Written questions
688 written questions tabled, most recent first.
29 Aug 2025 · Treasury
Bank Services: Security
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions her Department has had with stakeholders in the banking sector on the use of a first school as an (a) online and (b) telephone security question.
29 Aug 2025 · Treasury
Bank Services: Security
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions her Department has had with stakeholders in the banking sector on the use of a pet’s name as an (a) online and (b) telephone security question.
29 Aug 2025 · Treasury
Bank Services: Security
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions her Department has had with stakeholders in the banking sector on the use of a birthplace as an (a) online and (b) telephone security question.
29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Eating Disorders
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the calorie labelling system in restaurants on people with other specified feeding and eating disorder.
29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the calorie labelling system in restaurants on people with avoidant restrictive food intake disorder.
29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Bulimia
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the calorie labelling system in restaurants on people with bulimia.
29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Anorexia
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the calorie labelling system in restaurants on people with anorexia.
29 Aug 2025 · Home Office
Data Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with (a) Apple, (b) Microsoft and (c) Google on the safeguarding of data under the Investigatory Powers Act.
29 Aug 2025 · Treasury
Bank Services: Security
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has had discussions with stakeholders in the banking sector on the use of a mother’s maiden name as an (a) online and (b) telephone security question.
22 Jul 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Drax Power Station: Environment Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of biomass generation at Drax Power Station on the environment.
22 Jul 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy: Meters
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent discussions she has had with Ofgem on the adequacy of seven-port smart meters as replacements for RTS meters serving households on the Total Heating Total Control tariff.
22 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Pigs
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to encourage the uptake of (a) outdoor farrowing and (b) other higher welfare rearing systems for pigs.
22 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Farms: Animal Welfare
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with devolved Administrations on the consistency of on-farm animal welfare inspections across the United Kingdom.
22 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Animal Welfare: Labelling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of mandatory animal welfare labelling for products from pasture-fed livestock on (a) farmers and (b) consumers.
22 Jul 2025 · Treasury
State Retirement Pensions: Income Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential fiscal impact of exempting the state pension from income tax.
22 Jul 2025 · Treasury
State Retirement Pensions: Tax Allowances
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the personal allowance remaining below the value of the new state pension from April 2026 on pensioners.
22 Jul 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
State Retirement Pensions: Income Tax
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of people who will pay income tax on the state pension from April 2026.
22 Jul 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy: Meters
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent estimate he has made of the number of households in the UK still using the total heating total control tariff.
22 Jul 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy: Meters
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of migrating from total heating total control meters to standard tariffs following the replacement of radio teleswitch service
22 Jul 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy: Meters
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what guidance his Department has provided to energy suppliers on maintaining tariff equivalence when replacing Radio Teleswitch Service meters for customers previously on Total Heating with T
22 Jul 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy: Meters
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent discussions she has had with the DCC on the expansion of the smart meter network.
22 Jul 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy: Meters
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will make an estimate of the number of households that are not on the smart meter network in each constituency in Scotland.
22 Jul 2025 · Treasury
Bank of England
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of requiring the Bank of England to pay interest on its reserves to commercial banks.
22 Jul 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Syria: White Helmets
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has taken recent steps to cooperate with the Syria Civil Defence.
22 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Neighbourhood Health Centres: Public Private Partnerships
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to p.16 of the document entitled Fit for the future: 10 Year Health Plan for England, published on 3 July 2025, what progress his Department has made on the development of the busine
22 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Military Aircraft
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 22 July 2025 to Question 67746 on Military Aircraft, whether any aircraft leasing contracts include the provision of ground crew services.
21 Jul 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit: Dyslexia
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to make reasonable adjustments for people with dyslexia to complete Universal Credit applications.
21 Jul 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit: Learning Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to make reasonable adjustments for people with complex learning difficulties to complete Universal Credit applications.
21 Jul 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit: Autism
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to make reasonable adjustments for autistic people to complete Universal Credit applications.
21 Jul 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Advertising Standards Authority
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the time taken to investigate advertisements by the Advertising Standards Agency.
Source: official written-questions record.