Written questions
5,143 written questions tabled, most recent first.
10 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office
United Kingdom Security Vetting: Telephone Services
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what is the median and mean wait time for callers who call UKSV.
9 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Sikhs: Racial Hatred
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made a recent assessment of the risks of attack on Sikh Gurdwaras in the context of the recent conviction of the murderer of Henry Nowak.
8 Jun 2026 · Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority: Staff
To ask the hon. Member for Warrington North, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, for each pay band of staff at IPSA, (a) what job titles and (b) what the average salary of staff in that pay band is;
3 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office
COBR: Staff
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff employed in the Resilience Directorate in January 2025 have been retained within the COBR Directorate; and how many of those staff are employed at each civil service grade.
3 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office
Cabinet Office: Staff
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff were working in the Resilience Directorate in the Cabinet Office in: (a) January 2024, (b) July 2024, (c) January 2025 and (d) July 2025.
1 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Simpson Environmental Services: Air Pollution and Noise
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps she has taken with the Environment Agency to prevent excessive (a) air and (b) noise pollution from Simpson Environmental Services Ltd in Slough constituency.
21 May 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Fly-tipping: Slough
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has any recent discussions with the Environment Agency regarding the removal of flytipped rubbish beside Stoke Road and the Slough Arm of the Grand Union Canal.
20 May 2026 · Treasury
Fraud: Victims
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of regulatory protections for victims of fraud, particularly in cases involving (a) card and (b) authorised push payments.
20 May 2026 · Ministry of Justice
Court of Protection: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate he has made of the waiting time for an application for deputyship to be seen at the Court of Protection.
20 May 2026 · Treasury
Financial Conduct Authority: Standards
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment her Department has made of the Financial Conduct Authority's regulatory performance in cases related to peer-to-peer style investments.
20 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Disability: Advocacy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has issues guidance to Integrated Care Boards to support disabled adults who are unable to access primary care, including GP registration, without specialist advocacy support
20 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Disability: Advocacy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with Integrated Care Boards on the availability of health-related advocacy for disabled adults where such support is necessary to enable access to NHS services
20 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Adenomyosis: Slough
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the availability of treatment for patients with adenomyosis in Slough constituency.
20 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Adenomyosis: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to reduce diagnosis time for adenomyosis.
20 May 2026 · Department for Education
PE and Sport Premium
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to announce future funding arrangements for the Primary PE and Sport Premium.
20 May 2026 · Department for Education
Primary Education: Physical Education and Sports
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent progress has been made on how Primary PE and Sport will be funded in the 2026–27 academic year.
20 May 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Fly-tipping
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support her Department has recently given to (a) local authorities and (b) the Environment Agency to assist with the removal of large-scale fly-tipped waste.
19 May 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Tell Us Once Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of including Members of Parliament as persons to be notified under the the Tell Us Once service.
19 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Infant Mortality: Slough
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability of mental health support to parents affected by baby loss in Slough.
19 May 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Fly-tipping: Slough
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has had discussions with Slough Borough Council on their legal duty to remove fly-tipped waste located beside Stoke Road and the Slough Arm of the Grand Union Ca
15 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Surgery: Protective Clothing
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing reusable scrub hats in surgical theatres, fitted with Velcro name-and-role panels, in improving patient safety and experience; wha
14 May 2026 · Ministry of Defence
Gibraltar: Navy
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will raise the issue of the safety of UK military vessels transiting to and from Gibraltar, and to seek reassurances that Royal Navy vessels will not be impeded or put at risk by Spanish authorities.
14 May 2026 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Re-employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer on 26 March 2026 to Question 121801 on Armed Forces Re-employment, what progress has been made in making the requested information available and placing a copy in the Library.
14 May 2026 · Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority: Staff
To ask the hon. Member for Warrington North, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, with reference to the Answer of 9 March 2026 to Question 117392 on Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority and M
14 May 2026 · Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority: Staff
To ask the hon. Member for Warrington North, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, with reference to the Answer on 9 March 2026 to Question 117392 on the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority a
13 May 2026 · Ministry of Defence
Defence
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his letter to the Defence Committee of 31 January 2025, whether Defence Officials have published an official summary of the Defence Planning Assumptions.
23 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ovarian Cancer: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has been made of the adequacy of funding available for research into ovarian cancer in order to improve (a) detection and (b) treatment.
22 Apr 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
UK Relations with EU
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress has been made on negotiations for a Framework Participation Agreement with the EU.
22 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Defence
Defence: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many major contracts which have been signed by his department since July 2024 were a) sustainment or refresh contracts or b) new procurement contracts.
22 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Defence
Defence: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many contracts his Department has entered into in each of the last five years.
Source: official written-questions record.