Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
199,265 questions
Armed Forces: Robots
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many robots are deployed in the armed forces and how much funding for robotic development has his department made available.
Defence Equipment: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, Table 6: Spending on the Land Domain, what is the breakdown of a) projects and b) proportion of funding allocated to each project from the
Armed Forces: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to improve the living conditions of barracks for people in the armed forces.
Pigs: Slaughterhouses
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether an assessment has been made of the potential merits of launching a public consultation into the use of high concentration carbon dioxide for slaughtering pigs.
Unmanned Air Vehicles: National Security
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of swarms of drones on national security; and whether research has been commissioned on that issue.
Military Intelligence: Digital Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the hearing of the Defence Committee on 7 July 2026, HC 530, what plans his Department has to accelerate the delivery of the Digital Targeting Web.
Workplace Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has modelled the potential impact of pension scheme consolidation on member charges over the next five years.
Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has undertaken international comparisons of pension value-for-money assessment frameworks.
Weapons
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure sovereign UK capabilities remain a priority for weapons integration, including F-35As.
F-35 Aircraft: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has to ensure that weapons integration of F-35As will duplicate the procurement model of F-35Bs.
Wildcat Helicopters
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 38 of his Department's document entitled Defence Investment plan, published 30 June 2026, what will be the autonomous replacement for Wildcat maritime helicopters.
Unmanned Air Systems
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 40 of his Department's document entitled Defence Investment plan, published 30 June 2026, if he will set out what steps the Army is taking to integrate drone capabilities at all levels.
Reserve Forces: Tax Allowances
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will assess the potential merits of increasing tax free bounty payments to members of the reserve forces.
Army: ICT
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the full scope of Project IRIS.
Armed Forces: Uncrewed Systems
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, paragraph 31, what uncrewed systems swarming capability do each of the services currently have in order to enable Taskforce RAID to drive
Armed Forces: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, paragraph 35, what applications are being developed as part of the Land AI C2 programme.
Military Intelligence: Cybersecurity
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the Digital Targeting Web will remain cyber secure, including against quantum cyber innovation.
Guided Weapons
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, paragraph 62, what is the Planning Assumption for Service Entry for the Precision Strike Missile.
F-35 Aircraft: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 10 July 2026, to question 15530 on F-35 Aircraft: Procurement, by what date does he expect delivery schedules to be agreed.
F-35 Aircraft: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential implications of the procurement of 12 F-35A aircraft on (a) public spending priorities, (b) nuclear proliferation risks, and (c) the UK's obligations under the Nuclear
Defence Equipment
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, Table 6: Spending on the Land Domain, what the full scope is of the £1.5 billion against Ground Based Air Defence.
F-35 Aircraft: Nuclear Weapons
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, paragraph 73, by what year he plans to join the NATO Dual Capable Aircraft nuclear mission.
Artillery
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the answer of 21 January 2026 to question 105107 on Artillery, what progress he has made on establishing a timeline for replacing the L118 105mm Light Gun by 2030.
Shipping: Finance
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 the planned funding in new maritime capabilities of £32 billion between 2030-2035 is alread
Apache Helicopters
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, Table 6: Spending on the Land Domain, what the full scope is of the £1.1 billion against Apache Helicopters.