Written questions
1,279 written questions tabled, most recent first.
16 Jul 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans has she got to reduce the quotas next year that are set for (a) mackerel (b) whitebait and (c) sand eels.
16 Jul 2026 · Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what plans he has to review the inclusion of (a) animal welfare and (b) environmental conservation provisions within the UK-Faroe Islands Free Trade Agreement.
16 Jul 2026 · Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2026 to Question 15879 on Trade Agreements: Faroe Islands, who the current United Kingdom members of the Joint Committee are.
16 Jul 2026 · Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2026 to Question 15879 on Trade Agreements: Faroe Islands, when the next meeting is scheduled to take place.
16 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Justice
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, are there any plans to review the legal situation around step-parents having a relationship with their adult step-children, in the same way as has been done in Scotland.
14 Jul 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Waste Disposal: Monitoring
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how the Digital Waste Tracking service will be enforced; and how members of the public can report waste that is not disposed of correctly.
14 Jul 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Waste Disposal: Monitoring
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how the Digital Waste Tracking service will help to reduce fly tipping.
14 Jul 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Waste Disposal: Monitoring
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when further information regarding the Digital Waste Tracking service will be made available to the public.
14 Jul 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Animal Experiments
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the Annual statistics of scientific procedures on living animals, Great Britain 2025, published in July 2026, what steps she is taking to replace the use of specially
14 Jul 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Animal Experiments
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the Annual statistics of scientific procedures on living animals, Great Britain 2025, published in July 2026, what steps she is taking to replace the use of non-human
14 Jul 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Access to Work Programme: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when his Department plans to publish updated estimates of the fiscal and economic return on investment generated by the Access to Work scheme.
13 Jul 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Children: Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department will make n assessment of the potential merits of increased reporting of Financial Investigation Unit decisions and variation outcomes by the Child Maintenance Service.
13 Jul 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Children: Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average investigation timescale is for referrals by the Child Maintenance Service to the Financial Investigation Unit.
13 Jul 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Children: Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Child Maintenance Service cases were referred to the Financial Investigation Unit in the last financial year.
13 Jul 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Children: Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of variation applications based on diversion of income by the Child Maintenance Service were successful in the last financial year.
13 Jul 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Children: Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many variation applications based on diversion of income were received by the Child Maintenance Service in the last financial year.
9 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Justice
Animal Welfare: Reoffenders
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of individuals convicted of animal welfare offences went on to commit a further animal welfare offence in each of the last 10 years; and what proportion of those repeat offenders had previously be
9 Jul 2026 · Home Office
Animal Welfare: Offenders
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the availability of information on animal offenders recorded on the Police National Computer to relevant third parties; and what proportion of requests
9 Jul 2026 · Home Office
Animal Welfare: Disqualification
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of individuals convicted of animal welfare offences were (a) issued with an animal disqualification order under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 in each of the last 10 years and (b) not iss
9 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Tirzepatide
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of making the drug Monjaro available on the NHS.
9 Jul 2026 · Home Office
Foreign Influence Registration Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria her department uses to determine which states qualify for the enhanced tier listing under the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme.
9 Jul 2026 · Home Office
Foreign Influence Registration Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her department plans to add further states to the enhanced tier listing of the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme.
8 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Social Services: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve social care.
8 Jul 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment: Autism
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, the number of individuals claiming a Personal Independence Payment (PIP) for (a) autism as a sole condition and (b) autism as one of multiple conditions.
8 Jul 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment: Anxiety
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of individuals claiming a Personal Independence Payment (PIP) for (a) anxiety as a sole condition and (b) anxiety as one of multiple conditions.
8 Jul 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what analysis has been undertaken as to the reasons why the number of individuals claiming Personal Independence Payments (PIP) has risen since July 2024.
8 Jul 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what analysis has been undertaken as to the reasons why the number of individuals claiming Personal Independence Payments (PIP) has risen between 2020 and 2024.
8 Jul 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment: ADHD
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what is the cost of awarding Personal Independence Payments (PIP) to people with (a) ADHD as their sole condition and (b) ADHD as one of multiple conditions.
7 Jul 2026 · Department for Education
Children: Reading
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the implications for its policies of the findings of the National Literacy Trust’s report entitled Children and young people’s reading in 2026 relating to children’s r
7 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Justice
Sexual Offences: Prisoners' Release
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to ensure people convicted of sexual offences are excluded from early release provisions.
Source: official written-questions record.