Written questions

713 written questions tabled, most recent first.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the number of women to have died since the publication of the Government’s Response to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s Investigation into and Re

22 Jul 2025 · Home Office

Counter-terrorism

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to representations made by the (a) Amess family, and (b) Father of the House and Rt Hon Member for Rayleigh and Wickford in their contributions to the Sir David Amess Summer Adjournment

21 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Dental Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will hold discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the relocation of Armed Forces personnel causing families to lose their place in the waiting list for NHS dental provision in

21 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Tax Avoidance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury's oral contribution of 1 July 2025, Official Report, column 137, for what reason her Department did not inform (a) Rt hon. and hon. Members and (b) those (i)

8 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Dismissal

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many veterans previously dismissed from the Armed Forces for reasons relating to their sexuality have applied to the LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme since December 2024; whether the allocated funds will be

8 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Dismissal

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason records of Service personnel previously dismissed from the Armed Forces for reasons of sexual orientation were ordered to be destroyed in 2010; how fully that policy of destruction was implemented

2 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Veterans: Radiation Exposure

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Written Statement of 30 June 2025 on Nuclear Test Veteran Records Exercise and the Merlin Database, HCWS748, if he will publish the findings gathered from the 43,000 files which have already been

2 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Veterans: Radiation Exposure

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Written Statement of 30 June 2025 on Nuclear Test Veteran Records Exercise and the Merlin Database, HCWS748, for what reason the Individual Medical Records of military personnel who participated i

1 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Russia

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2025 to Question 62523 on Shipping: Russia, if she will publish the instructions her Department has issued in respect of the (a) interception and (b) onboard inspection of vess

25 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Russia

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her policy is on the (a) tracking, (b) interception and (c) onboard inspection of vessels suspected of belonging to Russia's shadow fleet when in transit through UK waters.

20 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

BBC World Service

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to Executive Order entitled Continuing the reduction in the elements of the Federal bureaucracy, published by the President of the United States of America on

20 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will designate a Minister in his Department to (a) have responsibility for the field of cell and gene therapies and (b) chair his Department's Advanced Therapies Medicinal Products Coordinati

20 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to (a) increase awareness of, (b) improve screening for and (c) develop research into lobular breast cancer; and what recent discussions his Department has had with NHS Englan

20 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Trussell document entitled Guarantee our essentials, published in June 2025, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for her policies of the re

13 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Strategic Defence Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his oral statement of 2 June 2025 on Strategic Defence Review, Official Report, column 53, how much and what proportion of the funding for military accommodation will be allocated to the reserve

13 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Reserve Forces: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many sites for reserve forces managed by (a) the Reserve Forces and Cadets Associations and (b) his Department are (i) unusable and (ii) partly unusable because of (A) boiler breakdowns and (B) leaking roofs.

11 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mayors: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reason future candidates for a directly elected mayoral post are required to pay (a) a deposit of £5,000 and (b) another £5,000 towards a candidates' booklet; and what a

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, when he plans to respond to the correspondence of 2 December 2024 from the Rt hon. Member for New Forest East on research into the accuracy of data produced by the Meteorological Office

20 May 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Employment: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to prevent non-disclosure agreements from being used to conceal serious misconduct against former employees.

20 May 2025 · Home Office

Police: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on the (a) removal and (b) retention of police widows pensions when those in receipt of such pensions (i) cohabit and (ii) remarry.

20 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Written Questions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans respond to Question 50047 tabled on 6 May 2025 for answer on 12 May 2025.

16 May 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Solar Power and Wind Power: Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he plans to take to investigate the security of UK (a) solar and (b) wind farms to ensure that there are no kill switches in Chinese-made inverter units installed in their structur

16 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Social Rented Housing: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will establish a Green and Decent Homes Programme to bring (a) social and (b) council housing up to acceptable standards.

15 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Buildings: Insulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reason (a) housing associations and (b) local councils are not eligible to apply to the (i) Building Safety Fund and (ii) Cladding Safety Scheme set up to defray the cos

6 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Intelligence Services: Iran

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Prime Minister plans to respond to the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament on its Iran Report, sent to him on 27 March 2025.

30 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Paediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome and Paediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to facilitate the circulation of material to General Practitioners advising how to (a) recognise and (b) treat with (i) antibiotics and (ii) anti-inflammatory medications the

28 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Concessions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will publish the findings of the Review of the English National Concessionary Travel Scheme in August 2024; and whether she plans to introduce a statutory requirement on local authorities to include Comp

28 Apr 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Coking Coal: Scunthorpe

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will publish a list of the countries from which the coking coal required for the Scunthorpe blast furnaces will be purchased; and if he will publish the estimate of the carbon footprint which wil

24 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Parish and Town Councils

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will publish a list of the responsibilities that Town and Parish Council will be expected to take over from District Councils following the creating of new Unitary Authori

24 Apr 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Genetics: Databases

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what privacy safeguards exist to prevent identifiable peoples' sequenced DNA being passed to third parties when companies which offer family or other research services to members of the

Source: official written-questions record.