Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
187,193 questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what recent assessment he has made of Royal Mail’s performance against its universal service obligations in Scotland.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of (a) access to cash and (b) the level of cash acceptance in towns and rural communities in Scotland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of checks on the welfare and age of dogs imported into Great Britain for sale.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to help support young disabled people into work in Scotland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to increase apprenticeships in the defence sector in Scotland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners receive Pension Credit in Hamilton and Clyde Valley constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of children in Hamilton and Clyde Valley who have benefitted from the removal of the Universal Credit two-child limit.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of UK participation in the Defence, Security and Resilience Bank on (a) access to finance for UK defence manufacturers and SMEs and (b) investment in UK defence
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of coach journeys used to transport asylum seekers from UK ports to reception or processing centres were booked (a) less than 24 hours, (b) between 24 and 72 hours, (c) between three a
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what risk assessment procedures are required before coach transport is used to transport asylum seekers from ports of arrival to reception or processing centres.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether asylum seekers transported by coach from UK ports to reception or processing centres are accompanied by Home Office, Border Force, police, security, or welfare staff; and what guidance governs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, in light of the extreme hot weather this summer, whether her Department is planning to review the B101 regulations for school buildings.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps is the government taking to create a national youth forum to consult young people on policies that affect them, giving them powers to challenge policies that will affect their
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what measures are the government taking to ensure employers are taking a proactive and preventative approach to protecting their employees from workplace sexual harassment.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the government is taking to ensure that that public contracts are not awarded to companies blacklisting workers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of the 100,000 jobs announced on 8 September 2026 in the joint statement with the British Retail Consortium are expected to be created in Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the potential impact of the 8 September announcement in partnership with the British Retail Consortium on rural unemployment levels in Wales.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism’s quarterly pricing of fertiliser imports on the stability of the fertiliser market.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what consideration he has given to developing a UK-wide resilience fund to financially support farmers with (a) the impact of extreme weather, (b) cases of bluetongue and (c) input costs such as fertiliser.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to support farmers with the cost of fertiliser.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of Palestinian healthcare workers detained in Israel.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking in response to the consultation on Enhanced protections for homeowners on freehold estates, which closed on 12 March 2026.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions her Department has had with the telecare and telecoms industries on enabling network operators to safely move telecare customers between networks.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British armed forces officers are currently studying or training in Israel.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, to state the value of contracts awarded by his department to a) Elbit Systems, and b) Rafael, broken down for each year since 2020.