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, if she will review whether nurses employed by NHS General Practices should be included in the Agenda for Change published pay rates.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether postgraduate students already in the UK on a Student Visa can be exempted for the requirement to apply for an Innovator Founder Visa from outside the country.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether a postgraduate student with a valid Student Visa, who has been asked to leave the UK to apply for an Innovator Founder Visa, would have their Student Visa revoked during the assessment process
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made any assessment of the adequacy of push-fit MDPE water supply piping standards in preventing water leaks in the public water supply network.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made an assessment of the efficacy of the current collection loans process from national to regional museums.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing an accelerated collection loans process from national to regional museums, for those with accreditation under th
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the inclusion of Channels and Updates functions on WhatsApp on the policy not to consider WhatsApp a social media platform.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he raised the case of Jimmy Lai with the Foreign Minister of the People’s Republic of China at the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on 23 July 2026.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has considered the potential merits of giving local authorities discretion to permit more than one Section 16A road closure per road each calendar year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has considered the potential merits of amending the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 to enable multiple events to be included within a single temporary traffic regulation order for special events.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to support police enforcement of illegal e-scooter use.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of (a) importation and (b) sale regulations in reducing the illegal use of e-scooters on (i) public roads and (ii) pavements.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to reduce medicine over prescribing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she will make representations to NuvationBio to encourage access to the SIGMA Phase 3 trial of Safusideniv for eligible patients at UK hospitals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support university employees.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, how many civil servants from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology will be moving to his Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many civil servants from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology will be moving to her Department.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how the funding for the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology will be divided between the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Tra
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Government department is responsible for leading work on climate adaptation in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what a) amount and b) percentage of the total of the apprenticeship levy, now the Growth and Skills Levy has been spent on under-25s for each of the past 5 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of Civil Aviation Authority certification times on aerospace manufacturers, in the context of decisions on where to locate research, development a
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the European Commission's proposed extension of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme on passenger demand at airports.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the long-term maintenance costs incurred by local authorities as a result of active travel infrastructure funded by Active Travel England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether any (a) contract and (b) payment was made to (i) Bemi Orojugogun and (ii) any representative for her appearance in connection with the bus fare cap on 22 July 2026.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance her Department issues to UK airports and ground handling operators on identifying and reporting suspected malicious interference with aircraft while on the ground.