Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
199,265 questions
Chinook Helicopters: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the 2026 Defence Investment Plan, paragraph 68, what are his plans for future purchases of newer Chinooks.
Military Aircraft
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the 2026 Defence Investment Plan, paragraph 68, what assessment he has made of changes to the vertical lift capability and capacity available to UK Armed Forces.
International Civil Aviation Organization
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions she has had with the International Civil Aviation Organisation on the work of her Department.
Immigration Officers: Labour Turnover
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many immigration enforcement officers have left their roles since July 2024.
Offenders: Deportation
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that foreign national offenders are deported from prison when they eligible for removal.
Music: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking with the Department for Work and Pensions, to increase funding for music tuition for children from low-income families to match increases in the cost of lesson tuition at sch
Adoption: Compensation
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what consideration she has given to awarding compensation to individuals impacted by forced adoptions.
Special Educational Needs: Public Consultation
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will publish a breakdown of respondents to the SEND reform consultation by relevant characteristic, including families of children with education, health and care plans and disabled respondent
Kinship Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve support available to children in kinship care.
Defence: Job Creation
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will provide a breakdown by skillset of the 60,000 projected jobs created by the Defence Investment Plan.
Cabinet Office: Complaints
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any complaints have been made about the conduct of (a) Ministers and (b) special advisers in his Department since July 2024.
Recycling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she plans to take to encourage the uptake of reuse and repair as drivers of a more circular economy.
National Lottery: Grants
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the National Lottery on the potential merits of uplifting lottery grants that fund improvements to (a) churches and (b) historic buildings.
Armenia: Genocide
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 decision by the Israeli Government to recognise the Armenian genocide.
Universal Credit: Employment Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Universal Credit claimants receiving the Limited Capability for Work and Work-Related Activity element have received voluntary support from Pathways to Work Advisers since their introduction in
Mount Stewart: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing funding to Mountstewart Gardens to help enable Mountstewart to take her place as a UNESCO world heritage site.
Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Public Appointments
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, other than special advisers if her Department has appointed anyone from outside the civil service since July 2024.
Sewers: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of not commencing Schedule 3 to the Flood and Water Management Act 2010 on surface water flood risk from new housing dev
Civil Proceedings and Family Proceedings: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the time taken for civil and family court cases.
Hospitals: Air Ambulance Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of automatic planning permission for extending helipad operation hours at major trauma hospitals.
Crown Court: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what modelling he has undertaken of the Crown Court backlog under (a) current funding levels and (b) alternative funding scenarios; when the backlog will return to pre-pandemic levels; and whether regional projec
Leasehold: Service Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when his Department plans to respond to the consultation on Strengthening leaseholder protections over charges and services.
Water: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions her Department has had with (a) Swim England and (b) the Royal Life Saving Society UK on the potential merits of including additional water safety lessons in the PE national curriculum.
Planning: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what modelling he has undertaken of the potential impact of his Department’s AI planning tools on planning determination times, staffing requirements, planning costs and housing
Planning: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has established baseline performance measures against which the success of AI planning tools will be assessed; what key performance indicators will be moni