Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
187,193 questions
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Baroness Twycross on 7 September (HLWS321), what assessment they have made of recent warnings by leading AI researchers and developers about the risk of catastrophic harm, including loss
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Baroness Twycross on 7 September (HLWS321) in which they stated that the risks from increasingly powerful artificial intelligence systems are “inherently transnational” and that no count
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of Anthropic’s decision not to provide its Claude Mythos 5.1 model to the UK AI Security Institute for pre-release testing; whether the Institute has subsequently been provided with access to
To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Liberal Democrat Party responded to their letter, published on 2 September 2022, seeking views from the Parliamentary Parties panel regarding uprating spending limits and reviewing other sums in electoral law.
To ask His Majesty's Government on how many occasions provisions of electoral law have been applied retrospectively; and what assessment they have made of this.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Winterton of Doncaster on 15 September (HL2936), whether their engagements with the government of Zambia have included representations specifically concerning the detention of, and
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Winterton of Doncaster on 15 September (HL2937), what information they have received concerning the factual basis for the treason charge brought against the Right Reverend Dr Trevo
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Winterton of Doncaster on 15 September (HL2938), whether representatives of the British High Commission in Lusaka have established (1) where the Right Reverend Dr Trevor Mwamba is
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Winterton of Doncaster on 14 September (HL2941), whether any of their engagements with the government of Zambia have included a specific request for a prompt, independent, and impa
To ask His Majesty's Government whether NHS England provided formal prior approval for the exit package in excess of £100,000 identified in Grant Thornton’s audit findings report for NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board; and if approval was not grant
To ask His Majesty's Government what justification was provided for NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board continuing to pay the former Chief Executive between his departure on 14 October 2025 and 31 March 2026.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether the departure of the former Chief Executive of NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board was categorised as a compulsory redundancy; and if so, whether a full business case was made and if so when and by whom.
To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago regarding laws criminalising same-sex intimacy.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to commence section 14 of the Equality Act 2010 relating to dual characteristics; and what assessment they have made of the potential impact of commencement on older LGBTQ+ people.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many children in care are there (1) in total, (2) under local authority care, (3) in unregistered care settings, and (4) in temporary care.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the AI Security Institute has access to frontier artificial intelligence models for pre-release safety testing.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support universities and employers to expand access to work experience for undergraduate students.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to increase UK manufacturing capacity for the hardware required for artificial intelligence, robotics, and quantum technologies.
To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made towards developing structured cooperation between UK local government procurement professionals and Ukrainian municipalities to support (1) anti-corruption measures, and (2) transparent and effe
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of the (1) economic, (2) transport, and (3) social impact of the closure of Hammersmith Bridge to motor vehicles since 2019.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking, if any, to support the full restoration and timely reopening to motor traffic of Hammersmith Bridge; and whether they are using the Structures Fund to do so.
To ask His Majesty's Government, following the remarks by Lord Wilson of Sedgefield on 15 September (HL Deb col 1070) that “we are in a position where we have to raise taxes to help solve the problems that we were left with two years ago”, whether they in
To ask His Majesty's Government what the reoffending rate for prisoners released on licence from indeterminate sentences for public protection was from July to September 2024.
To ask His Majesty's Government what the proven reoffending rate for prisoners released on licence from indeterminate sentences for public protection was across all periods for which data is held.
To ask His Majesty's Government when they expect to publish the proven reoffending rate for prisoners released on licence from indeterminate sentences for public protection.