Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
199,265 questions
Learning Disability: Health Services
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 1 July (HL1070), what specific contractual or regulatory penalties will be applied from 1 October 2026 to NHS trusts that fail to meet the mandatory compliance deadline f
Learning Disability: Health Services
To ask His Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 1 July (HL1068), what plans they have to establish independent or statutory audits to monitor whether acute trusts are consistently involving family carers from admission
Learning Disability: Health Services
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 1 July (HL1069), how they intend to measure and enforce equitable access to hospital-based learning disability liaison nurses across all acute trusts given that the commi
Medical Records
To ask His Majesty's Government, in light of the National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death's report Learning Together, published 11 June, what immediate steps they are taking to ensure frontline NHS staff use accurate clinical terminolo
Jonathan Powell
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the October 2025 guidance on Direct Ministerial Appointments, for what reason has the remuneration of the Special Envoy on Chagos not been disclosed.
International Assistance: Ukraine
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the written statement of 1 July 2026, on Ukraine Recovery Conference 2026, HCWS173, whether the payments relating to the EU Flagship Fund and EU Anti-Corruption I
Young Futures Hubs: South Shropshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether any Dutch-style Youth Hubs will be set up in South Shropshire.
Public Appointments: Business Interests
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the answer of 20 March 2026, to Question 119894, on Gambling Commission: Managers, if he will make it his policy to ask the Civil Service Commission to review the business appointment provision
China: Ethnic Groups
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on the human rights of ethnic and religious minorities in China of the new Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress passed by the government of China.
Food Standards Agency
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to section 5 of the Government Efficiency Framework, if he will publish the most recent quarterly efficiency report provided by the Food Standards Agency.
Prostate Cancer: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of prostate cancer cases that could be detected at an earlier stage through the introduction of targeted screening for men at higher risk of deve
Innovation and Technology: Obesity
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what funding has been allocated within the Obesity Pathway Innovation Programme to assess the outcomes of that programme.
Department of Health and Social Care: Redundancy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the answer of 10 April 2026, to Question 122499, on DHSC: Redundancy, whether the (a) 198 and (b) 98 departures are (i) above, (ii) below or (iii) in line with exit targets to del
Ministry of Justice: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how does the Department define and ensure meaningful human involvement in decisions supported or made by automated systems.
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Marketing
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department has spent on branded goods and merchandise since 24 April 2025; on what items; and at what cost.
Ministry of Justice: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what measures are in place to ensure that human oversight is substantive and effective, rather than limited to formal or nominal review.
Civil Service: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, to what extent are automated decision-making systems used in relation to civil service employment, including recruitment, performance management, discipline, or allocation of work.
Ministry of Justice: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what consultation has taken place with recognised trade unions regarding the introduction or use of automated decision-making systems affecting staff.
Ministry of Justice: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps has the Department taken to assess and mitigate risks of bias or discrimination arising from the use of automated decision-making systems.
Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the department’s timeline is for deciding on the second wave of Modern Service Frameworks.
Members: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he will reply to my letter of 23 May 2026 regarding the publication of sexual offence prosecutions and convictions by nationality and immigration status.
Civil Servants: Equality
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether civil servants are allowed to use paid working hours to participate in staff networks.
HMP Winchester
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 1 July 2026 to Question 12579 on Ministry of Justice: HMP Winchester, which prisoner groups are underrepresented in access to personal development opportunities.
Prison Accommodation
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many new prison places have been delivered since 5 July 2024 and at which prisons.
Asylum: Republic of Ireland
To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of Ireland at meetings of the British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference to strengthen checks on migrants coming to Ireland from EU countries within the Schengen Area who t