Written questions

1,820 written questions tabled, most recent first.

2 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Uncrewed Systems: Engineering

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made on the development of unmanned ground vehicles for engineering support.

2 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Uncrewed Systems

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made on the development of unmanned ground vehicles for combat support.

2 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Uncrewed Systems

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what comparative assessment he has made of the potential merits of (a) unmanned ground vehicles and (b) quadcopter drones.

2 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Unmanned Air Systems: Communication

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to improve communications capabilities of flying drones.

2 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Uncrewed Systems: Communication

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to improve the communications capabilities of unmanned ground vehicles.

2 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Uncrewed Systems: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how his Department is increasing the integration of artificial intelligence into unmanned ground vehicles to counteract signal blocking.

2 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Unmanned Air Systems: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how his Department is increasing the integration of artificial intelligence into flying drones to help counteract signal blocking.

2 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Neighbourhood Plans: West Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to provide alternative financial support to communities in West Dorset constituency following reductions in Government funding for neighbourhood plan

2 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Neighbourhood Plans: West Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of reductions in Government funding for neighbourhood plans on rural communities in West Dorset constituency.

2 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Visas: Gaza

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs on biometric processing for students from Gaza seeking to take up scholarships in the UK.

2 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Visas: Gaza

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many students from Gaza that were awarded UK scholarships in the 2024-25 academic year are unable to take up their places due to lack of access to biometric enrolment facilities.

2 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Visas: Gaza

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to provide safe routes for students from Gaza who have secured UK scholarships but are currently unable to meet biometric requirements.

2 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Visas: Gaza

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of granting biometric deferrals for students from Gaza who have been awarded UK scholarships but are unable to access biometric fa

2 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Air Ambulance Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether funding is available to upgrade hospital helipads to enable night-time operation.

2 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Per Capita Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the difference is between per-patient spend in (a) each hospital, (b) the average per-patient spend of hospitals in the top quarter of efficiency and (c) the average per-patient spend of hospi

2 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Per Capita Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the potential financial impact of aligning funding to the average per-patient spend of the top quarter most efficient hospitals on rural hospitals.

2 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative assessment he has made of the efficiency (a) rural and (b) urban hospitals; and how many hospitals in each of those categories are within the top quarter most efficient hospitals.

2 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Per Capita Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average per-patient spend is per hospital (a) in England and (b) within the top quarter of most efficient hospitals.

1 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Air Ambulance Services: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she will make an assessment of the potential merits of automatic planning permission for extending helipad operation hours at major trauma hospitals.

1 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Air Ambulance Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing legislative safeguards to protect existing hospital helipads from closure.

1 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Air Ambulance Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that existing hospital helipads are protected from (a) planning and (b) operational restrictions.

1 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which hospitals are in the top quartile of most efficient hospitals.

1 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average per-patient spend is in (a) all hospitals and (b) the top quartile of efficient hospitals.

1 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Air Ambulance Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how and what proportion of major trauma hospitals operate 24-hour hospital helipads in England.

1 Sep 2025 · Treasury

Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will commission an independent review of the proposed changes to Inheritance Tax.

1 Sep 2025 · Treasury

Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she plans to take to ensure transparency in the modelling of the proposed Inheritance Tax changes.

1 Sep 2025 · Treasury

Agriculture and Business: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of proposed Inheritance Tax changes on family (a) businesses and (b) farms.

1 Sep 2025 · Treasury

Companies: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the loss of tax revenue from non-VAT registered companies with turnover above the VAT threshold in the next five years.

1 Sep 2025 · Treasury

VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of lowering the VAT threshold on the economy.

1 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Air Ambulance Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy that all major trauma hospitals to have access to 24-hour helipad facilities.

Source: official written-questions record.