Written questions

160 written questions tabled, most recent first.

26 Mar 2026 · Home Office

Visas: Turkey

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether there has been a significant change in the number of applications for leave to remain under the ECAA Turkish Business person visa route in the last six months; and if she will make an assessme

23 Feb 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Isabel Rose

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will take steps to support Isabel Rose in Hong Kong.

29 Jan 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Karim Ennarah

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what information her Department holds on the status of Karim Ennarah's case.

29 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Child Benefit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the cost of ending the two child benefit cap.

28 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment and Support Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the fixed disregard rate for the New Style Employment and Support Allowance.

6 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Buildings: Insurance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if her Department will take steps to encourage insurance companies to insure buildings with a PAS 9980 assessment of (a) low and (b) medium tolerable that do not require remediat

12 Mar 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Tax Credits: Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential reasons why people receiving tax credits are not voluntarily migrating to Universal Credit.

4 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Defence

LGBT Veterans Independent Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to publish his Department's response to the LGBT Veterans Independent Review.

17 Jan 2023 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Public Sector: Greenhouse Gas Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of guidance for measuring and reporting greenhouse gas emissions in the public sector.

20 Dec 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Clothing: Manufacturing Industries

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department is taking steps to help tackle unethical supply chains in the fashion industry.

12 Dec 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Post Offices: Energy Bill Relief Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to support Post Offices after the end of the Energy Bill Relief Scheme.

23 Nov 2022 · Department for International Trade

Small Businesses: Trade Promotion

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps she is taking with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to help support small businesses that are not eligible to participate in the UK Tradeshow Programme to

14 Nov 2022 · Treasury

Customs Declaration Services Programme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses have applied to extend their use of CHIEF and have yet to register for the Customs Declaration Service.

14 Nov 2022 · Treasury

Customs Declaration Services Programme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses registered for CHIEF have yet to register for the Customs Declaration Service.

20 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Hackney South and Shoreditch

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many GP practices were open in Hackney South and Shoreditch constituency on (a) 20 October 2022 and (b) in 2013.

20 Oct 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Juries: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has had recent discussions with representatives of local authorities in north London on agreeing a new jury venue to help clear the backlog in jury inquests.

12 Oct 2022 · Scotland Office

Ports: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the adequacy of trade and biosecurity controls at the ports of Cairnryan and Stranraer.

28 Jun 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Building Safety Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to reopen the Building Safety Fund for applications in 2022.

21 Jun 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

China and Hong Kong: Assets

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will undertake an audit of the UK assets owned by Hong Kong and Chinese officials who have been linked to human rights violations.

14 Apr 2022 · Home Office

Biometric Residence Permits and Work Permits

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) biometric residence cards, (b) biometric residence permits and (c) frontier working permits were issued in the last 12 months for which data is available.

7 Mar 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Council Tax: Payment Methods

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the council tax rebate scheme, what steps he is taking to help support local authorities with residents who pay council tax in cash.

7 Mar 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking with Ofgem to help support residents with communal heating systems not subject to the energy price cap.

7 Feb 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Council Tax: Rebates

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, to whom the council tax rebate will be paid in cases where tenants pay rent with all bills included, including council tax; and in cases where the landlord receives the rebate, wheth

7 Feb 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Energy Bills Rebate

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether local authorities will receive central Government funding for the additional administrative costs incurred in the rollout of the £144 million discretionary fund for vulnerabl

7 Feb 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Council Tax: Rebates

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether additional administrative costs incurred by local authorities in the implementation of the £150 council tax rebate will be a new burdens requirement.

12 Nov 2021 · Home Office

Offensive Weapons

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing legislative proposals to include butter knives in the exemptions in the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) (Exemption)

21 Sep 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Green Homes Grant Scheme

What steps his Department plans to take to learn from the findings of the National Audit Office report entitled Green Homes Grant Voucher Scheme published on 8 September 2021.

16 Sep 2021 · Home Office

Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum claims have been awaiting a decision from her Department for over 12 months.

16 Sep 2021 · Home Office

Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum claims are awaiting resolution as at 16 September 2021.

16 Sep 2021 · Home Office

Asylum: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers have been granted permission to work as a result of the time taken for her Department process their case in last 12 months.

Source: official written-questions record.