Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
198,755 questions
Military Aircraft: Decommissioning
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the planned timeline for the early retirement of the Shadow R1 ISR aircraft.
Unmanned Air Systems
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any other nations are expected to join the Global Combat Air Programme.
Future Combat Air System and Global Combat Air Programme: Skilled Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the breakdown of skills base of the 4,500 people working on FCAS and GCAP.
Type 31 Frigates: Ammunition
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, paragraph 93, what is the scope of the investment in new gun ammunition for the Type 31.
Ofcom: Women
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps Ofcom is taking to implement the Supreme Court judgment in the case of For Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers of 16 April 2025.
Weapons: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, High Readiness Forces, what projects fall within the scope of investment in personal weapons referred to.
Armed Forces: Communication
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, High Readiness Forces, what is the full scope of CAIN.
Warships: Deployment
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, per year how many days does an average (a) batch 1 River class (b) batch 2 River class (c) Type 23 frigate (d) Type 45 Destroyer spend at sea.
Armed Forces: Electricity
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of military energy use is electric.
Darlington Economic Campus: Civil Servants
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil service staff in his Department are assigned to work in the Darlington Campus.
Animal Experiments
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment have they made of the 45 per cent increase in scientific procedures using horses from 2015 to 2025, set out in the Annual statistics of scientific procedures on living animals, Great Britain 2025; and what s
Youth Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the provision of youth services in local communities.
Technology: Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the contribution of investment by artificial intelligence and cyber security companies to the UK technology sector.
Artificial Intelligence: Automation
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the implications of artificial intelligence-driven automation for working hours in sectors affected by significant technological change.
Access to Work Programme: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when his Department plans to publish updated estimates of the fiscal and economic return on investment generated by the Access to Work scheme.
Flood Control: Essex
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding she will make available for flood defences in each of the next five years for (a) Castle Point constituency and (b) Essex.
Employment Schemes: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his answers to questions 8173 and 13206, in particular that the Get Britain Working initiative has been allocated £240m in 2025/6, if he will publish a breakdown of expected spending a
Vocational Guidance: Armed Forces
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, paragraph 12, what progress has he made in partnering jobcentre staff with military personnel to enhance career and training adv
Chagos Islands: Mauritius
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what was the outcome of the recent discussions on the Chagos Islands deal between the director of the Foreign Office’s overseas territories and polar directorate and the atto
Jonathan Powell
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 13 July 2026, to question 16169 on Jonathan Powell, if he will specify the exact start date Jonathan Powell commenced in the role as the Prime Minis
Access to Work Programme: Finance
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of classifying Access to Work expenditure as Annually Managed Expenditure to help ensure the scheme can respond to demand from new and sustained employment
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, 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
Wind Power: Scotland
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to engage with the Scottish Government on the inclusion of onshore wind in Scotland in the upcoming Strategic Spatial Energy Plan.
Wind Power: Scotland
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment her Department has made of the implications for its policies of analysis from Aurora Energy Research which notes that rebalancing a share of planned Scottish offshore wind tow
Climate Security Taskforce
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the Climate Security Taskforce's planned timetable is for holding its first meeting; and whether a record of that meeting will be published.