Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
201,802 questions
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support skills development and higher education provision in artificial intelligence, autonomous systems and cyber defence technologies to meet future national security and defence requirements
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of safeguards applied to Anthropic's Mythos artificial intelligence model and other frontier artificial intelligence systems.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made representations to the Government of Russia on the prosecution of (a) Jehovah’s Witnesses and (a) other religious groups under extremism legislation in t
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her Pakistani counterpart regarding the unrest and internet shutdown in Azad Kashmir.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of non-monetised industry costs in the 2018 Nutrient Profiling Model's impact assessment on levels of cost for food manufacturers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the road safety risk posed by drivers who continue to hold a valid driving entitlement while having accumulated 12 or more penalty points for speeding offences.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the penalty points system in deterring repeat speeding offenders.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an estimate of the number of speeding offenders who commit additional motoring offences.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data her Department holds on how much time (a) primary and (b) secondary school children are spending on screens during (i) the school day (ii) for homework.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the outcome of the nine-month EdTech Impact Testbed pilot rolled out in 2025.
To ask His Majesty's Government when they expect day-zero egg sexing technologies to be commercially available to the UK egg industry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish the evidence of improved outcomes for pupils who took part in the nine-month EdTech Impact Testbed pilot in 2025.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of delays to the renewed Hydrogen Strategy on the UK hydrogen technology supply chain.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to ensure the timely delivery of the Hydrogen Allocation Round 2 scheme by end of 2026.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when his Department plans to move projects shortlisted under the second Hydrogen Allocation Round to the Invite to Offer stage of negotiations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the 2018 Nutrient Profiling Model's impact assessment has taken account of likely consumer behaviour.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the level of the risks posed by the reliance of the 2018 Nutrient Profiling Model's impact assessment on assumptions about consumer behaviour.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the average cost to the public purse of households in receipt of benefits made up of (a) 1 husband and 2 wives in a polygamous marriage and 6 children, (b) 1 husband and 2 w
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) primary schools, (b) secondary schools and (c) further education colleges are participating in the next EdTech and AI pilot scheme announced in January 2026.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, further to the draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026, what is the planned commencement and implementation date for the provisions on Supplementary
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2026 to Question 6751, what sanctions are placed on water companies if they do not provide Ofwat with their regular monitoring reports.
To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to providing financial support for the introduction of egg sexing technologies to help prevent the culling of male chicks in the egg industry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of the 20th April 2026 to Question 124082, how many of the 3277 shipments referenced in her response as having taken place between the 28th October 2025 an
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the answer of the 20th April 2026 to Question 124082, how many of the 548 shipments referenced in her response as having taken place between the 28th October 2025 and
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her answer of the 25th February to question 113532, how many of the 14 exporters or brokers referenced who had been issued with a warning notice have subsequently com