Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
199,265 questions
Railways: Incentives
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consideration she has given to introducing a national rail miles scheme.
South West Main Line: WiFi
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of on-train Wi-Fi on South Western Railway services through Fleet, Farnborough and Hook.
Railways: North East Hampshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the economic impact of rail service reliability in North East Hampshire.
Syria: Food Supply
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of current levels of food security in Syria.
Syria: Reconstruction
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policy of the reconstruction in Syria.
Shipping: Russia
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 3 July 2026 to question 13292 on Shipping: Russia, what is the breakdown of the 173 vessels by flag status at the time of transit.
Unemployment: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support his Department provides to people aged 25 to 30 who are unemployed but do not fall within the NEET category.
Shipping: Forced Labour
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the merits of publishing detailed shipping manifest data, as opposed to the aggregated customs data HMRC currently releases, so that instances of forced labour in supply chains could be mor
Shipping: Disclosure of Information
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they hold shipping manifest data; and if so, why they do not publish that data.
Youth Guarantee
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many young people taking part in the Youth Guarantee trailblazer programme have secured (i) a job, (ii) study and (iii) training in (a) Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, (b) East Midlands, (c) Liverp
Apprentices: Investment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the press notice entitled 50,000 more young people to benefit from apprenticeships as Government unveils new skills reforms to get Britain working, published in December 2025, if he wi
BAE Systems: Apprentices
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions his Department has had with BAE Systems on apprenticeship rankings.
Apprentices
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of the proposed 50,000 new apprenticeships for young people have been allocated to (a) England, (b) each region and (c) each sector to date.
West of England Line
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to replace the diesel Class 158 passenger trains used on the mainline railway from Waterloo to Exeter; and if so, when.
West of England Line
To ask His Majesty's Government how many passing loops are available for trains on those parts of the railway between Salisbury and Exeter which are single track.
West of England Line
To ask His Majesty's Government how much of the length of the mainline railway between Salisbury and Exeter is single track.
West of England Line
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to electrify the mainline railway between Salisbury and Exeter; and if so, when.
West of England Line
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to upgrade the air conditioning on the diesel Class 158 trains between Waterloo and Exeter; and if so, when.
West of England Line
To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of traffic on the mainline railway between Salisbury and Exeter is (1) passenger trains, and (2) freight trains.
Defence: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, paragraph 19, by when will he publish a Defence Investment Roadmap.
Cannabis: Medical Treatments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the General Medical Council has requested data including named services and individual prescribers relating to cannabis-based products for medicinal use from (a) his Department, (b) NHS Eng
Cannabis: Medical Treatments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with the MHRA on conducting an audit of clinical-needs justifications submitted under Regulation 167 of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012 for cannabis-based produc
Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were being cared for in forensic support services in each year since 2013-14, broken down by a) high, b) medium and c) low secure services.
Paramedical Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to support structured recruitment pathways for newly qualified paramedics entering the ambulance workforce.
Paramedical Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase employment opportunities for newly qualified paramedics a) nationally and b) in Chichester constituency.