energy projects awaiting grid connection in (1) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (2) Lincolnshire.

10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Veterans: Radiation Exposure

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether legal advice has been received in regard to an Atomic Weapons Establishment report that claimed fallout data affecting British troops had been covered up.

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Transport

Department for Transport: Social Media

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has paid for followers on social media platforms it uses.

10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Social Media

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has paid for followers on social media platforms it uses.

10 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospices: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support children's hospices in Lincolnshire.

25 Mar 2026 · Home Office

Drugs: Organised Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to to tackle county lines gangs targeting children to act as drug runners.

24 Mar 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to tackle online content encouraging people to pursue fraudulent benefits claims.

24 Mar 2026 · Home Office

Home Office: Social Media

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has paid for followers on social media platforms it uses.

24 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice: Social Media

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has paid for followers on social media platforms it uses.

24 Mar 2026 · Treasury

Treasury: Social Media

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has paid for followers on social media platforms it uses.

24 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Social Media

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has paid for followers on social media platforms it uses.

24 Mar 2026 · Department for Education

Department for Education: Social Media

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has paid for followers on social media platforms it uses.

24 Mar 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Department for Business and Trade: Social Media

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has paid for followers on social media platforms it uses.

Source: official written-questions record.