Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
198,185 questions
Social Security Benefits: Overpayments
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what target times are set for investigations in the recovery from estate department.
Social Security Benefits: Overpayments
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made regarding turnaround times for investigations in the recovery from estate department.
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Publications
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has (a) produced and (b) plans to produce a fifth edition of the global megatrends report that was published in 2024.
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Publications
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department still produces Emerging Trends reports, which were bi-annual publications highlighting key developments and their implications produced by the Defra Futures Proj
Community Interest Companies: Bounce Back Loan Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many Community Interest Companies registered have had Striking Off action suspended due to objections pertaining to Bounce Back Loans being received by the registrar.
Small Business Commissioner
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps the Department is taking to raise awareness among small businesses of the expanded role and powers of the Small Business Commissioner.
New Businesses: Government Assistance
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the Government has analysed companies incorporated during the pandemic against recipients of Bounce Back Loans and other Covid support schemes.
Poultry: Animal Welfare
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans her Department has to end the use of fast-growing broiler chicken breeds in UK poultry production.
Agriculture: Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much public funding has been allocated through the Industrial Strategy to support agri-tech as a frontier industry; and how this compares with the funding allocated to each other frontier industry
Small Businesses: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps the Department is taking with the Cabinet Office to help innovative scale-up businesses navigate public procurement processes and secure opportunities to supply the public sector.
Fractures: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress is being made towards establishing Fracture Liaison Services across all NHS trusts by 2030.
Business Rates: Castle Point
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the amount of business rates to be paid by businesses in the retail, leisure, and hospitality sector in Castle Point constituency in 2026/27.
Small Businesses: Billing
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps the Department is taking to ensure that the design of the UK’s electronic invoicing regime minimises costs and administrative burdens for small businesses.
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for government’s most important contracts, Data for October to December 2025 for all departments, published on 31 March 2026, what the title and
Innovation and Technology: Obesity
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2026 to Question 15321 on Innovation and Technology: Obesity, whether the evaluation activity will be independent of Eli Lilly and Company; whether it
Pigs: Animal Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what financial and advisory support will be available to assist pig producers to transition directly to free farrowing systems.
Agriculture: Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has designated a team responsible for agri-tech as a frontier industry under the Industrial Strategy.
Veterans: Workplace Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made on reducing the backlog of veterans' pensions affected by the McCloud remedy, including expected timelines for cases to be resolved.
Veterans: Workplace Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to reduce processing times for veterans' claims under the Armed Forces Pension Scheme.
Armoured Fighting Vehicles: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what are the expected timelines of the Land Mobility Programme.
Armed Forces: Medical Records
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 108 of his Department's Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, what the expected date of completion is to integrate military medical records with the NHS.
Armed Forces: Medical Records
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, paragraph 108, what progress has he made in integrating military medical records with the NHS for the first time.
Armed Forces: Medical Records
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, paragraph 108, by what is the delivery and rollout timeline for the new technology from the Phoenix Partnership.
Ammunition: Factories
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, paragraph 91, what is the (a) location and (b) construction timeline of each of the six new munitions and energetics factories.
Temporary Accommodation
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of access to temporary accommodation for vulnerable households.