Written questions
3,630 written questions tabled, most recent first.
13 Jul 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Department for Business and Trade: Agency Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many agency staff were employed by his Department in each of the last three years.
10 Jul 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Agency Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many agency staff were employed by his Department in each of the last three years.
10 Jul 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Arable Farming: Lincolnshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps she has taken to support arable farmers in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.
10 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport
Department for Transport: Agency Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many agency staff were employed by her Department in each of the last five years.
10 Jul 2026 · Scotland Office
Scotland Office: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, other than special advisers if his Department has appointed anyone from outside the civil service since July 2024.
10 Jul 2026 · Attorney General
Attorney General's Office: Staff
To ask the Solicitor General, other than special advisers if her Department has appointed anyone from outside the civil service since July 2024.
10 Jul 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, other than special advisers if her Department has appointed anyone from outside the civil service since July 2024.
10 Jul 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, other than special advisers if her Department has appointed anyone from outside the civil service since July 2024.
8 Jul 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Water: Data Centres
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to monitor water usage nationally from the growth of data centres.
8 Jul 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Data Centres: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will take steps to introduce a single framework to regulate data centres.
8 Jul 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Public Appointments
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department has appointed anyone from outside the civil service other than special advisers since July 2024.
8 Jul 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Public Appointments
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has appointed anyone from outside the civil service other than special advisers since July 2024.
8 Jul 2026 · Cabinet Office
Cabinet Office: Public Appointments
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has appointed anyone from outside the civil service other than special advisers since July 2024.
8 Jul 2026 · Department for Education
Department for Education: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has appointed anyone from outside the civil service other than special advisers since July 2024.
8 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport
Department for Transport: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, other than special advisers, whether her Department has appointed anyone from outside the civil service since July 2024.
7 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Heart Diseases: Waiting Lists
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce cardiology waiting lists in Lincolnshire.
7 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Public Appointments
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, other than special advisers if his Department has appointed anyone from outside the civil service since July 2024.
7 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Department of Health and Social Care: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has appointed staff from outside the civil service other than special advisers since July 2024.
7 Jul 2026 · Department for Education
Breakfast Clubs: Lincolnshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which schools in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire will begin offering free breakfast clubs from September 2026.
7 Jul 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Department for Business and Trade: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has appointed staff from outside the civil service other than special advisers since July 2024.
7 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Justice
Ministry of Justice: Public Appointments
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, other than special advisers if his Department has appointed anyone from outside the civil service since July 2024.
7 Jul 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
British Indian Ocean Territory: Inter Mediate
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether (a) Ministers and (b) special advisers in her Department have had discussions with Inter Mediate on the British Indian Ocean Territory since July 2024.
6 Jul 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Public Appointments
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, other than special advisers if her Department has appointed anyone from outside the civil service since July 2024.
6 Jul 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Department for Work and Pensions: Public Appointments
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, other than special advisers if his Department has appointed anyone from outside the civil service since July 2024.
6 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Defence: Public Appointments
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, other than special advisers if his Department has appointed anyone from outside the civil service since July 2024.
6 Jul 2026 · Treasury
Treasury: Public Appointments
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, other than special advisers if her Department has appointed anyone from outside the civil service since July 2024.
6 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Justice
Judicial and Legal Diversity Board: Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what is the (a) total and (b) annual cost to the public purse of the Judicial and Legal Diversity Board.
6 Jul 2026 · Home Office
Immigration Officers: Labour Turnover
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many immigration enforcement officers have left their roles since July 2024.
6 Jul 2026 · Home Office
Home Office: Public Appointments
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, other than special advisers if her Department has appointed anyone from outside the civil service since July 2024.
6 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Defence
Radar: Wind Power
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost was to the public purse of upgrading Britain's air defence radar network due to interference from offshore wind farms.
Source: official written-questions record.