Written questions

641 written questions tabled, most recent first.

10 Apr 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Democratic Republic of the Congo: Solar Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what value for money assessment her Department has made of the expenditure of £14 million on the solar panel project in Democratic Republic of the Congo.

10 Apr 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Democratic Republic of the Congo: Solar Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what criteria was used to allocate £14 million to the solar panel project in Democratic Republic of the Congo.

10 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pregnancy: Aviation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has issued guidance to NHS Trusts on the provision of fit-to-fly certificates for pregnant women.

10 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pregnancy: Aviation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of charges associated with obtaining fit-to-fly certificates during pregnancy on patients.

26 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

ME/CFS: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support people with very severe ME following the decision to pause development of a national specialist service until April 2027.

26 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

ME/CFS: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will engage with the ME community to develop an interim plan for supporting people with very severe ME until suitable long-term provision is in place nationally.

25 Mar 2026 · Home Office

Terrorism: Candidates

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Defending Democracy Taskforce has made an assessment of the potential impact of convicted terrorists standing for elected public office on levels of national security.

25 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Fractures: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the timing of the start of the rollout of fracture liaison services on whether there will be full coverage of those services across England by

25 Mar 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Proof of Identity: Digital Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the use of biometric data by private contractors such as Yoti in publicly accessible digital identity systems on levels of public

25 Mar 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Yoti: Data Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her data protection polices of the enforcement action taken by the Agencia Española de Protección de Datos against Yoti in

23 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Meningitis: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his department has taken to roll-out the Men-B vaccination to vulnerable people.

23 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

Proof of Identity: Digital Technology

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Yoti has any current contracts for cross-Government digital identity programmes.

23 Mar 2026 · Home Office

Home Office: Yoti

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any services provided by Yoti are currently used in Home Office identity verification, border control, or age assurance systems.

18 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

Arms Length Bodies: Cost Effectiveness

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will set out who assesses the value for money of Arm's Length Bodies.

18 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

Arms Length Bodies

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what is the cost of Arm's Length Bodies to the public purse for the latest year for which data is available.

18 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

Arms Length Bodies

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, to whom Arm's Length Bodies report annually.

12 Mar 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Defence: Innovation and Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help improve research and innovation in the defence sector.

11 Mar 2026 · Department for Education

Children: Dyslexia

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data her Department requires local authorities to collect in relation to the numbers of children with dyslexia in education in their area.

11 Mar 2026 · Department for Education

Children: Dyslexia

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the experiences of children and young people with dyslexia are captured when measuring attainment at the end of secondary school.

11 Mar 2026 · Department for Education

Children: Dyslexia

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data her Department collects on children with dyslexia to improve understanding of the number of children with dyslexia in schools, their support needs in the classroom and their educational outcomes.

11 Mar 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when will she provide a response to questions 118113, 118114 and 118115 tabled on 4th March 2026.

10 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Recruitment

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government plans to make the Civil Service Recruitment Framework (2022) publicly available.

9 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Elections: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has considered the potential merits of strengthening penalties for people who vote on behalf of family members without proper authorisation.

9 Mar 2026 · Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission

Secret Ballot

To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, whether the Electoral Commission has reported any recent evidence of family voting.

9 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Terrorism: Candidates

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Government has considered the potential merits of introducing legislation to prohibit individuals convicted of terrorism offences from standing for elected public off

9 Mar 2026 · Treasury

Banking Hubs: Cheques

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions her Department has had with LINK to ensure that banking hubs continue to accept cheques.

5 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has made an assessment of the potential tax implications for recipients for civil of service pensions due to Capita delays with payments.

4 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

ME/CFS: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how he is ensuring accountability for delivery of commitments made in the Final Delivery Plan on ME/CFS affecting people with severe and very severe ME; and what timelines and funding have been set

4 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

ME/CFS: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what actions have been delivered under the Final Delivery Plan on ME/CFS to improve access to healthcare and support for people with severe and very severe ME.

4 Mar 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Middle East: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support British nationals stranded due to the Middle East conflict with medical needs.

Source: official written-questions record.