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## Step-by-step: These steps are for submitting a written question online. You can submit a maximum of 20 written questions a day online. If you prefer to use a hard copy, please read [how to submit a written question on paper](/articles/oxGevlNF). You or your staff can complete these steps, but you will need to [register your staff to use the MemberHub](https://memberhub.parliament.uk). 1. Go to the online [MemberHub](https://memberhub.parliament.uk): - Click ‘submit’ (towards the top of the screen) and choose ‘written question’. - Type the name of the department you want into the ‘Answering Bodies’ box and click ‘next’. - Click the box to specify whether it is an [ordinary or named day](/collections/PzOslRFq) written question. There is no set deadline for answers to ordinary questions, although departments usually respond between five and 10 working days after the question has been tabled. You can table up to five named day questions each day and they should receive an answer or holding answer, by the third working day after tabling that is a sitting day (unless you specify a later named day). A sitting day is a day when the House is meeting. - Write the text of your question in the blank space indicated. Check it conforms to the [rules for questions](/collections/4C9X53XG). - If you have [an interest to declare](https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201012/cmcode/1885/188505.htm), click the box saying ‘yes’ and explain what the interest is. - Click ‘next’. Review the information and click ‘submit’. - If you want to ask the same question to several departments, a 'round robin' submit the question to the first department, then find that question in the list of questions you have submitted, click ‘actions’ and ‘submit to another answering body’. Choose the additional department you want to ask. 2. The Table Office will check your question and contact you if there is a problem. Once the Table Office has approved your question, it has been tabled.
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MPs can ask a department a question in writing and will receive an answer by email. There are two kinds of written question: ordinary questions and named day questions.
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Oral and written questions, PMQs, business questions, urgent questions.
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Practical, clearly written guidance on House of Commons procedure for MPs and their staff.
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Deadlines for written questions
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Same written question to every department
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Backbenchers who answer written questions