Written questions

5,143 written questions tabled, most recent first.

3 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Israel

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2025 to Question 53953 on Gaza: Infant Mortality, whether the Israeli Government responded to the request to (a) stop military operations in

3 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Israel

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 2 June 2025 to Question 51909 on Gaza: Humanitarian Aid, what the response of the Israeli ambassador was to the Government's positions that (a) it s

3 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Famine

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer to Question 53142 on Gaza: Famine, what assessment his Department has made of the causes of (a) famine and (b) starvation risk in Gaza.

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Animal Products: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent progress his Department has made on banning trophy hunting imports.

30 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Parking: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions she has had with local councils on the provision of free parking near (a) parks (b) recreational areas and (c) high streets.

30 May 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Solar Power: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent steps she has taken to financially support the installation of solar panel installation on homes.

30 May 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Football

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had discussions with the English Football League on a potential increase in the number of teams promoted from National League into the English Football League.

30 May 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Electric Bicycles: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of (a) legislation and (b) regulations in relation to direct-to-consumer e-bike imports.

30 May 2025 · Department for Transport

Electric Bicycles: Road Traffic Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps her Department has taken to help ensure the effective enforcement of legislation relating to e-bikes on roads.

30 May 2025 · Department for Transport

Electric Bicycles: Road Traffic Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of non-road legal (a) conversion kits and (b) e-bikes on road safety.

30 May 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Meters

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent discussions has he had with energy suppliers on the timeline for the distribution of compensation to customers who were forced to have prepayment meters installed.

21 May 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with SMEs on barriers to defence procurement.

21 May 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Supply Chains

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on an unified security clearance system across the (a) Ministry for Defence, (b) Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and (c) Home Office for prospec

21 May 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Semiconductors: Supply Chains

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the stability of the semiconductor supply chain for the UK defence industry.

21 May 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with defence manufacturers on skills levels in that sector.

21 May 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Apprentices: Defence

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he is taking steps to increase the number of apprenticeships within the defence sector.

21 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Food Banks: South East

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information her Department holds on the number of (a) food banks there are, (b) donations made to food banks and (c) people who used foodbanks in (i) Slough and (b) the South East in 2024.

21 May 2025 · Department for Education

Educational Psychology: Vacancies

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of vacancies for educational psychologists.

21 May 2025 · Department for Education

Adoption: Psychiatry

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of financial support available for therapy for adoptive children.

21 May 2025 · Department for Education

Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she conducted an economic impact assessment on changes to the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund.

21 May 2025 · Attorney General

Knives: Crime

To ask the Solicitor General, what recent steps she has taken to help increase prosecution rates for knife crime.

21 May 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Small Businesses and Sole Traders: Innovation

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent steps he has taken to support (a) innovation and (b) invention among (i) SMEs and (ii) sole traders.

21 May 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Sole Traders: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the accessibility of financial support available for sole traders.

21 May 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Infant Mortality

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the report by the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordi

21 May 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Animal Experiments

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of animals used for Defence Science and Technology Laboratory research in 2024.

21 May 2025 · Home Office

Police: Neurodiversity

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of training available to police forces for engaging with neurodiverse suspects.

21 May 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ottawa Convention

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to remain a signatory to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction.

21 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Slough

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of adult social care provision in Slough.

20 May 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Genocide

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps he has taken to (a) prevent and (b) punish the crime of genocide.

20 May 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Crimes against Humanity

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what his policy is on the provision of potential evidence possessed by the Government of (a) genocide, (b) war crimes, (c) crimes against humanity and (d) crimes of aggressio

Source: official written-questions record.