Written Questions

667581 questions on record

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Enter an MP's name to view all written questions they have submitted. Written questions are formally addressed to government departments and require official written responses. In the House of Commons, these may be directed to the Secretary of State for a given department, or to a junior Commons Minister where the Secretary of State sits in the House of Lords. In the House of Lords, questions are addressed collectively to "His Majesty's Government" rather than to a specific Secretary of State or department.

Lords HL103
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Minister for the Cabinet Office on 10 March (HC116158), whether the Parliamentary Press Gallery was consulted over the abolition of afternoon lobby media briefings; and what rol...
Tabled: 2026-05-14
Lord Jackson of Peterborough
Con
To: Cabinet Office
Answered 2026-05-29
I refer the Noble Lord to the answer provided on 10 March, Official Report, PQ HC116158:Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason the Downing Street Press Office no long...
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Lords HL148
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of the potential risks associated with an increasing concentration of workplace pension assets within a small number of master trusts.
Tabled: 2026-05-14
Baroness Stedman-Scott
Con
To: Department for Work and Pensions
Answered 2026-05-29
As part of our assessment of the Pension Schemes Act 2026 reforms the Department published an Impact Assessment, in addition to its 2024 report on Pension fund investment and the UK economy. These ...
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Lords HL147
To ask His Majesty's Government whether high-performance workplace pension schemes will be required to consolidate if they fall below proposed scale thresholds.
Tabled: 2026-05-14
Baroness Stedman-Scott
Con
To: Department for Work and Pensions
Answered 2026-05-29
As part of our assessment of the Pension Schemes Act 2026 reforms the Department published an Impact Assessment, in addition to its 2024 report on Pension fund investment and the UK economy. These ...
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Lords HL144
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the causes of variation in member outcomes between workplace pension schemes.
Tabled: 2026-05-14
Baroness Stedman-Scott
Con
To: Department for Work and Pensions
Answered 2026-05-29
The main driver of outcomes for Defined Contribution (DC) savers is investment returns. The Pension Schemes Act Impact Assessment estimated investment returns could account for over two-thirds of D...
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Commons 2779
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of including Members of Parliament as persons to be notified under the the Tell Us Once service.
Tabled: 2026-05-19
Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
Lab
To: Department for Work and Pensions
Answered 2026-05-29
Tell Us Once is a cross government voluntary death notification service, available in all local authorities within England, Scotland & Wales. The service allows recently bereaved citizens, at a...
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Commons 239
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of whether the current adult education funding model provides fair and equitable access to funding opportunities for small and medium-sized training providers; what a...
Tabled: 2026-05-13
Wendy Morton
Con
To: Department for Work and Pensions
Answered 2026-05-29
We are committed to investing in education and skills training for adults and are investing over £1.4 billion in the Adult Skills Fund (ASF) this academic year. The principal purpose of the ASF is ...
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Commons 549
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of changing tax codes through coding out procedures to collect child maintenance arrears.
Tabled: 2026-05-13
Pippa Heylings
LD
To: Department for Work and Pensions
Answered 2026-05-29
The Department keeps under review a range of options to improve the collection of child maintenance and arrears, including the potential use of existing government debt collection mechanisms. The C...
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Commons 548
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions his Department has had with HMRC on the potential use of coding-out powers to support the collection of debts owed to the Child Maintenance Service.
Tabled: 2026-05-13
Pippa Heylings
LD
To: Department for Work and Pensions
Answered 2026-05-29
The Department keeps under review a range of options to improve the collection of child maintenance and arrears, including the potential use of existing government debt collection mechanisms. The C...
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Commons 547
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of using HMRC’s coding-out powers for the collection of debts owed to the Child Maintenance Service.
Tabled: 2026-05-13
Pippa Heylings
LD
To: Department for Work and Pensions
Answered 2026-05-29
The Department keeps under review a range of options to improve the collection of child maintenance and arrears, including the potential use of existing government debt collection mechanisms. The C...
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Lords HL130
To ask His Majesty's Government what medical assessment is in place for asylum seekers on arrival in the UK.
Tabled: 2026-05-14
Lord Roberts of Llandudno
LD
To: Home Office
Answered 2026-05-29
The Home Office takes the health and wellbeing of asylum seekers very seriously. Upon arrival by small boats, individuals undergo appropriate medical and security screening.Asylum seekers have acce...
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Lords HL122
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent on 24 March (HL15443), what steps the Scotland Office has taken in the last year to meet its legal duty to keep under review the question of when...
Tabled: 2026-05-14
Lord Pack
LD
To: Scotland Office
Answered 2026-05-29
The Scotland Office undertakes to review legislative provisions falling under its area of responsibility which have not yet been commenced. Relevant officials are responsible for the effective mana...
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Commons 2522
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much the 30-year contract to Design, Build, Finance and Operate (DBFO) the A1(M) has cost the public finances during each financial year of the concession up to 31 March 2026, and to provide these c...
Tabled: 2026-05-18
Siân Berry
Green
To: Department for Transport
Answered 2026-05-29
The costs associated with the A1(M) Alconbury to Peterborough DBFO contract vary by year and reflect actual payments made during the concession. Annual expenditure ranged from £5.8 million in 1996‑...
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Commons 2458
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with the leadership of Skills England.
Tabled: 2026-05-18
Adam Jogee
Lab
To: Department for Work and Pensions
Answered 2026-05-29
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions maintains a close and collaborative working relationship with the leadership of Skills England, reflecting their direct reporting relationship and suppo...
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Commons 2395
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had discussions with police forces, the National Police Chiefs’ Council and other enforcement bodies on the impact of the legality of the manufacture, sale and fitting of flip plates and...
Tabled: 2026-05-18
Chris Coghlan
LD
To: Department for Transport
Answered 2026-05-29
The law states that number plates must be displayed vertically and must be easily distinguishable in normal daylight conditions. It is an offence to either obscure a vehicle registration number or ...
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Commons 2394
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to prohibit the manufacture, sale and fitting of flip plates and similar devices allowing vehicle reg...
Tabled: 2026-05-18
Chris Coghlan
LD
To: Department for Transport
Answered 2026-05-29
The law states that number plates must be displayed vertically and must be easily distinguishable in normal daylight conditions. It is an offence to either obscure a vehicle registration number or ...
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