Written questions

3,264 written questions tabled, most recent first.

24 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Royal Fleet Auxiliary: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the number of (a) women and (b) men employed by the Royal Fleet Auxiliary by seafarer grade.

20 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Bowel Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will extend the upper age limit beyond 74 years for routine invitations under the NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme.

20 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, will he extend the upper age limit beyond 71 years for routine invitations under the NHS Breast Screening Programme.

20 Feb 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Sports: Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if will make an estimate of the number of people at risk of developing chronic traumatic encephalopathy as a result of participation in contact sports.

20 Feb 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Football: Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to raise public awareness of the risks associated with football-related chronic traumatic encephalopathy.

10 Feb 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Football: Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2026 to Question 110748 on Football: Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, what mechanisms the Government uses to hold National Governing Bodies to account for pl

6 Feb 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Warm Homes Plan

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what delivery mechanisms will be used to implement the Warm Homes Scheme to ensure effective and timely delivery of funding.

6 Feb 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy Company Obligation: Unemployment

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to help mitigate potential job losses in the energy efficiency sector and associated supply chains following plans to close the Energy Company Obligation scheme.

6 Feb 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Israel and Palestine: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Department for International Development commissioned a study on the value for money of people to people programmes in Israel and Palestine in 2021.

6 Feb 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of the value for money of the International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace.

5 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Merchant Shipping: Crew

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an estimate of the number of civilian seafarers in scope of the (a) Defence Maritime Regulator and (b) the Memorandum of Understanding between the MoD and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency.

5 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Royal Fleet Auxiliary: Maritime Labour Convention

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department applies the provisions of the Maritime Labour Convention to the (a) merchant navy seafarers and (b) vessels in the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.

5 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Royal Fleet Auxiliary: Inspections

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) inspection dates and (b) deficiencies recorded were by officials from the Maritime and Coastguard Agency following inspection of Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessels in each year since 2014.

5 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Royal Fleet Auxiliary: Inspections

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many inspections of Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessels have been carried out by officials from the Maritime and Coastguard Agency since the updated Memorandum of Understanding was published in November 2024.

5 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office

Public Sector: Procurement

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how he plans to measure progress on increasing public sector insourcing.

5 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Alcoholic Drinks: Marketing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of the report by the Institute of Alcohol Studies entitled Now You See It, Now You Don't, published on 29 Janu

4 Feb 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Football: Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will have discussions with sports authorities on ensuring that (a) football-related Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy is recognised as a public health issue and (b) appropriate education an

4 Feb 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Football: Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will work with sports charities to create a national education programme and slogan to raise awareness of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy in football.

4 Feb 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Football: Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to raise awareness of football related Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy caused by repetitive head impacts from heading a football.

26 Jan 2026 · Treasury

Tobacco: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the potential impact of the level of CPI inflation on the proposed change in tobacco duty on 1 October 2026.

16 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Fire and Rescue Services: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to help increase firefighter recruitment.

16 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Fire and Rescue Services: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the number of firefighters to meet operational demand.

9 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Parking: Fines

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring private parking enforcement companies to provide an online appeals option for motorists to challenge parking ch

9 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Offshore Industry: Health and Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussion he has had with (a) the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, (b) trade unions and (c) employers on the Health and Safety Executive's news report entitled Offshore process

8 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Offshore Industry: Health and Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of compliance with the safety regime amongst duty holders in the offshore oil and gas industry.

7 Jan 2026 · Department for Transport

Offshore Industry: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, in light of the fatal incident on the Valaris 121 jackup drilling rig on the UK Continental Shelf on 14 November 2025, if she will provide an update on the Liberian Ship Registry’s investigation into its causes

7 Jan 2026 · Department for Transport

Offshore Industry: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the fatal incident on the Valaris 121 jackup drill rig on 14 November 2025, whether the Maritime Accident and Investigation Branch (a) registered the UK as a Substantially Interested State and

7 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Offshore Industry: Death

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects the Health and Safety Executive to publish its report into the fatality on the Liberian flagged jackup drill rig Valaris 121 on 14 November 2025.

7 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Offshore Industry: Missing Persons

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects the report into the loss of a crew member on the Valaris 121 jackup drill on 22 January 2023 to be published; and on what date did his officials most recently discuss the case with the (

18 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with radiotherapy professionals on the upcoming national cancer plan.

Source: official written-questions record.