Written questions

1,840 written questions tabled, most recent first.

27 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will fully implement the recommendations of the Atherton report.

27 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to support women in the armed forces.

27 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid: Russia

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the proposed reduction in the proportion of gross national income spent on overseas development assistance on the inf

27 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Russia: Overseas Trade

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has plans to ban UK firms from insuring supplies and products to and from Russia.

27 Feb 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Oil: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has plans to ban the importation of oil products produced from Russian crude oil.

27 Feb 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Oil: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has plans to ban imports from third country refineries that process Russian crude oil.

27 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prescriptions: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that prescription charges do not act as a barrier to treatment for people with long-term medical conditions.

27 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

Roads: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress her Department has made on publishing a road safety strategy.

27 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Visas: Graduates

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential role of international students with Graduate visas in tackling workforce skills shortages in key sectors.

27 Feb 2025 · Treasury

Biofuels and Fossil Fuels: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make a comparative assessment of taxation on (a) bio fuel and (b) fossil fuels.

27 Feb 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Heating: Biofuels and Natural Gas

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make a comparative assessment of (a) gas and (b) biofuels for home heating.

27 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Climate and Nature Bill

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to meet with campaigners involved with the Climate and Nature Bill.

27 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will publish data on consumption emissions.

27 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Devolution

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when the Minister for Local Government and English Devolution will meet with the hon. Member for Newton Abbot.

27 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Members' Constituency Work

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when the Minister for Housing and Planning will meet with the hon. Member for Newton Abbot.

27 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Devolution

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how new local authorities with overlapping national park authorities will (a) interact with each other, (b) have stakeholder obligations and (c) be statutory consultees to each o

27 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Climate Change and Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to meet the hon. Member for South Cotswolds to discuss legislative proposals on climate and nature.

26 Feb 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Oil: Exports

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will take steps to prevent oil produced in the UK arriving in Russia.

26 Feb 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Oil: Exports

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what information his Department holds on oil exports to Russia which are (a) processed, (b) traded, (c) refined and (d) financially insured in the UK.

26 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Russia: Export Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to end all (a) non-humanitarian aid, (b) trade, (c) financial services and (d) exports to Russia.

26 Feb 2025 · Treasury

Oil: Russia

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department holds information on the proportion of Russian oil (a) imports and (b) exports insured by UK financial instruments.

26 Feb 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Export Controls: Russia

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, for what reason his Department has issued licenses for the export to Russia of (a) medicinal and pharmaceutical products, (b) beverages and tobacco, (c) organic chemicals, (d) cars, (e) toilet and clea

26 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of using (a) alternatives to traditional construction methods in the construction of prisons and (b) modular and rapid deployment cells to mee

26 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Justice

HMP Channings Wood: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department made an environmental impact assessment prior to the commencement of expansion works at HMP Channings Wood; and whether baseline data on (a) air and (b) noise pollution was collected to mea

26 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the policy paper entitled 10-year Prison Capacity Strategy, published on 11 December 2024, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that new prison developments do not negatively impact loc

26 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department is taking steps to support women impacted by changes to the State Pension age with top-up contributions.

26 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of creating a new forum to bring together (a) his Department, (b) the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, (c) the hon. Me

26 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Russia: Freezing of Assets

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make it her policy to use frozen Russian assets to provide compensation for Ukrainian (a) war survivors and (b) victims of (i) economic crime and (ii) human rights

26 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Avian Influenza: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to provide compensation to poultry farmers who have had eggs destroyed as a result of Avian flu.

26 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Animal Health Certificates and Pet Travel Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish the costs to pet owners for (a) pet passports and (b) Animal Health Certificates for travel between the UK and the EU in the last ten years.

Source: official written-questions record.