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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.

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Question for Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
National Lottery Community Fund: Public Relations
Mike Wood
Conservative, Kingswinford and South Staffordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much the National Lottery Community Fund has spent on public affairs services provided by Lexington since July 2024; and for what purposes.

Asked 16 July 2026
Answered 23 September 2026
By Vicky Foxcroft (Labour, Lewisham North)
19348
Answered
Commons
Question for Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Social Media: Children
Sarah Green
Liberal Democrat, Chesham and Amersham

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential risk of the proposed under-16 social media ban increasing children's exposure to misogynist and extremist rhetoric through migration to unre...

Asked 16 July 2026
Answered 23 September 2026
By Ian Murray (Labour, Edinburgh South)
19502
Answered
Commons
Question for Ministry of Defence
Nuclear Submarines: Procurement
Ben Obese-Jecty
Conservative, Huntingdon

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's Annual Report and Accounts 2025-2026, HC 389, published on 15 July 2026, what the nature is of the fruitless payment for training activities linked to the Submarine Acquisition ...

Asked 28 August 2026
Answered 23 September 2026
By Luke Pollard (Labour, Plymouth Sutton and Devonport)
22803
Answered
Commons
Question for Cabinet Office
Special Advisers
Mike Wood
Conservative, Kingswinford and South Staffordshire

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether departmental special advisers can use the title chief of staff; and what guidance has been given by the Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet to special advisers on directing (a) civil servants and (b...

Asked 28 August 2026
Answered 23 September 2026
By Mark Ferguson (Labour, Gateshead Central and Whickham)
20947
Answered
Commons

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Question for Home Office
Asylum
Lord Cameron of Lochiel
Conservative, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government how much the Home Office spent on consultancy fees in relation to their Resources for asylum seekers in the UK leaflets and posters.

Asked 7 September 2026
Answered 23 September 2026
By Lord Hanson of Flint (Labour, Life peer)
HL3149
Answered
Lords
Question for Home Office
Community Relations
Lord Goodman of Wycombe
Conservative, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government, following the publication of the Command Paper Protecting What Matters: Towards a more confident, cohesive, and resilient United Kingdom on 9 March, what measures they have taken to boost the Home Office's due diligence ca...

Asked 9 September 2026
Answered 23 September 2026
By Lord Hanson of Flint (Labour, Life peer)
HL3317
Answered
Lords
Question for Ministry of Defence
Veterans: Radiation Exposure
Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
Conservative, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have an official definition of the term "British nuclear test veteran"; if so, whether that definition includes British service personnel who were officially deployed to monitor foreign atmospheric nuclear test...

Asked 14 September 2026
Answered 23 September 2026
By Lord Coaker (Labour, Life peer)
HL3464
Answered
Lords
Question for Ministry of Defence
Veterans: Radiation Exposure
Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
Conservative, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government what is the official definition of the term British nuclear test veteran; whether that definition includes British service personnel who were officially deployed to monitor foreign atmospheric nuclear tests after 1966; and,...

Asked 9 September 2026
Answered 23 September 2026
By Lord Coaker (Labour, Life peer)
HL3299
Answered
Lords

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Home Office
Anti-Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Strategy 2026-29
Dan Jarvis
The Minister of State for Security
Labour, Barnsley North
Statement made 15 September 2026
HCWS353
Commons
Department of Health and Social Care
Thirwall Inquiry Final Report and Recommendations
Yvette Cooper
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Labour, Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley
Statement made 15 September 2026
HCWS352
Commons
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Homes for Ukraine funding changes
Florence Eshalomi
Minister of State for Homelessness, Democracy, Communities and Faith
Labour, Vauxhall and Camberwell Green
Statement made 15 September 2026
HCWS351
Commons
Department of Health and Social Care
Prioritisation of doctors for UK medical specialty training programmes
Karin Smyth
Minister of State for Health (Secondary Care)
Labour, Bristol South
Statement made 15 September 2026
HCWS350
Commons

Lords written statements

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Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Review of the Guidance for the Care of Human Remains in Museums
Baroness Mackenzie of Sherwood
Minister for Arts and Museums
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 16 September 2026
HLWS361
Lords
Home Office
Anti-Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Strategy 2026-29
Lord Hanson of Flint
The Minister of State, Home Office
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 15 September 2026
HLWS360
Lords
Department of Health and Social Care
Thirwall Inquiry Final Report and Recommendations
Baroness Merron
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Women's Health and Mental Health
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 15 September 2026
HLWS359
Lords
Department of Health and Social Care
Prioritisation of doctors for UK medical specialty training programmes
Baroness Merron
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Women's Health and Maternity)
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 15 September 2026
HLWS358
Lords

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House of Commons written answers and statements
15 September 2026
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House of Commons written answers and statements
14 September 2026
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House of Commons written answers and statements
11 September 2026
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House of Commons written answers and statements
10 September 2026
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House of Lords written answers and statements
17 September 2026
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House of Lords written answers and statements
16 September 2026
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House of Lords written answers and statements
15 September 2026
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House of Lords written answers and statements
14 September 2026
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