Written questions

713 written questions tabled, most recent first.

3 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

AEA Group: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Fifty-seventh Report of the Committee of Public Accounts of Session 2022-23 on AEA Technology Pension Case, HC 1005, published on 14 June 2023, and to Questions 329 and 330 of the

1 Apr 2025 · Home Office

Immigration: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on Ukrainian families invited to the UK following the Russian invasion wishing to seek (a) employment, (b) rental agreements, (c) educational continuity for their children and (d) i

31 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Landmines

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential effectiveness of landmines in enabling the defence of land borders against conventional armed attack.

31 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Students: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she plans to take to ensure that the cost of loans advanced to (a) overseas and (b) domestic applicants subsequently found not to have seriously participated in higher education courses will not be b

31 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Pre-sentence Reports

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether it is her policy that pre-sentence reports to inform judges prior to passing sentences on offenders should be requested in light of (a) their individual circumstances only and (b) any specific groups to w

31 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence Equipment: Iron and Steel

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the (a) domestic and (b) foreign sources of high-grade steel on which his Department will rely for the manufacture of (i) warships, (ii) armoured vehicles and (iii) jet aircraft (A) for the remain

31 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Palliative Care: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) mechanisms exist and (b) steps he is taking to ensure that integrated care boards are accountable for their commissioning of children’s palliative care.

19 Mar 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Natural Gas: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2025 to Question 37979 on Natural Gas: Imports, what the minimum safety criteria are with which a shale gas company must comply when plugging an unused well

18 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Takeovers

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office on the prevention of future acquisition of UK defence companies by US defence companies; and what

18 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

National Security Adviser: Select Committees

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on how many occasions UK National Security Advisers have appeared as witnesses in front of (a) Commons, (b) Lords and (c) joint committees in each year since 2010; and if he will list those committees.

13 Mar 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Natural Gas: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Defence on the potential impact of putting the UK’s shale gas wells permanently beyond use on their policies; and whether he has

13 Mar 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Liquefied Natural Gas: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent estimate his Department has made of the (a) volume and (b) proportion of liquefied natural gas imported from the United States derived from shale gas in each of the last three yea

11 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

NATO: USA

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the willingness of the US administration to (a) consult with and (b) include in peace negotiations representatives of (i) the UK, (ii) F

11 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Russia: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of (a) Russian advocacy of and (b) US support for holding elections in Ukraine as part of any agreement

11 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ukraine: Military Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment with the Secretary of State for Defence of the potential merits of appointing a cross-departmental co-ordination unit to oversee efforts to (a)

11 Mar 2025 · Home Office

Counter-terrorism

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a single independent inquiry into the (a) effectiveness of the Prevent programme and (b) adequacy of the handling of the cases in

10 Mar 2025 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) restrictions on freedom of movement and (b) other preventative measures are placed on migrants who have (i) arrived in the UK illegally and (ii) been identified as supporters of foreign terro

4 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the oral contribution of the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, on 13 January 2025 on Artificial Intelligence Opportunities Action Plan, Official Report, column 61, what

4 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

Ministers' Private Offices: Telephones

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2025 to Question 32906 on Government Department: Telephone Services, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the removal of dedicated telephone numbers from t

26 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Surgical Mesh Implants

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish current waiting lists totals at each of the mesh removal centres set up following the publication of the Cumberlege report; and whether mesh-damaged women are given an option to

26 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Surgical Mesh Implants: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many legal cases brought against the NHS by mesh-damaged women have been settled (a) in and (b) out of court in each of the past ten years.

26 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Surgical Mesh Implants

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to commission (a) research into, and (b) training programmes for, improved techniques for removal of failed pelvic mesh implants from injured women including those removal met

25 Feb 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment she has made of the contribution made by the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme to the (a) repair and (b) conservation of such buildings for the use by (i) current commu

25 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Fenfluramine

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence on the use of Fenfluramine to treat Lennox Gastaut Syndrome; and what representations his Department has had f

24 Feb 2025 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Telephone Services

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will list each Department which (a) continues to and (b) no longer provides telephone numbers to Members of Parliament for its (i) Parliamentary Branch and (ii) for its Correspondence Section to pursue con

24 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Mefloquine

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what criteria are applied by the Defence Medical Services to distinguish the adverse effects caused by the prescribing of Lariam (Mefloquine) to service personnel as an anti-malarial prophylaxis and those caused

24 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mefloquine: Side Effects

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department gives to medical practitioners on the (a) risks of harmful long-term effects resulting from the prescription of Lariam (Mefloquine) as an anti-malarial prophylaxis and

24 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Mefloquine

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has continued to (a) monitor and (b) report regularly to Parliament on the numbers of service personnel prescribed Lariam as an anti-malarial prophylaxis, since the Government Response HC 6

24 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Unmanned Air Systems: National Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made on investigating drone intrusion incidents at (a) RAF Mildenhall, (b) RAF Lakenheath and (c) RAF Feltwell (i) during and (ii) since November 2024, with reference to the prese

11 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Universities: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will commission an assessment of the value for money of vice-chancellors’ salaries in universities which are in receipt of public money.

Source: official written-questions record.