Written questions

5,096 written questions tabled, most recent first.

25 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Defence

F-35 Aircraft: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what are the terms of the UK's operational freedom of action under the global F-35 programme.

24 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Disability: Public Lavatories

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of a requirement to ensure all venues have (a) toilets accessible to wheelchair users and (b) clear information that there are no accessible toilets

24 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the answer of 18th November 2025 to question 88988 on Prisoners, a) how long for and b) how much compensation did each prisoner unlawfully detained between 5th July 2024 and 31st March 2025 receive.

24 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the answer of 18 November 2025 to question 88988 on Prisoners, how many of the prisoners unlawfully detained following completion of their sentence in 2024-25 were detained between 5 July 2024 and 31

24 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice

HM Prison and Probation Service: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff within the HM Prison & Probation Service are reliant on a visa for their employment.

24 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Defence

HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 21 November 2025 to question 91710 on HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark, what financial gain was made from the sale of a) HMS Albion and b) HMS Bulwark to offset against the write down of the r

24 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Negligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many settlements for clinical negligence his Department made in 2024-25.

24 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many settlements for (a) bullying, (b) harassment, (c) discrimination, (d) physical and sexual abuse and (e) assault did his Department make in 2024-2025.

24 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has held discussions with Peterborough City Council on the options for local government reorganisation in Cambridgeshire.

24 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armoured Fighting Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment has he made of the potential impact of the logistical burden of (a) armoured battlegroups and (b) vehicles from the (i) Ajax, (ii) Boxer and (iii) 433 families on the Army.

21 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Unmanned Air Systems: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of procuring Anduril's YFQ-44A collaborative combat aircraft.

21 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Defence

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the outcomes were of his meeting with the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission on foreign and security policy.

21 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Space Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether restrictions have been placed on offensive operations in space involving Space Warfighters.

21 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Guided Weapons: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress has he made in implementing the Land Ground Based Air Defence programme.

21 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Bangladesh

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the number and proportion of Bangladeshi asylum seekers who arrived in the UK on a) visas or b) other leave in the year t

21 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Office for Veterans' Affairs and Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committees

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress he has made on changing the relationship between the Office for Veterans Affairs and the Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee.

21 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Visas: Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the number and proportion of people claiming asylum who entered the UK on a work visa.

21 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Electronic Travel Authorisations and Visas: Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the number and proportion of asylum seekers who previously entered the UK on a) a visa or b) other leave with relevant

21 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Law Enforcement Data Service

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the Law Enforcement Data Service programme products are.

21 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Police National Database

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has she made in implementing the Police National Database programme.

21 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department took following the approval of the Asylum Support Accommodation Programme Delivery Model Assessment final report by the programme board on 30 June 2025.

21 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what payments to asylum seekers are delivered via the Asylum Support Payments contract.

21 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of replacing the Asylum Support Payments contract as part of the Asylum Support Accommodation Programme.

21 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which elements of the Asylum Support Accommodation Programme are a) sustainable and b) scalable.

21 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which Minister would be responsible for the planning decision regarding the UK Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre following the passage of the Holocaust Memorial Bill.

21 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

East West Rail Line

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has she made in re-baselining East-West Rail Connection State 2 and 3.

21 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Air Ambulance Services: Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions are held between UK Search and Rescue Aviation and Magpas Air Ambulance in Cambridgeshire on precedence of responses.

21 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Boeing P-8: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what potential undersea threats have been identified off the coast of northern Scotland by Royal Air Force P8 Poseidon aircraft a) ZP802, b) ZP803, c) ZP805, d) ZP806, e) ZP808 and f) ZP808 since 1 August 2025.

21 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Type 45 Destroyers: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment has he made of the potential impact of the decision to reduce the order of Type 45 destroyers from 12 ships to 6 on defence.

21 Nov 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Nuclear Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent progress has he made in delivering the Great British Nuclear programme.

Source: official written-questions record.