Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
198,755 questions
Norway: Type 26 Frigates
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, will the Type 26 frigates for Norway be built ahead of any UK MOD shipbuilding.
Ministry of Defence: Community Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department are taking to support community energy projects on his Department's land.
Navy: Unmanned Marine Systems
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 37 of his Department's document entitled Defence Investment plan, published 30 June 2026, whether his Department has contingency plans should the Hybrid Navy not be fully operational by 203
Defence Equipment
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether factories producing military equipment met productivity targets, broken down by category in 2025.
Netherlands: Amphibious Warships
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what will be the capability requirements of the joint UK-Netherlands amphibious ship.
Netherlands: Amphibious Warships
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what are the capability requirements of the UK-Netherlands Amphibious Transport Ship programme.
Defence: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 32 of his Department's Defence Investment Plan, published 30 June 2026, whether the planned £17bn investment from 2030 to 2035 for the Digital Backbone and Targeting Web is currently factor
Council Tax: City of Westminster and Wandsworth
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 2 March 2026, to Question 113737, on Council Tax: City of Westminster and Wandsworth, what assessment his Department has made of the financial via
Business: Women
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability of angel investment for female-led businesses.
Business: Women
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate he has made of the economic contribution of female-led businesses to UK gross value added.
British Growth Partnership
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department plans to publish annual monitoring reports on the economic impact of the British Growth Partnership.
Poultry: Animal Welfare
To ask His Majesty's Government what recent discussions they have had with the UK egg industry about implementing a trial of in-ovo sexing technology to prevent the culling of male chicks; and when they anticipate such a trial to take place.
NHS Trusts: Procurement
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 8 October 2025 (HL10538), whether the NHS Supply Chain procurement exercises, including the Total Cardiology and Vascular Solutions Framework, are being developed in line
NHS Trusts: Procurement
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to seek input from (1) patients, (2) clinicians, (3) medical societies, and (4) suppliers, in the development of the NHS Supply Chain Total Cardiology and Vascular Solutions Framework; and how tha
Poultry: Animal Welfare
To ask His Majesty's Government when they plan to enforce the commitment made in the Animal welfare strategy for England, published on 22 December 2025, to end the culling of male chicks in the egg industry.
Firearms: Licensing
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to rank police forces in England and Wales on the speed of their processing of shotgun and firearms licensing renewals.
Firearms: Licensing
To ask His Majesty's Government what guidance, if any, they have issued to police forces in England and Wales regarding how long they may take to process shotgun and firearms licensing renewals; and what assessment they have made of the length of time pol
Cybersecurity: Recruitment and Labour Turnover
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to help improve the recruitment and retention of cybersecurity specialists.
Orphan Drugs
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the 2025 Highly Specialised Technologies routing criteria updates on the number of orphan medicines being diverted to the Standard Technology Appraisal (STA) pathway; and what
Preventive Medicine: Arts
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the role of dance and the wider cultural sector in improving public health outcomes and reducing health inequalities; and what discussions they have had across government departments on thi
ADHD and Neurodiversity
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impacts of untreated ADHD and neurodivergence.
Preventive Medicine: Arts
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to maximise the contribution of dance and the arts to the NHS prevention programme, including through collaboration between the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the Department of Health
Health Services: Performing Arts and Sports
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Merron on 15 April (HL Deb, cols 27GC-28GC), what consideration they have given to exempting the provision of treatment to those in the performing arts, elite athletes, and their teams, f
Health Services: Performing Arts and Sports
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Merron on 15 April (HL Deb, cols 27GC–28GC), whether they consider that the Care Quality Commission has the requisite (1) knowledge, and (2) financial resources, to regulate the provision
Department for Work and Pensions: Neurodiversity
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the total economic costs of ADHD and neurodivergence; and what assessment they have made of how this cost could be addressed through improved treatment.