Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
199,266 questions
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage on 16 June (HL Deb col 227), what are the associated costs of the changes to the voting system introduced by the Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) O
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June to Question 10199 on Challenger Tanks: Procurement, when he plans for formal reapproval to be undertaken.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June to Question 10199 on Challenger Tanks: Procurement, what information his Department holds on the supply chain delays.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June to Question 10199 on Challenger Tanks: Procurement, whether he has authorised any change to the cost envelope of delivering Challenger 3.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the total value that his Department plans to spend on munitions in each remaining financial year of the current Parliament.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much money will be assigned to the Defence Housing Service in (a) each remaining financial year of the current Parliament and (b) each financial year of the next Parliament.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much will be spent on military accommodation in the next ten financial years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of providing multi-year funding for Active Travel England grants.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on the proportion of short stages in towns and cities in England that are currently walked and cycled.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of introducing a congestion charge in respect of journeys to and from Heathrow Airport.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment the Department has made of the real-terms value of Bereavement Support Payment since its introduction in April 2017, including the change in value adjusted for CPI inflation in each fina
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Chapman of Darlington on 26 November 2025 (HL11857), what (1) progress they have made, and (2) further investigations they plan, in assessing allegations that foreign nationals par
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what methodology is used in the annual uprating assessment of Bereavement Support Payment; and whether CPI inflation is explicitly incorporated into decisions on maintaining its real-terms value.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason there is no dedicated bereavement-related income support payment paid directly or specifically in respect of bereaved children.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to assess whether sites like the Shelford landfill have followed environmental permit rules.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had discussions with her Nigerian counterpart on the recent kidnapping of schoolchildren and teachers in Oyo State.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the period product scheme will continue within schools in 2026-27.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to Note 8. Purchase of Goods, Services and Other Expenditure on page 114 of the Whole of Government Accounts 2024-5, if she can provide a breakdown of expenditure in the financial years in (a) 2024/5
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Euston Delivery Company will be stood up as a public body.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the planned timetable is for the Liverpool Street Station redevelopment scheme from planning consent to commencement of construction; and what the timescales required are for (a) completion of Section 106
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the establishment of Great British Railways on the governance and delivery of the Liverpool Street Station redevelopment scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many rail infrastructure projects in England with a capital value below £50 million are behind schedule.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Lloyd of Effra on 13 April (HL16133), on what date they intend to commence their review of the functioning of section 10 of the Employment Relations Act 1999.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what ministerial decisions have been taken on the publication of the Freight Plan since 1 January 2026; and on what dates.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many motorists were convicted of driving without valid insurance in each of the last five years.