Written questions
1,690 written questions tabled, most recent first.
20 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Air Pollution: Health Hazards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential health impacts of repeated exposure to contaminated cabin air on aircrew.
20 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport
Aircraft: Air Pollution
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits, feasibility and cost to commercial airlines of regulations mandating the installation of enhanced air filtration systems or the use of alternative engine oi
20 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport
Aircraft: Air Pollution
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure consistent reporting of fume events by airlines operating flights to and from the UK.
20 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport
Aircraft: Air Pollution
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to require the installation of real-time cabin air quality monitoring sensors on commercial aircraft operating in the UK.
20 Feb 2026 · Department for Education
Students: Grants
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of setting the annual level of student maintenance support at a level equivalent to a year's salary paid at the National Living Wage for a 36 hour week
20 Feb 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Minimum Wage
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has considered the potential merits of aligning the apprentice minimum wage with the National Living Wage, including the potential impact on (a) recruitment, (b) retention and (c) completion
20 Feb 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Minimum Wage
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of aligning the National Minimum Wage with the National Living Wage.
20 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Justice
Palestine Action: Prosecutions
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made with the Secretary of State for the Home Department of the cost to the public purse of prosecutions brought under section 13 of the Terrorism Act 2000 in relation to members and suppor
20 Feb 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Thames Water: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what contingency plans her Department has in place should Thames Water enter special administration.
20 Feb 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Game: Gun Sports
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to increase enforcement action against wildlife crime linked to gamebird shooting.
20 Feb 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Birds of Prey
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many prosecutions have been brought in relation to offences involving the persecution of birds of prey in each of the last five years.
20 Feb 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Hen Harriers
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) confirmed and (b) suspected criminal incidents involving Hen Harriers have been recorded in each of the last five years.
20 Feb 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Birds of Prey: Conservation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a licensing system for gamebird shooting to deter raptor persecution.
20 Feb 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy: Billing
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what protections are available for heat network consumers in respect of back-billing; and whether he plans to introduce or require limits equivalent to the 12-month back-billing protections t
20 Feb 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy: Billing
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his polices of heat network operators issuing retrospective bills covering multiple years where no prior invoices or statements w
20 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Green Belt: Greater London
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of his grey belt policy on Green Belt farmland in London.
20 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Parks: Greater London
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of large-scale commercial events held in public parks in London on local communities, biodiversity, and long-term
11 Feb 2026 · Home Office
Jewish Community Protective Security Grant
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, How many (a) synagogues, (b) Jewish educational establishments and (c) community organisations have applied to the Jewish Community Protective Security Grant; and how many of them have been (i) accept
11 Feb 2026 · Home Office
Places of Worship Security Funding Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications were made to the Places of Worship Protective Security Scheme; how many were successful and whether she will provide a breakdown of applicants by religious group.
11 Feb 2026 · Home Office
Protective Security for Mosques Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, How many (a) mosques and (b) associated Muslim faith community centre have applied for the Protective Security for Mosques Scheme; and how many of them have been (i) accepted and (ii) denied.
11 Feb 2026 · Home Office
Protective Security for Mosques Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, What steps her Department is taking to increase awareness of the Protective Security for Mosques Scheme in the context of rising attacks on mosques.
11 Feb 2026 · Home Office
Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential implications of the registration of birth provisions in the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 on the equal treatment of both parent
11 Feb 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership: Costa Rica
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent discussions he has had with his international counterparts on the completion of Costa Rica's accession to the CPTPP.
11 Feb 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Trade Promotion: Africa
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the New Approach to Africa framework, published on 9 January 2025, how his Department plans to promote UK-Africa trade interests and protect import sensitive products.
9 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office
Palantir
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Government contracts were discussed with Palantir at the Prime Minister's meeting at Palantir's offices in Washington on 27 February 2025.
28 Jan 2026 · Home Office
Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 to include registration of the father during a registration of birth, unless reason to om
28 Jan 2026 · Home Office
British Nationality: Children in Care
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of trends in the number of children in care whose citizenship status is not resolved before turning 18.
28 Jan 2026 · Home Office
British Nationality: Children in Care
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that children in care have their citizenship status resolved before turning 18.
28 Jan 2026 · Home Office
British Nationality: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help ensure that children eligible for British citizenship are able to afford the application fee for citizenship.
28 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Earwax: Medical Treatments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to (a) reinstate and (b) standardise NHS provision of ear wax removal in primary care.
Source: official written-questions record.