Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
199,266 questions
Prices
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the answer of 2 March 2026, to Question 113803, whether there are specific sectors in which the Government plans to introduce income-based pricing of utilities or merit goods.
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Public Appointments
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many political appointees have been made by her department since July 2024.
Midwives: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability of employment opportunities for newly qualified midwives; and what steps he is taking to ensure that qualified healthcare professiona
Gynaecology: Battersea
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce gynaecology waiting times in Battersea.
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust: Agency Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust spent on agency staff in each of the last five years.
West Bank: Housing
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to identify which British citizens have purchased settlement houses on the West Bank.
Crown Lands and Estates
To ask His Majesty's Government how much of the £487 million transferred from the Crown Estate to the Consolidated Fund in 2025–26 was subsequently allocated for use by the Royal Family.
Visitor Levy
To ask His Majesty's Government what safeguards they plan to put in place to ensure that any overnight visitor levy would not detrimentally affect tourists.
Budget November 2025
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Livermore on 29 April (HL16703), what were the specific Budget policies that were trailed or announced to the media ahead of the Budget that were not accompanied by a statement to Parl
Maritime and Coastguard Agency: Finance
To ask His Majesty's Government what was (1) the total budget of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, and (2) the total spent by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency on volunteer payments for emergency call outs, in each of the last three financial years.
Maritime and Coastguard Agency: Staff
To ask His Majesty's Government how much the Maritime and Coastguard Agency spent on staffing costs in each of the last three financial years.
Maritime and Coastguard Agency: Emergency Calls
To ask His Majesty's Government how many volunteers are involved in emergency call outs for the Maritime and Coastguard Agency.
Maritime and Coastguard Agency: Emergency Calls
To ask His Majesty's Government how many miles of coastline the Maritime and Coastguard Agency monitors for emergency call outs.
Age of Criminal Responsibility
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to raise the age of criminal responsibility to 14 years old following the Bar Council's recommendation.
Prisoners' Release: Sexual Offences
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners who will be made eligible for release halfway through their sentences were convicted of (1) rape and (2) sex offences.
Loneliness: Mental Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of links between loneliness and mental health issues, particularly among younger people aged between 16 - 35.
Demonstrations: Whitehall
To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to legislating to prevent disruption from protestors in (1) Parliament Square, (2) Whitehall, and (3) Old Palace Yard Car Park.
Temperature
To ask His Majesty's Government what lessons about strategic planning they have learnt from heatwaves in the last four years, in particular in relation to reservoirs, air conditioning in publicly owned buildings, public transport, and healthcare.
Global Combat Air Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has a target date for the first flight trial of the Global Combat Air Programme prototype.
Defence: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 27 October 2025 to question 83119 on Defence: Training, what progress has he made in confirming the launch date for the Apprenticeship and Graduate Clearing System.
Unmanned Marine Systems: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2025, to question 71970 on Submarines, what progress has he made on development of the XLAUV fleet ahead of the awarding of funding for the trials and evaluation contract to
Unmanned Air Systems: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 27 October 2025 to question 83142 on Unmanned Air Systems: Procurement, what progress has he made in introducing a competition for novel uncrewed aerial systems.
Armed Forces: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of improvements to service family accommodation on the wellbeing, retention, and satisfaction of armed forces personnel and their families.
Uncrewed Systems: Testing
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much will his Department invest in autonomy testing infrastructure in the United Kingdom in the (a) current Parliament and (b) next Parliament.
Calder Valley Line: Rolling Stock
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of services on the Calder Valley line have been short formed in each of the last 24 months.