Written questions

595 written questions tabled, most recent first.

16 Jul 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Written question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will meet with me to discuss sub-sea cement applications with regard to offshore wind within Scottish supply chains.

16 Jul 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Written question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to Norfolk Vanguard East & West, whether his department has received RWE's supply chain plans.

16 Jul 2026 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Written question

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what funding is available to communities across the UK under the Pitching In programme; which body administers that funding in Scotland; and under what criteria is it allocated.

24 Jun 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Fuel Oil: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will publish a timetable for implementing any recommendations arising from the Competition and Markets Authority's heating oil market study within three months of receiving the final re

12 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pigmeat

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with relevant stakeholders on the UK pig meat sector; and what steps she is taking to support that sector through the consequences of China's ban on EU pig

12 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pigmeat: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the ban on EU pig meat by Asian markets on the (a) number of UK imports of EU pig meat in percentage terms over the last 12 mont

12 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking in response to the recent leak of Civil Service Pension Scheme members Annual Benefit Statements.

12 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many additional staff have been deployed to clear the administrative backlog in relation to the Civil Service Pension Scheme; when the full complement of additional staff will be in place; and when the backl

9 Jun 2026 · Treasury

Food: Prices

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the potential impact on food prices caused by the proposed Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism on imported fertiliser for UK agriculture.

21 May 2026 · Cabinet Office

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to respond to the enquiry from the hon. Member for Angus and Perthshire Glens, reference DD21808, submitted on 21/01/2026 on MyCSP service.

15 May 2026 · Treasury

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when she plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Angus and Perthshire Glens with reference DD22592.

28 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to a) investigate the recent leak of Civil Service Pension Scheme members Annual Benefit Statements and b) prevent further such breaches.

28 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when Capita will put additional resource in place to begin clearing the Civil Service Pension Scheme backlog.

28 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of Civil Service Pension Scheme members have been provided with an Annual Benefit Statement for a) 2024-25, b) 2023-24, c) 2022-23 and d) 2021-22.

23 Mar 2026 · Treasury

Motor Vehicles: Credit

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with the Financial Conduct Authority regarding its proposal to set compensatory interest for motor finance redress at the Bank of England base rate plus one per cent, in the context cour

23 Mar 2026 · Treasury

Motor Vehicles: Credit

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential economic impact on Scottish communities of the estimated £551 million shortfall between the Financial Conduct Authority's proposed motor finance redress scheme pay outs

23 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Minesweepers: Strait of Hormuz

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he will discuss with Ukraine their deployment to the Straight of Hormuz with the two former Royal Navy Sandown-class minehunters which were gifted to Ukraine but which been prevented from transiting to th

19 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much of Scotland’s Defence Growth Deal funding derives from the Defence Industrial Strategy skills package.

19 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made on allocating a share of the £182 million Defence Industrial Strategy skills package to Scotland.

17 Mar 2026 · Treasury

Taxation: Overpayments

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 9 March 2026 to Question 116959 on Taxation: Overpayments, if she will publish the average processing time for HMRC overpayment relief claims in each of the last 12 months.

10 Mar 2026 · Treasury

Fuel Oil: Prices

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what support she will introduce to assist people with oil heating through the current kerosine price increases.

2 Mar 2026 · Treasury

Taxation: Overpayments

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, (a) what the current average processing time is for HMRC overpayment relief claims; and (b) what steps her Department are taking to reduce times in processing those claims.

24 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office

Palantir

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to Written Question UIN 77563, answered on the 13 October 2025, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to ensure that Ministers are adequately briefed when they present to Parliament.

20 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, a) what assessment he has made of the extent to which legacy pension disputes currently being pursued by the Ministry of Defence and Equiniti arise from historical administrative or management errors by the Depar

20 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many legacy disputes relating to incorrectly calculated Armed Forces pension entitlements are currently being pursued by Equiniti and the Ministry of Defence; and what the total monetary value of these claims

12 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Norway: Type 26 Frigates

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with his Norwegian counterpart on finalising the number of Global Combat Ships which BAE will build in Glasgow for that country.

11 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office

Lord Doyle

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will immediately release the vetting advice the Prime Minister received prior to the appointment of Matthew Doyle to the House of Lords.

9 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Hawk Aircraft: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what procurement priority has been awarded to the replacement of the Royal Air Forces Hawk T1 and T2 aircraft.

9 Feb 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Poverty: Children and Pensioners

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of trends in (a) pensioner poverty and (b) child poverty across the UK.

9 Feb 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Unemployment: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the youth unemployment rate was in the most recent period for which data is available in (a) Scotland, (b) England and (c) Wales.

Source: official written-questions record.