Written questions

6,533 written questions tabled, most recent first.

17 Apr 2025 · Home Office

Motor Vehicles: Theft

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of car theft were reported to the Metropolitan Police in the London Borough of Havering in the last six months.

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

RSPCA: Powers

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of granting RSPCA investigators statutory powers to gather evidence.

17 Apr 2025 · Home Office

Immigration Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the completeness of the data collected under the exit checks programme.

17 Apr 2025 · Home Office

Immigration Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of reintroducing physical exit checks at borders.

17 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure the provision of suitable housing for people with disabilities.

17 Apr 2025 · Home Office

Motor Vehicles: Theft

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help increase the charge rate for vehicle thefts in London.

17 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Commonwealth War Graves Commission: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure that the UK’s financial contributions to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission are sufficient to maintain the graves of UK military personnel.

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Television Licences

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what information her Department holds on the number of TV license payers in each of the last five years.

17 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Army: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to increase the pay of soldiers, in the context of planned increases in defence spending.

17 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Urban Areas: Havering

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with the London Borough of Havering on supporting highstreets to provide a broad range of (a) shops, (b) amenities and (c) services.

8 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Satellites: Business

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to reduce UK businesses' reliance on foreign-produced satellites.

8 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Oil: St Helena

o ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he is taking steps to reduce St Helena's dependence on imported oil.

8 Apr 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Qualifications: Commonwealth

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has had discussions with his Commonwealth counterparts on the potential for mutual recognition agreements on professional qualifications.

8 Apr 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Trade Agreements: Commonwealth

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment he has made of the role of Commonwealth trade agreements in increasing the UK’s export growth rate in the services sector.

8 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Ascension Island: Military Bases

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had recent discussions with his US counterpart on the future of the airbase on Ascension Island.

8 Apr 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Trade Agreements: Singapore

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Digital Economy Agreement with Singapore in reducing non-tariff barriers for UK businesses exporting (a) digital services and (b) physical goods.

8 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

St Helena: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help increase employment opportunities in St Helena.

8 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

St Helena: Agriculture

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help support (a) subsistence and (b) commercial agriculture on St Helena.

8 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Australia and China: Navy

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had discussions with his Australian counterpart on the prevention of Chinese naval (a) incursions and (b) shelling off the coast of Australia.

8 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Chagos Islands: Sovereignty

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has received representations from his US counterpart on the proposed transfer of sovereignty of the British Indian Ocean Territory to Mauritius.

8 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

St Helena: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help ensure the affordability of imported consumer goods on St Helena.

8 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Chagos Islands: Sovereignty

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has held discussions with his US counterpart on the proposed treaty with Mauritius on the sovereignty of the British Indian Ocean Territory since the commencement of US strikes on Houthi rebels in Yeme

8 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

St Helena: Income Tax

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, for what reason income tax on St Helena is levied at higher rates than on other British Overseas Territories.

8 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sudan: Christianity

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues on how the UK can help to protect the Christian minority in Sudan.

8 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

St Helena

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will take steps help prevent the depopulation of St Helena.

8 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Syria: Religious Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made representations to the interim Syrian Foreign Minister on the potential merits of establishing independent oversight mechanisms to monitor the protection

8 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Syria: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the interim Syrian Government’s capacity to implement security measures to protect (a) Alawite, (b) Christian and (c) Druze com

8 Apr 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Temporary Employment: Vetting

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he is taking steps with representatives of food delivery companies to help tackle the use of rented profiles by people who have not been properly vetted to make deliveries to private addresses.

8 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Queen's Hospital Romford: Accident and Emergency Departments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will provide funding to improve the accident and emergency department at Queen’s Hospital in Romford.

8 Apr 2025 · Treasury

Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will take steps to increase Inheritance Tax thresholds.

Source: official written-questions record.