Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
199,265 questions
Challenger Tanks
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, paragraph 62, what the breakdown is of the £1.1 billion allocated to Challenger 3.
Netherlands: Amphibious Warships
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what will be the capability requirements of the Joint Commando Craft in collaboration with Norway.
Domestic Abuse: Animal Welfare
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of strengthening guidance for courts and probation services on the link between animal cruelty and domestic abuse.
Type 45 Destroyers
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 10 July 2026 to question 15401 on Type 45 Destroyers, what financial provision has been made in the Defence Investment Plan for a Type 45 Life Extension Programme.
Defence: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the level of recruitment for specialist engineering, cyber and digital defence roles required by the Defence Investment Plan.
Type 31 Frigates
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what date will the Type 31 frigate come into service.
RFA Proteus
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 39 of his Department's document entitled Defence Investment plan, published 30 June 2026, if he will set out the proposed enhanced capabilities for RFA Proteus.
HMS Protector
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, if he will set out details of the replacement for HMS Protector; and when will this be procured.
Roll-on Roll-off Ships
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 future strategic sea lift capability.
Armed Forces: Credit Unions
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to increase awareness of credit union services among the armed forces community.
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.