Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
187,198 questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to review the level of funding provided to schools for free school meals ahead of the implementation of the proposed changes to school food standards.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a national system of auto-enrolment for free school and college meals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps he has taken to assist the progression of the Gaza peace plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology's press release entitled New law to tackle AI child abuse images at source as reports more than double, published on 12 November
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps her Department is taking to improve financial inclusion for visually impaired people.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether LNER will introduce card readers with tactile buttons on their trains for visually impaired people.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of introducing card readers with tactile buttons on LNER trains on the ability of visually impaired people to travel.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the European Commission's proposed maximum permitted levels for vitamins and minerals in food supplements under Directive 2002/46/
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that businesses in Northern Ireland are not placed at a competitive disadvantage compared with businesses in Great Britain should the European Commission pro
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, with reference to the press release entitled Patients to benefit from faster access to medicines as UK moves away from animal testing in science, published on 12 August 2026, if he
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment HM Treasury has made on the potential economic impact of the 2024 increase in spirits duty on the Scotch Whisky sector.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of total Treasury revenue generated from Scotch Whisky following the increase in duty in 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the introduction of the British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme to Northern Ireland; and what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the progress
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Year Two Fees for the Extended Producer Responsibility Scheme will be published.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will extend energy energy support for manufacturers to Northern Ireland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Welsh Government on the potential merits of excluding glass from the Welsh Deposit Return Scheme, to align with the schemes in Northern Ireland, E
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Duchy of Lancaster is taking to remove the illegal waste site in Bickershaw.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate the ONS has made of annual percentage increases in private sector rents in each nation of the United Kingdom in each of the last three years.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to her Department's data entitled Public-sector trade union facility time data, for what reason Transport for London facility time expenditure and numbers are not listed in the 2024-25 dataset.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether (a) her Department and (b) 10 Downing Street have discussed the definition of (i) Islamophobia and (ii) anti-Muslim hostility with the United States Government.
To ask the Prime Minister, whether he plans to appoint combined authority mayors to the House of Lords.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what information his Department holds on the domestic rates (a) regional and (b) district council rate for each local authority in Northern Ireland in 2026-27.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the yearly amount raised in domestic rates revenue is in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of the (a) receipts and (b) total Rateable Value for the new business rates surcharge on hereditaments above £500,000 is levied on (i) large distribution warehouses and (ii) the retail sub-sector.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to amend council tax surcharge thresholds.