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Written questions allow MPs and Members of the House of Lords to ask for information on the work, policy and activities of Government departments, related bodies, and the administration of Parliament. Oral or written statements to Parliament are also made by the Government and others to inform both Houses of their work. Written statements are normally used to put the day-to-day business of Government on the official record and in the public domain.

All oral statements and any written content from before 2014 can be found in Hansard.

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Commons written questions and answers

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The most recent four written questions in the House of Commons

Question for Department of Health and Social Care
Babies: Health Services
Mrs Sharon Hodgson
Labour, Washington and Gateshead South

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding has been allocated to support the announced expansion of the Healthy Babies programme; and when local authorities participating in the expansion will be informed of the funding availab...

Asked 20 October 2026
Answered 28 October 2026
By Dame Diana Johnson (Labour, Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham)
36439
Named day
Answered
Commons
Question for Attorney General's Office
Political Parties: Finance
Kevin Hollinrake
Conservative, Thirsk and Malton

To ask the Attorney General, whether the Law Officers have approved the retrospective provisions of an enhanced residency test in the proposed overseas contributor cap.

Asked 19 October 2026
Answered 28 October 2026
By Andy Slaughter (Labour, Hammersmith and Chiswick)
36205
Answered
Commons
Question for Treasury
Dr Kieran Mullan
Conservative, Bexhill and Battle

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential contribution of deep geothermal energy to the objectives of the Energy Wealth Fund.

Asked 21 October 2026
Answered 28 October 2026
By Dan Tomlinson (Labour, Chipping Barnet)
37055
Named day
Answered
Commons
Question for Treasury
Dr Kieran Mullan
Conservative, Bexhill and Battle

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of using the new Energy Wealth Fund to establish an early stage de-risking fund for deep geothermal energy projects.

Asked 21 October 2026
Answered 28 October 2026
By Dan Tomlinson (Labour, Chipping Barnet)
37054
Named day
Answered
Commons

Lords written questions and answers

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Question for Cabinet Office
Artificial Intelligence: Cybersecurity
Lord Taylor of Warwick
Non-affiliated, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to strengthen safeguards against artificial intelligence agents collaborating autonomously to conduct cyberattacks.

Asked 10 September 2026
Answered 27 October 2026
By Baroness Twycross (Labour, Life peer)
HL3426
Answered
Lords
Question for Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
Data Centres: Recycling
Lord Teverson
Liberal Democrat, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to place conditions relating to water recycling and usage on the construction of data centres.

Asked 15 October 2026
Answered 27 October 2026
By Baroness Lloyd of Effra (Labour, Life peer)
HL4184
Answered
Lords
Question for Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
Data Centres: National Grid
Lord Taylor of Warwick
Non-affiliated, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to offer AI data centre investors shorter wait times for electrical grid connections.

Asked 19 October 2026
Answered 27 October 2026
By Baroness Lloyd of Effra (Labour, Life peer)
HL4283
Answered
Lords
Question for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Sudan: Armed Conflict
Lord Alton of Liverpool
Crossbench, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of an airstrike on Sudanese artisanal gold miners near the Egyptian border which left at least 70 people dead on 10 October; and whether they have identified which nation's air force was respo...

Asked 13 October 2026
Answered 27 October 2026
By Baroness Winterton of Doncaster (Labour, Life peer)
HL4026
Answered
Lords

Commons written statements

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Department of Health and Social Care
Lord Mann’s review of antisemitism and other forms of racism in the NHS: update
Karin Smyth
Minister of State for Health (Secondary Care)
Labour, Bristol South
Statement made 27 October 2026
HCWS424
Commons
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy Infrastructure Planning Projects
Martin McCluskey
Minister for Local Energy and Jobs
Labour, Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West
Statement made 27 October 2026
HCWS423
Commons
Home Office
Henry Nowak Independent Review
Shabana Mahmood
The Secretary of State for the Home Department
Labour, Birmingham Ladywood
Statement made 27 October 2026
HCWS422
Commons
Treasury
Cost of Living update
John Healey
The Chancellor of the Exchequer
Labour, Rawmarsh and Conisbrough
Statement made 27 October 2026
HCWS421
Commons

Lords written statements

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Department of Health and Social Care
Lord Mann’s review of antisemitism and other forms of racism in the NHS: update
Baroness Merron
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Women's Health and Maternity)
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 27 October 2026
HLWS433
Lords
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy Infrastructure Planning Projects
Baroness Curran
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Energy Security and Net Zero)
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 27 October 2026
HLWS432
Lords
Treasury
Cost of Living update
Lord Pitt-Watson
The Treasury Lords Minister
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 27 October 2026
HLWS431
Lords
Home Office
Henry Nowak Independent Review
Lord Hanson of Flint
The Minister of State, Home Office
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 27 October 2026
HLWS430
Lords

Commons daily reports

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House of Commons written answers and statements
27 October 2026
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House of Commons written answers and statements
26 October 2026
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House of Commons written answers and statements
23 October 2026
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House of Commons written answers and statements
22 October 2026
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House of Lords written answers and statements
27 October 2026
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House of Lords written answers and statements
26 October 2026
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House of Lords written answers and statements
23 October 2026
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House of Lords written answers and statements
22 October 2026
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