Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
199,265 questions
Social Security Benefits: Debts
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of people with outstanding benefit debts of more than £1,000.
Social Security Benefits: Debts
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment his Department has made of the average time taken to recover benefit overpayment debts.
Social Security Benefits: Debts
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Department for Work and Pensions' press release entitled Driving bans for those who refuse to repay benefit debts as new DWP powers come into force, published on 24 June 2026, what
China: Hong Kong
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the People's Republic of China's compliance with the Sino-British Joint Declaration; whether they intend to introduce legislation to automatically upgrade British National (Overseas) (BNO)
Universal Credit: Disqualification
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has assessed the impact of Universal Credit sanctions on the confidence, wellbeing and long-term employment outcomes of young people aged 18 to 24.
Universal Credit: Disqualification
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the rate at which Universal Credit claimants aged 18 to 24 are sanctioned compared with older claimants; and whether he plans to review the application of sanctions to dif
Ministry of Defence: Wales
To ask His Majesty's Government how many of the employees of the Ministry of Defence, including service persons of the Army, Navy and Airforce respectively are based in Wales.
Gambling: Internet
To ask His Majesty's Government what role the illegal gambling taskforce is playing in coordinating action with major technology companies to identify, remove and prevent access to illegal gambling content online.
Gambling: Internet
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether age-verification tools used by gambling operators and social media platforms are effective in preventing children seeing gambling promotions.
Coronavirus: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to reinstate Covid-safe measures in healthcare settings, including FFP3 masks, improved ventilation and HEPA filtration.
General Practitioners
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance NHS England provides to GP practices on responding to covert recording of consultations by patients.
Department of Health and Social Care: Written Questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to Question 546 from the hon. member for South Cambridgeshire.
Taxation: Interest Payments
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the extent to which late-payment interest on Corporation Tax arises (1) from differences between estimated and final tax liabilities, including in businesses with complex or evolving tax po
Taxation: Interest Payments
To ask His Majesty's Government what revenue HMRC has received from late payment interest in each of the past five financial years, broken down by tax head; and, for each tax head, what proportion that revenue represented of total receipts in the correspo
Taxation: Interest Payments
To ask His Majesty's Government how many instances of late payment interest were charged by HMRC in each of the past five financial years, broken down by tax head; and what the year-on-year change in the number of such instances was for each tax head.
Taxation: Interest Payments
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of increasing the HMRC late-payment interest rate from Bank Rate plus 2.5% to Bank Rate plus 4% from 6 April 2025 in reducing the incidence of late payment of tax; and whe
Waste: Carbon Emissions
To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Welsh Government about the decarbonisation of the waste sector in Wales, following the decision to expand the UK Emissions Trading Scheme to include Energy from Waste facilities from
Carbon Capture and Storage
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential contribution of waste-to-energy with carbon capture and storage to the delivery of high-integrity carbon removals in the UK.
Carbon Capture and Storage
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to recognise waste-to-energy with carbon capture and storage as an eligible route for engineered greenhouse gas removals in future carbon removals policy frameworks.
Solar Power: Safety
To ask His Majesty's Government why the consultation on proposals to enable the safe and legal use of plug-in solar (plug-in microgeneration) products in the UK lasted two weeks, and what consideration they gave to a longer consultation.
Cabinet Office: Public Appointments
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister announces new candidate for the Commissioner for Public Appointments, published on 18 June 2026, whether the prefer
Civil Servants: Recruitment
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether there is a maximum length of time that a (a) junior and (b) senior civil servant appointed by exception can serve as a civil servant without being appointed by open and fair competition.
Overseas Trade: Israeli Settlements
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the implications for UK trade policy of the report by Global Echo Litigation Center Importing Occupation, published in June 2026.
Undocumented Migrants
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what methodology was used to estimate the figure of 412,000 illegal migrants in the United Kingdom.
Veterans: Employment Schemes and Resettlement
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of levels of veterans engagement with (a) resettlement services, (b) employment service and (c) other transition support services.