Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
187,198 questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the answer of 18 March 2026, to Question 118778, on Palantir, whether the Ministry of Defence holds a copy of the presentation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the answer of 23 March 2026, to Question 119908, on Palantir, if he will provide a breakdown of which organisations the 11 other personnel and civil servants were from who attended the Palantir
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the answer of 20 April 2026, to Question 124854, on Chagos Islands: Sovereignty, what was the monetary amount of the qualifying NATO spending in 2025-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 28 April 2028, if he will place in the Library a copy of the MOD Guidance on visits to military sites by HM Opposition.
To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, whether the Church of England provides training on (a) unconscious bias, (b) anti-racism, and (c) white privilege.
To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, how many people were sent by the Church of England to the UN Climate Change (a) COP29 and (b) COP30 delegation.
To ask the Leader of the House, with reference to the answer of 20 February 2026 to Question 105707 on Private Companies: Accountability, if he will make it his policy to update the Cabinet Office Guide to Parliamentary Work to set an expectation that Dep
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment has been made of whether a six month restriction is sufficient in length in relation to the head of the gambling regulator working for gambling industry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the answer of 8 July 2026 to Question 15824 on Gambling Commission: Legal Opinion, what were the job titles of the three individuals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Official Statistics publication, Community and Engagement Survey 2025/26 - domestic tourism: report, published on 14 August 2026, footnote 5, for what reason the Ce
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Official Statistics publication, Community and Engagement Survey 2025/26 - domestic tourism: report, published on 14 August 2026, for what reason the Government is
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the answer of 24 June 2026 to Question 10180 on Southbank Centre: Public Appointments, what is the role of Ministers in appointing the Chair of the Southbank Centre; and what
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, further to the answer of 29 April 2026 to Question HL16694 on FCDO: Artworks, if she will publish the equivalent information for (a) installed and (b) deinstalled Government Art Collecti
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether representatives of the department and its predecessor bodies have met (a) Stop Funding Hate, (b) Hacked Off and (c) Center for Countering Digital Hate since July 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the answer of 24 June 2026 to Question 10179 on Independent Football Regulator: Public Appointments, what feedback the No10 appointments unit provided following the consultat
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the answer of 3 July 2026 to Question 14621 on UK Soft Power Council, if she will list the dates the Council has met and its attendees.
To ask the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission, how many headcount staff in the National Audit Office are (a) members of the Government Communication Network and (b) embedded communicators but not counted as members of that network.
To ask the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission, 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 the National Audit Office since the Government
To ask the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission, what the most recent statistics are for the (a) daily average number of NAO employees attending the workplace in each of its offices and (b) absolute number of NAO employees assigned to each of those
To ask the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission, with reference to the National Audit Office contract, Executive Coaching 2026/27, for £24,000, published 6 August 2026, what the business case was for the expenditure on executive coaching; and which
To ask the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission, what proportion of the working week National Audit Office staff are expected to attend their assigned workplace in person; and whether different policies apply to different types of workers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will publish the most recent quarterly efficiency report submitted to HM Treasury by his Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the answer of 28 April 2026 to Question 129003 on Global Counsel: Palantir, whether the Department had any correspondence with Global Counsel in the period that Lord Mandelson was Ambassador to
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the answer of 28 April 2026 to Question 129003 on Global Counsel: Palantir, whether the Defence Attache to the United States was invited to the Palantir meeting by (a) Palantir or (b) Global Cou
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment and research has been undertaken by her department of the performance of Northern Ireland water as a nationalised utility, including its handling of water pollution, as