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.