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 discussions she has had with the fishing industry on reducing accidental catches of protected marine species.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison governors worked any of their contracted hours from home in May 2026.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of the economic impact of bycatch mitigation requirements on UK fishing businesses.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with environmental organisations on measures to reduce bycatch in UK waters.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of trends in changes in waiting times for cases initially to be assigned at the Pensions Ombudsman over the past two years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that (a) aluminium and (b) other materials collected under (i) the Deposit Return Scheme and (ii) Simpler Recycling are retained for (A) d
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much funding has been allocated to the Grangemouth workers Training Guarantee scheme; how much funding has been (a) distributed and (b) committed; and whether any (i) unallocated and (ii)
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding is available to local authorities in England to develop (a) new and (b) restored outdoor public swimming facilities, including lidos; and what assessment her Department has made of t
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much funding has been distributed from the Grangemouth workers training guarantee.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, by which year does he forecast the Royal Navy surface fleet will return to its minimum target strength of frigates and destroyers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will have discussions with NHS England and the Somerset Integrated Care Board on the removal of the NHS pharmaceutical service provided by Boots pharmacy at Wellington Medical Centre from the
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether any unused funds remain in the Grangemouth workers Training Guarantee scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason the NHS pharmaceutical service at Wellington Medical Centre was removed from the pharmaceutical list; and whether that removal was processed under Regulation (a) 25 and (b) 26A of t
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with chief constables on lessons learned from recent (a) homicides and (b) other attacks involving (i) ceremonial and (ii) religious weapons.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of police training regarding the identification of deception, false reporting and threat assessment during emergency responses.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to review legislation relating to the possession, carrying and use of religious blades and exemptions applying to kirpans.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of exemptions relating to the carrying of kirpans in preventing misuse.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of commissioning a national review of governance arrangements for changes to NHS pharmaceutical lists.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many criminal investigations in England and Wales involved allegations of (a) racism and (b) hate incidents made against (i) victims, (ii) witnesses and (iii) third parties by (A) suspects and (B)
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of applications for exemption from Making Tax Digital have (a) been granted, (b) been refused and (c) are pending decision.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many appeals against decisions to refuse exemption from Making Tax Digital for Income Tax Self Assessment have been (a) submitted, (b) upheld and (c) rejected.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the number of people who meet the eligibility criteria for exemption from Making Tax Digital for Income Tax Self Assessment.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many HMRC staff are assigned to process Making Tax Digital exemption applications by (a) headcount and (b) full-time equivalent.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps HMRC is taking to ensure that digitally excluded people are aware of their right to apply for an exemption.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the risk that people who should qualify for exemption will incur penalties under the Making Tax Digital regime; and what steps she is taking to mitigate that risk.