Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
199,265 questions
Anti-Muslim Hatred/Islamophobia Definition Working Group
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the written answer by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Housing, Communities and Local Government on 16 June (UIN 7457), whether any of the four named organisations subject to the policy of non-engagement su
UK Visas and Immigration: Belfast
To ask His Majesty's Government how many staff are currently employed at the UK Visas and Immigration's Drumkeen House Belfast office, and what are the running costs for that office for each of the last 3 years.
Dental Services: Exemptions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS Low Income Scheme certificates (HC2 and HC3) were used to access free or reduced NHS dental treatment in England in each of the last five years; and the associated cost of these exempt
Civil Servants
To ask His Majesty's Government what the total headcount of full time equivalent staff within the Civil Service was on 1 July 2026.
Special Advisers
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether there is a policy on the maximum number of special advisers who may be in post at any time across government.
Civil Servants
To ask His Majesty's Government whether the total headcount of full time equivalent staff within the Civil Service has increased since 4 July 2024.
Offences against Children: Prisoners' Release
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 30 June 2026 to Question 12838 on Ministry of Justice: Offences against Children: Prisoners' Release, what the licence conditions are and what oversight is in place for those relea
Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, given the passage of the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025, what guidance has the Department issued internally to ensure compliance with the provisions of the 2025 Act in relation to automated decision-making.
Cabinet Office: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, given the passage of the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025, how does the Department define and ensure meaningful human involvement in decisions supported or made by automated systems.
Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps has the Department taken to assess and help prevent bias and discrimination following the use of automated decision-making systems.
Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, given the passage of the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025, under what statutory authority are significant Automated Decision-Making being made or intended to be made.
Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, given the passage of the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025, what safeguards have been implemented to ensure compliance with statutory requirements relating to automated decision-making, including rights to informat
Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, given the passage of the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025, how individuals are informed that decisions affecting them have been taken, in whole or in part, by automated means.
Cabinet Office: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, given the passage of the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025, what processes are in place to enable individuals to seek human review and to challenge decisions made by automated systems.
Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, given the passage of the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025, what measures are in place to ensure that human oversight is substantive and effective.
Civil Servants
To ask His Majesty's Government what the total headcount of full time equivalent staff within the Civil Service was on 4 July 2024.
Defence: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what opportunities he has identified for Scottish manufacturers within the Government's defence spending programme.
EU Law: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what legislation changes arising from the EU legislation covered by the Explanatory Memorandum for the European Union Legislation/Documents within the Scope of the UK/EU Withdrawal Agr
East West Rail Line: Rolling Stock
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 14 April 2026 to Question 124216 on East West Rail, what her Department’s latest estimate is of the date by which the trains to be used on East West Rail services will be (a) fully mod
Euston Station: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2026 to Question 10915 on Euston Station: Finance, how many of the organisations that participated in preliminary market engagement indicated that they were interested in parti
Network Rail: Biodiversity
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2026 to Question 11452 on Network Rail: Biodiversity, what the total cost to Network Rail was of producing habitat management plans in each of the last five financial years.
Network Rail: Biodiversity
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether Network Rail project account records, include additional expenditure arising from delays or rescheduling of vegetation management works following the identification of protected species.
NHS: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the ratio of nurses and doctors is in the (a) North and (b) South of England.
Voting Rights: Young People
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to their plans to lower the voting age to 16, whether they have plans to amend the definition of a child to those under the age of 16 in the (1) Children and Families Act 2014, (2) Children Act 1989, and (c) Childr
Migraines: Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to collect or publish data on the number of people whose work capability is affected by migraine or related headache disorders.