Written questions

9,475 written questions tabled, most recent first.

3 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence

F-35 Aircraft: Spare Parts

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps are available to him to call on the Israeli government to leave 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, whether steps are available to him to have a carve out of the F35 global components pool placing a moratorium on the use of UK manufactured parts by the Israeli government.

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 place conditionality on the use of UK manufactured components sold into the F35 spare parts components pool.

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Free School Meals: Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on changing the eligibility criteria for free school meals to include children whose parents claim Universal Credit.

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Poverty: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on ensuring that (a) voluntary and (b) community organisations are adequately funded to support the child poverty st

2 Jun 2025 · Treasury

Rented Housing: Reviews

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will undertake a review of the broad rental market areas.

2 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Rents

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has had recent discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of introducing rent controls; and if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of

2 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Rents

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has had recent discussions with relevant stakeholders on introducing rent controls at a local authority level.

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Private Rented Housing: Housing Benefit and Local Housing Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much (a) local housing allowance and (b) housing support was provided to tenants in the private rented sector in each of the last five years.

2 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Social Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an estimate of the number of people in the private rented sector due to a lack of social housing.

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy to introduce a minimum income guarantee for people in receipt of social security.

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Poverty: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to help tackle poverty among parents who are carers of disabled children.

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Poverty: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy to set up a task group on tackling the impact of poverty on disabled people.

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Poverty: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) funding and (b) devolved powers she plans to provide to local authorities to help them tackle child poverty.

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Carer's Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of potential impact of the potential impact of proposals to amend Carer's Allowance in the Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper,

2 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Iran: Baha'i Faith

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations his Department has made to the Iranian authorities following reports of 10 Bahá'í women being sentenced to a combined 90 years in prison for facilitating

30 May 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Animal Experiments

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent progress he has made on phasing out animal testing.

22 May 2025 · Department for Transport

Crimes of Violence: Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to create an offence of assaulting a transport worker.

21 May 2025 · Women and Equalities

Disadvantaged

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when she plans to enact the socioeconomic measures in the Equality Act 2010.

20 May 2025 · Department for Transport

British Transport Police: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her plans are for future funding arrangements for British Transport Police (a) during and (b) after the transition to Great British Railways.

20 May 2025 · Department for Transport

British Transport Police: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of existing levels of funding for the British Transport Police.

20 May 2025 · Department for Education

Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what consultation her Department carried out with (a) sector representatives and (b) people with lived experience in making its decision to cut the amount of therapy available per application via the Adoption a

20 May 2025 · Department for Education

Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish any impact assessment carried out by her Department as part of its decision to reduce the amount of funding per application to the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund.

20 May 2025 · Department for Education

Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much of the budget allocated to the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund was spent on therapy in each financial year; and how much overspend there was in each financial year.

14 May 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the value for money of the Defence Fire and Risk Project.

14 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: North Yorkshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people in receipt of the Personal Independence Payment enhanced daily living component were awarded less than four points in all daily living activities in (a) York Centr

14 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people in receipt of the Personal Independence Payment enhanced daily living component were awarded less than four points in all daily living activities in the most recen

14 May 2025 · Department for Education

Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will assess the potential impact of changes to the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund on the number of applications received to that fund; and if she will publish that assessment.

14 May 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Football: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the (a) English Football League and (b) National League on equal opportunity for promotions to the football league for non-league clubs.

14 May 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Football: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the (a) English Football League and (b) Premier League on the potential impact of the new deal financial package on grassroots football.

Source: official written-questions record.