Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
201,591 questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many mental capacity assessments were undertaken by the Court of Protection in the last three years; and, of these, how many came back confirming lack of capacity reported per year in each of the last three y
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has been made of the potential risks associated with transitioning from legacy systems to the Synergy shared services platform.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has plans for contingency arrangements in the event of disruption to payroll services under the Synergy programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how contractor performance under the Synergy programme will be monitored and enforced.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure those giving evidence to the Independent Inquiry into Grooming Gangs, and those discussing the association of child sexual exploitation with any ethnic or other group in the media or els
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Synergy shared services programme on data security.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what modelling and analysis her Department holds on the number of jobs estimated to be created as a result of packaging Extended Producer Responsibility.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the implementation of packaging Extended Producer Responsibility on employment in the packaging manufacturing sector
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the packaging Extended Producer Responsibility scheme on (a) net employment, (b) (i) job displacement and (ii) employ
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to commission an updated assessment of the employment impacts of extended producer responsibility for packaging on the UK glass manufacturing sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the glass sector on extended producer responsibility.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the impact of extended producer responsibility on levels of plastic packaging.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her planned timetable is for publishing (a) the circular economy strategy and (b) call for evidence on reusable containers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of UK industrial electricity prices on the international competitiveness of UK-based energy-intensive manufacturing sectors.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of whether current UK energy policy is contributing to the offshoring of energy-intensive manufacturing capacity.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of recent trends in investment and consolidation on the competitiveness of the UK fintech sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps the Government is taking to reduce the cumulative impact of network charges, policy levies and regulatory costs on industrial electricity bills.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, why the cement manufacturing sector is not eligible for the Energy Intensive Industries Compensation Scheme and whether cement could be included.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment has been made of how many UK manufacturing jobs are at risk if industrial energy prices are not brought into line with international competitors.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if subsidising carbon capture of certain industrial assets and not others is anti-competitive and risks creating a low carbon monopoly.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of trends in cement imports over the last ten years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many unreported removals from NHS waiting lists were there in 2025/26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which flood defence schemes are included in the capital programme for flood and coastal erosion risk management in Central Suffolk and North Ipswich constituency for 2026-2036; and wha
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether independent Agricultural Land Classification surveys conducted by a qualified soil scientist are a mandatory requirement before solar farm applications on potential BMV land are deter
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what process will determine the final geographic boundaries of the three new unitary authorities in Suffolk; who will conduct that process; and what the timetable is for its comp