Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
187,198 questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to increase the proportion of children in England who meet the national curriculum requirement to swim 25 metres by the end of primary school; and what steps her Department is taking to
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to extend the National Year of Reading into a longer-term programme of support for children's literacy; and whether she has considered the introduction of a National Reading Guarantee.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 14 July 2026 to Question 16084 on Recycling, when she expects to publish the Circular Economy Growth Plan.
To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the answer of 13 July 2026 to Question 16086 on House of Commons: Software, what percentage of software used by the Parliamentary Digital Servi
To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, whether cloud services used by the Parliamentary Digital Service make use of data centres outside of the United Kingdom.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her department has plans to take steps to reduce the national estimated waiting time for driving tests.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of funding available to local authorities to (a) provide timely care and (b) support assessments for people with dementia.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 15 July to Question 18171 on Furnaces: Port Talbot, whether his Department had discussions with Tata on the country of origin of the electric arc furnace.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the extension of the UK Emissions Trading Scheme to maritime on the resilience, costs and competitiveness of defence manufacturing and defence su
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the extension of the UK Emissions Trading Scheme to maritime on defence manufacturing businesses on the Isle of Wight.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had discussions with the Office of Rail and Road on Lumo’s application for a new direct rail service between Rochdale and London Euston.
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 investment, innovation and growth in the aerospace sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which Ministers in her Department attended the Farnborough International Airshow 2026; on which dates each Minister attended; and what meetings each Minister held during the event.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much (a) capital funding and (b) maintenance funding Active Travel England has allocated to each local authority since its establishment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the European Commission's proposal to extend the EU Emissions Trading Scheme on the competitiveness of UK airlines and airports.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of staffing and resources at the Civil Aviation Authority, in the context of delivering timely certification of new aviation products and technologies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2026 to Question 8600 on Driving Tests: Offices, how many driving examiners were assigned to each driving test centre before it (a) closed and (b) ceased conducting practical c
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what criteria her Department will use to determine whether Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage at Drax represents value for money.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether information arising from the Drax whistleblower case has informed the development of future biomass sustainability monitoring and reporting requirements.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2026 to Question 11466 on Driving Tests: Swindon, for how many months since 4 July 2024 the published practical driving test waiting time at Swindon Driving Test Centre has bee
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what criteria she will use when considering requests by Drax Power Station to supply electricity directly to data centres under future support arrangements.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether any review has been undertaken of biomass sustainability verification procedures following allegations raised in the Drax whistleblower case.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress her Department has made on reform of the operator licensing regime for road freight operators; and when she expects to publish further detail on proposed changes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2026 to Question 12808 on High Speed 2 Line, what is meant by the term ultimately.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 14 July 2026 to Question 15459 on Marriage: Family Relations, for what reason overseas polygamous marriages are treated differently from marriages between an (a) uncle and niec