Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
197,624 questions
Global Combat Air Programme: Skilled Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of the 3,000 graduates and apprenticeships recruited by Team Tempest are still employed on the project.
Future Combat Air System: Skilled Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 47 of the DIP, if he will provide a regional split of the 90% of jobs supported outside of London and the South East of England on FCAS programmes.
Defence: Space Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 48 of his Department's Defence Investment Plan, published 30 June 2026, what his definition is of interests in the space domain.
Defence: Space Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 48 of his Department's Defence Investment Plan, published 30 June 2026, when the six Space Squadrons will be fully manned and operational.
Defence: Space Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 48 of the DIP, where the current capability is on space-based ISR; and what the expected gains are by 2030.
Ballistic Missile Defence
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when is the Integrated Air, Space and Missile Defence Operations Centre expected to be integrated.
Skynet
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the life expectancy of SKYNET 6A.
Defence: Space Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 49 of his department's Defence Investment Plan, published 30 June 2026, is the £9 billion scheduled to be invested in the space domain between 2030-2035 currently in his Department's budget
Ballistic Missile Defence
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 49 of his Department's Defence Investment Plan, published 30 June 2026, when decisions on additional investments into IAMDSOC will be made; and what the deciding factors will be.
Skynet
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 49 of his Department's Defence Investment Plan, published 30 June 2026, whether capabilities will be lost by not proceeding with SKYNET 6 Narrowband Satellite System.
Ballistic Missile Defence
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 49 of his Department's Defence Investment Plan, published 30 June 2026, what enhanced AI command and control system IAMDSOC will use.
Defence: Cybersecurity
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, of the 90,000 cyber-attacks the UK faces on its Defence Systems annually what is the split between state and non-state actors.
Defence: Cybersecurity
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 50 of his Department's Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, what is the target number of personnel in the Defence Cyber and Electromagnetic Force by 2030.
Defence: Cybersecurity
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 50 of his Department's Defence Investment Plan, published 30 June 2026, whether the planned funding for the Cyber and Electromagnetic domain between 2030 and 2035 is currently included in h
Defence: Cybersecurity
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress the Defence Cyber and Electromagnetic Force has made since its establishment in November 2025.
Ammunition: Factories
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of the proposed 1,000 new jobs supported by the factories of the future initiative have been already recruited.
Ammunition: Factories
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether all of the six new munitions and energetics factories sites been identified for the factories of the future initiative.
Germany: Guided Weapons
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to pages 52 to 54 of his Department's Defence Investment Plan, published 30 June 2026, what is the current status of the UK-German Deep Precision Strike missile programme
Turks and Caicos Islands: Companies
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of a $250 non-refundable fee per search request for the Turks and Caicos register of beneficial ownership on journalists
Turks and Caicos Islands: Companies
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 3 July 2025 on Implementation of Beneficial Ownership Registers across the Overseas Territories, what the evidential ba
Turks and Caicos Islands: Companies
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 3 July 2025 on Implementation of Beneficial Ownership Registers across the Overseas Territories, what the evidential ba
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to train UK-based sheep shearers ahead of the closure of Seasonal Shearer Visas in 2027.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the end of Seasonal Shearer Visas in 2027 on sheep welfare.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance she has issued to schools on remaining open during periods of extreme weather.
Schools: Temperature
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support schools to remain open during periods of extreme heat.