Written questions

851 written questions tabled, most recent first.

18 Jun 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Conflict Resolution

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the risks of the international community agreeing a diplomatic framework relating to the Gaza conflict before the dismantling of Hamas’s milit

18 Jun 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Hong Kong: Oppression

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of reports that individuals legally residing in the UK who previously resided in Hong Kong have been the subject of bounty noti

18 Jun 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Israel: Hamas

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with international counterparts on survivor accounts of sexual violence perpetrated by Hamas on and since 7 October 2023.

18 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Surrogacy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 23 March 2026 to Question 120432, what recent assessment he has made of the consistency between (a) the Government’s policy of recognizing parental orders arising from com

17 Jun 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Iran: Disinformation

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of reports of networks linked to the Iranian regime using AI-generated images and videos to dissem

17 Jun 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Nigeria: Surrogacy

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the (i) risks to women involved in commercial surrogacy arrangements in Nigeria, including (a) maternal mortality, (b) contractual condi

17 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 26 March 2026 to Question 122234, what steps were taken in response to those three whistleblowing reports; and whether any procedural, governance and training change

15 Jun 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Canada: Religious Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with the government of Canada on protections for peaceful religious expression in proposed hate speech legislation.

29 May 2026 · Home Office

Asylum: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Northern Ireland-specific performance data are collected under(a) the Asylum Accommodation and Support Contracts and (b) the Advice, Issue Reporting and Eligibility contract.

29 May 2026 · Home Office

Asylum: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will publish a Northern Ireland-specific asylum expenditure table covering accommodation, subsistence, healthcare-related support, education-related support, legal support, transport

29 May 2026 · Home Office

Asylum: Hotels

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what sums her Department disbursed on hotel accommodation for asylum seekers in Northern Ireland in each month since January 2020.

29 May 2026 · Home Office

Asylum: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints, contract failures, service credits and financial penalties have been recorded against asylum accommodation providers in Northern Ireland since 2019.

29 May 2026 · Home Office

Offenders: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what Northern Ireland-specific data her Department holds but does not publish on asylum, immigration enforcement, removals and foreign national offenders.

29 May 2026 · Home Office

Prisoners: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of foreign nationals in Northern Ireland prisons, broken down by (a) nationality, (b) sentence status, (c) offence type and (d) immigration status.

18 May 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Carbon Emissions: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will publish a comprehensive balance sheet of direct, indirect and contingent costs associated with meeting net zero targets.

18 May 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Renewable Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of the cost of balancing payments, constraint payments and grid reinforcement associated with intermittent renewable generation.

18 May 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Carbon Emissions: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what comparative assessment he has made of the opportunity cost of (a) public expenditure on net zero policies and (b) alternative uses, including tax reduction and energy bill relief.

18 May 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Industry: Competition and Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the impact of decarbonisation policy costs on (a) industrial energy prices and (b) the international competitiveness of UK industry.

18 May 2026 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the costs to motorists arising from (a) emissions compliance costs, (b) electric vehicle transition policies and (c) other net zero transport policies.

18 May 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Diesel and Petrol: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of the contribution of net zero-related costs to the retail price per litre of (a) petrol and (b) diesel.

18 May 2026 · Treasury

Motor Vehicles: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the proportion of (a) fuel duty, (b) VAT on fuel, and (c) other motoring taxes that is attributable (i) directly and (ii) indirectly to net zero-related policies.

18 May 2026 · Treasury

Carbon Emissions: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what total revenue accrued to the Exchequer from (a) the UK Emissions Trading Scheme, (b) carbon taxes, (c) related environmental levies and (d) other carbon pricing mechanisms, in the latest year for which figures

18 May 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Electricity and Natural Gas: Billing

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of the cost to households of environmental and social obligation policy costs included in (a) electricity and (b) gas bills in each of the last 10 years.

18 May 2026 · Treasury

Carbon Emissions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the fiscal cost to the Exchequer of (a) subsidies and (b) tax incentives relating to (i) electric vehicles, (ii) heat pumps, (iii) home retrofit schemes and (iv) decarbonisation grants.

18 May 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Renewable Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what (a) subsidies, (b) grants, (c) contracts for difference payments, and (d) other support mechanisms have been provided for renewable generation since 2010; and what the cumulative cost to

18 May 2026 · Treasury

Carbon Emissions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the total public expenditure committed to achieving net zero by 2050, including projected liabilities, broken down by year and department.

18 May 2026 · Treasury

Carbon Emissions: Subsidies

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the total annual value of (a) direct and (b) indirect taxpayer-funded subsidies supporting net zero policies and programmes, broken down by scheme.

18 May 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Surrogacy

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 23 March 2026 to Question 120434, and pursuant to PQ v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason payments received by a surrogate mother are treated as income f

18 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Human Rights: Surrogacy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of the report by Women’s Policy Centre titled ‘The Case for a Universal Ban on Surrogacy’, dated April 2026.

18 May 2026 · Treasury

Financial Services: Domestic Abuse

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what her planned timetable is for the implementation of (a) the proposed changes to lender reporting practices to Credit Reference Agencies to mitigate the impact of coerced debt on credit files and (b) the other Fi

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