Written questions

1,840 written questions tabled, most recent first.

9 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

South West Main Line: Devon

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of delaying Phase 5 of the South West Rail Resilience Programme on (a) the local economy and (b) transport resilience.

9 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

South West Main Line: Devon

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consultations were undertaken with regional stakeholders prior to the decision not to fund Phase 5 of the South West Rail Resilience Programme.

9 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

South West Main Line: Devon

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has set a deadline for Network Rail to produce a revised proposal for Phase 5 of the South West Rail Resilience Programme.

9 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

South West Main Line: Devon

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will allocate funding to Phase 5 of the South West Rail Resilience Programme in the next spending review.

9 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

South West Main Line: Devon

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether alternative (a) funding models and (b) timelines are under consideration for delivering the final stage of the South West Rail Resilience Programme.

9 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

South West Main Line: Devon

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, under what circumstances Phase 5 of the South West Rail Resilience Programme would receive funding.

9 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

South West Main Line: Devon

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department plans to take to improve resilience along the stretch between Parsons Tunnel and Teignmouth pending the completion of Phase 5.

9 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

South West Main Line: Devon

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department commissioned an independent assessment of the viability of proposed engineering solutions for Phase 5 of the South West Rail Resilience Programme (a) during and (b) since the Spending Rev

9 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

South West Main Line: Devon

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has taken steps with Network Rail to develop a proposal for the Teignmouth to Parsons Tunnel section of the South West Rail Resilience Programme since the Spending Review 2025.

9 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

South West Main Line: Devon

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will publish her Department's analysis of phase 5 of the South West Rail Resilience Programme.

8 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Databases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what milestones are included in the Federated Data Platform contract to (a) facilitate orderly off-boarding and (b) data migration to an alternative provider.

8 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Databases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England has stress-tested the portability of (a) data schemas, (b) application programming interfaces and (c) dashboards for use on other vendor platforms.

8 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Databases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether patients who are data controllers under the national data opt-out can (a) review and (b) challenge how their records are processed within the Federated Data Platform.

8 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Databases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps NHS England is taking to verify that derivative analytical outputs from the NHS Federated Digital Platform cannot be reverse-engineered to reveal identifiable patient data.

8 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Databases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS-funded analytics solutions created on the Federated Data Platform have been (a) patented and (b) registered by (i) Palantir Technologies and (ii) its subsidiaries.

8 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Palantir

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether patients will be consulted on changes to purpose-based access policies during the contract with Palantir.

8 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to periodically review NHS AI models to ensure continued alignment with (a) data protection and (b) clinical safety standards.

8 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Databases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of Federated Data Platform development work is carried out by UK-based engineers; and whether data processing beyond AWS input processes is off-shored.

8 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Palantir

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Palantir's involvement on the NHS model of being free at the point of use.

7 Jul 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of aligning the the UK and EU carbon trading systems on meeting the UK's climate targets.

3 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Incontinence: Devon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support people with bladder and bowel control conditions in Devon.

2 Jul 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Public Sector: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that public services do not use non-disclosure agreements on whistleblowers.

2 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Environment Agency: Flood Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the Environment Agency has spent delivering biodiversity net gain (a) above and (b) below mean high water on projects related to flood defence in the latest period for which d

2 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Environment Agency: Flood Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the Environment Agency has spent on (a) mitigation and (b) compensation for flood defence projects in each of the last three years.

2 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Marine Management Organisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information his Department holds on the number of hours the Environment Agency has spent providing advice to the Marine Management Organisation on marine licence applications in e

2 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Marine Management Organisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information his Department holds on the number of hours Natural England has spent providing advice to the Marine Management Organisation on marine licence applications in each of

2 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Marine Management Organisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many hours the Marine Management Organisation has spent determining (a) Band 2 and (b) Band 3 marine licence applications in each of the last five years for which data is available

2 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Marine Management Organisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many marine licenses were determined by the Marine Management Organisation for (a) removal of abandoned vessels, (b) firework displays, (c) maintenance of bridges or cantilevered s

2 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Marine Management Organisation: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much income the Marine Management Organisation have received from charges for (a) harbour revision orders and (b) harbour empowerment order applications in each of the last five ye

2 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Marine Management Organisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many hours the Marine Management Organisation have spent processing (a) harbour revision orders and (b) harbour empowerment orders in each of the last five years for which data is

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