Written questions

1,840 written questions tabled, most recent first.

9 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of when NHS dental contract would increase the availability of NHS dental appointments in areas currently experiencing limited access.

9 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sites of Special Scientific Interest: South Devon

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2026 to Question 115602, for what reasons Wolborough Fen SSSI is not included among the catchments selected by Natural England for early Environme

9 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sites of Special Scientific Interest: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, to ask the Department, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2026 to Question 115602 on Nature Conservation: Planning Permission, what guidance her Department issues to Natural England on

9 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sites of Special Scientific Interest: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2026 to Question 115602 on Nature Conservation: Planning Permission, what monitoring requirements are required for developments located near hydrologi

9 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sites of Special Scientific Interest: Wetlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what national policy framework governs the protection of hydrologically sensitive Sites of Special Scientific Interest where Environmental Delivery Plans are not in place.

9 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sites of Special Scientific Interest: Wetlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what scientific evidence Natural England is using to determine whether a development has a potential hydrological impacts on hydrologically dependent Sites of Special Scientific Intere

9 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sites of Special Scientific Interest: Wetlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment Natural England has made of hydrological impacts on wetland Sites of Special Scientific Interest being mitigated through post-construction monitoring or compensation me

4 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

Palantir: Contracts

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Palantir's Government contract revenues will exceed £100 million in a single financial year from 2025-26 onwards.

4 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Defence Equipment: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's definition is of a strategic supplier; and what criteria his Department uses to designate strategic suppliers.

4 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Procurement

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2026 to Question 111950 on Palantir: Contracts, what data his Department collects on the cumulative cost to the public purse of suppliers not classified as strategic that have c

4 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Procurement

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2026 to Question 111950, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of its data-collection arrangements; and what steps he is taking to ensure that his Department i

4 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

Palantir: Contracts

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2026 to Question 111950, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of designating Palantir Technologies a strategic supplier.

4 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

Palantir: Crown Representatives

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to assign Palantir Technologies a Crown Representative.

4 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

Palantir: Contracts

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2026 to Question 111950, whether his Department plans to classify Palantir Technologies as a strategic supplier.

25 Feb 2026 · Treasury

Tax Avoidance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of settlement terms for loan charge liabilities in place (a) before and (b) after 2021 on the finances of people affected.

25 Feb 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water Supply

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance her Department has issued to water companies on installing backup systems to prevent pump failures following short-duration electricity outages.

25 Feb 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water Supply: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has issued guidance on the statutory limits that apply to the number of unplanned water supply interruptions permitted in a single locality within a calendar yea

25 Feb 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

South West Water: Infrastructure

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the resilience of South West Water’s infrastructure serving the village of Ashcombe.

24 Feb 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sites of Special Scientific Interest: Newton Abbot

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, following the approval in June 2020 of outline planning permission for the NA3 Wolborough Barton development, including safeguarding conditions to protect Wolborough Fen SSSI, whether

24 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has reviewed the outline planning permission for the NA3 Wolborough Barton development, including safeguarding conditions relating to Wolborough Fen SSSI.

24 Feb 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sites of Special Scientific Interest: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment the Department has made of how current planning policy frameworks influence the advisory and regulatory role of Natural England in relation to large housing allocations

24 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Palantir

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answers of 17 February 2026 to Questions 111951 and 111952, if he will place in the Library a summary of (a) the due-diligence criteria applied to Palantir contracts, (b) any recusal decisions tak

24 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Palantir

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answers of 17 February 2026 to Questions 111951 and 111952 on Ministry of Defence: Palantir, whether his Department has updated its conflict-of-interest procedures and supplier-engagement rules fo

24 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Mobile Phones: Theft

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the oral evidence to the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee on 3 June 2025, HC 523, whether her Department plans to pilot enhanced device-blocking and cross-platform verifi

24 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Mobile Phones: Theft

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the oral evidence to the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee on 3 June 2025, HC 523, what steps her Department has taken with mobile operating system providers to prevent st

24 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Parking: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has had recent discussions with the Competition and Markets Authority and the British Standards Institution on the proposed implementation of the Private p

24 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Parking: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what is his timetable for (a) responding to the consultation on the Private parking code of practice and (b) laying the code before Parliament.

24 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport

Storms: Devon

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2026 to Question 108386 on the Dawlish sea wall, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of updated assessments indicating that seven

24 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport

Road Works: Utilities

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of county councils’ statutory powers to coordinate utility works during major transport infrastructure projects.

24 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport

Road Works: Utilities

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2026, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of doubling fixed-penalty notices and extending overrun charges for utility companies whose roadworks exc

Source: official written-questions record.