Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
199,266 questions
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Public Appointments
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many political appointees have been made by her department since July 2024.
Social Security Benefits: Debts
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's 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 estimate he has made
Social Security Benefits: Debts
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's 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 estimate he has made
Social Security Benefits: Debts
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's 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 assessment he has ma
Social Security Benefits: Debts
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's 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, how many people are expec
Social Security Benefits: Debts
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's 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 estimate he has made
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
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
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
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, whet
British Indian Ocean Territory: Sharks
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to protect the British Indian Ocean Territory Marine Protected Area from illegal shark poaching.
Internet: Privacy
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 26 June 2026 to Question 11357, what plans she has to consult a) businesses, b) cybersecurity experts or c) providers of VPNs as part of its consideration of e
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Public Appointments
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many political appointees have been made by her department since July 2024.
Special Educational Needs: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many special educational needs and disability appeals were outstanding and awaiting a hearing in the First-tier Tribunal (Health, Education and Social Care Chamber) in each month from July 2024 to the most re
Special Educational Needs: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many special educational needs and disability appeals outstanding and awaiting a hearing in the First-tier Tribunal (Health, Education and Social Care Chamber) had a listing for a hearing in each month from J
Special Educational Needs: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many special educational needs and disability appeals (a) outstanding and (b) awaiting a hearing in the First-tier Tribunal (Health, Education and Social Care Chamber) did not have a listing in each month fro
Special Educational Needs: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time between appeal lodgement and first listing for special educational needs and disability appeals in the First-tier Tribunal (Health, Education and Social Care Chamber) was in each month from
Special Educational Needs: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time between appeal lodgement and final disposal for special educational needs and disability appeals in the First-tier Tribunal (Health, Education and Social Care Chamber) was in each month from
Special Educational Needs: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total number of special educational needs and disability appeals (a) registered and (b) disposed of in the First-tier Tribunal (Health, Education and Social Care Chamber) was in each financial year from
Special Educational Needs: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the longest recorded waiting time from lodgement to disposal for special educational needs and disability appeals in the First-tier Tribunal (Health, Education and Social Care Chamber) was in each financial
Nuclear Power: Apprentices and Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to develop the skills and apprenticeships required to support new jobs in the nuclear sector.
Broadband: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact on consumers of broadband providers offering lower prices to new customers than to existing customers in areas with limit
Broadband: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent discussions she has had with Ofcom on differences in pricing between new and existing broadband customers in areas served by a single provider.
Asylum and Immigration: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total number of asylum and immigration appeal hearings listed in the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) was in each financial year from 2021-22 to the most recent financial year for whi
Asylum and Immigration: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, of asylum and immigration appeal hearings listed in the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber), what the number at which the Secretary of State for the Home Department did not appear and was not leg