Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
199,265 questions
Artificial Intelligence: Internet
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the adequacy of consumer protection legislation in relation to the use of artificial intelligence to generate summaries of online reviews.
Civil Service: Equality
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 1 July 2026, to Question 13162, on Civil Service: Equality, whether the Sex Equality and Equity Network (SEEN) was consulted.
Civil Service: Reform
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he will publish the Terms of Reference for the Civil Service Review.
Civil Service: Reform
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Review into the Organisation, Performance, and Transformation of the Permanent Civil Service will examine the respective roles of Ministers, special advisers and civil servants.
Senior Civil Servants: Recruitment
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the answer of 2 March 2026, to Question 108235, on Senior Civil Servants: Recruitment, how many of the 90 SCS roles which were not recruited externally, broken down by pay band, were in his Dep
Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he will take in response to Capita's performance of the Civil Service Pension Scheme.
Maternal Mortality
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the rise in maternal mortality identified by MBRRACE; and what actions has his Department taken specifically in respons
Maternal Mortality
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the reasons why the death rate due to venous thromboembolism in pregnancy and the puerperium is higher in the UK than in other European countries.
Maternal Mortality
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will list which recommendations from the MBRRACE confidential enquiry into thrombosis and thromboembolism (a) have been implemented (b) remain outstanding.
Maternal Mortality
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to publish a delivery plan and timeline for implementation of MBRRACE maternity recommendations.
Pregnancy: Thromboembolism
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of pregnant women have received a documented venous thromboembolism risk assessment at booking in each of the last three years.
Pregnancy: Thromboembolism
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of pregnant women received a documented venous thromboembolism risk assessment in the first trimester in each of the last three years.
House of Lords: Fire Prevention
To ask The Senior Deputy Speaker what and where was the source of the fire that required parliamentary business to be suspended and the House of Lords to be evacuated on 2 July.
House of Lords: Fire Prevention
To ask The Senior Deputy Speaker how many personal evacuation plans are in place in the House of Lords, and how many were used in the evacuation on 2 July.
Housing Benefit: Supported Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in each of the past three financial years, how much Housing Benefit has been paid to providers of Supported Accommodation.
Social Security Benefits: Marriage
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's policy is on recognising for social security purposes marriages between an uncle and niece legally contracted overseas where the couple are resident in England and Wales.
Events Industry and Media: Working Hours
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department is taking steps in response to breaches of the Working Time Regulations 1998 by employers, with specific reference to the live events and media production industry.
Civil Service: Gender Recognition
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office on 25 June (HC10289) and with reference to paragraph 1.6(d) of the Ministerial Code, what is the public interest reason for not disclosing
Mike Tapp
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prime Minister has received representations from the Home Secretary in relation to the Ministerial tenure of the Hon. Member for Dover and Deal; and if he will make a statement.
Ofwat: Equality
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 22 June 2026 to Question 9341 on Ofwat: Equality, for what reason Ofwat was not requested to report EDI spending details prior to that reporting period.
Social Services: Fees and Charges
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the level of awareness that those who have capital or assets above £23,250 must pay the full cost of any adult social care; and what plans they have to increase awareness that adult social
Metabolic Dysfunction-associated Steatohepatitis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to integrate steatotic liver disease indicators into non-communicable disease policy and frameworks to meet the World Health Assembly resolution on steatotic liv
Foreign Relations: Barbados
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the press release entitled PM meeting with Prime Minister Mottley of Barbados: 25 June 2026, of 25 June 2026, whether the UK Prime Minister discussed the issue of reparations with the Prime Min
Asylum: Northern Ireland
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hanson of Flint on 25 June (HL859), whether information available to them enables them to determine whether a person claiming asylum in Northern Ireland has previously claimed asylum i
Financial Services
To ask His Majesty's Government whether the powers conferred on the Financial Conduct Authority in the Financial Services and Markets Bill in schedule 2, paragraph 18, inserted new section 131Z12, are consistent with their objective of strengthening the U