Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
187,198 questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of supporting the E-Bike Positive campaign.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of a national take up strategy for later life entitlements, including Pension Credit, Housing Benefit and Council Tax Reduction.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many armed forces pensions remain unclaimed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how the new Water Regulator replacing Ofwat will be structured; and if she will ensure that water companies cannot play the two proposed bodies against each other.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the goals are of the new Water Regulator replacing Ofwat.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of broadening the scope of the proposed Defence Readiness Bill to include national resilience and other risks identified in the national risk register.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to share technical expertise and threat intelligence with humanitarian mine action organisations in Ukraine to protect personnel from targeted missile and artillery strikes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had discussions with international counterparts on accelerating the deployment of remote-controlled and autonomous mine-clearance technology to Ukraine to minimize the physical risk to civilian hum
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of the establishment of a national disinformation agency.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the safeguards recommended by the Covid Inquiry will be put in place to prevent political connections from being used to secure privileged access to public contracts.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the planned timeline is for the National Crime Agency’s investigation into Covid fraud.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to recover Government funding lost during the VIP contract lane during the Covid Pandemic.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure that the South of England maintains required water levels for additional housing in the context of predicted heatwaves.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 17 June 2026 to Question 8465, if she will provide a timeline for analysis and publication of that consultation.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the number of employers holding Skilled Worker sponsor licences that have subsequently been linked to cases in which sponsored workers were recognised
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance HM Courts and Tribunals Service provides to victims seeking updates on the enforcement of compensation orders; and what service standards apply to responding to such enquiries.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether HM Courts and Tribunals Service has a procedure for escalating cases where a compensation order has remained wholly unpaid for more than two years despite repeated enquiries from the victim.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the enforcement of criminal court compensation orders; and whether he plans to introduce measures to improve the recovery of compensation awarded to vict
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what mechanisms are available to victims to challenge or seek review of enforcement activity where a court-ordered compensation award has remained unpaid for an extended period.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Written Statement of 14 July 2026 on Annual Statement on National Resilience, HCWS244, how much funding has been allocated to the national resilience public awareness campaign in each of th
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Written Statement of 14 July 2026 on Annual Statement on National Resilience, HCWS244, whether printed material will be delivered to households as part of the national resilience public awa
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the National Audit Office's report entitled Government cyber resilience, published on 29 January 2025, how many of the critical IT systems with significant gaps in government cyber resilience h
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many meetings her Department held with other departments on the cross-departmental consequences of an energy supply shortage in the last 12 months; and whether there is a fixed schedule for future such meeti
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that strategic suppliers build resilience into their delivery chains.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the time taken between a defendant being charged and their trial taking place on victims of sexual offences.