Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
199,265 questions
Medical Records
To ask His Majesty's Government when NHS England plan to update the version of the Core Information Standard on its website to reflect changes made by the Professional Record Standards Body which make the recording of sex mandatory in electronic patient r
Lebanon: Police
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the a) value, b) length and c) scope is of the contract to train the Lebanese police force awarded to Siren Associates Limited in September 2025.
Independent Review of Maternity Services at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Statement of 29 June (HL Deb cols 868–70), how many letters and complaints about Nottingham maternity and neonatal services were received by the Department of Health and Social Care from MPs in the 13 years
Cabinet Office: Buildings
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the specific event was for each of the individual room hires since 4 April 2025 other than Civil Service Live and the Infected Blood Inquiry.
Proof of Identity: Digital Technology
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he had made of the potential impact of introducing digital ID on remote communities in rural areas.
Gambling: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of the Gambling Commission’s licensing checks in identifying whether gambling software providers supply unlicensed gambling websites.
Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Working Hours
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the answer of 11 March 2026, to Question 110793, on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Flexible Working, how many and what proportion of full-time staff on f
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Data Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to ensure compliance with data protection requirements under the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 relating to the processing of special category data,
Digital Technology: Birmingham
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether guidance has been issued to Birmingham City Council on maintaining non-digital access routes for digitally excluded residents.
Education: Weather
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to produce its own climate adaptation strategy to address the impact of extreme weather on (a) education and (b) infrastructure.
Department for Work and Pensions: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department uses numerical reasoning tests as part of the recruitment process for its graduate recruitment scheme.
Schools: Temperature
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her department is taking to ensure all schools have the necessary resources to maintain comfortable indoor temperatures during hot weather thereby preventing any disruption to studies.
Offenders: Rehabilitation
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps are being taken to support the reintegration of ex-offenders into society.
Academies: Electric Vehicles
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 22 May 2026 to Question 1603 on Academies: Electric Vehicles, whether the review of electric vehicle salary sacrifice schemes for academy trusts has concluded; and when academy trusts
Culture: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to improve access to arts and culture for young people in the West Midlands.
Cystic Fibrosis: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of how the needs of specialised services for cystic fibrosis will be assessed under the new proposals as set out in the NHS Modernisation Bill.
Immigration
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to adopt Recommendation 15 of the report by the Hon. Member for Mid Bedfordshire entitled Backdoors to Britain, published on 4 March 2026.
Immigration
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to adopt Recommendation 16 of the report by Hon. Member for Mid Bedfordshire entitled Backdoors to Britain, published on 4 March 2026.
Immigration
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to adopt Recommendation 18 of the report Backdoors to Britain, published by the honourable Member for Mid Bedfordshire on 4 March 2026.
Immigration
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to adopt Recommendation 19 of the report Backdoors to Britain, published by the honourable Member for Mid Bedfordshire on 4 March 2026.
Immigration
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to adopt Recommendation 21 of the report Backdoors to Britain, published by the honourable Member for Mid Bedfordshire on 4 March 2026.
Immigration
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to adopt Recommendation 22 of the report Backdoors to Britain, published by the honourable Member for Mid Bedfordshire on 4 March 2026.
Immigration
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to adopt Recommendation 23 of the report Backdoors to Britain, published by the honourable Member for Mid Bedfordshire on 4 March 2026.
Immigration
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to adopt Recommendation 24 of the report Backdoors to Britain, published by the honourable Member for Mid Bedfordshire on 4 March 2026.
Information Commissioner's Office: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent steps the Information Commissioner has taken to link (a) bonuses and (b) pay rises for staff who meet Equality, Diversity and Inclusion objectives.