Written questions

122 written questions tabled, most recent first.

17 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil service pensioners were awaiting pensions quotations as of 17 June.

17 Jun 2026 · Home Office

Immigration

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects to announce the final earned settlement model following the consultation period which expired on 12 February.

17 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many ill-health civil service retirement cases remain unresolved as of 17 June.

17 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many death in service pensions remain outstanding and unpaid as of 17 June 2026.

15 May 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy Supply

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the average figure for energy production supplies to the grid was for (a) gas, (b) solar farms, (c) wind farms, (d) hydro-electric schemes, (e) nuclear, (f) biomass and (g) interconnecto

11 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to bring forward the statutory instrument necessary to permit the use of hydrogen powered construction vehicles on public roads through amendment to the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regul

25 Oct 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Cyprus: Turkey

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, If he will discuss with his Turkish counterpart the resolution of persons missing following the invasion of Cyprus in 1974 and the role that Turkey could play in providing ac

23 May 2022 · Department for Transport

Tourism: Kent

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the economic impact of the planned closures of the M2 motorway between junctions 5 and 6 at weekends in (a) spring and (b) summer 2022 on tourist industries in t

18 May 2022 · Home Office

HM Passport Office: Remote Working

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of staff in the Passport Office working from home as of 18 May 2022.

18 May 2022 · Home Office

Passports: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the backlog of outstanding passport applications.

18 May 2022 · Home Office

Passports: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passport applications are (a) outstanding and (b) remain unprocessed for more than ten weeks.

11 May 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fish Farming: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the current animal welfare arrangements for the 77 million fish farmed annually in the United Kingdom.

11 May 2022 · Department for Education

PE and Sport Premium

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to announce details of the Primary PE and Sport Premium for the 2022-23 academic year.

29 Mar 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Animal Products: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many permits his Department has issued for the import of hunting trophies from Russia in each of the last three years.

3 Nov 2021 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Freight

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of UK airfreight infrastructure required to accommodate (a) dedicated freighter aircraft using UK runway capacity, (b) belly freight on passenger aircraft served by exist

3 Nov 2021 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Freight

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the air freight capacity available at (a) Heathrow (b) Stansted and (c) East Midlands airports.

3 Nov 2021 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Freight

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the annual tonnage of air freight that is (a) trucked from the UK to EU airports for onward carriage by air and (b) flown into EU airports and then trucked onwards into the UK.

3 Nov 2021 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Freight

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what modelling his Department has made of levels of future air freight volumes to and from the UK up to 2050.

3 Nov 2021 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Freight

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of internet sales on demand for air freight services.

3 Nov 2021 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Freight

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of new trade deals on the import and export volumes that will require air freight transportation.

3 Nov 2021 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Freight

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of future GDP growth on air freight tonnage for (a) imports into and (b) exports from the UK.

28 Oct 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Vacancies

What assessment his Department has made of the effect of labour shortages on the harvesting of crops in autumn 2021.

21 Jul 2021 · Cabinet Office

Ministers: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Ministers were required to self-isolate on 21 July 2021.

14 Jun 2021 · Home Office

Wildlife: Smuggling

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has spent on helping to prevent the illegal wildlife trade in each year since 2015.

14 Jun 2021 · Home Office

Nature Conservation: Seized Articles

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many items have been seized under the terms of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites) in each year since 2015.

14 Jun 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Wildlife: Smuggling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department spent on measures to prevent the illegal wildlife trade in each year since 2015.

19 Feb 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Powers of Attorney

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate his Department has made of the average length of time taken to process an application for a Power of Attorney.

18 Jan 2021 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Coronavirus

What support his Department is providing to help safeguard (a) staff and (b) children in early years settings during the covid-19 outbreak.

30 Oct 2020 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: Immigration Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many illegal immigrants have been apprehended while entering the UK in each of the 12 months from September (a) 2018 and (b) 2019.

30 Oct 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what average length of time is taken by her Department to process the mandatory reconsideration of a personal independence payment claim.

Source: official written-questions record.