Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
199,265 questions
Fireworks: Noise
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what considerations his Department has given to reducing the maximum permitted noise level for consumer fireworks from 120 to 90 decibels.
Badgers: Animal Welfare
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help reduce cases of Badger Baiting.
Companies: Registration
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Third progress report on the implementation and operation of Parts 1 to 3 of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023, what was the total value of the 401 penalty no
Badgers: Animal Welfare
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to introduce greater offenses for badger baiting.
Defence: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Defence Investment Plan on Project Meharist.
Gaza: Surveillance
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he will release Gaza surveillance flights footage of 25 and 26 March 2025.
Public Expenditure
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the answer to question 12225, what information her Department holds on whether the following bodies have zero procurement spend for the relevant year because they in fact spent no money on procurem
Defence: Innovation
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the press release entitled High-speed boats and new drones for elite Commando Force under Defence Investment Plan, published on 28 June 2026, what the breakdown is of the £100 million for new tr
Music: Tickets
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the introduction of a voluntary levy on stadium and arena live music tickets.
Freeview Service
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to ensure that television access remains universal and free to air after 2034.
Submarines: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many attack submarines his Department plans to procure.
Arms Trade: Military Bases
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to help ensure that arms transferred through UK military bases are used in accordance with international law.
Arms Trade: Military Bases
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to help ensure that arms transferred through UK military bases are used in accordance with international law.
Countryside: Ethnic Groups
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether guidance has been given to National Park Authorities on access to the countryside by ethnic minorities.
NATO
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to strengthen the UK’s relationship with NATO allies.
Department for Education: Public Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which programmes have been cancelled or delayed in order to fund the Department's contributions to the Defence Investment Plan.
Department for Education: Public Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department will contribute per year from its capital budget towards funding the Defence Investment Plan.
Mahrang Baloch
To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Pakistan about the sentencing to life imprisonment of Dr Mahrang Baloch; and what response they received.
RAF Waddington: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Defence Investment Plan on proposals to improve single living accommodation at RAF Waddington.
Type 45 Destroyers
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the out-of-service date for the Type 45 fleet.
Defence: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will set out in detail where he expects to be able to fulfill the commitment of £10.7bn included in the spending projections on page 73 of the Defence Investment Plan.
Typhoon Aircraft
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, Table 7: Spending on the Air Domain, what is the scope of the £5.4 billion in platform-based spending on Typhoon.
Lord Mandelson
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Cabinet Secretary made representations to the Prime Minister on the appointment of Lord Mandelson as Ambassador to the United States.
Occupied Territories: International Humanitarian Law
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her Department's policies of the report by the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palesti
Railways: Nationalisation
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of rail service renationalisation on (a) employment levels, (b) direct jobs in train operating companies and (c) indirect jobs across the wi