Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
199,265 questions
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Members
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many MP surgeries have Ministers in her Department had with MPs (a) in the period July 2024 to January 2025 and (b) since January 2025.
Cabinet Office: Members
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many MP surgeries have Ministers in his Department had with MPs (a) in the period July 2024 to January 2025 and (b) since January 2025.
Defence: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the current invested capital of the protected AI Investment Fund.
Educational Visits: Attendance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department's guidance permits schools to make participation in school events, trips, and extracurricular activities conditional on achieving a minimum attendance rate.
Semaglutide
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the NHS has spent on semaglutide prescribed for weight management in each year since it became available on the NHS; and how many patients received such treatment in each of those years.
Semaglutide
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has independently assessed the clinical benefits and effectiveness of Wegovy.
Special Educational Needs: Reform
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to publish the Local SEND Reform Plans submitted to her department by local authorities on 19 June.
Service Pupil Premium
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her department has assessed the potential merits of increasing the service pupil premium.
UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 20 March 2025 to Question 37523 on UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland, to update the table, providing figures for the full financial year 2024-25 and for the full financial year
Arms Length Bodies: Equality
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2026 to Question 9341 on Ofwat: Equality, whether other Arm’s Length Bodies were not reporting their External Expenditure on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion prior to 2025/26.
Civil Service: Equality
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 1 July 2026 to Question 13162 on Civil Service: Equality, if he will list the stakeholders consulted.
Trade Unions
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the trade union Partnership Framework, published on 30 June 2026, whether that framework replaces any previous agreement; and what elements represent new policy guidance.
Cabinet Office: Greater London
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he is considering ways to reduce the UK Government office foot print in the centre of London.
Immigration Controls
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times UK Border Force has exercised powers to stop, board and inspect vehicles, public transport, buses and boats for immigration purposes in each of the last five calendar years.
Immigration Controls
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what powers UK Border Force has to stop, board and inspect vehicles, public transport, buses and boats for immigration purposes.
Bus Services: Concessions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consultation with trade unions representing bus workers was undertaken (a) prior to and (b) since the announcement of the free bus travel for children in August scheme.
Bus Services: Concessions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether an impact assessment has been undertaken for the free bus travel for children in August scheme.
Bus Services: Concessions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the free bus travel for children in August scheme will permit travel by minors unaccompanied by an adult.
Roads: Birmingham
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions her Department has had with Birmingham City Council on preventative maintenance regarding potholes.
Department for Transport: Agency Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many agency staff were employed by her Department in each of the last five years.
Veterinary Services: Prescriptions
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate his Department has made of the average annual savings for pet owners arising from the proposed cap on written prescription charges.
Energy Drinks: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the answer of 8 July 2026 to question 14817, what specific representations his Department made on behalf of the vending industry to the Department for Health and Social Care.
Homelessness: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to support 18-year-olds still in education who are experiencing homelessness.
MOD Bicester: Asylum
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether contracts have been awarded to companies to undertake assessments of Site A at MoD Bicester in connection with proposals for its use as asylum accommodation; and on what date the first such co
MOD Bicester: Asylum
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which organisations, agencies and public bodies were consulted by her Department in connection with proposals for the use of Site A at MoD Bicester for asylum accommodation.