Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
199,265 questions
Agriculture: Investment
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, who will be appointed to the task-and-finish group on private finance in sustainable farming.
Local Growth Deals: Ayrshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what progress has been made regarding the Ayrshire Growth Deal.
Business: Ayrshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to support businesses in Ayrshire in accessing opportunities from free trade deals.
Sustainable Farming Incentive: Fylde
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farms in Fylde constituency he expects to benefit from the reopening of the Sustainable Farming Incentive.
Lord Mandelson
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 23 June 2026, to Question 9084, on Lord Mandelson, what information his Department holds on whether the Intelligence and Security Committee had access to independent legal advice other
Aviation: Alternative Fuels
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the proportion of the total cost of compliance with the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Mandate represented by the compliance fees charged by sustainable aviation fuel suppliers.
Department for Transport: Written Questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to respond to my Question 12526.
Royal Family: Official Residences
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make it her policy that income from ticket sales for entry to royal palaces is received by the Treasury.
Sovereign Grant
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what factors she considered when considering the level of the core element of the Sovereign Grant.
Forests: Environment Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs' press release entitled Government steps up action to tackle illegal deforestation, published on 23 June 2026,
Forests: Environment Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs' press release entitled Government steps up action to tackle illegal deforestation, published on 23 June 2026,
Armed Forces: Workplace Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to resolve backlogs in the issuing of RSS to veterans.
Armed Forces: Workplace Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the RSS backlog to be resolved.
Iran: Armed Conflict
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the answer of 3 June 2026 to Question 3863, what is meant by permissions to utilise UK military bases being considered on a case-by-case basis; and whether each individual strike requires separa
Armed Forces: Workplace Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the current status of the McCloud Remedy for veterans who were medically discharged from the Armed Forces around the time of the 2015 pension reforms.
Armed Forces: Workplace Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when can veterans affected by the McCloud case expect to receive their Remediable Service Statements.
Armed Forces: Workplace Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps are being taken to address delays in the Armed Forces pension remedy programme.
Forests: Environment Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs' press release entitled Government steps up action to tackle illegal deforestation, published on 23 June 2026,
Forests: Environment Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs' press release entitled Government steps up action to tackle illegal deforestation, published on 23 June 2026,
Warships: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much of the £1bn to be spent on the Royal Navy's hybrid over the next four years will be spent on the (a) Type 91, (b) Type 92, (c) Type 93, (d) Type 94 and (e) Common Combat Vessel.
Trident Submarines: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the a) cost, b) 2025/26 cost and c) 2026/27 budget for Dreadnought.
Defence: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on defence investment in Ayrshire.
Music Venues: Tickets
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of reducing VAT on cultural ticketing in Grassroots Music Venues.
Shipping: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions she has had with the International Maritime Organisation on the mandatory firefighting requirements in the Seafarers Training, Certification and Watchkeeping Convention and the fire safe
Department for Transport: Written Questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to respond to my Question 11744.