Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
199,265 questions
Animal Experiments
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of setting annual targets for reducing the number of instances of animal testing.
Sovereign AI Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will provide details of conditions attached to awards, including a) commitments regarding UK headquarters and office presence, b) commitments regarding UK-based hiring and job cr
Railways: Greater Manchester
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2026 to Question 11461 on Greater Manchester Combined Authority, in which month she expects the work set out in the Compact Agreement of 22 January 2026 to report.
Smoking
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether smokefree 2030 remains his Department's target.
Smoking
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a Roadmap to a Smokefree country to ensure that areas like Blackpool and Fleetwood, where smoking rates are higher than the national average, can support every smoker who wants t
Animal Experiments
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, when she plans to set out a timetable for phasing out animal testing where alternatives are viable.
Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the level of dependency on overseas AI providers.
Breast Cancer: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to deliver breast screening for all women at increased risk through the NHS Breast Screening Programme.
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what training her Department provides on AI; and (a) how many hours and (b) what topics and skills are covered by such training.
Network Rail: Biodiversity
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2026 to Question 13067 on Network Rail: Biodiversity, whether her Department plans to require Network Rail to record centrally the (a) costs and (b) delays to projects arising
Animal Experiments
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to reduce duplication in animal testing.
Gambling: Advertising
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of gambling advertisements on children and young people; and whether she plans to introduce further restrictions on advertising.
Gambling: Advertising
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the UK’s current regulatory bodies in mitigating the harms associated with gambling advertisements.
Mobile Broadband: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to compare the quality of consumer mobile phone signal in specific geographic areas against the quality of service assurances published by mobile net
Artificial Intelligence: Intellectual Property
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to help protect intellectual property rights in the training of AI models.
Treasury: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what training her Department provides on AI; and (a) how many hours and (b) what topics and skills are covered by such training.
Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, a) what AI training her Department provides, b) how many hours of AI training her Department provides and c) what topics and skills are covered.
Youth Services: Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of her Department’s (a) capital and (b) revenue spending across youth facilities and activities programmes in (i) 2023/4, (ii) 2024/5, (iii) 2025/6 and (iv) 2026/7.
Public Sector: Procurement
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the written statement of 17 June 2026, HCWS120, on Update of Insourcing, what the cost is of the contracts relating to the 83 government buildings that expire in 2028.
NHS: Sick Leave
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS staff are on long term sickness absence due to menopause.
Asylum: Equality
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether an equality impact assessment has been undertaken for the raised 'standard of proof' for asylum claims, as amended following the Nationality and Borders Act 2022.
Visas: Large Goods Vehicle Drivers
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what government guidance is available to UK professional drivers who believe their EU Entry/Exit System record does not accurately show that they have exited the Schengen area.
Defence: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which capital projects have been (a) cancelled, (b) delayed, (c) descoped and (d) reprofiled to fund the Defence Investment Plan by region, original funding allocation and revised funding allocation.
Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Written Questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make it her policy to facilitate the answering of written Parliamentary Questions by Hon Members about operational matters of Arts Council of England, by copying or depositing the rep
Public Health: Finance
To ask His Majesty's Government what mechanisms currently allow local authority-commissioned services, including treatment services funded through the Public Health Grant, to access nationally negotiated NHS commercial prices for pharmaceuticals; how freq