Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
201,124 questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate has been made of compensation payments arising from the Liverpool Street Station redevelopment scheme to (a) train operating companies, (b) Transport for London and (c) other affected parties.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many rail stations are currently not accessible for all, and how many stations they expect to become accessible for all within the next twelve months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the competitiveness of the emerging autonomous vehicle market; and what steps her Department is taking to reduce regulatory and operational barriers to market entry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the report entitled BCP Council: Increased Penalty Charge Notice and Associated Charges Trial, published in February 2026, whether her Department will be extending the trials of increased Pena
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 19 June 2026 to UIN 8527, when she plans to assess the financial impact of FSA charges on abattoirs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding she will make available for flood defences in each of the next five years for (a) Witham constituency and (b) Essex.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what (i) methodology and (ii) timeframes of (a) housing growth and (b) pupil number growth forecasts did she use when deciding to not to proceed with funding for the proposed Lodge Farm Primary School in Witham
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Inclusion Bases she is planning for schools in the Witham constituency in each of the next five years; and what funding is being made available to finance them.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what financial support she has provided to (a) the Government of Mauritius and (b) projects in Mauritius under the Strategic Partnership Framework Programme in 2025/26 and pl
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Government of Mauritius on the financial contributions that the Government of Mauritius were expecting from the UK-Mauritius Treaty.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 17 March 2026 to Question 119263 on Gibraltar: UK relations with EU, what progress has been made in establishing a timetable for the establishment o
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the answer given 17 March 2026 to Question 119262 on Gibraltar: UK relations with EU, whether an economic assessment of the impact of introducing transaction taxe
To ask His Majesty's Government when they expect all rail stations to be accessible for all.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 17 March 2026 to Question 119258 on Gibraltar: UK relations with EU, what progress she has made on establishing a definition of a political offence.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had discussions with her (i) Irish and (ii) EU counterparts regarding the Aughinish Alumina refinery and reported links to Putin.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what comparative assessment she has made of the competitiveness of the capital framework of (a) the UK and (b) international counterparts.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to (a) deliver reform to the UK’s capital framework and (b) support growth.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether the independent workplace investigation of the former Information Commissioner, John Edwards, considered the actions and inaction of other senior Information Commissioner's Offi
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether the Executive Director for Communications and Public Affairs at the Information Commissioner's Office was interviewed by the independent workplace investigation of the former In
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what was the earliest date on which the Information Commissioner's Office informed her Department, or its predecessor sponsor Department, whether formally or informally, of any complain
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she intends to publish any further findings, recommendations and conclusions of the ICO independent workplace investigation, subject to any lawful redactions necessary to protec
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether any recommendations to the ICO were made relating to workplace culture, leadership, governance or staff welfare in the findings of the independent workplace investigation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the appointments process undertaken for the new Information Commission Board.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to revise school transport contracts to reflect the rising cost of diesel.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether recruitment for the next Information Commissioner has commenced; and if she will publish the expected timetable for an appointment.