Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
201,591 questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is planning to take to support households in areas where full fibre will not be available before the public switched telephone network switch-off takes place.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what information he he holds on the number of high street bank branches that have closed in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of bank branch closures on (a) town centres and (b) rural communities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on (a) legal fees and (b) associated costs defending judicial review proceedings brought by the WASPI Campaign since December 2024.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of inflation on household savings rates in the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many cancer patients began treatment within 62 days of referral in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many illegal working raids were conducted by enforcement agencies in each region in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to answer of 10 June 2026 to question 3175, if he will take steps to have those discussions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her letter of Monday 15th June 2026 to Ofwat on Thames Water’s performance and infrastructure, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her Depa
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what contingency planning her Department has undertaken to monitor and improve Thames Water’s Asset Health Index in future.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what timeframe her Department has set for publishing statutory guidance to police forces on the offence of cuckooing under the Crime and Policing Act 2026.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether delivery of an Air-Air Refuelling mission capability remains within the scope of Project VANQUISH.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that Universal Credit claimants can obtain clear and consistent guidance on whether particular financial receipts including the sale of personal possessions must be de
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many arrests resulted from illegal working enforcement operations there have been in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to secure continued access to online educational content and learning resources for children under the age of 16; whether her Department has assessed the extent
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will set out a timeline for the implementation of regulations regarding cosmetic procedures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2026 to Question 4381 on Water Supply: Eastleigh, if she will take steps to ensure that Southern Water addresses the more than 400 maintenance-related
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many community pharmacies in Surrey are expected to deliver NHS funded independent prescribing services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the government is taking to help ensure NHS Trusts are recording metastatic breast cancer data consistently and accurately.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the Government plans to ensure there are sufficient metastatic breast cancer nurses to meet the commitment in the National Cancer Plan to provide every patient with a clinical nurse.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential impact of generative AI on trust in the media.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to combat online disinformation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what considerations to Red Listed cavity nesting birds are being considered to protect their cavity nesting habitat from inadvertent destruction.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many times did the Domestic and Border Security, and Union and Constitution Cabinet Committees meet between 1 June 2025 and 1 June 2026.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she is considering amending the Wildlife and Countryside Act to ensure that cavity nesting swift nesting sites are protected year round.