Written questions

974 written questions tabled, most recent first.

13 Jul 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Business: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability of angel investment for female-led businesses.

13 Jul 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Business: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate he has made of the economic contribution of female-led businesses to UK gross value added.

13 Jul 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Higher Education: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions she has had with universities on increasing support for female founders emerging from higher education.

13 Jul 2026 · Treasury

Financial Services: Regulation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to publish guidance for financial institutions on contingency planning for disruption involving critical third parties.

13 Jul 2026 · Treasury

Financial Services: Regulation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with financial regulators on testing operational resilience against simultaneous failures affecting multiple critical third parties.

13 Jul 2026 · Treasury

Financial Services: Regulation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many organisations will be designated as critical third parties by the end of 2027.

13 Jul 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

British Growth Partnership

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department plans to publish annual monitoring reports on the economic impact of the British Growth Partnership.

13 Jul 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Oxford-Cambridge Arc: Regional Planning and Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with institutional investors on increasing investment in businesses located within the Oxford-Cambridge Growth Corridor.

13 Jul 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has undertaken international comparisons of pension value-for-money assessment frameworks.

13 Jul 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Workplace Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the proportion of defined contribution pension assets that will be managed by schemes with more than £25 billion in assets by 2030.

13 Jul 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pensions: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the proposed pension reforms on member engagement with pension saving.

13 Jul 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Workplace Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of pension scheme consolidation on investment in UK private markets.

13 Jul 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Workplace Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has modelled the potential impact of pension scheme consolidation on member charges over the next five years.

13 Jul 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Community Energy: Buckinghamshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to support the uptake of the local power plan by (i) Buckinghamshire Council and (ii) Milton Keynes City Council.

13 Jul 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the co-operative model for energy retrofit.

13 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Credit Unions

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to increase awareness of credit union services among the armed forces community.

13 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Community Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department are taking to support community energy projects on his Department's land.

7 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to encourage UK defence manufacturers to participate in programmes established through the Multilateral Defence Mechanism.

7 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Arms Trade: Exports

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made an estimate of the value of UK defence exports that could be supported through programmes developed under the Multilateral Defence Mechanism.

7 Jul 2026 · Treasury

Defence: Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Multilateral Defence Mechanism on economic growth.

7 Jul 2026 · Treasury

Defence: Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of UK participation in the Multilateral Defence Mechanism.

7 Jul 2026 · Treasury

Defence: Foreign Investment in UK

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Multilateral Defence Mechanism on inward investment into the UK defence sector.

7 Jul 2026 · Treasury

Infrastructure: Investment

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the impact of the revised Green Book guidance on infrastructure investment decisions affecting rural communities.

7 Jul 2026 · Treasury

Public Expenditure

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department plans to publish annual data on the geographical distribution of projects approved under the revised Green Book guidance.

7 Jul 2026 · Treasury

Public Expenditure

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of revised Green Book guidance on the regional distribution of public funding across England over the next five years.

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

Peatlands: Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to restore peatlands.

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

Nature Conservation: Public Participation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to encourage public participation in nature in Buckingham and Bletchley constituency.

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

Nature Conservation: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to tackle wildlife crime in Buckinghamshire.

30 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Supply Chains

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to improve productivity growth among firms operating in UK defence supply chains.

30 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to publish a framework for measuring the economic return on defence investment.

Source: official written-questions record.