Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
187,193 questions
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the risk that visa holders may remain in the United Kingdom in breach of the conditions attached to their leave without being detected.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what operational indicators are used by her Department to determine whether the immigration system is being effectively controlled and enforced.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 August 2026 to Question 14997 on Railways: Standards, what criteria her Department uses to determine whether passenger demand is sufficiently low to justify a reduction in (a) train
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what her planned timetable is to determine the Rosebank and Jackdaw development application decisions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether her Department plans to establish an industrial strategy to support the North Sea oil and gas supply chain to diversify into future industries.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will provide funding to effectively support the futureproofing of North Sea oil and gas ports.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the proposed Rosebank oil field development on the UK’s obligations under international humanitarian law.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of a) continued use of the FDP and b) implementation of the proposed Single Patient Record on public trust in NHS data governance.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how privacy-by-design principles will be mandatory requirements in the development of the proposed Single Patient Record.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to align UK oil and gas production with climate targets.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment has the department made of the potential impact of Anthropic's decision not to provide the UK AI Security Institute with pre-release access to its latest frontier A
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, pursuant to the question from the member for Kingston and Surbiton at PMQs on 9 September 2026, what steps is the Department taking to ensure that Britain’s AI Security Institute r
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what metrics her Department uses to assess public trust in NHS digital services regarding the NHS Federated Data Platform.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what metrics the Department uses to assess public trust in NHS digital services regarding the future Single Patient Record.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, why pitch fee reviews for residential park homes are linked to the Consumer Prices Index through legislation, while equivalent protections do not apply to holiday park homes; and
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the revised statutory Private Parking Code of Practice will include guidance on the fair use of ANPR technology.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what sanctions the Government will have at its disposal where private parking operators do not follow the revised statutory Private Parking Code of Practice.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate she has made of the number of former mineworkers and dependants in Hamilton and Clyde Valley constituency impacted by the return of the British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of young people in Scotland who will be supported through the Youth Guarantee.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Defence Industrial Strategy on skilled jobs and apprenticeships in Scotland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to tackle the dangerous driving of illegally modified e-bikes on public roads.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what progress her Department has made on the implementation of the electricity-bill discount scheme for households living near (a) new and (b) substantially upgraded transmission infrastructu
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what estimate he has made of the number of workers who benefited from the increase in the National Living Wage in Hamilton and Clyde Valley constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of proposed restrictions on ticket resale on access to football matches for people in Scotland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to improve the resilience of mobile networks during power outages in rural communities.