Written questions

3,117 written questions tabled, most recent first.

21 May 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice: Translation Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost was of her Department's language services contracts in 2024.

21 May 2025 · Treasury

Chelsea Football Club: Sales

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2025 to Question 38924 on Chelsea Football Club: Sales, what progress the Financial Sanctions Implementation Office has made on ensuring that the frozen proceeds from the sale of C

19 May 2025 · Northern Ireland Office

UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will hold discussions with InterTrade UK on the potential impact of the trade agreement with the EU on internal trade between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

19 May 2025 · Treasury

Living Wage: Prosecutions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employers were prosecuted for not paying employees the National Living Wage in (a) 2023 and (b) 2024.

19 May 2025 · Treasury

Income Tax: Tax Rates and Bands

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the number of taxpayers in the 2025-25 financial year who (a) earned below the personal allowance threshold and (b) did not pay income tax in the 2024-25 financial year.

16 May 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

BBC: Gaza

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will have urgent discussions with the Director General of the BBC on recent reports that a journalist with links to Hamas was used by the BBC to report on events in Gaza.

16 May 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 15 May 2025 to Question 51305 on Asylum: Housing, what proportion of alternative accommodation was (a) another hotel, (b) domestic properties and (c) other dispersed accommod

15 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Streptococcus: Clinical Trials

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the outcome of the UK National Screening Committee Group B Streptococcus trials completed in 2024.

15 May 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence Gardens Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Defence Gardens Scheme for veterans.

15 May 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Broadcasting

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to hold discussions with Ofcom on potential changes to its oversight role of the broadcast media.

14 May 2025 · Treasury

Payment Methods

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to support the ability of people to make payments in cash.

14 May 2025 · Treasury

Self-assessment

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will add an option to specify national identity as British to the online Self-Assessment tax return.

14 May 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Global Combat Air Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the key programme milestones are in the Global Combat Air Programme.

14 May 2025 · House of Commons Commission

Parliamentary Estate: Sanitation

To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, for what reason some of the toilets at Block T-3 in the Parliamentary estate have been sealed since January 2025.

14 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prostate Cancer: Preventive Medicine

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce cases of prostate cancer.

13 May 2025 · House of Commons Commission

House of Commons: Catering

To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, if the Commission will ensure that the Adjournment restaurant reopens in the mornings.

13 May 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Investment Fund for Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the British Business Bank's press release entitled British Business Bank launches £70million investment fund for Northern Ireland, published on 16 November 2023, if he will publish th

13 May 2025 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2025 to Question 37986 on Electric Vehicles: Charging Points, if she will hold discussions with the Minister for Infrastructure in Northern Ireland on taking steps to increase

13 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cardiovascular Diseases and Diabetes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the three main contributory factors are in the recent trends in the level of (a) Type 2 diabetes, (b) Coronary heart disease and (c) stroke.

13 May 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding her Department provides to hotels contracted to accommodate people seeking asylum for (a) restoration and (b) maintenance of the property upon the termination of the contract.

12 May 2025 · Department for Transport

Heathrow Airport: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will meet with representatives of Heathrow Airport to discuss the potential inclusion of Heathrow Logistics Hubs as part of its expansion plans.

12 May 2025 · Home Office

Defending Democracy Taskforce

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Defending Democracy Taskforce will meet in each of the UK's (a) nations and (b) regions in 2025.

12 May 2025 · Treasury

Remote Working: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of people claiming tax relief for working from home between March 2022 and March 2024, have been found to be ineligible for such tax relief.

12 May 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what living arrangements her Department makes for people seeking asylum when a hotel contract for their accommodation has been terminated.

9 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many species of plant that previously could not be traded between Great Britain and Northern Ireland have been made available following discussions with the EU on horticultural iss

8 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Diabetes: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 7 May 2025 to Question 48852 on Diabetes, whether he has had discussions with universities on how studies into the causes of (a) diabetes 2 and (b) other related health co

7 May 2025 · Treasury

UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she plans to take to support Northern Ireland based IT businesses who have been informed that they must provide a UK Internal Market Scheme number by GB based suppliers.

30 Apr 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Nuclear Reactors: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when he plans to announce a replacement for the Advanced Nuclear Fund.

30 Apr 2025 · Treasury

Banking Hubs

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will review the criteria required to be met for the proposed introduction of banking hubs.

30 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Army Cadet Force

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he plans to take to increase the numbers of Army Cadets.

Source: official written-questions record.