Written questions

1,538 written questions tabled, most recent first.

30 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Palestine: Recognition of States

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she made continued access for Jewish and Christian communities to holy sites in the State of Palestine a condition of UK recognition.

30 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Taiwan: Recognition of States

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she plans to formally recognise Taiwan.

30 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Palestine: Democracy and Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the level of (a) human rights and (b) democracy in the State of Palestine.

30 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Palestine: Recognition of States

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made free and fair elections a condition of the UK's recognition of the State of Palestine.

30 Oct 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Tourism: East West Rail Line

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will publish a regional tourism strategy for the east-west rail corridor.

30 Oct 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Public Houses: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 6 June 2025 to Question 54458, with reference to the press release entitled Six pubs a week shutting their doors for good, published on 17 February 2025, whether she has

30 Oct 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Tourism: Departmental Responsibilities

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential benefits for her policies on tourism of appointing a full-time Tourism Minister focused exclusively on tourism.

30 Oct 2025 · Cabinet Office

Ministers: Redundancy Pay

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of Ministerial severance packages between 1 September and 8 September 2025.

30 Oct 2025 · Cabinet Office

Infrastructure

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Boosting British jobs and skills key for firms to win major infrastructure projects, published on 16 June 2025, if he will publish an impact assessment f

30 Oct 2025 · Cabinet Office

Public Bodies: Reviews

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2025 to Question 55254 on Public Bodies: Reviews, how many civil servants are involved in the review by grade.

24 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Rural Areas: Cost of Living

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the report by the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Rural Business and the Rural Powerhouse entitled The R

24 Oct 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Plan for wind developers to pay for skilled job training, published on 23 August 2025, whether he has made an assessment of the poten

24 Oct 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Small Modular Reactors: Newcleo

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will publish a lessons learned review relating to the decision of Newcleo not to pursue its investment in nuclear reactors in the UK.

23 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Rural Areas: Cost of Living

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the rural premium on rural communities.

22 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sewage: Pollution Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department's press release entitled Reed: Government to cut sewage pollution in half by 2030, published 19 July 2025, if he will set out how the £104 billion inve

22 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sewage: Pollution Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department's press notice entitled Reed: Government to cut sewage pollution in half by 2030, published on 19 July 2025, if she will set out specific measures bein

22 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sewage: Pollution Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department's press release entitled Reed: Government to cut sewage pollution in half by 2030, published on 19 July 2025, whether he will publish the evidential ba

22 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Tree Planting

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the Trees for Climate project.

22 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Public Bodies

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has prepared an impact assessments on the decisions to (a) merge Ofwat and the Drinking Inspectorate and (b) remove the environmental regulatory functions of the

22 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Nature Conservation: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department's press release entitled UK government gathers business and environment leaders in support of UN nature agreement, published on 25 June 2025, how much

22 Oct 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Wind Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Cash boost for coastal towns hosting clean energy infrastructure, published on 21 May 2025, if he will make it his policy to provide

22 Oct 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Small Modular Reactors: Newcleo

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with Newcleo prior to its decision not to pursue its investment in nuclear reactors in the UK.

22 Oct 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Small Modular Reactors: Newcleo

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact for his policies of Newcleo’s decision not to provide funding for clear reactors in the UK.

22 Oct 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Small Modular Reactors: Newcleo

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of the causes of Newcleo’s decision not to pursue its investment in nuclear reactors in the UK.

22 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Stellantis: Luton

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an estimate of the number of Stellantis Luton workers who have not yet found alternative employment as of 1 September 2025.

22 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Post Offices: Banking Hubs

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of opening Post Office branches within Banking Hubs.

22 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Post Offices: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of Post Office services on rural communities.

22 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme: Motor Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the press release entitled Powering Britain's future: Electricity bills to be slashed for over 7,000 businesses in major industry shake-up, published on 22 June 2025, whether vehicle

22 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the press release entitled Powering Britain's future: Electricity bills to be slashed for over 7,000 businesses in major industry shake-up, published on 22 June 2025, what estimate he

20 Oct 2025 · Treasury

National Wealth Fund

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value is of Government funding to the National Wealth Fund that is unspent.

Source: official written-questions record.