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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 (215)Ministry of Defence (93)Treasury (20)Department for Education (17)Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (15)Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (9)Department for Business and Trade (9)Department for Transport (9)Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (7)Home Office (7)Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (6)Department of Health and Social Care (5)Cabinet Office (5)

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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·Home Office·Pending
Asked

What contingency arrangements are in place to maintain police communications in the event of a failure of the Emergency Services Network or wider telecommunications infrastructure.

Reply

Awaiting answer.

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

What stockpiles of medicines on the Critical Medicines List are currently held by her Department.

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 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·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.

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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·Attorney General·Pending
Asked

On how many occasions the Law Officers have been consulted by government departments on the lawful use of emergency powers in the context of civil emergency planning in the last 12 months.

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

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Awaiting answer.

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

How many cyber security incident reports relating to energy infrastructure his Department received in the last 12 months.

Reply

Awaiting answer.

7 Jul 2026·Cabinet Office·Pending
Asked

How many cross-government resilience exercises involving two or more departments have been conducted in the last 2 years; and what the (a) title, (b) participating departments and (c) date was of each.

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Awaiting answer.

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

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

Food and Rural Affairs, what mechanisms her Department has in place to maintain the supply of food to the population in the event of a major disruption to food supply chains, including (a) formal agreements with major retailers and food producers, (b) trigger points for government intervention and (c) contingency logistics and distribution arrangements.

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·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.

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