Written questions

5,096 written questions tabled, most recent first.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Antiship Missiles

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Future Cruise Anti-Ship Weapon programme on the level of military cooperation between the UK and France.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Antiship Missiles

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress he has made on implementing the Future Cruise Anti-Ship Weapon programme.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Chinook Helicopters: Safety

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 nature of the concern was of the aircra

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Chinook Helicopters

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will set out the remaining lifespan of each RAF Chinook airframe in service.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Chinook Helicopters

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many RAF Chinook (a) HC5, (b) HC6 and (c) HC6A variants are in service.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Guided Weapons: Exports

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 feasibility o

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Great British Energy: Vacancies

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many vacancies are there at GB Energy.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Great British Energy: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many staff GB Energy had on 5 July 2025.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Education

Hinchingbrooke School: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of providing specific funding for Hinchingbrooke School to maintain Hinchingbrooke House.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Vivergo Fuels: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact on E10 petrol production following the closure of the Vivergo bioethanol plant.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Biofuels: USA

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment has he made of the potential impact of the removal of tariffs on US bio-ethanol imports on the UK bio-ethanol market.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Aluminium and Iron and Steel: USA

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment has he made of the potential impact of US Section 232 steel and aluminium tariffs on the level of exports.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Ukraine: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with members of the Coalition of the Willing on the potential deployment of troops to Ukraine in the event of a ceasefire.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Parachute Regiment

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 45 of his Department's Strategic Defence Review 2025, published on 2 June 2025, which battalion group of the Parachute Regiment will airborne parachute (a) capability and (b) capa

10 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's document entitled How many people claim asylum in the UK?, published on 21 August 2025, if she will set the reasons why people claimed asylum increased in 2024.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Administration of Justice: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's policy paper entitled AI action plan for justice, published on 31 July 2025, what progress has he made in providing all staff with secure, enterprise-grade AI assistants by Dece

10 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's document entitled How many people claim asylum in the UK?, published on 21 August 2025, if she will set out the methodology that was used to estimate that 76 per cen

10 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's accredited official statistics entitled How many people claim asylum in the UK?, published on 21 August 2025, what assessment she made of the potential implications

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Veterans: Government Assistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will set out when Operation Valour will end.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

F-35 Aircraft: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact for the RAF's F-35B fleet of the reasons for the crash of a USAF F-35A on 28 January 2025.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Guided Weapons: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has he made in converting the stockpile of Aster-15 missiles to the Aster-30 variant.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Boeing P-8

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Royal Air Force Poseidon P-8 aircraft have not been airworthy for more than 12 months.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Infrastructure

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 136 of his Department's document entitled Strategic Defence Review 2025, published on 2 June 2025, what progress his Department has made in appointing a board member with responsibility for

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Infrastructure

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 136 of his Department's document entitled Strategic Defence Review 2025, published on 2 June 2025, what progress he has made in ensuring that infrastructure requirements are fully integrate

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Military Bases: Renewable Energy

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 increasing renewable energy production on overseas bases.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Military Bases: Carbon Capture and Storage

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 building energy infrastructure for carbon sequestration on th

10 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Immigration: Gaza

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Government's news story entitled, Update on Gaza medical evacuation scheme, published on 22 August 2025, what immigration status will the Gazan (a) children and (b) immediate fam

10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Gaza: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Government's news story entitled, Update on Gaza medical evacuation scheme, published on 22 August 2025, what estimate he has made with Cabinet colleagues on the number of Gaz

10 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Police: Databases

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made in delivering the Law Enforcement Data Service programme.

10 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Police National Database

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the National Infrastructure & Service Transformation Authority Annual Report 2024/25, published on 11 August 2025, for what reasons the senior responsible officer delivery confidence

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