Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
187,198 questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 17 June 2026 to Question 8553 on DHSC: Contracts, what information does the department hold on the substantive detail of social value KPIs for the DHSC contracts published
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether Christopher Thomas, the new advisor to the DHSC Permanent Secretary, has been appointed on a permanent or recruitment exception basis; and if a declaration of political activity was made.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 6 July 2026 to Question 8559 on King Charles III: Artwork, what assessment has her department made of the reasons for the take-up rate by NHS bodies relative to that of th
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether Tom Kibasi still works for DHSC.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 25 June 2026, to Question 8556, on Data, Statistics and Research on Sex and Gender Independent Review, if he will place in the Library a copy of the UISPC Scoping Report r
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 23 July 2026, to Question 18831, on Rural Affairs: International Cooperation, if he will place in the Library a copy of the agreements of (a) environmental co
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, to which Board committees and subcommittees Kunle Barker has been appointed following his appointment to the Board of Natural England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 9 July 2026, to Question 14619, on Angling: Licensing, if she will provide a relevant hyperlink for the Cabinet Office spend control approval published by the
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 9 July 2026, to Question 14616, on DEFRA: Secondment, if she will name the (a) 45 organisations that were seconded from DEFRA and (b) 22 organisations which w
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what interests Kunle Barker has declared upon appointment to the Board of Natural England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 9 July 2026 to Question 15238 on Ofwat: Equality, if she will list the Cultural Calendar Club events led by Powered by Diversity; and for what reason Permanen
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 14 July 2026, to Question 15567, on DEFRA: Marketing, how much has been spend on branded goods and merchandise in the last six months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Cabinet Office, Civil Service 2024/2025 External Expenditure on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, updated 29 June 2026, what the EDI activity was relating to the
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Regulatory Policy Committee document entitled Post-implementation reviews outstanding across government 2015 to 2026, updated 12 May 2026, what steps his Department is taking to un
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list each programme on the PSFA High Fraud Risk portfolio, by department and public body.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many headcount staff in his Department are (a) members of the Government Communication Network and (b) embedded communicators but not counted as members of that network.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the answer of 4 June 2026 to Question 4161 on Government departments: marketing, how much has been spent on branded goods and merchandise by his Department since the Government Chief Commerc
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the answer of 25 June 2026, to Question 10084, on DWP: Public Relations, if he will list the names of any (a) public affairs and (b) public relations firms that have been used by the Departm
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many financial corrections were made in the final round of the European Social Fund; and of what value.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the names of the organisations that have (a) had departmental Civil Servants seconded to them since July 2024, and (b) seconded organisational staff to the department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Department collects data on loss, resale, or misuse of equipment provided via the Flexible Support Fund.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Pension Protection Fund's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Strategy 2025–28, published on 12 June, Appendix, page 9, which 10 groups are advising on change.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list each Non-Legally Binding Instrument signed by his Department and its Arms Length Bodies since July 2024 other than those subject to sensitive diplomatic, security and defence interest pr
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of full-time staff on full pay (1.0 FTE) in the department work compressed hours over a four day week.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the answer of 5 February 2026, to Question HL13978, on Written Questions, whether the department assigns codes or traffic light ratings to questions.