Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
199,265 questions
Childcare
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy and affordability of childcare provision during school holidays; and what steps her Department is taking to ensure that childcare costs do not prevent parents, parti
Free School Meals
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of additional children eligible for free school meals from September 2026.
Schools: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve mental health and wellbeing in young people through the expansion of Mental Health Support Teams in schools.
Childcare: Sutton Coldfield
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of parents eligible for the Free Childcare for Working Parents scheme have accessed the scheme in Sutton Coldfield constituency.
Pre-school Education: Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of spending on the Early Learning for 2 year olds scheme is for non-working families.
Pupils: Absenteeism
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of persistent absence in schools in South Gloucestershire and Bath and North East Somerset.
Large Goods Vehicles: Parking
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with the National Highways agency on improving lorry parking facilities in the Midlands.
Great Western Railway: Mobile Phones
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of mobile signal coverage on GWR trains.
Endometriosis: Prescriptions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to review the current criteria for medical exemption certificates for prescription charges to include endometriosis.
Cabinet Office: Freedom of Information
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will place in the Library a copy of the minutes of the Ministerial meeting between the UK Open Government Network, Transparency International and the Open Data Institute and the Hon Member for Brighton Kem
Women and Equalities: Members
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many MP surgeries she has had with MPs (a) in the period July 2024 to January 2025 and (b) since January 2025.
Department for Education: Members
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many MP surgeries Ministers in her Department have had with MPs (a) in the period July 2024 to January 2025 and (b) since January 2025.
Mental Health Services: Slough
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps have been taken to reduce waiting times for mental health services in Slough.
Mental Health Services: Slough
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps have been taken to reduce waiting times for mental health assessments in the constituency of Slough.
Prayer: Public Places
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 30 June 2026 to Question 11664 on Prayer: Public Places, whether he has issued guidance on whether silent prayer is permissible in a safe access zone by
Department for Education: Westminster Hall Sittings
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the annual cost to her Department of preparing ministers to respond to Westminster Hall Debates.
HM Coastguard: Voluntary Work
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to Coastguard staffing arrangements on volunteer retention.
Rescue Services: North West
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of the proposed staffing changes on Coastguard operations in North West England.
Prime Minister: Official Gifts
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what type of revolver did the Prime Minister receive from the President of Turkey at the NATO summit.
Defence: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, paragraph 31, what is the scope of machine-augmented intelligence fusion.
Electric Vehicles
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2026 to Question 12280 on Electric Vehicles, whether her Department intends to publish a summary of the evidence and views received during discussions with stakeholders on the r
NHS: Databases
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on (a) the use of artificial intelligence tools within the Federated Data Platform and (b) any capabilities for (i) summarisation, (b) research, (c) inference,
Pony Partnerships: Transgender People
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what guidance her department can give Pony Partnerships CIC (a Derbyshire-based Community Interest Company providing equine-facilitated therapeutic, learning and enrichment services for children, young people,
GCSE: Dyslexia
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the findings of the British Dyslexia Association's 9 July 2026 Report: GCSE attainment: A decade without progress.
GCSE: Specific Learning Difficulties
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, in light of the findings of the British Dyslexia Association's 2026 report: GCSE attainment: A decade without progress, what steps she is taking to reduce the GSCE attainment gap between those with Specific Lea