Written questions
1,066 written questions tabled, most recent first.
15 Jul 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Social Media
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to promote healthier social media consumption for adult consumers.
15 Jul 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Social Media
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to promote greater user content viewing control on social media platforms for adult consumers.
15 Jul 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Artificial Intelligence: Internet
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of regulating the use of online retention algorithms directed at adult consumers.
15 Jul 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Artificial Intelligence: Social Media
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the use of online retention algorithms on adult social media consumers, particularly those with accessibility needs.
30 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Defence
Veterans: Medical Records
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made on reviewing the documentation held by his Department on the medical records of nuclear test veterans.
17 Jun 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
State Retirement Pensions: Women
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the further legal costs that may be incurred by the Department in relation to ongoing litigation concerning compensation for women affected by maladministration in State Pen
17 Jun 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
State Retirement Pensions: Women
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the comparative cost to the public purse of (a) compensating women affected by maladministration in State Pension Age communications and (b) losses to the Department arisi
17 Jun 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Department for Work and Pensions: Women against State Pension Inequality
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Department has considered participating in Alternative Dispute Resolution or mediation in relation to the ongoing legal proceedings brought by WASPI.
17 Jun 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Department for Work and Pensions: Women against State Pension Inequality
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on how many occasions Ministers or officials from his Department have met representatives of the WASPI Campaign since September 2024.
15 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Respiratory Diseases: Salford
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of (a) the prevalence of respiratory disease and (b) the number of emergency hospital admissions for respiratory conditions in Salford; and what steps he is
29 May 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy Comapny Obligation: Supply Chains
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what oversight mechanisms are in place in relation to (a) payment delays, (b) retentions and (c) wider commercial practices by obligated suppliers within the ECO scheme supply chain.
29 May 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy Comapny Obligation: Supply Chains
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that (a) installers and (b) other businesses within the ECO supply chain are paid (i) appropriately and (ii) promptly for completed works.
20 May 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
McDonalds Restaurants: Work Experience
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of safeguarding measures for in-person work experience placements at i) outlets centrally owned by and ii) franchisee-owned stores operated by McDonald'
28 Apr 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
State Retirement Pensions: Women
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what consideration he has made of joining inclusive mediation with 1950s born women about the maladministration of state pension age changes.
28 Apr 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
McDonalds Restaurants: Work Experience
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has had discussions with McDonalds UK on the adequacy of safeguarding measures in relation to the "in-person work experience placements" at (i) outlets centrally owned by McDonald's UK and (i
27 Apr 2026 · Treasury
Travel: Tax Allowances
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when HMRC last reviewed the overseas subsistence scale rates; what assessment she has made of the potential impact of those rates on employees working abroad, in the context of increases in the cost of food; and whe
23 Mar 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Development Aid: Climate Change
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what proportion of the UK’s international climate finance is delivered as (a) grants and (b) loans; and what steps she is taking to ensure that financial support to countries
20 Feb 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Warm Homes Agency
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what progress he has made on establishing the Warm Homes Agency.
20 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 progress he has made on establishing the Warm Homes Plan workforce.
20 Feb 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy Company Obligation: Small Businesses
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to provide support to energy efficiency (a) SMEs and (b) microbusinesses dependent on ECO scheme funding.
20 Feb 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy Company Obligation
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of ending the ECO scheme on energy efficiency sector workers and businesses.
20 Feb 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy Company Obligation: Small Businesses
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of the number of SMEs and microbusinesses in the energy efficiency sector and wider supply chains that are dependent on ECO scheme funding.
20 Feb 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Insulation: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what funding is currently available for energy efficiency retrofitting of insulation for low-income households; and what funding will be available through the (a) Warm Homes Plan and (b) othe
10 Feb 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
McDonalds Restaurants
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he has taken to encourage McDonald's Restaurants UK to take up the offer from the UK National Contact Point to provide mediation with complainants regarding the corporation's compliance with
30 Jan 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Members: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when he plans to respond to correspondence from the hon. Member for Salford of 11 September 2025 on the British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme.
30 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Justice
Members: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to respond to correspondence from the hon. Member for Salford of 30 October 2025 on deaths in custody and prison management at HMP Forest Bank, reference number MC128673.
30 Jan 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Broadcasting: Disclosure of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of trends in the use of extension of probationary periods in publicly owned broadcasters to detriment whistleblowing employees.
30 Jan 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Broadcasting: Disclosure of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what external oversight mechanisms are in place to ensure that publicly owned broadcasters investigate whistleblowing concerns independently of senior management.
26 Jan 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Broadcasting: Disclosure of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of whistleblowing protections for employees of publicly owned broadcasters under the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998.
21 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Food Poverty
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish a list of organisations represented at his Department's conference on food poverty on 14 and 15 January 2026.
Source: official written-questions record.