Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
201,802 questions
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to identify and prosecute entities who should have registered under the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many civil servants in her Department are responsible for the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme, including reviewing the compliance of entities related to the People’s Republic of China.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment has he made of the potential impact of reverting the order for 12 F-35As back to 12 F-35Bs on the public purse.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Modini DART 250 he has procured.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, by when he plans to procure the GBU-53 StormBreaker Small Diameter Bomb II.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what consideration she has given to updating equality legislation to help tackle hair-based discrimination.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of hair-based discrimination on women’s employment outcomes, particularly for Black and mixed-heritage women; and whether he plans to tackle that iss
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment her Department has made of the equalities impact of (a) not routinely including Afro-textured hair within hairdressing qualifications and (b) individuals having been denied access to hairdressi
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department provides on preventing unwanted touching of (a) Black and (b) mixed-heritage children’s Afro-textured hair in (i) early years and (ii) school settings; how this issue is addressed w
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether training on (a) race, (b) consent, and (c) safeguarding in relation to (i) children’s hair, (ii) Afro hair and (iii) bodily autonomy forms part of (A) early years and (B) teacher training requirements;
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment has her Department made of the implications for her policies of Sikhs not being recognised as a distinct ethnic group within official ethnicity classifications.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which major Government datasets do not permit the identification of Sikhs as a distinct ethnic group.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the number of Sikhs in the UK using (a) ethnicity and (b) religion data.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking through public procurement policy to support UK shipyards to compete for Government contracts.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make it her policy to increase the proportion of public contracts awarded to UK-based manufacturers, including shipyards.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of public procurement policy in prioritising (a) strategic resilience and (b) national security.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when she intends to respond to the letter of 14 April 2026 from the hon. Member for Arundel and South Downs on a constituent's complaint about the Financial Ombudsman Service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, when she plans to reply to the correspondence of 6 January 2026 from the hon. Member for Bridlington and The Wolds on illegal content on social media platforms.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that public procurement processes are (a) accessible and (b) proportionate for organisations in the VCSE sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of accessibility of statutory SEND rights for (a) parents and (b) carers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the SEND system on (a) family wellbeing, (b) employment and (c) mental health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when he plans to respond to the letters of 10 April and 12 May 2026 from the hon. Member for Arundel and South Downs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability of NHS care pathways for patients diagnosed with (a) Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome and (b) other autonomic nervous system
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of proposed reductions in funding for Integrated Care Boards on their ability to provide oversight of contracted services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time is for patients referred to specialist Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome services.