Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
187,193 questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, how much his Department spent on interpreters and related translation services in 2025.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, how many and what proportion of civil servants in his Department were on permanent home working contracts in 2025.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of civil servants in her Department were on permanent home working contracts in 2025.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many and what proportion of civil servants in his Department were on permanent home working contracts in 2025.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many and what proportion of civil servants in his Department were on permanent home working contracts in 2025.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many and what proportion of civil servants in his Department were on permanent home working contracts in 2025.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to encourage small businesses in rural areas to offer apprenticeships for young people.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the costs of the agreement with Mauritius on the British Indian Ocean Territory were accounted for in the Defence Investment Plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the Coalition on Secure Technology report entitled CIMs Risk in UK Agriculture, published on 7 September 2026, and the potential impact of Chine
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will hold discussions with the Governor of the Bank of England on the criteria used when making decisions on the (a) use and (b) removal of historical figures on bank notes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what has been the change between (a) 2015 and (b) 2025 in the numbers of those entitled to the Higher Rate Mobility Component of Disability Living Allowance and the Enhanced Rate of the Mobility Compone
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 9 March 2026 to Question 115787, how many sick and disabled people who were previously left without contact for years have been helped back into work in the past twelve m
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 9 March 2026 to Question 117675 on National Wealth Fund, whether the director of the National Wealth Fund in Northern Ireland was notified of the UKRI/Innovate UK event for local busi
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what criteria his Department applied in determining which sports qualified for the exclusion at Autumn Budget 2025 of remote bets on horseracing from the 25% remote rate of General Betting Duty.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has estimated the net impact on Exchequer receipts of applying the 25 per cent remote rate to greyhound racing, including (a) betting turnover, (b) employment and (c) associated tax receipts.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the new remote rate of General Betting Duty on Romford Greyhound Stadium.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of greyhound racing on (a) the local economy and (b) community sporting provision in Romford constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of a reduction in the number of licensed greyhound stadiums in England on the welfare and rehoming of retired greyhounds
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department or the Forestry Commission will submit a pay flexibility business case in relation to Forestry Commission staff under the Civil Service Pay Remit Guidance 2026-2
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the (a) staff turnover rate, (b) vacancy rate and (c) average time taken to fill vacancies was for frontline operational and regulatory delivery roles in the Forestry Commission i
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when he plans to publish the Statutory Instruments required to implement the provisions of The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Committee of the Red C
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of (a) annually uprating the Bereavement Support Payment in line with inflation and (b) extending the payment period for the Bereave
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential (a) financial and (b) administrative impact of differing mileage allowance rates for DWP and HMRC on self-employed people who are also in receipt of Universa
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish a risk assessment of outsourcing to the private sector the operation and maintenance of the Solid State Phased Array Radar at RAF Fylingdales.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will hold discussions with the Rugby Football Union on reducing lower league rugby club's travel costs by introducing a fourth national rugby league for the Midlands area.