Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
201,802 questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking with Rolls-Royce to maximise the role of domestic manufacturing capability within the Small Modular Reactor programme supply chain.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the implications for UK supply chain resilience of increased demand for critical minerals arising from the electrification of the heavy goods vehicle fleet.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of (a) respect for human rights and (b) the independence of the rule of law in Bangladesh in the past three months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of pension scam cases reported in each year since 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with Ofcom regarding its ongoing investigations into alleged breaches of due impartiality and material misleadingness by licensed broadcasters; and whether her Depart
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of adding safeguards to pension transfers into different types of occupational pension schemes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what governance arrangements are proposed for Great British Railways under the Railways Bill.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what role local and regional authorities will have in decision-making under the framework established by the Railways Bill.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the average time taken by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority to (a) reach initial decisions and (b) review decisions; and what steps he is taking to (i) reduce dela
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance is provided to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority on the proportionality of evidence requests made to applicants; and what steps he is taking to ensure that requests for historic financial
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help incentivise young people to enter into apprenticeship schemes in the manufacturing sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions her Department has had with Treasury officials on increasing financial support to small and medium-sized enterprises with apprenticeship schemes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact on households and small-scale renewable-energy investors of replacing Retail Prices Index indexation with Consumer Prices Index
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has made an assessment of the implications of retrospectively changing the indexation mechanism for existing Feed-in Tariff contracts on investor confidence; and if he
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have sued the Ministry of Justice or HMPPS over alleged breaches of the Public Sector Equality Duty in the past two years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help employers tackle recruitment shortages and to hire and upskill young people.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when gambling impact assessments will come into force.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 22 May 2026 to Question 1739 on Advanced Research and Invention Agency: Geoengineering, how much has her Department spent on investigating whether spraying sea
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the answer of 22 May 2026 to question 1739 on Advanced Research and Invention Agency: Geoengineering, when she will conclude whether spraying seawater could increase the ref
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what is the breakdown of the approximate 3,100 prison places that have been delivered since 5 July 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of disclosure requirements for estate management charges on new build freehold properties.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Leasehold and Commonhold Reform Bill will extend and simplify the right to manage for residents of freehold estates subject to private estate management charges.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is considering changes to miscarriage care pathways, including earlier access to investigations and support for people who experience miscarriage.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have had with Tommy’s on the potential wider rollout of its Graded Model of Miscarriage Care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will ringfence protected funding for children's brain cancer research separate from wider cancer budgets.