Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
196,001 questions
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
NHS South Yorkshire: Redundancy
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 30 March (HL15724), what plans they have to request information directly from NHS England as to whether the former Chief Executive of the South Yorkshire Integrated Care
NHS South Yorkshire: Redundancy
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 30 March (HL15723), what specific statutory duties or operational responsibilities of the chief executive post at the South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board ceased or dimi
NHS South Yorkshire: Redundancy
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 2 July (HL1857), why South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board published a job advertisement on NHS Jobs on 9 December 2025 seeking a permanent chief executive via external e
KawiSafi Ventures: Loans
To ask His Majesty's Government whether funding for the KawiSafi Ventures Fund will be provided in the form of loans rather than grants; and, if so, what the terms of the loans will be.
Renewable Energy: Caribbean
To ask His Majesty's Government whether funding for the Sustainable Energy Facility for the Eastern Caribbean will be provided in the form of loans rather than grants; and, if so, what the terms of the loans will be.
Forest Carbon Partnership Facility: Loans
To ask His Majesty's Government whether any funding provided to the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility - Carbon Fund will be provided in the form of loans rather than grants; and, if so, what the terms of the loans will be.
Children: Maintenance
To ask His Majesty's Government how many Child Maintenance Service-paying parents were liable to pay child maintenance of between £0.01 and £7.00 per week at the latest date for which data are available; and of those paying parents, how many were (1) in r
Housing: Capital Gains Tax
To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the revenue implications of ending private residence relief.
Visitor Levy
To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the revenue implications of implementing the overnight visitors levy nationally.
Taxation
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to increase taxes on vapes, smoking, gambling, alcohol and food; and, if so, what estimate they have made of the revenue implications of increasing those taxes.
Income Tax: Tax Rates and Bands
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to increase the higher rate of income tax to 50 per cent; and, if so, what estimate they have made of the revenue implications of increasing that rate.
Capital Gains Tax
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Livermore on 13 July (HL1420), what estimate they have made of the revenue implications of levying Capital Gains Tax at the same rate as Income Tax.
Cabinet: Ministerial Changes
To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Minister of State for Development and Africa will attend Cabinet.
Artificial Intelligence: Investment
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the risks to the UK economy arising from the rapid growth of investment in AI technologies.
Land: Data Centres
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of large-scale AI data centres on the availability of agricultural land for food production.
Apprentices: Counselling
To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with Skills England on the potential creation of an apprenticeship standard in counselling.
Skin: Surgery
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to issue national guidance to NHS organisations on the procurement and use of licensed and unlicensed products for perioperative skin preparation.
Skin: Surgery
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to monitor patient outcomes and adverse events associated with unlicensed perioperative skin preparation products including their potential impact on surgical site infections and wider NHS costs.
VAT: Northern Ireland
To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had, if any, with the EU to ensure that Northern Ireland can benefit from cuts to VAT in fuel, energy, or other utilities bills on the same basis as the rest of the UK.
Offenders: Foreign Nationals
To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of foreign nationals that might be identified because of the potential publication of data on foreign national offending between 2018 and 2024; and what assessment they have made o
Women's Prisons
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to set out a policy on the suitability of accommodating biological males in the women’s prison estate.
Global Biodiversity Framework Fund
To ask His Majesty's Government whether any funding provided to 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.
Telecommunications: Codes of Practice
To ask His Majesty's Government why no full impact assessment was prepared for the revised Telecommunications Security Code of Practice 2026.