Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
197,624 questions
Ministry of Justice: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for each Arm's Length Body (ALB) their Department sponsors, (a) how many people are employed in the following bands of total earnings, or nearest equivalent, (i) under £25,000, (ii) £ 25,001 to £ 35,000, (iii) £3
Youth Guarantee
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Department is taking to ensure that small businesses, charities and social enterprises are able to participate in the Youth Jobs Grant.
Ministry of Justice: Equality
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many FTE equivalent staff in (a) their Department and (b) each Arm's Length Body it sponsors are dedicated to fulfilment of the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED); what the (i) annual employment and (ii) tota
Ministry of Justice: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how working hours were spent by civil servants in the Ministry of Justice undertaking agreed staff network leadership roles or carrying out agreed activity requested by the Department in the past six months, and
Internet: Compensation
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans, if any, they have to introduce an individual right of redress against online platforms.
Disposable Income
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Livermore on 8 July (HL1794), what is the source of the data provided, including a direct link to where it is published; and what is the quarterly breakdown of the annualised data prov
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Whitehall
To ask His Majesty's Government how many (1) desks, and (2) civil servants, are assigned to the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology office at 22–26 Whitehall.
Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Department is taking to help increase access to flexible and modular training for people seeking to move into occupations experiencing skills shortages.
Department for Work and Pensions: Equality
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many FTE equivalent staff in (a) their Department and (b) each Arm's Length Body it sponsors are dedicated to fulfilment of the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED); what the (i) annual employment and
Independent Case Examiner
To ask His Majesty's Government how many people work full time equivalent for the Independent Case Examiner; and what is its overall budget cost.
Students: Visas
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the cost of student visas on the finances of UK universities; and what steps her Department is taking to support higher education institutions facing fina
Pupils: Artificial Intelligence
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the educational and health implications of the use of generative AI tools by pupils in schools in England, and what guidance they have issued on the use of such tools by school children.
Children: ICT
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effect of screen-based learning on the concentration, handwriting, and reading comprehension of school children in England.
Children: ICT
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have issued or plan to issue guidance to schools in England on daily limits for pupils' screen time.
Department for Education: Equality
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many FTE equivalent staff in (a) their Department and (b) each Arm's Length Body it sponsors are dedicated to fulfilment of the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED); what the (i) annual employment and (ii) to
Department for Education: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for each Arm's Length Body (ALB) their Department sponsors, (a) how many people are employed in the following bands of total earnings, or nearest equivalent, (i) under £25,000, (ii) £ 25,001 to £ 35,000, (iii)
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for each Arm's Length Body (ALB) their Department sponsors, (a) how many people are employed in the following bands of total earnings, or nearest equivalent, (i) under £25,000, (
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Equality
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many FTE equivalent staff in (a) their Department and (b) each Arm's Length Body it sponsors are dedicated to fulfilment of the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED); what the (
Peatlands: Controlled Burning
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the answer of 31 October 2025 to Question 84211 on Peatlands: Controlled Burning, (a) what advice the Chair of the National Fire Chiefs Council has provided and (b) w
Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of work coach appointments with Universal Credit claimants are conducted a) in person, b) online and c) on the telephone.
Gold: Prices
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of requiring transparent display of price paid per gramme among (a) over-the-counter and (b) online operators in the gold-buying
Immigration: English Language
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to coordinate across the Home Office, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and the Department for Education to ensure that English language testing used for i
Islam: Radicalism
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 1 July 2026, to Question 5341, on Radicalism: Islam, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the activities of the Muslim Bro
Lord Mandelson
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the answer of 4 March 2026 to Question 111932 on Lord Mandelson, what discussions (a) Morgan McSweeney and (b) Paul Ovenden had via email on that matter.
Lord Mandelson
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prime Minister was advised of the letter sent by Lord Glasman to Morgan McSweeney and Paul Ovenden on the appointment of Lord Mandelson as Ambassador to the United States.