Written questions
687 written questions tabled, most recent first.
24 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office
Government Departments: Global Switch
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether sensitive government data was (a) stored in and (b) transmitted through Global Switch data centres following the acquisition of a 49% stake by Elegant Jubilee Ltd in December 2016.
24 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office
Global Switch
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department holds assessments relating to national security risks arising from the 2016 acquisition of Global Switch by Elegant Jubilee Ltd.
24 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Defence: Global Switch
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any MoD data was stored in or transited through Global Switch data centres in London between December 2016 and December 2017.
20 Apr 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Hostage Taking
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will set out whether the Prime Minister and any Number 10 special adviser reviewed the shortlist for the incoming special envoy for hostage affairs; and if Number 10 h
17 Apr 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Lord Mandelson
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether Peter Mandelson's business and personal relationships with (a) individuals, (b) organisations and (c) government of the People's Republic of China were cited as reaso
17 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office
Lord Mandelson
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what date the Cabinet was informed that (a) Peter Mandelson had failed his security vetting and (b) the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office had overruled the vetting failure.
17 Apr 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Lord Mandelson
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what information she held on the role of her Department in the vetting process for Lord Mandelson when she sent her letter to the Foreign Affairs Committee of 16 September 20
17 Apr 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Diplomatic Service: Vetting
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many currently serving Ambassadors have been appointed despite failing their security vetting.
17 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office
Lord Mandelson
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Prime Minister was made aware that Peter Mandelson had failed his security vetting.
16 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Endometriosis and Periods: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to mandate endometriosis and menstrual health training across GP and medical education in England.
16 Apr 2026 · Department for Transport
Driving Licences: Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of DVLA medical licence applications are processed digitally rather than by post.
16 Apr 2026 · Department for Transport
Driving Licences: Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average processing time is for DVLA medical licence renewals where the applicant's condition has been clinically stable for two or more consecutive years.
16 Apr 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements: Closures
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what costs were incurred for upgrading the Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements (FAAM) Airborne Laboratory before its funding was ceased.
16 Apr 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements: Closures
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment was made of the potential impact on UK atmospheric science capability before the decision to cease funding for the Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements (FAAM)
16 Apr 2026 · Department for Education
Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department will issue to local authorities on the level of weight to be given to a family's refusal of a home visit when assessing the suitability of home education under the Children's Wellbe
16 Apr 2026 · Department for Education
Pupils: Attendance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what safeguards will be in place to prevent School Attendance Orders being issued to children who were removed from school due to documented harm to their mental health or wellbeing, including those with SEND n
16 Apr 2026 · Department for Education
Special Educational Needs: Training and Qualifications
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what minimum qualifications or SEND-specific training local authority assessors will be required to hold before conducting home education suitability assessments under the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill.
10 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hypertension: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what contingency plans are in place if the supply of blood pressure medication is disrupted due to the war in Iran.
10 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hormone Replacement Therapy: Supply Chains
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what contingency plans are in place if the supply of hormone replacement therapy medication is disrupted due to the war in Iran.
10 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Analgesics: Supply Chains
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the war in Iran on the current level of codeine and co-codamol.
10 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Medical Equipment: Supply Chains
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what contingency plans are in place if the supply of intravenous bags, syringes and gloves are disrupted due to the war in Iran.
10 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the war in Iran on medicine supply chains.
23 Mar 2026 · Department for Education
Higher Education: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential benefits of a national strategy to manage financial restructuring across the higher education sector.
23 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Antimicrobials: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the adequacy of outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy services to patients in rural areas.
23 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Livestock: Animal Welfare
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the protections under section 1(3A) of the Dogs (Protection of Livestock) Act 1953 for livestock and farmers where livestock have straye
23 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Workplace Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the tapered annual allowance for pensions on the level of retention of senior NHS clinicians; and whether her Department plans to
16 Mar 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Hong Kong: Oppression
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, in the context of the sentencing of Hong Kong democracy activist Anna Kwok's father, Kwok Yin-Sang, what steps she is taking to protect the families of BN(O) status holders f
16 Mar 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Kwok Yin-sang
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will consider implementing Magnitsky-style sanctions against the Hong Kong officials responsible for the sentencing of Kwok Yin-sang, father of exiled democracy activi
16 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport
Driving Licences: Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to accelerate the issuing of medical driving licences.
16 Mar 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Ukraine: Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of streamlining aid funding to UK suppliers of energy equipment suppliers identified by the Department o
Source: official written-questions record.