Written questions

3,630 written questions tabled, most recent first.

3 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Palliative Care: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve children's palliative care services in Lincolnshire.

31 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners erroneously released since July 2024 have since been recaptured.

31 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Meat: Smuggling

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what quantity of illegal meat was seized from (a) shops and (b) restaurants in England in each of the last five years.

31 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Swifts: Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to reverse the decline of the swift population in England.

31 Oct 2025 · Department for Education

Brain: Injuries

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support children in schools who have suffered acquired brain injuries.

31 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Brain: Injuries

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department intends to publish the acquired brain injury action plan.

31 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Brain: Injuries

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will list the organisations his Department has consulted on its upcoming acquired brain injury action plan.

31 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the nationalities were of the non-British nationals released from prison under the Standard Determinate Sentences 40 releases that took place between September 2024 and December 2024.

31 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Meat: Smuggling

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what quantity of illegal meat was seized at ports in England in each of the last five years.

29 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Deportation: France

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the migrants removed to France under the UK-France treaty were given payments ahead of their removal.

29 Oct 2025 · Cabinet Office

Identity Cards: Armed Forces

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether members of the armed forces will be required to have digital ID cards.

29 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Deportation: France

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the list of (a) nationalities and (b) age group range of the 42 illegal migrants removed to France under the UK-France treaty.

29 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: Deportation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the illegal migrants who were not deported after their arrest following raids carried out by Immigration Enforcement between October 2024 to September 2025 were moved to immigration remova

29 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: Arrests

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the (a) nationalities and (b) age group range of the illegal migrants arrested following raids carried out by Immigration Enforcement between October 2024 and September 2025.

29 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dentistry: Lincolnshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS dentists were employed in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire in each of the last ten years.

29 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people attempting to illegally enter the UK by stowing away in (a) lorries and (b) other road vehicles have been apprehended in each of the past ten years.

28 Oct 2025 · Home Office

European Arrest Warrants

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many extradition cases have involved requests for European Arrests Warrants issued under part 1 from European countries for requested persons who were not citizens of the requesting state have bee

28 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Extradition: EU Countries

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many extradition requests the UK has made to EU states in which the requested individual is a third-party migrant and not a citizen of the UK in each of the past five years.

28 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Driving Instruction: Lincolnshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on the number of approved driving instructors in Lincolnshire in each of the last five years.

28 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Solar Power: Fires

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what (a) training and (b) resources her Department has provided to fire and rescue services to respond to fires at large photovoltaic solar developments.

28 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Home Office: British Refugee Council

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions (a) Ministers and (b) special advisers in her Department have met British Refugee Council since July 2024.

28 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: France

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the cost to the public purse of operating the UK/European Applicant Transfer Scheme.

27 Oct 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Food

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the proportion of food served in state schools in England that is sourced from British (a) farms and (b) other food producers.

27 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

First Time Buyers: Lincolnshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on the number of first-time house buyers in Lincolnshire in each of the last five years.

27 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Council Tax: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent steps has he taken to help tackle council tax fraud.

27 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Broadband: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent steps she has taken to improve access to full fibre broadband in (a) Lincolnshire and (b) other rural communities.

27 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Social Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of social housing was occupied by people born overseas in each of the last five years.

27 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much money from private providers with contracts to house asylum seekers is owed to her Department in excess profits since 2021.

27 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many full time equivalent civil servants in her Department are working on recouping profits from private providers with contracts to house asylum seekers.

27 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers accommodated in (a) hotels or (b) other residences were in that accommodation for longer than 12 months since 2022.

Source: official written-questions record.