Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
197,021 questions
Personal Independence Payment
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to reform the Personal Independence Payment.
Personal Independence Payment: Mental Health
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of Personal Independence Payment claimants citing mental health conditions in their claims.
Social Security Benefits: Children
To ask His Majesty's Government how many non-British national households benefitted from the removal of the two-child benefit cap.
Sodium Valproate and Surgical Mesh Implants: Compensation
To ask His Majesty's Government when they intend to respond to the Hughes Report, published on 7 February 2024, on options for redress for those harmed by valproate and pelvic mesh.
Prisoners' Release
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the risks to public safety arising from the early release of prisoners, including registered sex offenders, under the current early release scheme.
Health Services: Artificial Intelligence
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support the use of artificial intelligence clinical transcription tools to reduce NHS waiting times and administrative burdens.
Artificial Intelligence: International Cooperation
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the implications of differing approaches to AI regulation in the UK, the EU and the US.
Overseas Students: Qualifications
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Smith of Malvern on 22 July (HL901), how many internationally domiciled entrants to UK higher education have no previous qualifications.
Electricity Generation: Infrastructure
To ask His Majesty's Government which Accelerated Strategic Transmission Investment projects they expect to be completed by 2030.
Electricity Generation: Infrastructure
To ask His Majesty's Government what Ofgem’s original policy limit was for Early Construction Funding as a proportion of total project cost, and what steps they are taking to ensure this limit is enforced.
Electricity Generation: Infrastructure
To ask His Majesty's Government how many megawatts of transmission connection projects in the Transmission Entry Capacity register have been completed to date, out of the total capacity currently in the queue.
Electricity Generation: Infrastructure
To ask His Majesty's Government how many transmission connection projects in the Transmission Entry Capacity register have been completed to date, out of the total number currently in the queue.
Electricity Generation: Infrastructure
To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of Transmission Entry Capacity projects due for delivery by 2030 do not yet have a corresponding entry in the Transmission Works Report.
Counter-terrorism: Northern Ireland
To ask His Majesty's Government why the Prevent programme is not applicable to Northern Ireland; and what plans they have to extend it to there.
Independent Review of the Prison System
To ask His Majesty's Government who will sit on the panel for the Independent Review of the Prison System.
Offenders: Foreign Nationals
To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the costs associated with complying with the ruling by the Office of the Information Commissioner instructing the Ministry of Justice to publish data on foreign nationals’ offending between 2
Independent Expert on Paramilitary Group Transition to Disbandment
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the work to date of Fleur Ravensbergen, Independent Expert on paramilitary group transition to disbandment, since her appointment on 23 September 2025.
InterTrade UK: Northern Ireland
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of recent work by Intertrade UK.
Terrorism: Northern Ireland
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the current security situation in Northern Ireland.
United Kingdom
To ask His Majesty's Government what is their policy on securing the ongoing status of Northern Ireland as an integral part of the UK; and what plans they have proactively to support and strengthen this status, including making the public case for it.
Pregnancy: Carbon Monoxide
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to update the Saving Babies' Lives Care Bundle to include systematic testing for carbon monoxide in pregnant women who are being poisoned through sources of carbon monoxide other than smoking; and if so, w
Midwives: Vacancies
To ask His Majesty's Government why the 1,000 roles for newly qualified midwives announced in response to Baroness Amos’s investigation are temporary and not permanent.
Sovereignty: Northern Ireland
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will rule out stating the criteria that would be used to make an assessment as to whether the criteria requiring them to hold a poll in accordance with Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998 has been satis
Maternity Services: Public Appointments
To ask His Majesty's Government when the new maternity and neonatal commissioner will be appointed by; and whether they will have a set time in post.
Animal Experiments: Licensing
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hanson of Flint on 15 July (HL1807), how many licence applications have been withdrawn in response to feedback from the Home Office Regulator during the assessment process, and whether