Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
187,198 questions
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to WPQ 907630 dated 3rd February 2026, on what date did legislative provision making it an offence to arrive in the UK without an Electronic Travel Authorisation commence.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many buses does she expect to be built in the UK under the 10-year bus procurement process.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will publish a breakdown of how much was spent by the London and North Eastern Railway on hospitality and supporting sporting events in 2019-20, 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what has been the cost of establishing and funding the Great British Railways Transition Team since its formation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what financial and staff resources from the London and North Eastern Railway have been used to support the creation of the Great British Railways Transition Team.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will commit to publishing a framework which seeks to incentivise sector transparency, accountability and efficiency after Great British Railways is created in order to ensure a consistently improving reg
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she has plans to encourage more on track operating flexibility under Great British Railways so that long distance intercity services are not constrained by the Time to 3 (T3) metric which underpins high freq
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what was the cost of the temporary acquisition of both Lydden Hill Race Circuit and the former Folkestone Racecourse in anticipation of EU Entry Exit System traffic congestion in Kent during summer 2026.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what financial arrangements and contractual agreements exist with the owners of Lydden Hill Race Circuit and the former Folkestone Racecourse concerning the management of possible traffic congestion in Kent res
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of staffing levels in NHS mental health inpatient settings.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of (a) the suspension of maternity services at North Devon District Hospital and (b) travel to Exeter Hospital on expectant mothers in Torridge.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she plans to take urgent measures to ensure the long-term sustainability of maternity services at North Devon District Hospital.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions she has had with the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust regarding the provision of additional resources to address shortages of senior consultants following the suspension
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure Councils are able to access the statutory arbitration process for resolving which council is responsible for a homeless household when 1) a ref
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what number of trains per week from a) London to Manchester and b) Manchester to London were on the timetable in i) 2024, ii) 2025 iii) January to June 2026 iv) July to December 2026 and v) are planned for 2027
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will reverse her approval from July for a reduction in the timetable of trains between Manchester and London.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason the Environment Agency changed the evidence threshold for geo-tagged photographic proof of arrival under the enhanced Annex VII verification procedure for waste tyre ex
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Environment Agency’s 13 August 2026 progress update of waste pneumatic tyres and their export, how many (a) prohibition notices have been served on brokers export
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her timetable is for laying statutory instruments to withdraw the T8 waste exemption for end-of-life tyres announced in August 2025; and what steps her Department is taking to sup
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will reinstate the insistence on digital Annex VII prior to shipment and the insistence on geo-tagged location evidence of individual container shipments reaching the
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her department has made of the potential merits of adopting an Australian-style shred-only export mandate to i) permanently eliminate non-compliance at foreign receivin
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many UK citizens located in countries in the Middle East, whether temporarily or permanently, provided their contact details to his Department during the Iran conflict co
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure Serco delivers prisoners on time at Bristol Crown Court.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of Prisoner Escort and Custody Services contractors’ performance.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what statistical information his Department holds on the adequacy of Prisoner Escort and Custody Services contractors’ performance for each month in the last five years.