Written questions
5,096 written questions tabled, most recent first.
19 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Prison Accommodation: Midlands and South West
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the answer of 17th November 2025, to question 88464 on Prison Accommodation, how many a) places at new prisons, b) permanent cells at existing prisons and c) Rapid Deployment Cells will form the 3,250
19 Nov 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Artificial Intelligence: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment has she made of the potential merits of introducing new measures on governing the influence of agentic AI tools.
19 Nov 2025 · Home Office
Armed Forces: Commonwealth
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the question of 10 September 2025 to Question 74120 on Armed Forces: Commonwealth, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of the requirement for her Department to reco
19 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Military Bases
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the current status of all MOD sites listed within the Defence Estates Optimisation Programme.
19 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Chagos Islands: Sovereignty
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, based on the £34.7 billion cost of the deal for the Chagos Islands calculated by the Government Actuary’s Department, how much of the total figure will be paid by his department (a) each year and (b) in total.
19 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Army: Ajax Vehicles and Boxer Vehicles
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 1 September 2025 to Question 69526 on Army: Ajax Vehicles and Boxer Vehicles, will anti-tank platoons be equipped with a mix of Ajax and Boxer or one or the other depending on whether th
19 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Prison Accommodation: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress he has made in replacing the key supplier for the 10K Additional Prison Places Estate Expansion Category D programme.
19 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Prison Accommodation: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress has she made in replacing the key supplier for the 10K Additional Prison Places Estate Expansion Houseblocks and Refurbishment programme.
19 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Prison Accommodation
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent progress has she made in implementing the 10K Additional Prison Places Estate Expansion Houseblocks and Refurbishment programme.
19 Nov 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Drax Power Station: Biofuels
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment has he made of the import costs of biomass sourcing of the fuel for the Drax power station.
19 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Guided Weapons: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was the UK contribution to Lots 39 and 40 of the $3.5 billion contract awarded to Raytheon on 31 July 2025, for the continued production of Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM).
19 Nov 2025 · Home Office
Asylum: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has she made on the design and pilot of AI tools to support asylum case working as part of the Asylum Transformation Programme.
19 Nov 2025 · Home Office
Asylum: Bangladesh
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proportion of Bangladeshi asylum seekers that have arrived via a) visas or b) other leave in the year to June 2025 on the asylum system.
19 Nov 2025 · Home Office
Asylum: Pakistan
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proportion of Pakistani asylum seekers that have arrived via a) visas or b) other leave in the year to June 2025 on the asylum system.
19 Nov 2025 · Department for Education
Special Educational Needs: Inspections
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment has she made of the potential implications for her policies of the outcome of the joint Ofsted and CQC Area SEND Inspection published on 13 May 2025.
19 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Military Bases
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 135 of the Strategic Defence Review 2025, what progress has he made in establishing comprehensive oversight of a) assets, b) liabilities, c) rates of obsolescence and d) lifecycle costs acr
19 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Military Bases: New Businesses
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 135 of his Department's document entitled Strategic Defence Review 2025, published on 2 June 2025, what progress he has made in making Ministry of Defence sites available for (a) start-ups
19 Nov 2025 · Home Office
Honour Based Abuse: Men
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's news story entitled Honour-based abuse crackdown in raft of new measures, published on the 26 August 2025, how many of the 2,755 honour-based abuse related offences
19 Nov 2025 · Home Office
Honour Based Abuse
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the news story entitled ‘Honour’-based abuse crackdown in raft of new measures, published on 26 August 2025, by when she plans to pilot a prevalence study into ‘honour’-based abuse.
19 Nov 2025 · Home Office
Asylum
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress she has made in implementing the Asylum Transformation Programme.
18 Nov 2025 · Attorney General
Fireworks: Injuries
To ask the Solicitor General, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2025, to Question 88976 on Fireworks: Injuries, how many prosecutions have there been in each of the past five financial years for (a) deliberately and (b) negligently causing an injury w
18 Nov 2025 · Northern Ireland Office
Terrorism: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to the assurances he gave during his opening speech at the Second Reading of the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill, that nobody who had taken part in paramilitary activity would be able to pa
17 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Defence
HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 139 of the Ministry of Defence Annual Report and Accounts 2024-25, how was the retirement of the Albion and Bulwark landing platforms calculated at a constructive loss of £428,459,000.
17 Nov 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
USA: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment has she made of the merits of providing intelligence support to US forces involved in Operation Southern Spear.
17 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Defence: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when will he publish the most recent quarterly portfolio review of his Department’s projects within the Government major projects portfolio.
17 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Lebanon: Military Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what support has he provided to Lebanon in the development of its armed forces.
17 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Saudi Arabia: Military Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the full scope of Operation CROSSWAYS.
17 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Military Aircraft: Helicopters
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the data tables accompanying the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority Annual Report 2024-25, published on 11 August 2025, what the status is of the New Medium Helicopter
17 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
UK Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the data tables accompanying the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority Annual Report 2024-25, published on 11 August 2025, what assessmen
17 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Boeing E-7: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the data tables accompanying the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority Annual Report 2024-25, published on 11 August 2025, what assessment he has made of the potential imp
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