Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
199,265 questions
Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Agency Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many agency staff were employed by her Department in each of the last five years.
Northern Ireland Office: Members
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many surgeries Ministers in his Department have held for hon. Members (a) between July 2024 and January 2025 and (b) since January 2025.
Disability Living Allowance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to apply the findings from the Timms Review of Personal Independence Payment: interim report to Disability Living Allowance in areas where elements of both systems operate in similar wa
Personal Independence Payment Assessment Review
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many responses to the Timms Review have been received from people living in the South West.
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Agency Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many agency staff were employed by his Department in each of the last five years.
Workplace Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of pension scheme consolidation on investment in UK private markets.
Empty Property
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what (a) information his Department has and (b) what research his Department has commissioned on the amount of retail, hospitality and leisure hereditaments or business space whi
Department for Work and Pensions: Internet
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of expanding online chat facilities as a means for pensioners to raise pension-related queries with the DWP.
Workplace Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the proportion of defined contribution pension assets that will be managed by schemes with more than £25 billion in assets by 2030.
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Agency Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many agency staff were employed by her Department in each of the last five years.
Typhoon Aircraft
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what upgrades and enhancements to the Typhoon force a) have been delivered and b) are within the scope of the Typhoon Long Term Evolution programme.
Housing: Greater London
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the London Plan policy on Accessibility (D7) on the ability to construct mansion blocks with walk-up steps in London.
NHS: Expenditure
To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of NHS expenditure has been allocated to (1) acute hospital services, (2) primary medical care (general practice), and (3) community health services, in each financial year since 2015/16.
Ukraine: Aid Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to support the protection of humanitarian demining personnel in Ukraine in the context of the attack on Norwegian People's Aid staff in Kherson Oblas
Minesweepers
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps her Department is taking to promote British soft power through the mine action sector.
Minesweepers: Ukraine
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential long-term impact of explosive ordnance contamination on civilian return rates in Ukraine and what steps the Government is taking
Social Rented Housing: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the need for additional guidance to ensure that post-war low-rise council blocks, not covered by the Building Safety Act, are proactively inspected
Council Tax
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 10 June 2026, to Question 5955, on Council Tax, and with reference to the Fair funding share calculator: final, published 9 February 2026, in how many l
Warships: Unmanned Marine Systems
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 10 July 2026, to question 15529 on Warships: Procurement, what phase is the Type 91 uncrewed missile platform currently at.
Warm Homes Plan
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that policy changes arising from consultations relevant to the Warm Homes Plan are implemented in time to support delivery of that Plan's objecti
Offshore Industry: Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of government policy on employment in Scotland's offshore oil and gas sector since July 2024.
Energy: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what comparative assessment his Department has made of the computational and energy requirements of (a) the machine learning and optimisation techniques used for electricity network managemen
Energy: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the co-operative model for energy retrofit.
Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made (a) an estimate of the cost of the Hornsea windfarm project in the North Sea and (b) a comparative assessment of the efficiency of the project with drilling oil in the sam
Offshore Industry: Methane
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the cost-effectiveness of unsupported flaring, in terms of cost per tonne of CO2 equivalent abated, compared with other methane abatement measures.