The Westminster lensArchive · Written questions · 199 tabled · 151 answered

Written questions by Reed.

Every parliamentary written question tabled by David Reed this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.

Department:All (199)Ministry of Defence (91)Department for Education (17)Treasury (15)Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (14)Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (9)Home Office (7)Department for Transport (7)Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (6)Cabinet Office (5)Department for Business and Trade (5)Department for Work and Pensions (5)Department of Health and Social Care (5)

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8 Jul 2026·Department for Work and Pensions·Pending
Asked

What contingency arrangements are in place to maintain payment of benefits and pensions in the event of a (a) major IT or (b) infrastructure disruption.

Reply

Awaiting answer.

8 Jul 2026·Department for Transport·Pending
Asked

How many cyber security incident reports relating to transport networks her Department received in the last 12 months.

Reply

Awaiting answer.

8 Jul 2026·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·Pending
Asked

Food and Rural Affairs, what contingency measures her Department has in place to ensure food reserves in the event of a major disruption to food supply chains.

Reply

Awaiting answer.

8 Jul 2026·Department of Health and Social Care·Pending
Asked

What mechanisms exist to mobilise additional medical staff in the event of a national emergency.

Reply

Awaiting answer.

8 Jul 2026·Home Office·Pending
Asked

What assessment her Department has made of the capacity of the police mutual aid system to respond to simultaneous civil disorder in multiple police force areas.

Reply

Awaiting answer.

8 Jul 2026·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·Pending
Asked

Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of its consular surge capacity to support British nationals in the event of a large-scale overseas crisis.

Reply

Awaiting answer.

8 Jul 2026·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·Pending
Asked

Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many of her staff are trained for deployment as part of her Department's Rapid Deployment Teams for consular crises.

Reply

Awaiting answer.

8 Jul 2026·Scotland Office·Pending
Asked

How many meetings his Department has held with the Scottish Government in the last 12 months on coordinating resilience planning for risks that span reserved and devolved responsibilities.

Reply

Awaiting answer.

8 Jul 2026·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·Pending
Asked

Innovation and Technology, when her Department last conducted a risk assessment of the ability of data centres designated as Critical National Infrastructure to continue operating during a sustained cyberattack.

Reply

Awaiting answer.

8 Jul 2026·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·Pending
Asked

Whether his Department holds any government-owned strategic reserve of (a) petrol and (b) diesel for emergency use, separate from industry stockholding obligations.

Reply

Awaiting answer.

8 Jul 2026·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·Pending
Asked

Communities and Local Government, what proportion of local authorities in England have an up-to-date community risk register and emergency plan.

Reply

Awaiting answer.

7 Jul 2026·Department for Culture, Media and Sport·Pending
Asked

Media and Sport, when her Department last conducted a resilience test of public service broadcasting infrastructure against the scenario of a national telecommunications network failure.

Reply

Awaiting answer.

7 Jul 2026·Ministry of Justice·Pending
Asked

When his Department last assessed the resilience of prison infrastructure, including a) power, b) water and c) heating systems, to major failure.

Reply

Awaiting answer.

7 Jul 2026·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·Pending
Asked

Food and Rural Affairs, when the National Drought Group last reviewed drought preparedness plans; and what the findings were.

Reply

Awaiting answer.

7 Jul 2026·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·Pending
Asked

Food and Rural Affairs, when her Department last assessed the resilience of UK food supplies to a simultaneous disruption affecting major food-exporting countries; and what the findings of that assessment were.

Reply

Awaiting answer.

7 Jul 2026·Department for Business and Trade·Pending
Asked

Whether his Department has a specific budget to support a) small and b) medium-sized businesses in developing business continuity plans for major disruption.

Reply

Awaiting answer.

7 Jul 2026·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·Pending
Asked

Food and Rural Affairs, when her Department last assessed the resilience of water supplies in England; and what the findings were.

Reply

Awaiting answer.

7 Jul 2026·Department for Education·Pending
Asked

What proportion of schools in England have a business continuity plan that has been reviewed in the last 12 months.

Reply

Awaiting answer.

7 Jul 2026·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·Pending
Asked

A) what the UK's current gas storage capacity is as a proportion of average winter demand and b) how that compares with the capacity of other G7 countries.

Reply

Awaiting answer.

7 Jul 2026·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·Pending
Asked

Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the condition and capacity of food storage infrastructure used to support food security.

Reply

Awaiting answer.

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