Written questions
9,475 written questions tabled, most recent first.
5 Jun 2025 · Department for Education
Care Leavers: Employment Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help care leavers to secure employment following education.
5 Jun 2025 · Department for Education
Care Leavers: Grants
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will set the minimum grant for young people leaving care to set up home at £3000.
5 Jun 2025 · Department for Education
Children in Care: Discrimination
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of making care experience a protected characteristic.
5 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Israel: Military Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has withheld any Royal Air Force surveillance information from the Israeli government in the last two years.
5 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Gaza: Humanitarian Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has considered providing a sea route for humanitarian aid to Gaza.
5 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence
F-35 Aircraft: Spare Parts
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether there are any contractual requirements that would prevent the UK from withdrawing from the F35 global spare parts pool.
5 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence
F-35 Aircraft: Spare Parts
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the length is of the UK's contract with the F35 global spare parts pool; and when that contract ends.
5 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Development Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of reductions in aid spending on the global influence of (a) China and (b) other countries.
5 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Development Aid: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of reductions in Overseas Development Assistance on the number of children able to access education.
5 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Diplomatic Service: Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much his Department spends on diplomacy (a) in numerical terms and (b) as a proportion of gross value added each year.
5 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Development Aid: Women
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of reductions to international development aid on (a) women and (b) children.
5 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Nuclear Disarmament
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he has taken to achieve multilateral disarmament of nuclear weapons.
5 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that the UK Government complies with its Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons obligations.
3 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with a disabled person in their household pay a spare room subsidy payment.
3 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people pay spare room subsidy payments.
3 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has considered ending spare room subsidy payments.
3 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Disqualification
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of ending conditionality through sanctioning in relation to social security.
3 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Disqualification
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of conditionality through sanctions on levels of (a) poverty and (b) mental health of social security recipients.
3 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what methods her Department uses to calculate the minimum amount of social security that a person can live off.
3 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Israel: Military Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the last time was that a member of the Israel Defense Forces was trained by the UK armed forces.
3 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Gaza: Surveillance
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the last time was that his Department provided the (a) Israeli government and (b) Israel Defense Forces with surveillance data of Gaza from Royal Air Force planes.
3 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Gaza: Surveillance
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has (a) passed and (b) sold surveillance data of Gaza to Israel since (i) 7 October 2023, (ii) 5 July 2024 and (iii) 2 September 2024.
3 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Gaza: Surveillance
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many surveillance flights the Royal Air Force has made over Gaza since (a) 7 October 2023, (b) 5 July 2023 and (c) 2 September 2023.
3 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence
F-35 Aircraft: Spare Parts
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had recent discussions with his international counterparts on the potential merits of (a) withdrawing from the F35 global spare parts pool and (b) continuing to sell components to countries within
3 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence
F-35 Aircraft: Spare Parts
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had recent discussions with his international counterparts on the potential merits of placing GPS technology labelling on spare parts for the F35 global spare parts pool.
3 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
F-35 Aircraft: Spare Parts
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what information his Department holds on which countries purchase spare parts from the F35 global spare part pool.
3 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
F-35 Aircraft: Spare Parts
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many UK-manufactured parts have been sold into the F35 global spare parts pool since (a) 7 October 2023 and (b) 2 September 2024; and how many of these parts have been transferred to Israel.
3 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
F-35 Aircraft: Spare Parts
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what revenues (a) the Government and (b) manufacturers have received from selling components into the F35 global spare parts pool in each of the last three years.
3 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence
F-35 Aircraft: Spare Parts
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had recent discussions with his international counterparts in the F35 global spare parts pool on the potential merits of (a) removing Israel from the pool and (b) introducing a carve out for UK par
3 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
F-35 Aircraft: Spare Parts
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the Government of placing conditionality on the use of UK-manufactured goods being sent to Israel through the global spare parts pool for use on planes operat
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