Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
187,193 questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will hold discussions with Sport England on supporting local rugby clubs to offer safe, single sex changing areas and toilet facilities to encourage more women and girls to play r
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will ask Sport England to help local sports clubs introduce revenue raising activities in their facilities to become more financially resilient and self-sufficient.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to improve accommodation for the Royal Irish Regiment based at Clive Barracks, Tern Hill, Shropshire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will meet with Severn Trent Water to discuss expanding rainwater management systems across the public sector estate in Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin so rainwater can be recy
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if she will update the Civil Contingencies Act to reflect the changing nature of mass communication in a time of war.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of SEND funding and average waiting times for individuals to be issued with an Education Health and Care Plan in (i) Shropshire and (
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Government of Indonesia concerning restrictions on the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community’s freedom to worship and reports of discriminati
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many operators of ferry routes between England and France have been issued with a surcharge for non-compliance with the Seafarers’ Wages Regulations 2024 to date.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she last had discussions with her French counterpart on the enforcement of seafarer rights in the short sea ferry sector.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the added value concept introduced by the Financial Conduct Authority in its proposed cryptoasset perimeter guidance (CP26/13) appears in the Regulated Activities Order or any of its exclusions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the timetable is for publication of the Acquired Brain Injury Action Plan.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects to publish an update from the Office for Government Property on its estates rationalisation programme.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the bespoke departmental efficiency targets and plans.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he accepts the recommendation from the Office for Value for Money to conduct thematic value for money reviews and publish the terms of reference of these reviews in 2026.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what take-up there has been of the Mortgage Guarantee Scheme since July 2025 and how take-up compares with the predecessor scheme.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the cost and the impact of the Great British Summer Savings scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential risk that women experiencing financial hardship could be disproportionately represented among women acting as surrogates under the proposed reforms.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the proposed changes to legal parenthood in surrogacy arrangements on the level of disputes between surrogates and intended parents.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department holds information on the long-term welfare outcomes of children born through surrogacy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the proposed surrogacy reforms on the commercialisation of surrogacy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she plans to take to ensure that women are not coerced and unduly pressured into becoming surrogates.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of increased financial payments in surrogacy arrangements on the rights and welfare of children born through those arrangements.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many parental order applications in each of the last 10 years involved payments to a surrogate which exceeded what the court considered to be reasonable expenses, and in how many such cases the additional pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to P.Q. v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (2026), what assessment he has made of whether the current system for determining reasonable expenses in surrogacy arrangements provides sufficien
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the Memorandum of Understanding of the Technological Cooperation Programme.