Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
201,591 questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to modernise communications with the public and claimants, including increased use of email correspondence.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce processing times for family visa applications.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 9 June 2026 to Question 6390 on Euston Station: Finance, which organisations participated in the preliminary market engagement exercise; and on what dates those engagements took place.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what comparative assessment her Department has made of the lifecycle emissions and costs of (a) battery-electric heavy goods vehicles, (b) hydrogen-powered heavy goods vehicles, (c) biomethane vehicles and (d)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will publish the business case, cost-benefit assessment and procurement documentation relating to the introduction of the Great British Railways brand.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much of the £4.555 billion active travel investment figure in the Third Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy consists of (a) confirmed allocations, (b) indicative allocations and (c) projected expenditur
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what penalties apply to a person who books, changes, cancels or swaps a driving test on behalf of another person.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking as a result of Capita not meeting the ministerial deadline of 30 June to restore pension administration services to contractual standards; and what assessment he has made of the impact of
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of local authorities allocating funding towards delivery of the Third Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy on road maintenance, highway repairs, bus infra
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the answer of 17 February 2026 to Question 111859, whether the four schemes listed constitute the entirety of departures from standard approved by National Highways permitting life-expired ste
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate the Army has made of the cost of the move to sustainable aviation fuel set out in the SAF mandate.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether additional resources have been allocated to the National Police Chiefs' Council lead for freight crime and the Opal unit since their establishment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the potential impact on the public purse of meeting the target to cut unplanned hospital admissions and bed days of one or over by 10% for people at the end of life, as
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress has been made in securing new funding for the Modern Service Framework for Palliative Care and End of Life Care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that Integrated Care Boards are held to account over the Modern Service Framework for Palliative Care and End of Life Care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of a third platform at Ashchurch for Tewkesbury Station.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to deliver improvements to Ashchurch for Tewkesbury Station to support growth in the Tewkesbury area.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a third platform at Ashchurch for Tewkesbury Station to support business travel between Bristol and Birmingham.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of a third platform at Ashchurch for Tewkesbury Station on supporting growth in the Gloucestershire area.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is taking steps to help ensure cohesion and consistency of climate and sustainability themes across subjects and qualifications.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has taken steps to embed climate education and sustainability across the curriculum, beyond traditional subjects like Geography and Science.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to prevent duplication and gaps in climate education and sustainability across different subjects and qualifications.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether a cost benefit analysis was conducted on the contracts awarded to Siren Associates Ltd to train Police in Lebanon.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what evaluation her Department undertook before commissioning the contract to train Police in Lebanon awarded to Siren Associates Ltd.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will publish all communications from her Department in relation to the Police training Contracts in Lebanon awarded to Siren Associates Ltd; and whether other companie