Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
201,802 questions
To ask His Majesty's Government whether their planned welfare reforms will take account of people experiencing frequent short-term absences from work due to chronic conditions such as migraines.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve care coordination for patients with rare autoimmune rheumatic diseases, including the allocation of a named care coordinator, in light of the publication of the NICE Quality Standard fo
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure the NICE Quality Standard for Rare Disease is implemented; and what data they are currently collecting in line with each statement.
To ask His Majesty's Government what data they collect on the prevalence, incidence and patient experience of those diagnosed with rare autoimmune rheumatic diseases; and what Government body will oversee this data following the abolition of NHS England.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of the law in respect of ghost number plates.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to shut down the manufacture in the UK of ghost number plates and other products designed to prevent motor vehicles being recorded by automatic number plate recognition cameras.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have a national standardised definition of a road surface.
To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made in implementing their findings from their consultation on remote attendance and proxy voting in local authority council meetings.
To ask His Majesty's Government, following the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Cheshire West and Chester Council framework for Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, who is responsible for determining whether a person who lacks mental capacity is validly consen
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to take further action to move levies from electricity bills to general taxation.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of moving levies from electricity bills to general taxation on reducing inflation and lowering the Government’s borrowing costs.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether the capping of ground rents will affect the price of the purchase of the freehold by leaseholders.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether there is co-ordinated planning taking place within Government in respect of addressing potential power cuts in 2026 and 2027.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether new jobs created over the past two years by the clean power investment programme have equalled the jobs lost in the fossil fuel industry over the same period of time.
To ask His Majesty's Government when they expect to break the link between electricity bills and volatile international gas prices.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether it remains the policy of the National Energy System Operator to achieve clean electricity by 2030 and, if so, what is the effect on the UK's energy security.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether the UK's total offshore wind capacity over the past two years has been equal to, or greater than, the total offshore wind capacity in the preceding six years.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 8 June 2026 (HL57), on what specific date the current national contract for the learning from lives and deaths – people with a learning disability and autistic people rev
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support the use of artificial intelligence-enabled technologies in the delivery of physiotherapy services within the NHS.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the role of artificial intelligence-enabled modelling and simulation tools in informing defence procurement and military capability planning.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support the deployment of self-driving vehicles and autonomous passenger transport services in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of the inclusion of Recommendation 46 of the Independent Water Commission in full in the Water White Paper.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she agrees with Recommendation 46 of the Independent Water Commission.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department permits civil servants employed in the UK to work from overseas on a regular basis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department permits civil servants employed in the UK to work from overseas on a regular basis.