Peter Gibson To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to reduce the waiting times for child and adolescent mental health services in the Tees Esk Wear Mental Health...
Nick Gibb To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools were converted to (a) primary converter, (b) primary sponsored, (c) secondary converter and (d) secondary sponsored academies in each...
Marsha de Cordova To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many special free schools had an Ofsted inspection in the last three years.
Lord Berkeley of Knighton To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Treasury has made any assessment of the economic effect of post-Brexit arrangements for the music industry, including the altered ability of British...
Maria Eagle To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of British (a) embassies and (b) high commissions do not have a serving defence attaché.
The parliamentary question is a great way for MPs and Peers to discover information which the government may not wish to reveal. Ministers reply via written answers, a list of which gets published daily.
We let you vote on whether or not the answer given is adequate.
Andrew Stephenson I would like to inform the House that I have accepted the UK National Screening Committee’s recommendation to introduce a new condition Tyrosinemia type 1 to the New-born Bloodspot...
Gareth Davies On 15 December 2023, the UK, and over 135 members of the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS, agreed the third set of Administrative Guidance on the Global Anti-Base Erosion Model Rules (Pillar...
Jo Churchill DWP would like to announce the outcome of the grant competition to identify an organisation to continue providing support for customers making a new claim to Universal Credit. Citizens Advice and...
Amanda Solloway This Statement concerns an application for development consent made under the Planning Act 2008 by North Lincolnshire Green Energy Park Limited for development consent for the construction and...
Claire Coutinho Today, I am announcing updates on the Boiler Upgrade Scheme (BUS) and the Clean Heat Market Mechanism (CHMM). I am also announcing that we are publishing the government response to the Improving...
Nigel Huddleston As the House knows, the Post Office Horizon IT scandal that began in the late 1990s has had severe impacts on the lives of the postmasters affected. Following the Prime Minister’s...
Lord Markham My Rt Hon Friend the Minister of State (Minister for Health and Secondary Care) (Andrew Stephenson) has made the the following Written Statement: I would like to inform the House that I have...
Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay I am repeating the following Written Ministerial Statement made today in the other place by my Right Honourable Friend, the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Lucy Frazer KC MP:...
Lucy Frazer Today we are announcing that the second stage of the Public Body Review into Arts Council England is underway. The Public Bodies Review programme delivers against the commitments made in the...
Grant Shapps I am pleased to be able to inform the House that I have now personally written to US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin informing him of my final decision to proceed with the first tranche of the...
Lord Caine This statement is in response to the publication of the Operation Kenova Interim Report into the activities of an alleged agent known as ‘STAKEKNIFE’, which has just been published by...
David Johnston This Government is delivering a brighter future for Britain, with long-term economic security and opportunity: where hard work is always rewarded; where ambition and aspiration are celebrated;...
Alex Chalk Our plan to cut crime and keep the public safe is working. Violent and neighbourhood crime have reduced by over 50% since 2010, and the reoffending rate is down from 31% to 25%. We are locking up...
Tom Pursglove My rt hon Friend the Home Secretary is today laying before the House a Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules. As announced by the Prime Minister and Home Secretary on 4 December 2023, changes...
Lord Markham This Written Ministerial Statement is made to correct a small error in the previous version, published on 27 February 2024. I wish to inform the House that the government has provided additional...
Oliver Dowden I have today laid in Parliament a paper setting out the details of ‘The Elizabeth Emblem’, a new award to honour those who have died in the course of public service. The recognition...
Lord Markham My Rt Hon Friend the Minister of State (Minister for Health and Secondary Care) (Andrew Stephenson) has made the the following Written Statement: Today, I am pleased to announce that we will be...
Anne-Marie Trevelyan I am announcing the UK’s intention to re-open the British Embassy in Timor-Leste. This will mark the next stage in our deepening friendship – building on an intensification of the...
Lord Markham This Written Ministerial Statement is made to correct a small error in the previous version, published on 7 March 2024. The Department recently published “Our plan to recover and reform NHS...
Baroness Neville-Rolfe The Deputy Prime Minister has today laid in Parliament a paper setting out the details of ‘The Elizabeth Emblem’, a new award to honour those who have died in the course of public...
Written Ministerial Statements were introducted in late 2002 to stop the practice of having “planted” or “inspired” questions designed to elicit Government statements.
They are just that – statements on a particular topic by a Government Minister.