Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
201,802 questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has assessed council commissioning rates for homecare to ascertain if councils are encouraging the underpayment of the National Living Wage.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of low commissioning rates by local councils on incidence of non-payment for travel time between care visits for homecare workers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State with Housing, Communities and Local Government and the Local Government Association on tackling the non-payment of travel time of homecare wo
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s announcement on the future model for Coastguard Rescue Officers, what assessment her Department has made of the potential effect of this announcement on op
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s announcement on the future model for Coastguard Rescue Officers, what plans her Department has to mitigate the potential effect of that announcement on ope
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer to Question 5375 on Simpson Environmental Services: Air Pollution and Noise, what assessment the Environment Agency has made of the source of dust and odour affe
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s announcement regarding the future model for Coastguard Rescue Officers, whether she assessed alternative operating models prior to making a decision.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s announcement regarding the future model for Coastguard Rescue Officers, what assessment she has made of alternative models that would allow some form of pa
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s announcement on the future model for Coastguard Rescue Officers, what assessment her department has made of the sustainability of HM Coastguard in South Su
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s announcement regarding the future model for Coastguard Rescue Officers, what plans her department has to maintain operational resilience of HM Coastguard i
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to review the reasonable adjustments required during court trials for (a) defendants (b) witnesses and (c) victims who are neurodivergent.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will establish a formal mechanism for the Maritime Industry Security Forum to report directly to the National Security Council.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will establish a formal mechanism for the Shipping Defence Advisory Council to report directly to the National Security Council.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer to Question 5375 on Simpson Environmental Services: Air Pollution and Noise, whether inspections carried out by the Environment Agency at the Simpsons Environmen
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of provision of NHS specialist endometriosis care since the publication of the Renewed Women’s Health Strategy for England on 15 April 2026.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the annual net cost to the public purse of operating passenger rail services under public ownership inclusive of inherited operational liabilities and the annual allocat
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of the use of beagles supplied by MBR Acres in the United Kingdom in GLP studies conducted at UK facilities that support
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of the use of beagles bred at MBR Acres in UK laboratories for international research projects; how many such animals have been used in s
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of employers paying the Growth and Skills Levy recovered less than (a) 25%, (b) 50%, (c) 75% and (d) 100% of levy contributions through funded training in the latest year for which figures are a
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what artificial intelligence systems, including generative artificial intelligence and AI agents, are being utilised by Network Rail; for what operational, maintenance, asset management, customer service and co
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of targeted prostate cancer screening on earlier diagnosis rates.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support local authorities in developing enduring relationships for children in care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the role of enduring relationships in improving educational attainment and long-term wellbeing among care-experienced young people.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that small and medium-sized enterprises located in the Buckingham and Bletchley constituency benefit from AUKUS-related procurement opportunities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to strengthen research and development collaboration with AUKUS partners.