Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
199,265 questions
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Official Hospitality
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what was the cost to the public purse of her Department's summer reception held on 1 July 2026; and how much of the total cost was spent on (a) alcohol and (b) catering.
Special Educational Needs: Pupil Exclusions
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce rates of exclusion and suspension in schools with high proportions of students with special educational needs.
Postpartum Haemorrhage: Slough
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many instances of postpartum haemorrhage occurred in Slough constituency in each of the last five years.
Postpartum Haemorrhage: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to help improve (a) recognition (b) early intervention and (c) access to treatment for patients who experience Postpartum haemorrhage.
Telecommunications: Codes of Practice
To ask His Majesty's Government what industry submissions on cost were received during the consultation on the revised Telecommunications Security Code of Practice 2026; and whether they will publish that underlying data.
South Africa: Migrants
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of recent reports of xenophobic violence against migrants and refugees in South Africa; what discussions they have had with (1) the government of South Africa, and (2) regional partners regard
Police: Reorganisation
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the merging of police forces as part of the Government's proposed policing reforms on maintaining local community partnerships.
Police: Reorganisation
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that local community partnerships are not lost as a result of the merging of police forces as part of the Government's proposed policing reforms.
Police: Reorganisation
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to ensure that policing resources are not diverted from rural to metropolitan areas as a result of the merging of police forces as part of the Government's proposed policing ref
Police: Reorganisation
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, to what extent rural expertise will be retained as a result of the merging of police forces under proposed policing reforms.
Police: Reorganisation
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether urban forces created as a result of the merging of police forces under proposed policing reforms will provide the same level of expertise on rural crime as current rural police forces.
Police: Reorganisation
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure democratic oversight of policing under the Government's proposed reforms to merge police forces.
Police: Leadership
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to develop top-level police leadership.
Alternatives to Prosecution
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences recorded by police in England and Wales were dealt with by (a) a community resolution and (b) an out of court conditional caution in each of the last five years.
Alternatives to Prosecution
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on what the twenty most common offences dealt with by (a) community resolutions and (b) out of court conditional cautions were in the most recent year for which d
Alternatives to Prosecution
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on how many (a) community resolutions and (b) out of court conditional cautions were issued by each police force in England and Wales in the most recent 5 years f
Emergency Services Network: Outages
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what contingency arrangements are in place to maintain police communications in the event of a failure of the Emergency Services Network or wider telecommunications infrastructure.
Police: Civil Disorder
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the capacity of the police mutual aid system to respond to simultaneous civil disorder in multiple police force areas.
Sanctuary Counsel
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2026 to Question 13197 on Sanctuary Counsel, if she will provide relevant hyperlinks and reference numbers to each of the payments made to Sa
Diagnosis: Terminal Illnesses
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment on the potential impact of introducing specific diagnostic or reporting time standards for patients with a limited or terminal prognosis.
Tomography: Cancer
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance exists for NHS providers on the timely communication of significant diagnostic findings to patients and their families where deterioration or recurrence of cancer is suspected.
Tomography: Terminal Illnesses
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of whether NHS England’s diagnostic imaging turnaround time guidance is sufficient to meet the needs of patients with a recognised terminal diagnosis.
Livestock: Emergencies
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of the Civil Contingencies Act to enable livestock owners and farmers to support their livestock during emergencies such as water ou
Warships: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, paragraph 50, by what year does he plan to introduce the new Hybrid Navy Maritime Air Defence system.
Police and Crime Commissioners: Wales
To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions, if any, they have had with the Welsh Government since 7 May regarding (1) proposals to abolish Police and Crime Commissioners, and (2) any possibility of the Senedd Cymru taking over responsibility for som