Written questions

1,673 written questions tabled, most recent first.

8 Jul 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Child Maintenance Service

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what process Child Maintenance Service uses to verify reports by constituents that incorrect or unverified information has been used in maintenance assessments.

7 Jul 2026 · Cabinet Office

UK Relations with EU: Technology

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether alignment of EU and UK clean technology standards are a subject of discussion of the EU-UK Reset negotiations.

7 Jul 2026 · Department for Education

Pupil Exclusions: Young Offenders

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her Department's policies of data from ADR UK on multiple temporary exclusions of pupils and the criminal justice system, published in April 2026.

7 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport

Railways: Temperature

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the impact of the recent heatwave on the punctuality of trains across the national rail network; and what steps she has taken to ensure passengers receive timely delay compensati

7 Jul 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Social Media: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will take steps to ensure that the planned social media ban for under-16s will have robust blocks in place to avoid circumvention.

24 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people with advanced and terminal illnesses receive the Civil Service Pensions in a timely manner.

8 Jun 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Recruitment: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps the Government is taking to help ensure that automated and remote recruitment processes do not act as a barrier to entry-level employment for young people with no prior work

8 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the (a) adequacy of mental health provision for young people and (b) the potential impact of rates of anxiety, depression, autism and ADHD on youth economic inactivit

8 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

UK Relations with EU: Pollution Control

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make it his policy to align Government policy with the EU’s higher air quality standards as part of the European Partnership Bill.

8 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

UK Relations with EU: Import Controls

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if the European Partnership Bill will include provisions on Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) standards.

3 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prostate Cancer: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to introduce the Stockholm3 test for prostate cancer within the NHS.

20 Apr 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Heat Pumps

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of rollout of heat pumps by boiler manufacturers.

20 Apr 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Biofuels: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to strengthen regulations on biomass energy production and waste incineration companies, including to ensure the sector takes responsibility for reducing i

20 Apr 2026 · Home Office

Asylum: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to expedite the processing of asylum claims of Afghan nationals who (a) served with and (b) assisted British troops in the Afghanistan war.

20 Apr 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Offences against Children: Social Media

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking steps to prevent and restrict social media sites from being used for child sex trafficking activity.

10 Apr 2026 · Home Office

Police: Biometrics

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to minimise the risk of racial bias found in AI powered Live Facial Recognition systems.

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence: Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the impact of rising energy prices on the AI sector in the United Kingdom.

10 Apr 2026 · Home Office

Cybercrime: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the increasing use of artificial intelligence by criminals in conducting cyberattacks.

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Cybercrime and Cybersecurity

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the proportion of companies paying ransoms to hackers following cyber-attacks; and what steps her Department is taking to improve cybersecurit

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Renewable Energy: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to ensure that the green workforce is expanding at a pace sufficient to meet the growing demands of an accelerated energy transition.

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Natural Gas

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to (a) expand and (b) ensure resiliency of the UK’s gas (i) infrastructure and storage systems and (ii) reserves.

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Basketball: Facilities

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the (a) condition and (b) availability of outdoor basketball courts; and what steps her Department is taking to ensure adequate funding

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Gambling: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle illegal online sport gambling sites that do not hold a licence to operate in the UK.

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agricultural Products: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle inflation in the cost of produce caused by increased energy costs due to the conflict in Iran.

9 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Defence Equipment: Investment

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to mobilise private finance for the development of defence technology, a) in the start-up sector and b) from European investors.

9 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Moths: Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help prevent the loss of UK moth species.

9 Mar 2026 · Treasury

Mortgages

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her department has made of the impact of increasing oil and gas prices on fixed-rate mortgages in light of the conflict in Iran; and what steps her department will take to support homeowners affected

9 Mar 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Data Centres: Foreign Investment in UK

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that inward investment agreements for new datacentres include binding requirements on energy efficiency, renewable power sourcing and heat-

9 Mar 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Unemployment: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to support young people identified as Not in Education, Employment or Training.

27 Feb 2026 · Department for Education

Schools: Lancashire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what capital and revenue funding allocations have been made to local authorities in Lancashire for a) primary schools, b) secondary schools and c) specialist school places over the next 2 years.

Source: official written-questions record.