Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
201,802 questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the services that could be insourced in the NHS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the services that could be brought in-house in local authorities.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he will bring forward a Procurement Bill.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of increases in the price of red diesel on the viability of small-scale commercial fishing businesses; and whether she plans to take steps to reduce fuel costs fo
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department was informed that staff of Palantir Technologies UK Limited and external consultants had been granted administrative roles providing unrestricted access to identifiable patie
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will conduct an assessment of the border control strategies at the UK border to ensure a consistent approach to the use of Animal Health Certificates.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she is having with UK border control authorities to ensure staff training about the need for Animal Health Certificates at the UK border.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many prosecutions have been determined for cases of Motability Fraud in (a) England, (b) East Midlands and (c) Leicestershire during the last five recorded years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Motability Fraud cases have been classified as police recorded crime in (a) England, (b) East Midlands and (c) Leicestershire during the last five recorded years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2026 to Question 3549 on High Speed 2 Line, when she expects the updating of the HS2 programme business case and the resetting of the benefits baseline to be completed; and whet
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 May 2026 to Question 1278, whether Network Rail has submitted the necessary permit applications to (a) the Environment Agency and (b) the Coal Authority for the permanent repair wor
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consultation the Maritime and Coastguard Agency undertook with a) Coastguard Rescue Officers, b) coastal communities, c) island communities and d) local resilience forums before introducing the revised vol
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2026 to Question 3885 on Aviation: Crew, whether mutual recognition of UK pilot licences forms part of the Government's discussions with the EU on strengthening the UK-EU relatio
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2026 to Question 5014 on Driving Licences: Health, what the average processing time was for medical driving licence renewal applications in (a) January, (b) February, (c) March,
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2026 to Question 3329 on Electric Vehicles: Grants, what proportion of vehicles purchased with support from the Electric Car Grant have been manufactured in the United Kingdom.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many investigations into potential cases of Motability Fraud have been opened in (a) England, (b) East Midlands and (c) Leicestershire during the last five recorded years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2026 to Question 3807, how many times the CCAV Expert Advisory Panel has met since May 2024; and on how many occasions Unite the Union was present.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has she made of current levels of consistency amongst [i] Councils [ii] Police and [iii] CPS of [a] the recording and [b] the publishing of data regarding the background of child sexua
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s announcement that Coastguard Rescue Officers will move to a volunteer-with-expenses model from mid-September 2026, what assessment she has made of the pote
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s announcement on the transition of Coastguard Rescue Officers to a volunteer-with-expenses model from mid-September 2026, whether a formal impact assessment
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 alternative operating models were considered prior to the decision.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s announcement concerning the future status of Coastguard Rescue Officers, whether Ministers formally endorsed the decision to move to a volunteer-with-expen
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what conversations has she had with the Welsh Government about the devolved successor to the Places of Worship Renewal Fund.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Notice 'General Trade Licence for sanctioned processed oil products', published on 19 May 2026, if he will commit to a specific revocation date sooner than the four-month notice s
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Notice 'General Trade Licence for sanctioned processed oil products', published on 19 May 2026, whether his Department produced an impact assessment, volume estimate, and Russian