Written questions

1,155 written questions tabled, most recent first.

23 Jun 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Republic of Ireland: Aluminium

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had discussions with her (i) Irish and (ii) EU counterparts regarding the Aughinish Alumina refinery and reported links to Putin.

23 Jun 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gibraltar: UK Relations with EU

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 17 March 2026 to Question 119258 on Gibraltar: UK relations with EU, what progress she has made on establishing a definition of a political offence.

23 Jun 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gibraltar: UK Relations with EU

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the answer given 17 March 2026 to Question 119262 on Gibraltar: UK relations with EU, whether an economic assessment of the impact of introducing transaction taxe

23 Jun 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gibraltar: UK Relations with EU

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 17 March 2026 to Question 119263 on Gibraltar: UK relations with EU, what progress has been made in establishing a timetable for the establishment o

23 Jun 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Mauritius: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Government of Mauritius on the financial contributions that the Government of Mauritius were expecting from the UK-Mauritius Treaty.

23 Jun 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Mauritius: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what financial support she has provided to (a) the Government of Mauritius and (b) projects in Mauritius under the Strategic Partnership Framework Programme in 2025/26 and pl

23 Jun 2026 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Witham

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Inclusion Bases she is planning for schools in the Witham constituency in each of the next five years; and what funding is being made available to finance them.

23 Jun 2026 · Department for Education

Free Schools: Witham

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what (i) methodology and (ii) timeframes of (a) housing growth and (b) pupil number growth forecasts did she use when deciding to not to proceed with funding for the proposed Lodge Farm Primary School in Witham

23 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Control: Essex

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding she will make available for flood defences in each of the next five years for (a) Witham constituency and (b) Essex.

23 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Slaughterhouses

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 19 June 2026 to UIN 8527, when she plans to assess the financial impact of FSA charges on abattoirs.

10 Jun 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

China: Visits Abroad

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she had with the Chinese government during her recent visit to that country.

10 Jun 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Jimmy Lai

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she raised the imprisonment of Jimmy Lai during her recent visit to China.

10 Jun 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Mauritius: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much bilateral ODA funding is planned to be provided to Mauritius (a) this year and (b) in each of the next five years.

10 Jun 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans she has for staffing reductions; and what the forecast staffing levels in her Department are over each of the next five years.

10 Jun 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Aid Workers: Sexual Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many safeguarding concerns were reported to her Department in 2025/26; how many SEAH cases there were where staff were the (a) subject of the complaint and (b) complainan

10 Jun 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Chagos Islands: Sovereignty

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what value of resources (a) have been provided since 22 May 2025; and (b) will be provided to Mauritius under the UK-Mauritius Strategic Partnership Framework in each of the

10 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Witham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether provision for capital investment in (a) new; and (b) updating healthcare facilities in Witham constituency is being made available over the next five years.

10 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Witham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an estimate of the number of FTE GPs at surgeries in the Witham constituency over each of the next five years.

10 Jun 2026 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Witham

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an estimate of the number of pupils in Witham that will have an EHCP in each of the next five years.

10 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Reorganisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the levels of Government grants to be provided to each of the proposed unitary authorities under his proposals for local government reorganisation to

10 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Essex

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the costs to the public purse of local government reorganisation in Essex.

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

Slaughterhouses

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support she is providing to abattoirs; what assessment she has made of the potential impact on abattoirs of the charges from the Food Standards Agency; and what discussions she ha

10 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

Greater Anglia: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the payments the Government will receive from the Greater Anglia rail services in each of the next five years.

10 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

Greater Anglia: Passengers

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of changes in passenger numbers on Greater Anglia services in each of the next ten years.

10 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

A12 and A120: Road Traffic

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an estimate of levels of congestion on (a) the A12 between junctions 19 and 25; and (b) the A120 between Braintree and Marks Tey in each of the next 15 years compared to current levels.

10 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

A12 and A120

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, (1) what funding she has made available for improvements to (a) safety; and (b) junctions between Junctions 19 and 25 on the A12 in each of the next five years; and (2) what funding she has made available for i

18 Mar 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Chagos Islands: Sovereignty

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has considered making payments to Mauritius in advance of the UK-Mauritius Treaty being ratified.

18 Mar 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Chagos Islands: Sovereignty

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether (a) she, (b) her ministers and (c) her officials have received communications from the Government of Mauritius on its financial position.

18 Mar 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Diego Garcia: Military Bases

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether a process has been initiated to provide the Mauritius Government with notifications of military activities on Diego Garcia.

18 Mar 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Chagos Islands: Sovereignty

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had discussions with her (a) Mauritian and (b) US counterpart on changes to the representation and voting rights on the Joint Commission proposed in the UK-Ma

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