Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
197,624 questions
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to Police Pension Scheme commutation factors introduced in 2026 on officers with confirmed retirement dates.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to maximise the use of available technologies used to establish the available capacity of NHS dental practices to improve access to NHS dentistry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to support farmers to improve water resilience through on-farm reservoirs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 29 April 2026 to Question HL16697 on Agriculture: Reservoirs, what assessment she has made of whether the current rate of large raised reservoir construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to review and reform permitted development rights for on-farm reservoirs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what actions, programmes and investment vehicles will be used to support agri-tech as a frontier industry under the Industrial Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that Fire and Rescue Services (a) nationally and (b) in West Sussex are sufficiently resourced.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when Down Syndrome guidance will be published.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department prepared for potential legal challenges to the Down Syndrome Guidance upon the passing of the Down Syndrome Act.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to support local journalism.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the projected annual budget for the Defence Housing Strategy is for financial years a) 2026-27, b) 2027-28 and c) 2028-29.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 13 July 2026 to question 16360, how many requests for MACA tasks were a) rejected, b) withdrawn and c) reduced in scope in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the answer of 14 July 2026 to question 16796, what are the mandatory reporting thresholds.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the answer of 14 July 2026 to question 16796, how many reports were received in the last 12 months that did not meet the mandatory thresholds.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 15 July 2026 to question 17243, how many reported cyber security incidents led to the cancellation or amendment to the affected transport services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 15 July 2026 to question 17243, what the threshold is for transport operators to report cyber security incidents involving them.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 15 July 2026 to question 17245, to what countries and on what date has the Rapid Deployment Team been sent to provide consular assistance.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, pursuant to the answer of 15 July 2026 to question 16799, when the criticality assessment will next be updated.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether his Department has a specific budget to support a) small and b) medium-sized businesses in developing business continuity plans for major disruption.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, pursuant to the answer of 14 July 2026 to question 16800, what specific funding has been allocated within the Business Growth Service budget for fiscal year 2026-27 explicitly to h
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 13 July to question 16362, a) what was the drawdown from the Civil Contingencies Fund in 2024/25 and 2025/26 to date and b) what proportion of that drawdown was recovered from the individua
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 16 July to question 17649, what specific departments have contributed to the 1.5% of GDP spend on security-related spend.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 16 July to question 17649, what date it was determined that the UK has met NATO's 1.5% defence and security-related spending target.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 16 July to question 17649, what funding has been allocated to meeting the NATO 1.5% defence and security-related spending target since 26 January 2026.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, pursuant to the answer of 14 July 2026 to question 16800, how much of the funding provided to regional Growth Hubs is ring-fenced for emergency resilience and continuity planning.