Written questions

277 written questions tabled, most recent first.

13 May 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

AEA Group: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has considered requesting that the Government Actuary’s Department publish the calculations behind the sum transferred to the AEAT pension scheme at the time of privatisation.

13 May 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department provides to Government departments on responding to recommendations by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman involving financial redress.

13 May 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the cost of providing compensation at Level 4 of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman scale in the last 12 months.

13 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average study set-up time was for (a) all dementia clinical studies, (b) commercial dementia studies and (c) non-commercial dementia studies supported by the National Institute for Health

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

Poultry: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she will commit to developing a roadmap for the transition to in-ovo sexing in the UK egg industry.

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

Poultry: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether a consultation on ending the routine culling of male chicks through in-ovo sexing is under consideration.

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

Poultry: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps her Department is taking to work with industry to develop a roadmap for ending the routine culling of male chicks, as laid out in the Animal Welfare Strategy.

13 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ovarian Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the recent update to NICE guideline on ovarian cancer, what consideration he has given to implementing dual testing using CA125 and ultrasound at the same time for women of all ag

13 May 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Menopause

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to help ensure that menopause-related workplace adjustments are consistently available across different sectors and roles, including non-desk-based occupations.

13 May 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Menopause

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to support employers in reducing stigma around menopause in the workplace.

27 Apr 2026 · Home Office

Police: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with bodies representing police officers on remuneration.

27 Apr 2026 · Home Office

Police: Overtime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data the Home Office holds on the number of occasions police officers have been required to work on their rest days.

27 Apr 2026 · Home Office

Police Remuneration Review Body

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects the Police Remuneration Review Body to next report.

27 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Didcot and Wantage

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help improve access to trials for new dementia treatments in Didcot and Wantage constituency.

27 Apr 2026 · Department for Transport

Lower Thames Crossing: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether a new Accounting Officer Assessment for the Lower Thames Crossing will be published.

27 Apr 2026 · Department for Transport

Dartford-Thurrock Crossing: Tolls

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether loss of revenue from user charges at the Dartford Crossings is accounted for in the Department's finances.

27 Apr 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

AEA Group: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has considered requesting that the Government Actuary’s Department publish the calculations behind the sum transferred to the AEAT pension scheme at the time of privatisation.

27 Apr 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

AEA Group: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues on AEAT pension arrangements.

27 Apr 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

AEA Group: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of establishing a process to allow Atomic Energy Authority Technology pension scheme closed section members to leave the Pension Protection Fund and r

27 Apr 2026 · Department for Transport

Delivery Services: Robots

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of delivery robots on wheelchair users and visually-impaired people.

27 Apr 2026 · Department for Transport

Delivery Services: Robots

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of delivery robots operating on pavements on public safety.

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Government Departments: Digital Service Providers

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to ensure that the Government can access sensitive information and data from overseas cloud software providers in the event of contract cancellation or expirati

10 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office

Cybersecurity

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to ensure that organisations critical to national security and critical national infrastructure have secure and resilient digital processes and platforms.

10 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Cybersecurity

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to ensure (a) cross-departmental communication and (b) information sharing in the event of a major cyber-attack that would impact primary platforms and servers.

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Digital Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of commissioning a digital industrial strategy to support public and private sector organisations in modernising their digital and c

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Exhaust Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has considered in what way the UK's operational responsibility for providing air traffic services in the Shanwick Oceanic Control Area could help support operational trials of contrail-mi

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Exhaust Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of using the atmospheric and geographic features of the North Atlantic to support contrail-mitigation measures to reduce aviation's climate impact

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Exhaust Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of contrail-mitigation measures in reducing aviation's climate impact.

25 Mar 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

West Bank: Mosques

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of reports of Israeli settlers carrying out attacks on mosques during Ramadan in the occupied West

25 Mar 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Palestine: Religious Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the report by the International Centre of Justice for Palestinians, entitled Religious Persecut

Source: official written-questions record.