Written questions
1,945 written questions tabled, most recent first.
17 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Internet: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether draft legislation on device-level protections and children’s online safety has been prepared; when she plans to publish the response to the Growing up in the online world consultation; and whe
17 Jun 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Internet: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether addictive design features, including infinite scrolling, autoplay, algorithmic recommendation systems, streaks, livestreaming and stranger-pairing functionality will be treated
17 Jun 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Social Media: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether proposals on children’s online safety will apply to social media platforms, video-sharing platforms, gaming platforms, livestreaming services, encrypted messaging services and A
17 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Internet: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the risk of device-level protections being bypassed through virtual private networks, sideloaded apps, encrypted messaging services, cloud storage, web browsers and old
17 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Internet: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether proposed device-level protections for children will prevent nude images from being (a) taken, (b) shared and (c) viewed; what technical standards will be required; and if she will publish an i
17 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Internet: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with operating system providers, device manufacturers, app stores and retailers on the implementation of device-level protections for children; which categories of company
17 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Internet: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2026 on Digital Safety: Children, what criteria the Government will use to determine whether technology companies have complied with its request to prevent children ta
17 Jun 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Armenia: Foreign Trade
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her department is taking to support Armenia in diversifying its export markets.
17 Jun 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Armenia: Russia
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her polices of recent Russian restrictions affecting Armenia's trade and energy security; and whether her Depar
16 Jun 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Streaming: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to Ofcom's consultation on the implementation of the Media Act 2024, whether streaming services will be subject to impartiality requirements comparable to those applying to license
16 Jun 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Streaming: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with Ofcom on the extension of content standards requirements to streaming services.
16 Jun 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Local Government: Cybersecurity
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what estimate he has made of the financial cost to local authorities of implementing the recommendations contained within her Department's research on cyber threats.
16 Jun 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Local Government: Cybersecurity
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the publication entitled "The changing cyber threat profile and potential impact on local councils", what estimate she has made of the number of local authorities whic
16 Jun 2026 · Treasury
Banking Services
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Pursuant to the answer of 9 June 2026 to Questions 6391, 6395 and 6396, what evidence of consumer detriment led her Department to commission the independent Review into Access to Banking Services announced on 14 May
16 Jun 2026 · Treasury
Banking Hubs
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Pursuant to the answer of 9 June 2026 to Questions 6391, 6395 and 6396, what the average time is between a banking hub being announced and the opening of a permanent hub; how many permanent banking hubs have taken l
16 Jun 2026 · Treasury
Banking Hubs
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Pursuant to the answer of 9 June 2026 to Questions 6391, 6395 and 6396, how many requests for banking hubs have been considered by LINK since 2022; how many resulted in (a) a recommendation for a banking hub and (b)
16 Jun 2026 · Treasury
Banking Hubs
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Pursuant to the answer of 9 June 2026 to Questions 6391, 6395 and 6396, what assessment she has made of whether the Government’s commitment to establish 350 banking hubs by the end of this Parliament will be suffici
16 Jun 2026 · Treasury
Banking Services
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Pursuant to the answer of 9 June 2026 to Questions 6391, 6395 and 6396, how many communities have lost their final bank branch since 2020; and what estimate she has made of the number of communities that currently l
16 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost of bringing all service family accommodation up to the Decent Homes Standard; and by what date he expects that work to be completed.
16 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the announcement on the establishment of the Defence Housing Service, what estimate he has made of the number of homes currently below the Decent Homes Standard; and whether he plans to publish
16 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the 3.6 per cent Armed Forces pay award on recruitment and retention; and what assessment he has made of whether military pay has kept pace with increases in
16 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Defence
Ajax Vehicles: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the total lifetime cost of the Ajax armoured vehicle programme; what additional funding has been approved since the original contract was signed; and what assessment he has made of th
16 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Defence
Defence: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Government has made an assessment of the impact on defence capability of reducing the level of funding requested by the armed forces in the preparation of the Defence Investment Plan; and whether any
16 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Defence
Defence: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the proportion of expenditure under the forthcoming Defence Investment Plan that will be spent with UK-based companies; whether he plans to introduce minimum UK content requirements f
16 Jun 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Social Media: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, in what way new restrictions on children’s access to social media or online services will interact with the child safety duties in the Online Safety Act 2023; what steps she will take t
16 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Mobile Phones: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the proportion of children’s smartphones and tablets that can be covered by device-level protections through operating system updates; whether those protections will appl
16 Jun 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Mobile Phones: Fraud
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the Government response to the consultation on proposals to update the Telecommunications Security Code of Practice 2022, what estimate she has made of the number of S
16 Jun 2026 · Department for Education
Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the consultation entitled SEND reform: putting children and young people first, what estimate she has made of the number of children and young people who may no longer meet the criteria for su
16 Jun 2026 · Department for Education
Special Educational Needs: Codes of Practice
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to publish draft revisions to the SEND Code of Practice before legislation is introduced; and whether those revisions will be subject to a separate public consultation.
15 Jun 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Belarus: Press Freedom
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of media freedom in Belarus; and what steps she is taking to support independent journalists and media organisations opera
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