Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
187,193 questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026 to Question 22797 on HMP Liverpool, for how long has work at the prison been paused.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026 to Question 23332 on Prison Accommodation, when were the 6,000 places delivered, and in what locations, prior to the publication of the 10-Year Capacity Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026 to Question 23044 on Deportation, for what reason was a charter flight used to remove 8 people to Poland on 10 June 2025.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, how many companies with a primary Standard Industrial Classification of 08 (other mining and quarrying) entered insolvency in the United Kingdom in each year since 2018.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of (a) the April 2022 changes to rebated diesel entitlement and (b) the oil price since March 2026 on the viability of quarrying businesses.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026 to Question 23400 on Ajax vehicles, what is the overall total of each variant now held mapped against the current production schedule.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with international partners on preventing the introduction of unilateral or discriminatory charges on commercial vessels transiting international
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2026 to Question 21972 on Large Goods Vehicles: Licensing, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of reform of the Goods Vehicle Operator Lic
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2026 to Question 21977 on Railway Stations: Construction, if she will provide, for each completed station construction project since 2020 for which her Department holds rec
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 7 September 2026 to Question 26241 on Road Works: Compensation, what data her Department holds on the number of defective street works reinstatements identified in each of the last fiv
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 7 September 2026 to Question 26119 on East West Rail Line, what works and assurance activities remain outstanding before Winslow Station can be fully handed over; and on what date she
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessments have been made of the effectiveness of alternative funding models for rolling stock procurement under Great British Railways.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on alternative financing models for rolling stock.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what plans she has to support existing rural and remote households in securing a first-time connection to the electricity grid.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of (a) the costs and benefits for local authorities of installing underground refuse collection systems and (b) the potential impact on (i
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to increase the availability of pet inclusive homeless and temporary accommodation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the sufficiency of the incentives under the surplus extraction provisions in the Pension Schemes Act 2026 for sponsoring employers to share surplus funds with (a) scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has taken steps to address the delays to licenses being reinstated after a medical revocation by the DVLA, and the impact the current delays are having on individuals waiting for their licenses to b
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what comparative assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of (a) water recycling, (b) new reservoirs, (c) leakage reduction and (d) desalination as measures to increase
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what contingency plans her Department maintains to ensure the continued availability of essential food supplies in the event of significant domestic or international crop failures caus
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will publish an assessment of the potential impact of the Zero Emission Vehicle mandate on (a) the competitiveness of UK-based vehicle manufacturers relative to Chinese vehicle manufacturers a
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2026 to Question 26159 on Speed Limits: Cameras, how many speed cameras on (a) motorways and (b) A-roads remain affected by the technical anomaly; and what proportion of af
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 7 September 2026 to Question 26241 on Road Works: Compensation, what data her Department holds on the cost incurred by highway authorities in undertaking remedial works following defec
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 7 September 2026 to Question 26119 on East West Rail Line, how many trains require modification before passenger services can commence between Oxford and Milton Keynes; how many have b
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions her Department has had with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and Ministry of Defence on protecting the freedom of navigation of UK commercial shipping through strategically impo