Written questions
1,705 written questions tabled, most recent first.
12 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport
Buses: Electric Vehicles
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made about the potential impact of importing Chinese built electric buses on UK security.
12 Mar 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Electronic Equipment: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to support electronic device repair businesses.
12 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Electronic Equipment: Waste Disposal
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help raise public awareness of the dangers of irresponsible electronic waste disposal.
12 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Electronic Equipment: Waste Disposal
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help ensure electronic waste is safely disposed.
12 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Electronic Equipment: Waste Disposal
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help reduce levels of electronic waste.
12 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Electronic Equipment: Waste Disposal
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made about the potential impact of scale of electronic waste on the environment.
12 Mar 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Electronic Equipment: Foreign Investment in UK
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to create an attractive business environment for inwards investment in the electronics industry.
12 Mar 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Electrical Goods: Foreign Investment in UK
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to promote inward investment in electric appliance manufacturing in the UK.
12 Mar 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Apprentices and Training: Electronic Equipment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help improve the availability of (a) apprenticeships and (b) training courses in the electronic device repair industry.
12 Mar 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Electrical Goods: Manufacturing Industries
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to promote British made electronic (a) devices and (b) appliances to consumers.
12 Mar 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Electrical Goods: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to ensure electrical devices built in the UK are made to high durability standards.
10 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport
Driving Licences
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what measures are in place to ensure provisional driving license applications are processed within DVLA target times during periods of high demand for applications.
10 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport
Driving Licences
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data her department holds on trends in the level of waiting times for provisional driving license applications.
10 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport
Driving Licences: Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her department is taking to ensure provisional driving license applications involving medical conditions are assessed within DVLA target times.
10 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport
Driving Licences: Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data her department holds about the proportion of provisional driving license applications involving non-complex medical conditions that were not assessed within DVLA target waiting times.
10 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport
Driving Licences
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data her department holds about the proportion of provisional driving license applications that were not assessed within DVLA target waiting times.
10 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport
Driving Licences: Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her department has held recent conversation with the DVLA regarding the time taken to process provisional driving license applications involving non-complex medical conditions.
10 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport
Driving Licences: Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her department is taking to reduce waiting times for Fitness to Drive assessments.
10 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport
Driving: Medical Examinations
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to improve accessibility to Mobility Assessment Centres in (a) Nottinghamshire and (b) the East Midlands.
10 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport
Driving Licences: Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her department is taking to ensure that people are provided vehicles similar to their usual vehicle during Fitness to Drive assessments.
10 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport
Driving Licences: Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data her department holds on current waiting times for Fitness to Drive assessments.
9 Mar 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of PIP claims were not assessed within the Department's target wait times in the last 12 months.
9 Mar 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of waiting time for PIP claim decisions.
9 Mar 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure PIP claims are assessed within the Department's target wait times.
6 Mar 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy: Prices
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to support people with potential surges in energy costs.
6 Mar 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy: Prices
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of the conflict in the Middle East on energy prices for British consumers.
6 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Defence
Defence
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to (a) improve military readiness and (b) address gaps in military capability to build resilience to (i) current and (ii) future threats.
6 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Defence
Defence
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the UK’s defence industrial base.
6 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Defence
Defence
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the UK's level of military readiness for potential large-scale conflict.
6 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Defence
Defence
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment his Department has made on the adequacy of the UK's air defence.
Source: official written-questions record.