Written questions

295 written questions tabled, most recent first.

25 Mar 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what process was followed that led to decision to cut funding for the Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements (FAAM).

25 Mar 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Unmanned Air Systems

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department has made an assessment of the timeline for autonomous systems to replicate the payload and operational capabilities of the Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measu

25 Mar 2026 · Home Office

Immigration: English Language

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Home Office English Language Test will be regulated by Ofqual.

16 Mar 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of the 500,000 opportunities announced on 16 March 2026 comprise (a) apprenticeships, (b) subsidised jobs, (c) work experience placements and (d) sector-based work academy programmes.

16 Mar 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Apprentices: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether an impact assessment was carried out before the decision to defund 16 apprenticeship standards.

16 Mar 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Apprentices: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for each of the 16 apprenticeship standards being defunded, how many starts in 2024-25 were by people aged under 25.

16 Mar 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many starts there have been on each foundation apprenticeship standard since their launch in August 2025; and what assessment he made of the adequacy of that performance before announcing the expans

16 Mar 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Apprentices: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when is his estimated date for publishing publish funding rates, duration and assessment arrangements for each of the seven apprenticeship units due to launch in April 2026.

26 Feb 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish (a) the total amount owed to parents in child maintenance payment arrears and (b) how much this has increased by over the last 10 years.

26 Feb 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Child Support (Enforcement) Act 2023

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress his department has made on the implementation of the Child Support (Enforcement) Act 2023 in England and Wales.

25 Feb 2026 · Department for Education

Students: Hearing Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her department has made of access to Communication Support Workers for post-18 year old deaf students.

25 Feb 2026 · Department for Education

Students: Hearing Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of access to post-18 information for deaf pupils.

25 Feb 2026 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the qualification levels in British Sign Language of Communication Support Workers working with deaf (a) school, (b) college and (c) university students.

25 Feb 2026 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Hearing Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the availability of Communication Support Workers for deaf (a) school, (b) college and (c) university students.

25 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Immigration

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's proposed timetable is for responding to the A Fairer Pathway to Settlement consultation.

23 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Communication

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve clinical communications between primary and secondary care providers.

20 Feb 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pensions: Complaints

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that the public have adequate routes of appeal to raise complaints about their pensions.

20 Feb 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pensions: Complaints

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the implications of his policies of recommendation 3a of the Public Administration Committee's fifty-seventh Report of Session 2022-23 on reviewing ombudsman arrang

20 Feb 2026 · Department for Education

Students: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the report by the National Association of Disability Practitioners entitled Critical Response to the Equality Impact Assessment a

9 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that increased medicine prices do not have an adverse impact on NHS activity.

30 Jan 2026 · Department for Education

Universities: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the answer of 29 January 2026 to Question 101938, for what reasons are meetings between her Department and commercial lenders on the higher education sector are kept confidential.

30 Jan 2026 · Department for Education

Universities: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has indicated to commercial lenders that the Government would take steps to prevent the failure of a financially distressed university since 2020.

30 Jan 2026 · Department for Education

Universities: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the answer of 29 January 2026 to Question 101938, how many meetings her Department has held with commercial lenders where the financial position of a specific named university was discussed since 20

30 Jan 2026 · Department for Education

Universities: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the answer of 29 January 2026 to Question 101939, whether her Department keeps records of meetings with commercial lenders on higher education institutions.

30 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress his Department has made on (a) improving access to and (b) streamlining the enforcement processes of the Child Maintenance Service.

29 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress his department has made on the review of the Child Maintenance Service calculation announced on 24 June 2025.

28 Jan 2026 · Home Office

Immigration: Hong Kong

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether pensions income that is not eligible for taxation in the UK due to the UK and Hong Kong Tax Treaty will count towards the proposed £12,570 personal income threshold for British National (Overs

28 Jan 2026 · Home Office

Immigration: Hong Kong

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether pensions income that is not eligible for taxation in the UK due to the UK and Hong Kong Tax Treaty will count towards the proposed £12,570 personal income threshold for British National (Overs

28 Jan 2026 · Home Office

Immigration: Public Consultation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is her policy that only one person per household can respond to her open consultation on earned settlement.

26 Jan 2026 · Home Office

Visas: Hong Kong

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the risks to the safety of Hong Kong BN(O) visa holders travelling through Hong Kong or mainland China of the transition from physical Biometric Residence Pe

Source: official written-questions record.