Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
187,345 questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, which Minister will now oversee the delivery of the Government’s animals in science strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether it is still her Department's policy to keep the Agricultural and Business Property Reliefs threshold at £2.5m.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the full scope of Project WASP.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what organisations comprise the UK National Arsenal.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 3.1.19 of the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, what is the full scope if the £40m investment in the Raising Our Standards programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 3.1.19 of the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, by when does he plan to deliver a national conversation campaign on defence and security in order to (a) raise public
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 3.1.19 of the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, by when will he establish a new Defence Human Resource Services to transform how Defence manages, employs, and support
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Official Statistics document entitled MOD statistics pre-release access list: 29 July 2026, updated on 5 August 2026, for what reason are the individual service chiefs not permitted pre-rele
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions his Department has had with their counterparts in Singapore on the Government of Singapore becoming a participant in the Global Combat Air Programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's news story entitled Major £8.4bn investment advances UK nuclear deterrent and backs British industry, published on 30 July 2026, if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the £
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's news story entitled Major £8.4bn investment advances UK nuclear deterrent and backs British industry, published on 30 July 2026, in what year is HMS Dreadnought scheduled to com
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the scheduled end date of Dreadnought Delivery Phase 4.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Lockheed Martin limiting F-35 production to 156 aircraft per year on the delivery of the next tranche of F-35 aircraft for the UK Lightning Force.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions she has had with NHS ambulance trusts on the potential merits of procuring Raizer chairs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the former Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Victims and Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls, the hon Member for Derby North, received a Ministerial severance payment upon leaving Governmen
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if the former Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Devolution, Local Growth and Communities, the hon. member for Barking, received a Ministerial severance payment upon leav
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's publication entitled Returns from the UK between 1 December 2022 and 31 January 2026, updated on 24 July 2026, what is the breakdown by destination country of the 70
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's publication entitled Returns from the UK between 1 December 2022 and 31 January 2026, updated on 24 July 2026, what was the total cost to the public purse of the 70
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's publication entitled Returns from the UK between 1 December 2022 and 31 January 2026, updated on 24 July 2026, what was the breakdown by number of returnees of the 7
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which veterans’ groups he has met with since commencing his role.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he plans to seek the approval of hon. Members for the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill in the form re-introduced on 14 May 2026.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 3.1.22 of the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, what was the financial saving achieved by the delay until 2035 of the pledge to increase Cadets by 39% by 2030.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 3.2.23 of the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, what progress he has made in ensuring that every contract signed by his Department since its publication has delivered
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 3.2.24 of the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, what key performance indicators will he introduce in order to evidence that every contract signed by his Department de
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 3.2.31 of the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, in which month in 2026 does he plan to launch an online Test and Evaluation marketplace.