Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
199,265 questions
Department for Transport: Public Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the written statement of 30 June 2026, HCWS165, on Defence funding update, what reductions in programme spending will be made to deliver further Department for Transport savings and (b) reduce
Police: Freedom of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what safeguards are in place to ensure that Freedom of Information requests made to police bodies are considered on the basis of the information requested rather than the identity of the applicant.
Hammersmith Bridge: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has taken steps to identify alternative sources of Government funding for the restoration of Hammersmith Bridge, other than the Structures Fund.
Animal Experiments
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department defines the statutory term scientifically satisfactory under Section 2A of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 as being legally dependent upon formal regulatory (a) val
Animal Experiments: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will review the use of generic service licences for animal experiments, granted without identification of the specific substance to be tested, and what steps she is taking to ensure that a robu
Mobile Phones: Theft
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the oral evidence to the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee on 3 June 2025, HC 523, whether the Department plans to publish a written update on progress with actions relati
Driving Tests
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many full-time equivalent driving examiners recruited by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) were (a) in post and (b) delivering practical car driving tests in June 2026.
Department for Transport: Public Relations
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 26 June 2026 to Question 10561 on Department for Transport: Public Relations, which PR firms have been hired since July 2024; on what campaigns and topics; and at what cost.
Parking Offences: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 2 June 2026 to Question 3821 on Parking Offences: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, what was the policy and evidential reason for approving the trial of higher level penalty charges
General Practitioners: Fraud
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to prevent fraud by GP Consortia.
Iron and Steel: Imports
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of importing steel products on operational continuity, since the implementation of the steel trade measure on 1 July 2026.
Iron and Steel: Imports
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what modelling he undertook of the likelihood of tariff-rate quotas being exhausted before the end of the applicable quota periods prior to implementation of the steel trade measure.
Iron and Steel: Imports
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has received representations from businesses on delays at UK ports following the introduction of the steel trade measure on 1 July 2026.
Health Services: Patients
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Department of Health and Social Care or NHS England made or commissioned a clinical or patient safety impact assessment of the duty in paragraph 11C(2) of Schedule 3 to the National Hea
Department for Transport: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2026 to Question 11744, how many flights have been paid for by her Department since 4 July 2024 for external training providers approved by the Department; from which companies
Agriculture: British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme to include the agricultural sector.
General Practitioners: Internet
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the NHS online GP booking service, Anima, for patients.
General Practitioners: Internet
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the NHS online GP booking service, Anima, with specific reference to people experiencing mental health conditions.
Driving Licences
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average processing time was for driving licence applications in June 2026.
Robert Hamill Inquiry
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he expects to receive a final report from the Robert Hamill Inquiry.
Electric Vehicles: Car Allowances
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make it her policy to assess the fairness of calculating company car benefit-in-kind tax on used electric vehicles using the vehicle's original P11D list price rather than its current market value, in th
Bus Services: Cycleways
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department consulted the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee on the final draft of the statutory guidance entitled Floating Bus Stops: Provision and Design Guidance, published on 26 Januar
Motor Vehicles: Car Allowances
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HM Treasury has considered calculating benefit-in-kind tax on used company vehicles by reference to their market value rather than their original P11D list price.
Armed Forces: Ammunition
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the answer of 13 October 2025 to question 77262 on Armed Forces: Ammunition, what 5.56 x 45mm ball rounds heavier than four grams are used by the armed forces.
Rifles: Ammunition
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the standard 5.56 x 45mm ball round to be fired from the L403A1 rifle without issue.