Written questions
565 written questions tabled, most recent first.
20 Apr 2026 · Home Office
Economic Crime: United Arab Emirates
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, a) how many mutual legal assistance requests relating to the enforcement of civil fraud judgments have been made to the United Arab Emirates since 2022; b) in how many cases those requests have result
20 Apr 2026 · Treasury
Financial Services: United Arab Emirates
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, a) what role the enforceability of UK court judgments plays in the Government’s assessment of financial services cooperation and market access discussions with the United Arab Emirates; and b) whether the non-enforc
20 Apr 2026 · Home Office
Economic Crime: United Arab Emirates
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, a) how many asset recovery cases involving cooperation with the United Arab Emirates have resulted in funds being returned to UK victims since 2020; b) what metrics are used to measure the operational
20 Apr 2026 · Treasury
Financial Services and Legal Profession: Fraud
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, a) what assessment she has made of the potential impact on the international competitiveness of UK financial and legal services of instances in which High Court fraud judgments are not enforced overseas; and b) whet
20 Apr 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
United Arab Emirates: Fraud
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, a) what assessment he has made of the average time required to secure the recognition and enforcement in the United Arab Emirates of civil fraud judgments of the High Court o
9 Mar 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Nigeria: Democracy and Elections
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she will raise with President Tinubu of Nigeria the safeguarding of democratic institutions and ensuring free and fair elections in Nigeria in 2027 during the his for
9 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Fishing and Coastal Growth Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department's guidance entitled Fishing and Coastal Growth Fund, published on 19 February 2026, for what reason the Fishing and Coastal Growth Fund will not be lau
9 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Fishing and Coastal Growth Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much of the total value of the Fishing and Coastal Growth Fund will be allocated to England in the 2026-27 financial year.
9 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Fishing and Coastal Growth Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will set out when her Department's timetable for when (a) the Fishing and Coastal Growth Fund will open for applications; and (b) details of the (i) eligibility, (ii) applicatio
9 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Water: Public Consultation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his Department's White Paper entitled A New Vision for Water, published on 20 January 2026, if she will set out what (a) working groups were established to consult on
29 Jan 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Telecommunications Cables
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of plans to replace the copper wire communications network.
28 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Environmental Land Management Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her Department plans to publish the (a) full results and (b) evaluation reports from all Environment Land Management and Trials; and whether these will be made publicly available.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Wave Power: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department will consider setting a £7m wave energy ringfence in Allocation Round 7 of the Contracts for Difference mechanism.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Tidal Power: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department will consider setting a £40m tidal stream ringfence in Allocation Round 7 of the Contracts for Difference mechanism.
12 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Defence
Infrastructure: National Security
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the adequacy of the security provisions for energy and telecommunications infrastructure in the UK's exclusive economic zone.
14 Oct 2024 · Treasury
Spirits: Excise Duties
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate the Office for Budget Responsibility made of revenues for spirits excise duty in the 2024-25 financial year; and what those revenues are to date.
24 Jul 2024 · Treasury
Whisky: Scotland
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the impact of the increase in alcohol duty for spirits introduced in 2023 on the Scotch whisky industry.
23 Jul 2024 · Home Office
Immigration Controls: Airports
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to improve the accuracy of individual identification carried out by the technical infrastructure which performs border checks.
23 Jul 2024 · Home Office
Immigration Controls: Airports
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the treatment that people with similar names to other individuals on watchlists receive during border checks at airports.
18 Jul 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Tidal Power
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of setting a one gigawatt deployment target for tidal stream energy for 2035.
18 Jul 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Tidal Power
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he plans to take to ensure domestic manufactured content is embedded in tidal stream projects.
18 Jul 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Tidal Power: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the minimum ringfence for Tidal Stream projects to £30 million for Allocation Round 6 of the upcoming Contracts for Differe
20 May 2024 · Home Office
Fire Stations: Closures
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fire station closures there have been in each local authority in each year since 2016.
9 May 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Hong Kong: Visits Abroad
To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the visit by the Minister for the Indo-Pacific to Hong Kong on relations with China.
9 May 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Sebastien Lai
To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether he plans to meet (a) Sebastian Lai and (b) his international legal team.
8 May 2024 · Home Office
Asylum
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals that have been issued a notice of intent of inadmissibility have subsequently been admitted to the asylum system since 1 January 2022.
8 May 2024 · Home Office
Deportation: Rwanda
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals that have been detained for removal to Rwanda have also been served an (a) notice of inadmissibility and (b) inadmissibility decision.
8 May 2024 · Home Office
Immigration Removal Centres
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the capacity of the immigration detention estate was on (a) 8 May 2024, (b) 8 January 2024 and (c) 8 July 2023.
25 Apr 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza: Aid Workers
To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of opening a coronial inquest into the killing of three British nationals working with the World Central Kitchen by an Israeli drone strike in Gaza.
18 Apr 2024 · Home Office
Immigration Controls: Airports
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the treatment that people with similar names to people on watchlists receive during border checks at airports.
Source: official written-questions record.