Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
199,265 questions
Surrogacy: Nigeria
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her polices of Nigeria becoming the second most popular international surrogacy destination for British residen
Data Centres: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will take steps to introduce a single framework to regulate data centres.
Administration of Justice: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what standards have been set to measure the safe and ethical use of AI legal assistants during its trial period.
Civil Servants: Training
To ask His Majesty's Government for what reason they do not keep a central register of training undertaken by civil servants across all government departments; and whether they will review this practice and policy.
Data Centres: Outages
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, when her Department last conducted a risk assessment of the ability of data centres designated as Critical National Infrastructure to continue operating during a sustained cyberattack.
Universal Credit: Work Capability Assessment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2026 to Question 4373 on Universal Credit: Work Capability Assessment and with reference to the Freedom of Information Act response with reference FOI2026/51669, disclos
Electrical Goods: Sales
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent steps he has taken to prevent the sale of electrical products online that do not meet British safety standards.
Mental Health Services: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the resources required to deliver his commitment to open-access mental health support for children and young people in every community.
Mental Health Services: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of early support hubs in increasing access to timely mental health support for children and young people aged 11 to 25, and whether he plans to supp
National Security
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment has been made of the level of threat from hostile state actors to the UK.
Fossil Fuels: Advertising
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to prevent oil and gas companies promoting the use of fossil fuels through advertising.
Fossil Fuels: Advertising
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what guidance his Department has issued to the Advertising Standards Authority on a fossil fuel advertising ban.
Intellectual Property Office: Patents
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to question 5167 on Patents: Disclosure of Information, what recent discussions the minister has had with major companies on the effectiveness of the IPO online search tool.
Military Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps are being taken to improve intelligence sharing between the armed forces and other security agencies.
Overseas Trade: Turkey
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of engaging with Türkiye's as a trade corridor between the UK and Central Asia and Middle East markets; and what estimate his Department
Electronic Warfare
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment has been made of the adequacy of the UK’s cyber defence capabilities.
Armed Forces: Deployment
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure the safety of UK service personnel deployed overseas.
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Public Appointments
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department has appointed anyone from outside the civil service other than special advisers since July 2024.
Navy: North Atlantic Ocean
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled At least six new air defence warships to defend UK waters and boost shipbuilding, published on 29 June 2026, how much has been spent on the delivery of (a
Probate: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he made of the reasons for the increase in probate processing times.
Personal Independence Payment: ADHD
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what is the cost of awarding Personal Independence Payments (PIP) to people with (a) ADHD as their sole condition and (b) ADHD as one of multiple conditions.
Personal Independence Payment: Anxiety
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of individuals claiming a Personal Independence Payment (PIP) for (a) anxiety as a sole condition and (b) anxiety as one of multiple conditions.
Personal Independence Payment: Autism
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, the number of individuals claiming a Personal Independence Payment (PIP) for (a) autism as a sole condition and (b) autism as one of multiple conditions.
Jeffrey Epstein
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department has held discussions on the Epstein files released by the United States Department of Justice prior to their publication.
Further Education: Gillingham and Rainham
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funding her department has allocated to further education and skills provision for Gillingham and Rainham in the current financial year; and what steps the Department are taking to improve qualification le