Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
199,265 questions
Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of increasing open access care models in mental health services; and if he will take steps to ensure that people have access to timely supp
Cabinet Office: Staff
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what is the budget of Policy Lab in 2025-26; what is its current headcount staff; and if he will make it his policy to undertake a value for money assessment of Policy Lab.
PE and Sport Premium
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions she has had with headteachers on the potential impact of changes to the Primary PE and Sport Premium on schools.
PE and School Sport Partnerships Network
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions she has had with specialist sport providers for schools regarding the potential impact of the introduction of the PE and School Sport Partnerships Network on their services.
Educational Psychology: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to facilitate the retraining of current teaching staff as educational psychologists, with reference to a) financial implications and b) broader support.
Ofqual: Powers
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of powers available to Ofqual to protect learners and training providers.
Training: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of Ofqual’s powers in relation to regulating the training sector.
Ofqual
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her Department last reviewed Ofqual’s procedures and policies.
Internet: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a Digital Citizenship Qualification to educate children on interaction with the online world.
Special Educational Needs: Safety Measures
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of pathways for children with autism and severe learning disabilities to access specialist safety equipment where this is required to prevent self-injury or other se
Medway Tunnel: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what government financial support is being provided for the Medway Tunnel.
A229: Kent
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made on the A229 Blue Bell Hill Improvement Scheme.
Delivery Services: Robots
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will issue guidance on the potential impact of road-related legislation on the use of autonomous delivery robots.
Home Office: Subject Access Requests
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Subject Access Request responses issued by her Department this year follow a) the format of SARU followed by a series of numbers and b) any other format.
Department for Transport: Written Questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to answer Questions UIN 6334 and UIN 6335, tabled by the Hon. Member for Romford on 3 June 2026.
UK Soft Power Council
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she last attended the UK Soft Power Council.
Wales Office: Public Appointments
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many political appointees have been made by her Department since July 2024.
Dangerous Dogs: Insurance
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the evidence base was for requiring third-party liability insurance for banned breeds, and what will be the impact of removing the requirement.
Sheep: Animal Welfare
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her Department's policies of the scientific evidence on the welfare impacts of routine tail docking and castration in lam
Sheep: Animal Welfare
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to restrict the routine use of tail docking and castration in lambs to exceptional circumstances under veterinary supervision.
Sheep: Animal Welfare
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what consideration her Department has given to the potential merits of requiring the use of effective pain relief when tail docking or castration is carried out on lambs.
Kidney Diseases: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, why the current level of funding for research into kidney disease is so low, particularly in comparison with that available for cancer research.
Patient Safety Commissioner: Operating Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total running costs of the office of the Patient Safety Commissioner for England was for the last full year in which data is available.
Iron and Steel: Import Duties
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will help ensure that Departmental officials undertake to meet with Members from Northern Ireland following requests for such a meeting regarding the steel tariffs issue.
Roads: Birmingham
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the level of highways funding Birmingham City Council will receive in each financial year between 2025/26 and 2034/35 following the cancellation of the Birmingham Highwa