Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
201,802 questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Department for Work and Pensions' press release entitled Billions in pension surpluses to be unlocked, published on 10 June 2026, whether he has made an assessment of the risk that
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the proportion of Defined Benefit pension scheme members resident in Essex whose schemes are currently in surplus.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Department for Work and Pensions' press release entitled Billions in pension surpluses to be unlocked, published on 10 June 2026, what estimate he has made of the amount of surplus
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Department for Work and Pensions' press release entitled Billions in pension surpluses to be unlocked, published on 10 June 2026, whether the Government intends to publish annual s
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 16 June (HL696), whether the access of Palantir contractors to identifiable patient data was always part of the operational arrangements; and why the National Data Guardi
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) average age and (b) number of deaths in service was for employees of (i) National Highways and (ii) Network Rail in each of the last ten years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to ensure co-ordination between the National Data Centre Strategy, the AI Opportunities Action Plan, and the Clean Power 2030 Action Plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what estimate her Department has made of the cumulative power and water demand arising from announced and pipeline AI Growth Zones and hyperscale data centre developments through to 203
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the potential of behind-the-meter self-generation, on-site storage, and private wire arrangements at data centre and AI campuses to alleviate
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the withdrawal of NHS England South East funding for the Frimley and Surrey Heartlands Integrated Stroke Delivery Net
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what reason NHS England South East has decided to withdraw funding for the Frimley and Surrey Heartlands Integrated Stroke Delivery Network; and whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether alternative provision will be put in place to deliver the functions currently undertaken by the Frimley and Surrey Heartlands Integrated Stroke Delivery Network following the withdrawal of
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure continued regional coordination, quality improvement, and equitable access to stroke services in Surrey and East Berkshire after the withdrawal of Inte
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Integrated Stroke Delivery Networks in improving stroke outcomes since their establishment in 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the contribution of the Frimley and Surrey Heartlands Integrated Stroke Delivery Network to improvements in thrombolysis and thrombectomy rates in its region.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 8 June (HL759), what immediate, non-judicial safeguards are being introduced to protect the personal autonomy and rights of individuals who have lost independent monitori
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to ensure consistency of funding for Integrated Stroke Delivery Networks across NHS England regions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with NHS England regarding regional variation in funding decisions affecting stroke clinical networks.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact on health inequalities of withdrawing funding for Integrated Stroke Delivery Networks in the South East.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the withdrawal of funding for Integrated Stroke Delivery Networks aligns with the objectives of the forthcoming Cardiovascular Disease Modern Service Framework.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to reinstate funding for the Frimley and Surrey Heartlands Integrated Stroke Delivery Network.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure continued support for stroke prevention, rehabilitation, and primary care integration in Surrey and East Berkshire in the absence of Integrated Stroke Delivery Net
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of engineering problems caused by gearboxes on the delivery timeline of Challenger 3.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, in the context of the processing of Civil Service Pension quotes, (a) what retirement month is currently being processed and (b) whether he expects all outstanding full and partial retirement quotations to be pr
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, (a) what proportion of in country partner or spouse visa applications were decided within the published processing times for that route in the latest period for which data is available and (b) what th