Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
199,265 questions
Economic Crime: Conferences
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will expand the remit of the Illicit Finance Summit to include tax abuse.
Economic Crime: Conferences
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will use the Illicit Finance Summit to press the Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies to introduce publicly accessible registers of beneficial ownership without
Universal Credit: Reviews
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to publish the findings of their review of Universal Credit; and if so, when.
Driving: Qualifications
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consideration her Department has given to incorporating the Driver Certificate of Professional Competence qualification into the (a) driving licence and (b) driver tachograph card for bus, coach and lorry
Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions her Department has had with participating European countries regarding compliance with obligations under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of
Health Services: Supply Chains
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether current Government funding arrangements adequately support resilience, redundancy and preparedness across healthcare supply chains, including the UK blood supply chain.
Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency's capacity to respond to public correspondence and enquiries; and what steps she is taking to reduce response times.
Public Houses: Business Rates
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of higher rateable values being applied to pubs that play an active role in their local communities on the sustainability of rural pubs, including those des
Health Services: Private Sector
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 29 April (HL16569), when they expect the information explaining to patients how care in the independent sector differs from NHS care to be published; and what has caused
Business Premises: Business Rates
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions she has had with the flexible workspace sector on (a) changes to the Valuation Office classification of serviced offices and (b) the potential impact of these changes on small businesses.
Parking Offences: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 24 April to Question 127689, what her Department's planned timetable is for concluding its review into the findings of the trial; and whether it intends to publish that review.
NHS: Redundancy Pay
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 2 July 2026 (HL232), what mechanisms they use to ensure compliance with HM Treasury guidance on public sector exit payments, given the statement that the Department of He
NHS South Yorkshire: Redundancy
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 2 July (HL231), what were the reasons for progressing the contractual compulsory redundancy of the former Chief Executive of the South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (IC
Euston Delivery Company
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2026 to Question 12226 on the Euston Delivery Company, what the target date is for the Euston Delivery Company to be established as a public body.
Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education: Discrimination
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the impact of efforts to engage with secondary school children on the issue of sexism.
Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education: Discrimination
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase education on the dangers and impact of sexism and misogyny.
NHS South Yorkshire: Redundancy
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Baroness Merron on 2 July (HLWS179), why the redundancy of the former Chief Executive of the South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board can be classified as a compulsory redundancy given the
Schools: Sports
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps have been taken to ensure that schoolchildren can participate in a wide range of sports in (a) school and (b) extra-curricular settings.
NHS: Software
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 22 June (HL816), how the "similar functionality" commitment applies to (1) the "native code and native interfaces" re-implementation of the NHS app with any new minimal c
Pupils: Disadvantaged
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to tackle the under-achievement of persistently disadvantaged pupils.
NHS: Software
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the cost of their proposal to maintain a fully iOS native, a fully Android native, and a computer/web browser version of the NHS app, by comparison to the current arrangements.
Northern Ireland Office: Emergencies
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many meetings his Department has held with the Northern Ireland Executive in the last 12 months on coordinating resilience planning for risks that span reserved and devolved responsibilities.
International Fund for Agricultural Development
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the International Fund for Agricultural Development.
European IDAHOT+ Forum: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, further to the Office for Equality and Opportunity's press release entitled UK to host European IDAHOT+ Forum 2027, published on 19 May 2026, if she will provide a breakdown
Surrogacy: Nigeria
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the popularity of Nigeria as an international surrogacy destination for British residents seeking surroga