Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
201,802 questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to mandate equitable, legally binding, cost-of-production contracts between major supermarkets, processors and independent pig farmers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the roadmap towards phasing out animal testing published by the European Commission.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will provide a list of time taken by government Departments to respond to correspondence from hon. Members from quickest to slowest.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison governors at (a) HMP Oakwood, (b) HMP Berwyn, (c) HMP Prison Parc, (d) HMP Fosse Way, (e) HMP Five Wells, (f) HMP Forest Bank, (g) HMP Wandsworth, and (h) HMP Wormwood Scrubs worked any of their c
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps she has taken to ensure that (a) thistles and (b) ragwort are removed from land owned by her Department between the village of Mersham and the Sevington inland border facility.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the impact of the 60mph default speed limit on rural roads on safety; and whether she plans to review this default.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on whether women and girls are more likely to experience abuse and harassment while (a) walking and (b) cycling, compared to using public transport.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her Department's budget is for ministerial travel for (a) the Government Car Service, (b) private hire vehicles, (c) taxis, (d) rail, (e) aviation and (f) other for (i) 2024-25 and (ii) 2025-26.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how she plans to help charities manage cashflow challenges caused by delays in receiving legacy donations.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason existing monthly support payments provided through the EIBBS and similar schemes are being stopped or reduced for those who accept the one-off compensation payment from the Infected Blood Compens
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the Prime Minister's and his Department's budget is for ministerial travel for (a) the Government Car Service, (b) private hire vehicles, (c) taxis, (d) rail, (e) aviation and (f) other for (i) 2024-25 and
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of stopping or reducing existing monthly support payments through the England Infected Blood Support Scheme and similar schemes on infected individ
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many data centre projects in Scotland are currently seeking electricity grid connections; and what potential aggregate capacity in gigawatts those applications represent.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many seizures have been made from prisons of material that promotes or supports acts of terrorism, extremism or radicalisation within the past year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what proportion of electricity demand connection applications in the National Energy System Operator queue are attributable to data centres.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will publish the National Energy System Operator's analysis of future electricity demand from data centres.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with local police forces on (a) the effectiveness of enforcement of legislation regulating pedlars; and (b) the processes used to verify pedlars’ certificates.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many officials in (a) her Department and (b) the non-departmental public bodies for which she is responsible claimed reimbursement for travel subsistence expenses in each
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of including education on endometriosis within the statutory relationships, sex and health education curriculum in secondary schools; whether her Department
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting list times for mental health services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have absconded from Category D prisons in the last year; and how many remain at large.
To ask the Solicitor General, what special measures Crown Prosecution Service prosecutors offer to vulnerable witnesses to support them in giving evidence.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many community resolutions have been used by Lancashire police force in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 8 June 2026 to question 4912 on Ajax Vehicles: Health and Safety, what recent progress he has made on the Ajax programme; and what the outcome was of the IEPR.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to tackle human trafficking.