Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
199,265 questions
Business: Payments
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact on GDP of reducing average business-to-business payment times by one day.
Department for Transport: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Department maintains a public register or internal inventory of automated decision-making systems.
Railways: WiFi
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help improve the reliability of Wi-Fi on long-distance rail services.
Minerals: Production
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Department for Business and Trade's press release entitled UK to secure critical minerals boosting economic resilience and cutting reliance on imports, published on 22 June 2026,
Trade Union Officials
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will take steps to provide legal recognition of Green Reps in workplaces where they are (a) elected and (b) appointed by a recognised trade union.
Trade Union Officials: Facilities Agreements
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to give the right to reasonable paid time off for elected workplace Green Reps.
Trade Union Officials
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to give elected workplace Green reps rights to information, consultation and participation in workplace sustainability and transition planning, including through joint Futureproofing C
Hair and Barber Council
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent discussions she has had with the Hair and Barber Council.
Department for Business and Trade: Commonwealth
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many visits by ministers in his Department have been made to Commonwealth member states in each of the last five years.
Members: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the letter of 2nd June 2026 from the Hon. Member for Henley and Thame.
Department for Business and Trade: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department uses numerical reasoning tests as part of the recruitment process for its graduate recruitment scheme.
Apprentices: Window Blinds
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department holds information on trends in the number of apprenticeship starts in the windows blinds manufacturing and installation sector.
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Commonwealth
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many visits by ministers in her department have been made to Commonwealth member states in each of the last five years.
Tickets: Touting
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the cost to consumers of ticket touts operating in the UK.
Film and Television: Glasgow
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to help support film and television production in Glasgow.
UK Town of Culture
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the geographic distribution of Expressions of Interest received.
UK Town of Culture
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many Expressions of Interest for the UK Town of Culture were deemed ineligible, and for what reasons.
UK Town of Culture
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, who has been appointed to the Expert Advisory Panel for the UK Town of Culture 2028 competition.
UK Town of Culture
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the total cost of the UK Town of Culture 2028 competition, including (a) prize funding, (b) development grants, (c) administration and (d) assessment costs.
Thromboembolism
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of staffing levels on the timeliness of venous thromboembolism (a) assessment and (b) prevention.
Health Professions: Working Conditions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve working conditions for doctors and other healthcare professionals.
Doctors: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support the recruitment of doctors.
Local Government: Scotland
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on the devolving of power to local authorities.
Police: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to publish the Police Remuneration Review Body’s report and her response to its recommendations for the 2026-27 police pay award.
Bus Services: Cycleways
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what was the remit of the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee for its submissions on floating bus stops dated (a) 24 October 2025 and (b) 2 December 2025; and how many working days the Committee was g