Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
201,802 questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the total spend to date on the Type 83 Destroyer project, including pre-concept and early concept phases.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many children in England received a first diagnosis of an autism spectrum condition in each of the last five years; and of those, how many were subsequently referred to a parenting support programme within (1) three mon
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the total spend to date on the Tempest project, including pre-concept and early concept phases.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations she has made to the Government of Iran on the revocation of passports and travel documents of (a) Christian converts and (b) other religious minority mem
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what evidentiary standard was applied before designating the entities and individual listed on 9 June 2026 under the Global Human Rights Sanctions Regulations 2020, and wheth
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many designations under the Global Human Rights Sanctions Regulations 2020 relating to the West Bank have been made in respect of (a) settler violence against Palestinian
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance is issued to police forces on routing reports received via 101 that may relate to hostile state activity to officers with counter-state-threats expertise; and what steps she is taking to
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to paragraph 61 of the 7th Report of the Joint Committee on Human Rights of Session 2024-26 on Transnational Repression in the UK, HC 681, published on 30 July 2025, what assessment she
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the suitability of the 101 service for reports from Hong Kongers with (a) limited English proficiency and (b) fears that information disclosed could reach the Hong Kong
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost of establishing and operating a dedicated, multilingual hotline for reporting transnational repression, staffed by personnel trained in state threats; and how th
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with representatives of the Hong Kong diaspora, including those subject to HK$1 million bounties issued by the Hong Kong authorities, on their experiences of reporting tra
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that Hong Kongers who report transnational repression receive (a) a single named point of contact, (b) follow-up within a defined timescale, and (c) tailored protect
To ask His Majesty's Government how many NHS-commissioned or local-authority-commissioned parenting support programmes for families of children with an autism spectrum condition are currently operating in England; what the average waiting time is for a pl
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many and what proportion of Soft Power Council sessions have had a CMS Minister in attendance.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many and what proportion of Soft Power Council meetings have had an FCDO Minister in attendance.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many times the Soft Power Council has met.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimates she has made of the number of how many taxpayers with outstanding Loan Charge liabilities HMRC expects to be eligible for the new settlement opportunity following the McCann Review; and how many have
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of whether people who previously settled Loan Charge liabilities with HMRC will be offered equivalent terms to those available under the new settlement opportunity following the McCann R
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to his statement to the House on 23 February 2026 in Hansard volume 781, column 32, by what date does he expect to launch the external recruitment campaign for the role of Director General for Propriety
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact on UK inflation of 50% steel tariffs and reduced import quotas from July 1st 2026.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to exclude Product Codes 14 and 27 from 50% tariffs on steel categories from July 1st 2026.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the impact on a) investment and b) employment in each sector of his Modern Industrial Strategy of the 50% Tariff on steel starting on July 1st 2026.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the 50% steel tariff from 1 July 2026 on the UK's sovereign capability to make ball bearings.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many parents of children in England who were referred to a parenting support programme following a diagnosis of an autism spectrum condition in the last two years (1) were unable to attend due to no places being availab
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what consultation he has undertaken with downstream UK steel manufacturers on the impact of a 50% steel tariff from 1 July 2026 on their business.