Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
195,424 questions
Quadrature Climate Foundation: Finance
To ask His Majesty's Government how much the Quadrature Climate Foundation has received in grants, subsidies, or any other public funding.
Nuclear Regulatory Review
To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made against each recommendation of the Nuclear Regulatory Review 2025, published on 24 November 2025.
Nuclear Regulatory Review
To ask His Majesty's Government which recommendations made in the Nuclear Regulatory Review 2025, published 24 November 2025, they have begun to implement; and what progress they have made along their timelines.
Offenders: Foreign Nationals
To ask His Majesty's Government how many crimes were committed by foreign nationals in England and Wales in (1) 2023–24, (2) 2024–25, and (3) 2025–26; of those, what crimes were the most common; and in what counties they were most common.
Social Security Benefits: Foreign Nationals
To ask His Majesty's Government what welfare, housing and health benefits foreign nationals are entitled to; from what point after their arrival in the UK are they entitled to those benefits; and what criteria are used to assess their eligibility.
Maternity Services: Standards
To ask His Majesty's Government, in light of the independent reviews by Dr Bill Kirkup, Donna Ockenden and Baroness Amos, what actions they are taking to ensure accountability for failures identified in relation to maternity services and care, particularl
Electric Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to relax, suspend or repeal the zero emission vehicle mandate; and what assessment they have made of the impact of the mandate on vehicle manufacturing, investment and employment in the UK.
Electric Vehicles: Excise Duties
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to proceed with the introduction of Electric Vehicle Excise Duty in April 2028; and what assessment they have made of its impact on rural motorists, disabled motorists and those without access to off-str
Electronic Cigarettes and Tobacco: Impact Assessments
To ask His Majesty's Government, following the publication of the consultation by the Department of Health and Social Care, Tobacco and vapes: packaging, appearance and display, published on 10 July, whether impact assessments of anticipated benefits of t
Electronic Cigarettes and Tobacco: Regulation
To ask His Majesty's Government, following the publication of the consultation by the Department of Health and Social Care, Tobacco and vapes: packaging, appearance and display, published on 10 July, why further regulation is deemed necessary before Part
National Grid: Scotland
To ask His Majesty's Government what the (1) original, and (2) current, estimated cost is of the Beauly-Loch Buidhe 400kV reinforcement project.
National Grid: Scotland
To ask His Majesty's Government what the original estimated completion date was for the Beauly-Loch Buidhe 400kV reinforcement project; and what the current estimated completion date is.
National Grid: Scotland
To ask His Majesty's Government what the (1) original, and (2) current, estimated cost is of the Loch Buidhe-Spittal 400kV reinforcement project.
National Grid: Scotland
To ask His Majesty's Government what the original estimated completion date was for the Loch Buidhe-Spittal 400kV reinforcement project; and what the current estimated completion date is.
National Grid: Scotland
To ask His Majesty's Government what the (1) original, and (2) current, estimated cost is of the new 400kV double circuit Beauly-Blackhillock project.
National Grid: Scotland
To ask His Majesty's Government what the original estimated completion date was for the new 400kV double circuit Beauly-Blackhillock project; and what the current estimated completion date is.
Ministers: Redundancy Pay
To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the projected cost of ministerial severance payments in the financial year 2026–27.
Ministers: Redundancy Pay
To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the cost of ministerial severance payments resulting from the cabinet reshuffle in July.
Special Advisers: Redundancy Pay
To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the cost of severance payments to special advisers resulting from the cabinet reshuffle in July.
Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of updating the statutory child death review process to include sudden unexplained death in childhood reporting.
Blue Planet Fund
To ask His Majesty's Government whether any funding provided to the Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance will be provided in the form of loans rather than grants; and, if so, what the terms of the loans will be.
Global Biodiversity Framework Fund
To ask His Majesty's Government whether funding for the Global Biodiversity Framework Fund will be provided in the form of loans rather than grants; and, if so, what the terms of the loans will be.
Food: Public Sector
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to deliver on their manifesto commitment to reform the Government Buying Standard for food and catering services to include a requirement for 50 per cent local and sustainable food; and what the propose
Food: NHS and Schools
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential cost savings to caterers, schools, and the NHS of serving a higher proportion of pulses and other plant-based protein in schools and NHS institutions; and the potential of the
Health Services: Fractures
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Baroness Merron on 6 July (HL Deb col 2), how many Fracture Liaison Services are there between the 23 reconfigured Integrated Care Boards which have these services; how many of those services were