Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
199,265 questions
Shipping: Identification
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many cases of vessels switching off or falsifying their Automatic Identification System (AIS) data have been identified in UK waters in the last 12 months.
Department for Work and Pensions: Women against State Pension Inequality
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on how many occasions (a) Ministers and (b) officials from his Department have met representatives of the Women Against State Pension Inequality campaign from (a) Chichester constituency, (b) West Susse
Agriculture: Exports
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of additional food and farming export opportunities on agricultural businesses in Buckinghamshire.
Agriculture: Trade Promotion
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure small and medium-sized food producers in Buckinghamshire are able to engage with the agri-food trade attaché network.
Agriculture: Exports
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential barriers facing farming businesses in Buckinghamshire in accessing new export markets.
Agriculture: Exports
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to support producers of premium and specialist agricultural goods in Buckinghamshire to increase exports to international markets.
Food Supply
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress her Department has made in developing the Government's Food Strategy; and what the next key milestones are before its publication.
Attorney General's Office: Public Appointments
To ask the Solicitor General, how many political appointees have been made by her department since July 2024.
Agriculture: Temperature
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of heatwaves on farming, food production and animal welfare.
Pigs: Slaughterhouses
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department is taking steps to implement the policy recommendations of the Animal Welfare Committee's independent report into the carbon dioxide gas stunning of pigs, publis
Origin Marking: Israel
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues about imports from Israeli settlements mislabeled as originating from Israel.
Origin Marking: Israel
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on imports from Israeli settlements mislabelled as originating from Israel.
Sodium Valproate and Surgical Mesh Implants: Compensation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to supply the Patient Safety Commissioner, by 16 July 2026, with the information she has formally requested on (a) Government discussions, (b) actions taken across Government
Maternity Services: Closures
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many maternity units had temporary closures in each year since 2020; where those units were located; and how long each closure lasted.
Emergencies: Planning
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of preparedness for national emergencies.
Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many councils have utilised the electric vehicle pavement channels grant since the 2025 grant came into place.
Brain: Tumours
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure the routine freezing of suitable brain tumour tissue samples to improve patient access to genomic testing, personalised treatments and research.
Vans: Electric Vehicles
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on the number and proportion of light commercial vans that, under normal operating conditions, would require (a) no en route charging, (b) one charging stop, (c) two chargi
National Security: Departmental Coordination
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent initiatives have been undertaken to improve inter-departmental coordination on national security matters.
Musculoskeletal Disorders: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to incentivise research into Inclusion Body Myositis and other rare progressive muscle disorders.
Sleep Apnoea: Medical Equipment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has undertaken any recent review of the pricing structures for CPAP consumables, including plastic and silicone face masks.
Dementia: Palliative Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to ensure that the Modern Service Framework for Palliative and End of Life Care recognises dementia as a life-limiting condition that requires a constant palliative approach from d
Neighbourhood Health Centres: Design
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to ensure biophilic design is embedded into neighbourhood health centres.
Dementia
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Modern Service Framework for Frailty and Dementia establishes care co-ordination as a minimum national expectation for people living with dementia, and if
Deep Vein Thrombosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends in the number of people hospitalised by deep vein thrombosis in the last 10 years.