Written questions

2,929 written questions tabled, most recent first.

26 Jan 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Global Disinformation Index

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department uses the Global Disinformation Index service.

22 Jan 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Chagos Islands: Sovereignty

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Government's response entitled Repeal of section 76B of the Mauritian Criminal Code by the National Assembly in Mauritius, published on 30 October 2025,

22 Jan 2026 · Department for Education

Department for Education: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the transparency data entitled the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for government’s most important contracts, Data for July to September 2025 for all departments, published on 25 December 20

22 Jan 2026 · Department for Education

Department for Education: Public Appointments

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Commissioner for Public Appointment annual report 2024-25, published in December 2025, Appendix: direct appointments, what the business case was for appointing a non-executive director for

22 Jan 2026 · Department for Education

Erasmus+ Programme: Flags

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had discussions with her European Union counterpart on the display of flags by the National Agency that will manage the UK's participation in the Erasmus+ programme.

22 Jan 2026 · Department for Education

Teachers: Political Impartiality

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the press release entitled 16 year olds to be given right to vote through election reforms, published on 17 July 2025, if she will take steps to prevent political campaigning by teachers on sc

22 Jan 2026 · Department for Education

Erasmus+ Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2026 to Question 101957 on Erasmus+ Programme, what estimate she has made of the potential cost to the public purse of participating in Erasmus+ in (a) 2026-27 and (b) 2027-

22 Jan 2026 · Department for Education

Erasmus+ Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2026 to Question 101957 on Erasmus+ Programme, whether the National Agency will be an arms’ length body.

22 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice: Public Appointments

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the answer of 16 December 2025 to Question 98098 on Ministry of Justice: Public Appointments, what the annual remuneration of those appointments is.

22 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice: Public Appointments

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, who the members of the pool of Independent Panel Members for public appointments in his Department are.

22 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for government’s most important contracts, Data for July to September 2025, published on 25 December 2025, if he will provide a hyperlink to the contract pe

22 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ministers' Private Offices: Civil Service

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 10 October 2025 to Question 74531 on Ministers' Private Offices: Civil Service, what the title and grade was of that appointment; and for what reason that appointment was

22 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Mission Board

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 16 December 2025 to Question 98794 on Mission Boards, who the internal and external members are of the Health Mission Board.

22 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Department of Health and Social Care: Facsimile Transmission

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the answer of 20 May 20213, Official Report, House of Lords, Column WA22, on Government Departments: Fax Machines, whether his Department has operational fax machines or faxing fa

22 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England: Flags

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 11 December 2025 to Question 94707 on Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England: Flags, if he will list each flag, for flying from buildings that his Department

21 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Quality Commission: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether any leadership and promotion schemes run by the Care Equality Commission are restricted to ethnic minorities and other protected characteristics.

21 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Department of Health and Social Care: Facilities Agreements

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) he and (b) the Permanent Secretary approved the use of paid facility time for trade union activities in NHS England in the 2024-25 NHS England annual report and accounts.

21 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Written question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to Ofwat’s Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy 2025-28, how much Ofwat has spent on external equality, diversity and inclusion training since July 2024; via which s

21 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Ofwat: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason Ofwat's Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy 2025-28 refers to gender rather than sex awareness.

21 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Public appointments

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 17 December 2025 to Question 98120 on DEFRA: Public Appointment, whether any made a declaration of political activity.

21 Jan 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Decolonise Fest: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding (a) her Department and (b) the Arts Council has allocated to Decolonise Fest since July 2024.

21 Jan 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Government Art Collection: Freedom of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2025 to Question HL12794 on Government Art Collection, if she will list the (a) date received, (b) reference number, (c) date substantively answered, (d) sub

21 Jan 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Freedom of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will place in the Library a copy of the Freedom of Information Act disclosure, reference FOI2025/05106, of 8 July 2025.

21 Jan 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

NHS: Industrial Disputes

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the answer of 21 November 2025, to Question 86250, on NHS: Industrial Disputes, whether (a) his Department and (b) the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service has provided guidance t

21 Jan 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

MG OMD: Equality and Social Mobility

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Media Buying contract with MANNING GOTTLIEB OMD, for what reason the requirement to promote diversity, inclusion and social mobility is a key performance indicator.

21 Jan 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Cabinet Office: Public Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the answer of 28 November 2025, to Question 92594, on Cabinet Office: Public Expenditure, if he will publish the (a) evidential basis and (b) research underpinning the estimated regulatory

21 Jan 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Jeffery Epstein

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will publish emails and documents from 2009-10 held by Integrated Corporate Service containing the words Jeffery Epstein.

21 Jan 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Department for Business and Trade: Languages

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether Ministers in his Department have received coaching in foreign languages since July 2024.

21 Jan 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Public Appointments Commissioner: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Commissioner for Public Appointment’s annual report 2024-25, published December 2025, Appendix: direct appointments, what the business case was for appointing a non-executive dire

21 Jan 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Cabinet Office: Public Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the answer of 28 November 2025 to Question 92594 on Cabinet Office: Public Expenditure, whether any types of regulation are excluded from the regulation reduction target; and whether taxati

Source: official written-questions record.