Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
201,802 questions
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent on 29 April (HL16535), whether the Prime Minister is constitutionally able to suspend a Minister.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether increasing levels of trade union membership in Great Britain is a policy goal.
To ask His Majesty's Government when providers will be notified of the Music and Dance Scheme award allocations for the 2026–27 academic year.
To ask His Majesty's Government when providers will be notified of the Music and Dance Scheme award allocations for the 2027–28 academic year.
To ask His Majesty's Government when providers will be notified of the Dance and Drama Awards allocations for the 2027–28 academic year.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Smith of Malvern on 29 April (HL16444), when they intend to confirm the individual budgets for providers of the Dance and Drama Awards Scheme for the 2026–27 academic year.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to make provision for the Care Quality Commission to inspect and monitor supported accommodation including standards of care and oversight, to ensure vulnerable people receive adequate support.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to amend the Health and Social Care Act 2008 so that regulated activities are redefined to cover all aspects of supported accommodation including standards of care and oversight, to ensure vulner
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they are satisfied that local authorities are following the statutory guidance of the Care Act 2014, that local authorities must ensure that the services they commission for vulnerable people in supported accommodat
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have for auditing the appropriateness and legality of the skilled worker visa route for those individuals specifically sponsored by (1) vape shops, (2) other retail shops, and (3) micro businesses with spons
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Chapman of Darlington on 2 June, whether she will now answer the question put, namely what discussions they have had with the government of Egypt on the use of blasphemy provisions
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have instructed the Consumer Council for Water to refund any fees, levies, or other sums paid by water companies in respect of the alternative dispute resolution service it operated through a third party; what
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 11 March (HL15195), what assessment they have made of the suitability of conventional cost-effectiveness assessments for medicines where structural evidence constraints a
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 11 March (HL15192), what plans they have to expand the NHS newborn blood spot screening programme alongside implementation of universal newborn genomic testing.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 30 March (HL15661), whether the National Cancer Plan commitment that every cancer patient who needs a genomic test will receive one also applies to non-genomic tests requ
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of unclaimed workplace or private pensions in the United Kingdom.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of unclaimed State Pensions in the United Kingdom.
To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the benefit to the UK economy of co-hosting the 2028 UEFA European Football Championship.
To ask His Majesty's Government what mechanism they will use to enforce plans for refugees and people seeking asylum to contribute to the cost of Home Office support and accommodation.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of (1) the above inflation increase in the average household water bill in 2025/2026, and (2) the expected above inflation increase in 2026/2027, on low-income households.
To ask His Majesty's Government what modelling they have undertaken on how many households will fall into water poverty between 2025-2030 due to Ofwat's price control resulting in a 36% increase in average household water bills over this period; and what
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability of specialist paediatric neurorehabilitation services; and whether he is taking steps to improve access to intensive rehabilitation f
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether Israeli military officials are barred from attending British military colleges.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, which foreign officials have received special mission certificates to visit Britain in 2025 and 2026.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many criminal cases have been prosecuted with a "terrorism connection" under the Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Act in 2024, 2025, and 2026.