Written questions
351 written questions tabled, most recent first.
17 Nov 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Members: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when her Department will respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Dewsbury and Batley dated 1 October 2025.
21 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Women against State Pension Inequality
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will meet with representatives of the Women Against State Pension Inequality campaign.
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Databases
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what safeguards are in place to ensure that patient data managed by Palantir under the Federated Data Platform contract cannot be (a) accessed, (b) used and (c) transferred for purposes unrelated t
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Databases
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what consultation NHS England carried out with (a) patients, (b) healthcare staff and (c) data governance experts prior to awarding the Federated Data Platform contract to Palantir.
10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Databases
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of potential alternative suppliers to Palantir for the Federated Data Platform contract; and whether that assessment included consideration of levels of alig
10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Defence: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of placing (a) transparency, (b) testing and (c) accountability requirements on private defence contracts for the development of AI systems.
10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Defence: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what ethical frameworks are in place to guide the (a) development and (b) deployment of AI technologies in defence.
16 Sep 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza: Humanitarian Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to help uphold international maritime law against Freedom Flotilla ships docking with aid in Gaza.
16 Sep 2025 · Treasury
Employment: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make it her policy to introduce (a) fiscal and (b) regulatory measures to mitigate the potential impact of the adoption of AI on employment.
16 Sep 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Employment: Artificial Intelligence
To as the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department provides guidance to businesses on the potential impact of AI systems on employment.
11 Sep 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza: Humanitarian Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to help protect British (a) vessels and (b) civilians when en route to provide humanitarian aid to Gaza.
11 Sep 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza: Humanitarian Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had recent discussions with the (a) United Nations and (b) International Maritime Organisation on the access of the Global Sumed Flotilla into Gaza.
11 Sep 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment: Artificial Intelligence and Offshoring
To the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that vocational and adult education programmes are aligned with employment opportunities that are less vulnerable to (a) offshoring and (b) becoming replaced by
11 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Defence: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on the (a) development and (b) procurement of AI-enabled defence systems in each of the last three years.
11 Sep 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Artificial Intelligence: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to introduce skills retraining and workforce support measures, in the context of the deployment of AI technologies in workplaces.
11 Sep 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment: Offshoring
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to support workers whose roles have been displaced due to offshoring by UK-based firms.
11 Sep 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment: Artificial Intelligence
To the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of artificial intelligence on employment levels in the next (a) five and (b) ten years.
22 Jul 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza: Israel
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to his oral statement of 21 July 2025 on Middle East, Official Report, column 595, whether UK made arms components were used in the incident at the Project HOP
21 Jul 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Civil Society
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the of the (a) long-term sustainability of the third sector and (b) its impact on health and social care services.
21 Jul 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Charities: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to help support small and medium-sized charities, in the context of increased competition for limited grant funding.
21 Jul 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy: Standing Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with Ofgem on reducing electricity and gas standing charges.
11 Jul 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Israel: Palestinians
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has held discussions with the (a) Tony Blair Institute and (b) Boston Consulting Group on the situation in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territor
11 Jul 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza: Humanitarian Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department plans to (a) support the establishment of a peacekeeping mandate and (b) pursue other multilateral action at the United Nations Security Council to pro
11 Jul 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Palestinians: Humanitarian Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has cooperated with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation; whether his Department plans to cooperate with this organisation; and whether it is his policy th
11 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Palliative Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to expand the provision of (a) palliative and (b) end-of-life care in the community.
11 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Palliative Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that the 10-Year Plan for Health enables equitable access to (a) palliative and (b) end-of-life care.
10 Jul 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
AI Security Institute
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether the AI Security Institute will be given statutory powers to (a) carry out audits, (b) approve the training of powerful AI models and (c) shut down unsafe systems.
10 Jul 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
AI Security Institute
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he plans to give statutory powers to the AI Security Institute.
10 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Waste: Crime
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to amend the regulatory framework for waste (a) carriers, (b) brokers and (c) dealers to help reduce criminal activity in the sector.
10 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Waste: Crime
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the potential impact of waste crime and illegal waste exports on the economy in each of the last five years.
Source: official written-questions record.