Written questions

109 written questions tabled, most recent first.

13 Jul 2026 · Department for Education

Further Education and Schools: Cybersecurity

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the proportion of schools and colleges that meet the Department’s cyber security core standard; and what steps she is taking to ensure that all education settings meet t

13 Jul 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Government Departments: Cybersecurity

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many cybersecurity incidents affecting government departments in each of the last three years originated in or involved a third-party supplier; and what steps are being taken to str

13 Jul 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

New Businesses: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to improve the availability of large scale capital in the UK for late stage start up businesses.

13 Jul 2026 · Home Office

Cybercrime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government plans to introduce mandatory reporting of ransomware incidents and payments.

13 Jul 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Cybersecurity: Recruitment and Labour Turnover

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to help improve the recruitment and retention of cybersecurity specialists.

13 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Equipment: Cybersecurity

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many cybersecurity vulnerabilities affecting medical devices have been reported to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency in each of the last three years.

13 Jul 2026 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Electronic Government: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many central government websites and mobile applications do not currently meet the required public-sector accessibility standards; and what steps are being taken to remedy that.

13 Jul 2026 · Treasury

Credit: Regulation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the Government’s timetable is for bringing buy now, pay later products within the financial-services regulatory framework.

13 Jul 2026 · Home Office

Immigration: Digital Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what contingency arrangements are available to people who are unable to demonstrate their immigration status because of a technical failure affecting her Department’s digital services.

13 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport

Railways: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of eligible rail journeys currently result in passengers receiving automatic compensation for delays; and what steps she is taking to increase that proportion.

13 Jul 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Government Departments: Digital Service Providers

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential operational and national-security risks arising from government departments deploying a small number of cloud-service providers.

13 Jul 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Electronic Commerce: Misrepresentation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent progress he has been made on enforcement measures relating to fake or misleading online reviews.

13 Jul 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Subscriptions

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that businesses simplify the processes of cancelling subscriptions.

13 Jul 2026 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Correspondence

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average time taken by HM Revenue and Customs to respond to written correspondence from individual taxpayers was in the last year.

13 Jul 2026 · Treasury

Taxation: Digital Technology

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps HM Revenue and Customs is taking to ensure that people unable to use digital services can continue to manage tax affairs by telephone, post and face-to-face support.

13 Jul 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Civil Servants: Glasgow

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many civil servants employed in digital, data and technology roles are based in the Glasgow City Region; and what plans she has to increase that number.

13 Jul 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food: Retail Trade

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of barriers for grocery retailers seeking to open full-service stores in low-income urban communities with limited access to fresh food; and whe

13 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Administration of Justice: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions his Department has had with the Scottish Government on sharing technology, research and technical standards developed by the Justice AI Unit with the devolved justice administrations.

13 Jul 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Media: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of AI assistants and answer engines on traffic and revenue received by public-interest news publishers; and whether her Department

13 Jul 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Broadband: Social Tariffs

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking with the Department for Work and Pensions and Ofcom to identify people eligible for broadband social tariffs and notify them automatically of that el

9 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport

Great British Railways

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure that the Great British Railways brand supports a unified national rail network across Great Britain.

9 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Type 26 Frigates: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of jobs in Glasgow supported by contracts for the Royal Navy Type-26 frigate programme.

9 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Ukraine: Armed Forces

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Ukrainian personnel have completed military training in the UK under UK-led programmes.

9 Jul 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

COE Committee of Social Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the UK plans to nominate a candidate for a seat on the European Committee of Social Rights at the Council of Europe.

3 Jul 2026 · Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission

Elections: Subversion

To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what steps the Electoral Commission is taking to protect elections from foreign interference.

3 Jul 2026 · Scotland Office

Local Government: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on the devolving of power to local authorities.

3 Jul 2026 · Home Office

Immigration: Glasgow

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what face-to-face support is available to people in accessing digital immigration status in Glasgow.

3 Jul 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Film and Television: Glasgow

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to help support film and television production in Glasgow.

3 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to help small technology companies to work with the Department.

3 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Glasgow

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate he has made of the number of jobs in the Glasgow City Region supported by defence spending.

Source: official written-questions record.