Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
187,198 questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 1 July 2026 to Question 9023 on ICF Consulting Services: Equality, whether she plans to amend the KPI requirement on allowing biological men who self-identify
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 16 June 2026 to Question 4183 and of 8 July 2026 to Question 14363, on Cabinet Office: Counselling, for what reason additional counselling is provided to civil servants from ethnic mino
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether he has a policy on increasing the number of (a) trade unions recognised in workplaces and (b) staff who are members of a trade union in (1) the Civil Service and (2) other
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of regulations for individuals working as Foot Health Practitioners.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate has she made of the average time taken to process an application for an over 70s driving licence.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate has she made of the average waiting time for a security vetting application to be completed for individuals working at airports in England.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many outstanding applications were there for security clearances for individuals working at airports in England as of A.) August 2024 B.) August 2025 C.) August 2026.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether his Department has carried out an impact assessment into the a) risk and b) impact on UK based individuals of data breaches of technology firms who hold information related
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 11 October 2024 to Question 6277, what progress her Department has made on agreeing an exchange agreement with Kosovo.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, when he plans to consult on the timetable for implementing the provisions of the Commercial Payments Bill relating to retention payments in construction contracts; and whether he p
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her planned timetable is for consultation on and implementation of the provisions of Clause 43 of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what independent safeguarding arrangements exist within HM Revenue and Customs for employees who report harassment, bullying, or discrimination during an active internal investigation into the reported conduct.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what independent safeguarding arrangements were established for employees of the former Valuation Office Agency following its merger into HMRC on 1 April 2026 for employees who report harassment, bullying, or discri
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HMRC has taken steps to ensure that managers who are the subject of a formal complaint of bullying, harassment or discrimination do not retain supervisory or safeguarding authority over the employee who made
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether steps have been taken to ensure that managers within the former Valuation Office Agency, following its merger into HMRC on 1 April 2026, who are the subject of a formal complaint of bullying, harassment or d
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what authority and responsibility does the HR function within HMRC hold for determining and implementing safeguarding arrangements for employees who have raised a formal complaint of bullying, harassment or discrimi
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what authority and responsibility did the HR function within HMRC hold for former Valuation Office Agency employees following the merger into HMRC on 1 April 2026, in relation to safeguarding arrangements where the
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how treatments for rare conditions will be prioritised for inclusion in the Government’s proposed pilot on supporting faster access to innovative medicines, as part of the UK-US pharmaceutical agre
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, further to the UK-US pharmaceutical agreement, how the Government’s proposed pilot on productivity benefits in medicines assessment will account for the wider value of treatments for rare condition
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how patient organisations representing people living with rare conditions will be consulted on the development of new pilots being delivered as part of the UK-US trade agreement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of Second Generation Anticoagulant Rodenticides found in birds of prey in England in the last ten years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to support people with dyslexia in the justice system.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to support autistic people in the justice system.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues on the potential impact of the level of global climate finance that is provided through loans on indebtedness in lower inc
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to research carried out by Dr Steven Hall and Dr Stefanie Menzies at Lancaster University, whether his Department has plans to invest in snakebite research, in