Written questions

1,690 written questions tabled, most recent first.

4 Dec 2025 · Home Office

Human Remains: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of real human remains being advertised for sale on ecommerce sites.

27 Nov 2025 · Treasury

National Insurance Credits: Students

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has assessed the potential merits of (a) introducing National Insurance credits for periods spent in full-time higher education and (b) allowing individuals to make voluntary National Insuranc

27 Nov 2025 · Department for Education

Home Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her department plans to provide Local Authorities with extra funding to support training of social workers and council workers to improve understanding of home education.

27 Nov 2025 · Department for Education

Home Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her department consulted academic experts in pedagogy in home education on the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill.

27 Nov 2025 · Department for Education

Children: Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her department has consulted with a) NSPCC, b) Women's Aid, and c) other charities, on the potential implications of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill on children who have been victims of abuse

27 Nov 2025 · Department for Education

Children: Data Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to carry out a data privacy impact assessment for the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill.

25 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Rosyth Dockyard: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the projected cost of the planned infrastructural improvements at Rosyth Dockyard; whether the improvements will require the removal from the dockyard of radioactively contaminated equipment.

25 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Devonport Dockyard: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the projected cost of the infrastructural improvements at HMNB Devonport, Plymouth; when is the expected completion date; and whether the improvements involve the removal of radioactively contaminated equ

25 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Clyde Naval Base: Radioactive Waste

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if the new Establishment Management Plan at HMNB Clyde will address and remedy radioactive leaks into the loch.

25 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the review made of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) methodology as mentioned has been undertaken last year in the Defence Nuclear Enterprise 2025 annual report.

25 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Defence

USA: Military Alliances

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many U.K.-US working groups currently exist pursuant to the 1958 Mutual Defense Agreement on Atomic Energy Matters; what subjects do they cover; and what is the annual cost of servicing these working groups.

25 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Nuclear Weapons: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the US Los Alamos National nuclear laboratory and Lawrence Livermore national laboratory have played a role in the research, design or development of the British Astraea nuclear warhead.

25 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Defence

France: Military Alliances

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what has been the cost of implementation of the Anglo-French TEUTATES treaty since its inception in 2010; and whether French military personnel are based at AWE Aldermaston or AWE Burghfield as part of the treaty

25 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Nuclear Weapons

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what bi-lateral working groups have been created between AWE and the French counterparts on the development of the Astraea nuclear warhead.

25 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Nuclear Weapons: Proliferation

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his department has commissioned an assessment on the compliance of the British use of Epure with Article One of the 1968 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

24 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Nuclear Weapons: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what has been the cost to date of the Astraea nuclear warhead design and production programme.

24 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Nuclear Weapons: Decommissioning

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what quantity of plutonium has been recovered from the dismantling of the Mk4A Trident warheads since the start of the dismantlement programme; what proportion has been re-cycled and re-used in new warheads; wher

24 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence Nuclear Enterprise

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether there are any Australian naval personnel sited at any U.K. Defence Nuclear Enterprise establishment as part of the AUKUS collaboration in nuclear-propelled submarines.

24 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence Nuclear Enterprise

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the university departments where his Department is currently funding PhD students under the Nuclear Skills Plan working on projects in support of the Defence Nuclear Enterprise.

24 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence Nuclear Enterprise

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the details and values of contracts his Department has placed with a) universities and b) private research organisations in respect of work for the Defence Nuclear Enterprise since 2015.

24 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Climate Change: Developing Countries

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions her Department has had with international partners on the potential merits of linking debt cancellation to climate adaptation funding for countries facing both high debt burdens and climate-related

24 Nov 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what consideration his Department has given to aligning the UK’s net zero policies with commitments to communities impacted by historical UK-linked emissions.

24 Nov 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Climate Change: International Assistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to provide financial or technical assistance to nations affected by climate change.

24 Nov 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Developing Countries: Biodiversity

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of historical UK-linked deforestation and extractive industries on biodiversity loss in the Global South; and

24 Nov 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Slavery: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of holding discussions with financial institutions on reparatory (a) funds and (b) initiatives relating to the transatl

24 Nov 2025 · Department for Education

Colonialism and Slavery: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the history of Britain's involvement in the transatlantic slave trade and colonialism is accurately and thoroughly taught in schools.

24 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Debts: Developing Countries

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that UK-based private lenders participate in international debt relief initiatives for low-income countries.

24 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Debts: Developing Countries

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that UK-backed international development finance does not contribute to unsustainable debt in recipient countries.

24 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Debts: Developing Countries

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to encourage private creditors to participate in international debt relief efforts for heavily indebted low-income countries.

24 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Debts: Developing Countries

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of debt servicing on the ability of low-income countries to fund public services and climate adaptation; and what steps she is taking to support intern

Source: official written-questions record.