Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
199,265 questions
Immigration Controls: EU Countries
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Entry/Exit System on waiting times at UK ports serving routes to the European Union.
Social Media: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the press release, "Social media to be banned for under-16s in landmark government move to give kids their childhood back", of 15 June 2026, at what time of the evenin
Aviation: Crew
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the average total cost of obtaining a UK Commercial Pilot Licence, including associated flight training and examination costs.
Air Traffic Control: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the number of new air traffic controllers that will need to qualify each year over the next five years in order to maintain sufficient staffing levels.
Department for Education: Public Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the 1% capital budget reduction announced in the Defence Investment Plan on her Department's delivery of spending plans; and where those reductions have b
Network Rail: Biodiversity
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data Network Rail holds on the number of vegetation management works that were rescheduled following the identification of protected species in each of the last five years, broken down by species type.
Large Goods Vehicles: Electric Vehicles
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2026 to Question 12905 on Large Goods Vehicles: Electric Vehicles, what evidence, modelling and analysis underpin her Department's projection that battery-electric heavy goods
Defence: Finance
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will provide a breakdown of how much of the current financial settlement for the Defence Investment Plan is unfunded.
Kashmir: Politics and Government
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what coordination has taken place between her Department and international partners regarding the ongoing issues in Jammu and Kashmir.
Home Office: Public Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the 1% capital budget reduction announced in the Defence Investment Plan on her Department's delivery of spending plans; and where those reducti
Airports: Parking
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2026 to Question 11465 on Airports: Fees and Charges, what criteria her Department uses when assessing whether airport parking fees and charges are implemented in a way that is
Railways: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2026 to Question 7525 on Railways: Standards, whether each state-owned Train Operating Company records service cancellations attributable to (a) short-notice staff sickness and
Audiology: Waiting Lists
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England collects comparative data on waiting times for specialist audiology services, including tinnitus, cochlear implant, balance disorder and complex hearing loss pathways; and what
Audiology: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has undertaken an assessment of geographical variation in access to cochlear implant assessment and treatment services in England; and what the average travel distance and travel time is
NHS: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the 1% reduction of the NHS capital budget on the a) New Hospitals Programme, b) roll-out of neighbourhood health hubs and c) NHS estate repai
Anti-Muslim Hostility
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance she has provided to police forces on their use of the Government's official definition of anti-Muslim hostility.
Winter Fuel Payment: Mobile Homes
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will provide support through a winter fuel allowance for people in caravans, chalets and mobile homes.
Dental Services: Databases
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England requires dental clinics to record the underlying medical cause of traumatic dental injuries in patient datasets; and what plans he has to introduce a specific recording category
Dental Services: Epilepsy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential fiscal cost of introducing a medical exemption from NHS dental charges for the repair of teeth damaged by epileptic seizures.
Department of Health and Social Care: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what training his Department provides on AI; and (a) how many hours and (b) what topics and skills are covered by such training.
Department of Health and Social Care: Government Communication Service
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the answer of 5 June 2026, to Question 3763o n Government Communications Service: Staff, and of 19 January 2026 to Question 104195 on Government Communication Service: Staff, how
Department of Health and Social Care: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Regulatory Policy Committee document, Post-implementation reviews outstanding across government 2015 to 2026, updated 12 May 2026, what steps are the (a) department and (b) Fo
M1: Milton Keynes
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether upgrading Junction 13 of the M1 remains in the pipeline of potential schemes for the Road Investment Strategy, in the context of cuts to roads funding in the Defence Investment Plan.
Energy: Business
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what progress his Department has made on helping to reduce business energy costs.
Renewable Energy: Cost Effectiveness
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment he has made of the value for money provided by the Contracts for Difference scheme.