Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
199,265 questions
Flags
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 22 June 2026, to Question 8767, on Flags: Palestine, whether (a) the Progress flag and (b) the variant of the Progress Flag with the Palestinian flag in
NHS England: Reorganisation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to public purse of the creation and enactment of transfer schemes in connection with the abolition of the NHS England.
NHS England: Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the estimated costs of making provisions for transfer schemes of connection with the abolition of the NHS England.
Defence: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Select Committee session on the Defence Investment Plan on 7 July 2026, what assessment his Department has made of the capability gaps that will remain during the period before the D
Clyde Naval Base
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what are the expected timelines for the Clyde Infrastructure programme to start and complete.
Warships
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, page 28 on Integrated Air and Missile Defence, in what way will CCAs to play a key role in IAMD into the 2030s.
Higher Education: Admissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether POLAR4 is intended to measure socio-economic background.
Business: Floods
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many applications were (a) received, (b) approved and (c) paid for the Business Recovery Grant in each financial year since 2023-24; and what the value of grants paid was in each year.
Food: Labelling
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of making nutritional information on pre-packaged food a) clearer, and b) more visible, especially with regard to salt.
Healthy Start Scheme: Migrants
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether Healthy Start will be available to households subject to no recourse to public funds on a permanent basis.
Healthy Start Scheme: Poplar and Limehouse
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what percentage of eligible households are not currently in receipt of the Healthy Start scheme in Poplar and Limehouse constituency.
Food: Salt
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of the food industry meeting salt reduction targets; and the potential impact of this on a) the number of people with coronary heart disease, b
Food: Salt
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of encouraging lower salt intake amongst the general population on health inequalities.
Food: Salt
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if the Public Health England Salt Reduction Targets for 2024 will be a) reviewed, or b) revised.
Food: Salt
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if salt reduction targets will be integrated into the Government's Healthy Food Standard.
Food: Salt
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to encourage food producers to reduce the levels of salt in food.
Food: Salt
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of the introduction of a) mandatory limits, and b) targeted fiscal measures, to reduce pre-existing levels of salt in foods.
Food: Salt
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in light of the success of previous UK voluntary salt reduction programmes in reducing blood pressure and cardiovascular deaths, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of reintroduci
Defence: Finance
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the implications for the UK's NATO commitments of current planned levels of defence expenditure.
Social Media: Parents and Carers
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what support she will provide to parents and carers ahead of the implementation of the social media ban for under 16 year-olds.
Housing: Sales
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on the number of residential property transactions that fell through in each of the last five years.
Housing: Sales
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on the number of property sales in (a) Basildon, (b) Thurrock, and (c) Essex which have not been successful in each of the last five years.
Housing: Sales
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the average cost to sellers of failed residential property transactions in each of the last five years.
Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what the full scope is of the UK AI Hardware Plan.
Deportation
To ask His Majesty's Government how many Notice of Liability to Remove letters they have issued since 2024, broken down by month.