Written questions

1,945 written questions tabled, most recent first.

15 Jun 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Religious Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will ensure that freedom of religion or belief remains a core consideration in future Human Rights and Democracy Reports.

15 Jun 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Syria: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support she is providing to help Syria develop local governance and security structures that reflect and represent the communities they serve; and what steps she is taki

15 Jun 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Child Nutrition Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she plans to disburse the full pledged contribution to the Child Nutrition Fund in 2026-27; and what assessment she has made of the potential merits of a further mult

10 Jun 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

International Cooperation

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what budget has been allocated to the Communities of Expertise established following the Global Partnerships Conference in each financial year to 2029-30.

10 Jun 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she plans to publish the (a) business case and (b) expected development impact of the Global Research and Technology Development portfolio announced at the Global Par

10 Jun 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Climate Change: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate she has made of the amount of private capital expected to be mobilised annually through the climate initiative announced at the Global Partnerships Conference.

10 Jun 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Climate Change: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much of the £1 billion climate initiative announced at the Global Partnerships Conference will be funded from existing ODA budgets; and how much will constitute new expen

10 Jun 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what mechanisms are in place to measure the effectiveness of the Government's new partnership-based and locally led approach to development.

10 Jun 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what proportion of the UK's ODA budget is allocated to locally led development initiatives in each year from 2025-26 to 2027-28.

10 Jun 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what criteria were used to determine departmental ODA allocations set out in the Spending Review 2025.

10 Jun 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sudan: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what risk assessments have been carried out to ensure that FCDO-funded services can safely reach survivors in conflict-affected and hard-to-reach areas of Sudan; and what ste

10 Jun 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sudan: Gender Based Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that Sudanese women-led organisations are involved in the design and delivery of the new programme addressing conflict-related sexual viole

10 Jun 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sudan: Gender Based Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to prevent violence against women and girls in conflict-affected areas of Sudan.

4 Jun 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Iron and Steel: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the reduction in tariff-free import quotas and increase in safeguard tariffs from 1 July 2026 on the number of businesses reliant on imported spec

4 Jun 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Iron and Steel: Import Duties

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of revised steel safeguard measures due to take effect on 1 July 2026 on defence procurement programmes, including the AUKUS submarine pr

4 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

Railways: Birmingham and Greater Manchester

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what budget has been allocated to the feasibility study into future rail connectivity between Birmingham and Manchester; what options will be considered; whether construction of a new high-speed railway will be

4 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

High Speed 2 Line: Euston Station

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the cost of delivering HS2 Euston station; how much of that cost is included within the £87.7 billion to £102.7 billion cost range announced on 19 May 2026; and what proportion of

4 Jun 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Chemicals: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what eligibility criteria will apply to the £350 million Critical Chemicals Resilience Fund and the £120 million ceramics support package; what estimate he has made of the number of businesses and jobs

3 Jun 2026 · Treasury

Hospitality Industry: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the cost to the Exchequer and expected economic impact on families of the temporary reduction in VAT on children's meals and summer attractions; what categories of business and attracti

3 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

Transport: Infrastructure

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to recover public money from contractors and suppliers whose actions contributed to cost overruns identified in the Lovegrove report.

3 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

Transport: Infrastructure

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many individuals identified in the Lovegrove report remain employed by (a) the Department for Transport, (b) HS2 Ltd and (c) other public bodies.

3 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

Transport: Infrastructure

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether any (a) current or former Ministers, (b) senior civil servants, (c) HS2 Ltd executives and (d) HS2 Ltd contractors have been referred for (i) disciplinary action, (ii) misconduct proceedings and (iii) i

3 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

High Speed 2 Line

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she is committed in principle to extending high-speed rail infrastructure beyond Birmingham in the future.

3 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prostate Cancer: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of regional variations in access to prostate cancer diagnostics and treatment; whether the new £2.8 million investment in focal therapy will be distributed across all re

3 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prostate Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost of implementing the targeted prostate cancer screening programme; how many additional (a) PSA tests, (b) MRI scans, (c) biopsies and (d) specialist urology app

3 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prostate Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of restricting routine screening to men with a BRCA2 gene variant and relevant family history on (a) early diagnosis rates, (b) cancer survival r

3 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prostate Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of (a) the number of men who will be eligible for the new targeted prostate cancer screening programme, (b) the number expected to participate in screening annually, (c) t

3 Jun 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Iron and Steel: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate he has made of the volume and value of steel imports that were subject to contractual commitments before the announcement of revised safeguard measures on 14 March 2026; what transitional

3 Jun 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what consultation was undertaken with downstream steel-using industries before the decision to reduce tariff-free steel import quotas and increase safeguard tariffs from 1 July 2026; whether a full eco

3 Jun 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the recent announcement of changes to steel safeguard measures due to take effect on 1 July 2026, what assessment he has made of the availability of specialist steel grades and alloys

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