Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
199,265 questions
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Reorganisation
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the FCDO2030 restructuring exercise and proposed staff reductions on the level of the UK’s soft power capability and w
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Reorganisation
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether key data on levels of staffing resulting from her Department's restructuring process have been shared with staff and trade unions.
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Reorganisation
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to mitigate the potential risk of industrial action by PCS resulting from her Department's restructuring.
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Reorganisation
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, for what policy reason her Department's FCDO2030 restructuring exercise deviates from 2016 Protocols.
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Reorganisation
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether ministers have been involved in her Department's FCDO 2030 restructuring process.
General Practitioners: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) modelling and (b) risk assessment was undertaken prior to the implementation of the 1 April 2026 GP contract changes to evaluate their impact on (a) patient safety, (b) primary care capaci
Poverty
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of cross-government approaches to tackling poverty in areas experiencing deprivation.
Imports: Asbestos
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that products imported by businesses and retailers are free of asbestos.
Maternity Services: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure maternity services are able to respond to changes in demand and clinical practice, including (a) an increase in the average age of mothers at childbirt
Asbestos: Health and Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Sixth Report of the Work and Pensions Committee of Session 2021–22 on The Health and Safety Executive’s approach to asbestos management, HC 560, published on 21 April 2022, what st
Defending Democracy Taskforce
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness and impact of the Defending Democracy Taskforce.
Counter-terrorism: Information Sharing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help improve counter-terrorism intelligence sharing between agencies.
Exercise: Schools
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of his Department’s contribution to the Department for Education to support exercise and other health-related activity in schools in (i) 2023/4, (ii) 2024/5, (iii) 2025/6
Breast Cancer: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support the testing and expansion of alternative pathways into breast clinics and ensuring that younger women can utilise these.
Lung Cancer: Slough
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the percentage uptake of lung cancer screenings for those invited in Slough constituency.
Women's Health Hubs: Breast Cancer
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that information about breast cancer and the importance of breast-checking is available in all women’s health hubs.
Breast Cancer: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of expanding the National Inherited Cancer Predisposition Register to include all women at increased risk of breast cancer.
LGBT+ People: Human Rights
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the UK's declining ranking since 2015 on the the ILGA Europe Rainbow Map.
Royal Ulster Constabulary
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to mark the 25th anniversary of the disbandment of the Royal Ulster Constabulary on 4 November 2026.
Neonicotinoids
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to implement a ban on the emergency use of neonicotinoids as a matter of urgency.
Artificial Intelligence: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to protect children from harm caused by AI chatbots.
Disabled Facilities Grants
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of whether funding provided to local authorities for Disabled Facilities Grants (DFG) is adequate for them to meet the cost of adaptations, in the context of increases i
Mentally Disordered Offenders
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Table 8 of the Restricted Patients Statistics, England and Wales, 2025 release, published on 30 April 2026, of the 297 restricted patients recalled to hospital following conditional discharge, h
Prisons: Equality
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what features of current prison (a) expansion and (b) construction projects are intended to (i) improve and (ii) address diversity, equality and inclusion.
Home Office: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what training her Department provides on AI; and (a) how many hours and (b) what topics and skills are covered by such training.