Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
201,802 questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the Institute of Directors' finding that 75 per cent of businesses cite UK economic conditions as a negative factor affecting their organisation.
To ask His Majesty's Government how responses to Growing up in the online world: a national consultation, published on 2 March, will be evaluated; whether artificial intelligence will be used in that evaluation; whether it will be used equally across all
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the Confederation of British Industry's Growth Indicator forecast that private sector activity will fall by a net balance o
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of reductions in the Defence training estate on the likelihood of achieving the Strategic Defence Review 2025's reserve personnel targets.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for the future basing of 167 Regiment Royal Logistic Corps following the closure of Prince William of Gloucester Barracks.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where the Army Reserve School of Catering will be located following the planned closure of Prince William of Gloucester Barracks.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the capacity of the Army Training Centre Pirbright to accommodate (a) the Army Reserve basic training programme currently delivered at Army Training Regiment Grantham and (b) the re
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of business energy costs on private sector activity.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of the response by the British Chambers of Commers to the Milburn Review.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to support SMEs in (a) Lincolnshire and (b) other rural areas with changes in (i) employment and (ii) energy costs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of youth unemployment in (a) Grantham and Bourne constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of changes in global energy prices on rural households that are not connected to the gas grid in Lincolnshire.
To ask His Majesty's Government what distinction, if any, they will draw between individual and organisational responses to Growing up in the online world: a national consultation, published on 2 March, in evaluating the outcomes of that consultation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the (a) prevailing market conditions and (b) trends in the level of input costs for the fishing industry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the (a) prevailing market conditions and (b) trends in the level of input costs for the arable farming sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the (a) prevailing market conditions and (b) trends in the level of input costs for the horticultural sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 19 May 2026 to Question 441 on Asylum: Hillingdon, how much funding is being allocated to Hillingdon for 2026-27.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's policy of on considering written representations to its consultations or calls for evidence from an individual or organisation subject to a policy of non-engagement under the 202
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the answer of 16 April 2026 to Question 125400, on Asylum: Finance, whether it is her Department's policy that some of the costs of asylum seekers should be met from council taxpayer
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the answer of 16 April 2026, to Question 125400, on Asylum: Finance, and the statement that the grant is not intended to meet full costs, whether an assessment has been made of what
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 21 May 2026, to Question 199, whether the National Crime Agency will be adopting the anti-Muslim hostility definition.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the oral statement of 18 November 2025, Official Report, Column 613, on China Espionage: Government Security Response, whether there is a published document for the Counter Political
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the average number of asylum seekers accommodated in an asylum hotel in each year from 2020.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that Gaelic broadcasting will have the same certainty and sufficiency of funding as Welsh broadcasting under the next BBC Charter.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Home Office press release, 15 April 2026, on Asylum hotels close as government scales up use of large sites, what recent statistics her department has collated and now holds on (