Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
199,265 questions
Public Service Broadcasting: Streaming
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Green Paper entitled Watch this space, published on 23 June 2026, whether her Department has undertaken a cost-benefit assessment of proposals relating to the prominence of
Public Service Broadcasting: Streaming
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to to the Green Paper entitled Watch this space, published on 23 June 2026, what criteria her Department will use in determining whether legislation is required to secure greater p
Mobile Broadband: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment has she made of the potential merits of introducing a legal definition of adequate mobile signal.
Mobile Market Review
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, when the Government will respond to the recent review into the mobile market.
Churches: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, what plans they have to ensure the preservation of historic church buildings in England.
Diabetes: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to to ensure continuity of leadership for early-stage type 1 diabetes policy and service development during the transition of functions from NHS England to his Department.
Administration of Estates
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans does she have to decrease the time taken to return savings to estates of the deceased.
Breast Cancer: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his department has taken to make the drug Enhertu available for people with secondary breast cancer in England, following the increase in NICE’s cost effectiveness thresholds in April 20
Obesity: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the government announcement of 27 June 2026 on Pioneering projects to transform obesity care, for what reason the relevant competing interests of the quoted experts were not discl
Schools: Temperature
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to protect the wellbeing of children in schools during heatwaves.
School Meals: Weather
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the number of schools that stop offering hot meals to children during heatwaves.
Ministry of Defence: Members
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, 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.
Apprentices: Life Sciences
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Government's joint press release entitled UK life sciences attracts £3bn investment, creating jobs and faster patient treatments, published on 9 July 2026, what estimate he has mad
Drax Group: KPMG
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has referred to the Financial Reporting Council the conduct of KPMG in relation to its reviews of Drax Group plc’s biomass sustainability reporting and the treatment of those fin
Taxis: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of fare-setting practices by digital private hire operators on the financial sustainability of licensed private hire drivers.
Driving under Influence
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress her Department has made on reducing deaths and serious injuries caused by drink-driving.
Taxis: Facilities
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to encourage local authorities to provide appropriate waiting areas and toilet facilities for licensed taxi and private hire drivers.
Cancer
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress has been made on the Cancer Plan commitment to define and count recurrent cancers, starting with metastatic breast.
Respiratory Diseases: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will introduce a respiratory Modern Service Framework.
Health Services: Somerset
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support health services providers in (a) Yeovil constituency and (b) Somerset with extreme heat.
Folic Acid: Perinatal Mortality
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the article in The Lancet by Dr Czeizel entitled Can terathanasia explain the protective effect of folic-acid supplemen
Artificial Intelligence: Laboratories
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to her Department's press release entitled UK backs new AI labs to make technology cheaper, more reliable and easier to use, published on 23 June 2026, what metrics will
Artificial Intelligence: Laboratories
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology's press release entitled UK backs new AI labs to make technology cheaper, more reliable and easier to use, publis
Life Sciences: Investment
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to her Department's joint press release entitled UK life sciences attracts £3bn investment, creating jobs and faster patient treatments, published on 9 July 2026, what es
Artificial Intelligence: Laboratories
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology's press release entitled UK backs new AI labs to make technology cheaper, more reliable and easier to use, publis