Written questions

330 written questions tabled, most recent first.

17 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Terrorism: Sentencing

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the use of terrorist connection provisions under section 69 of the Sentencing Act 2020 in cases where no terrorism offence has been (a) charged a

17 Jun 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Public Appointments

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many appointments to board-level roles in public bodies sponsored by her Department were made between 1 January 2020 and 29 April 2026; and how many of those appointees were Black a) men and

17 Jun 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Independent Football Regulator: Public Appointments

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department holds information on the gender and ethnicity of applicants and shortlisted candidates for appointments to the board of the Independent Football Regulator.

17 Jun 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Independent Football Regulator: Public Appointments

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many people have been appointed to the board of the Independent Football Regulator; and how many of those appointees are a) Black men and b) Black women.

17 Jun 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Public Appointments

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department holds data on the gender and ethnicity of a) applicants, b) shortlisted candidates and c) successful candidates for public appointments; and if she will publish the number

17 Jun 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Public Appointments

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many non-executive appointments were made to public bodies sponsored by her Department between 1 January 2020 and 29 April 2026; and how many of those appointees were a) Black men and b) Blac

17 Jun 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Public Appointments

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many public appointments her Department made in the periods a) 1 January 2020 to 3 July 2024 and b) 4 July 2024 to 29 April 2026; and how many appointees in each period were i) Black men and

17 Jun 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Public Appointments

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many public appointments her Department made between 1 January 2020 and 29 April 2026; and how many of those appointees were a) Black men and b) Black women, broken down by ethnic group.

17 Jun 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Football: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the Independent Football Regulator can credibly enforce equality and diversity standards in professional football, in the context of the absence

10 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Pupils: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure equality of opportunity for black school students.

2 Jun 2025 · Treasury

Defence: Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding has been transferred from the international aid to the defence budget in cash terms.

2 Jun 2025 · Treasury

Defence: Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding has been transferred from the aid budget to the defence budget.

18 Nov 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Occupied Territories: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the United Nations Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied

4 Mar 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Universal Credit claimants aged under 25 have at least one child.

4 Mar 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential correlation between poverty levels and the lower standard allowance of Universal Credit for those people under 25.

4 Mar 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in London in receipt of Universal Credit are aged under 25.

16 Feb 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Air Pollution: Ethnic Groups and Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to reduce the impact of air pollution on (a) Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities and (b) people living in poverty.

16 Feb 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Nitrogen Dioxide: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to reduce levels of nitrogen dioxide in London boroughs where levels have exceeded legal limits.

31 Jan 2024 · Home Office

Windrush Compensation Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have received an award from the Windrush Compensation Scheme in each quarter since that Scheme was launched.

8 Sep 2023 · Home Office

Short-term Holding Facilities: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department will accept donations of (a) toys for children at her Department 's short-term holding facilities and (b) funds for the express purpose of procuring toys for children staying at

8 Sep 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Housing: Concrete

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what information his Department holds on whether residential buildings were built using RAAC; and how that information was established.

1 Nov 2022 · Home Office

Manston Asylum Processing Centre: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children are held in the Manston asylum processing centre as of 1 November 2022.

17 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding has been allocated to North East London ICS to support with GP retention in 2022-23; and how much was spent in that ICS for that purpose in 2021-22.

17 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many GPs who had been previously working in North East London ICS area have left the profession over the last three years.

17 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Professions: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data her Department collects on the provision of local retention initiatives in the North East London ICS area.

17 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to improve GP retention in the North East London ICS area.

18 Jul 2022 · Home Office

Immigration Controls: Manston Airport and Port of Dover

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what Border Force’s staffing levels were in (a) the Port of Dover and (b) Manston Airport in each quarter since January 2019 to date.

18 Jul 2022 · Home Office

Immigration Controls: Manston Airport and Port of Dover

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the current minimum staffing levels are on contracts between the Border Force and private security contractors in (a) the Port of Dover and (b) Manston Airport.

18 Jul 2022 · Home Office

Immigration Controls: Manston Airport and Port of Dover

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Transport since 17 March 2022 on Border Force’s private security contractors in (a) the Port of Dover and (b) Manston Airport.

18 Jul 2022 · Home Office

UK Border Force: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what due diligence is undertaken by Border Force in relation to sub-contracting of private security services to deliver public contracts.

Source: official written-questions record.