Written questions

3,630 written questions tabled, most recent first.

22 Jul 2025 · Home Office

Identity Cards

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of the use of national ID cards as a means of identifying (a) illegal immigrants, (b) fugitives and (c) agents of a foreign power.

22 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Veterans: Radiation Exposure

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place an interim report in the House of Commons Library on the findings from the review of (a) blood and (b) urine tests taken from those servicemen who witnessed the tests in the 1950s of Britain's fi

22 Jul 2025 · Department for Education

William Shakespeare: Secondary Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the level of teaching of the works of William Shakespeare in secondary schools in England.

22 Jul 2025 · Department for Education

Literature: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the level of teaching of the canon of English literature in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools.

22 Jul 2025 · Home Office

Passports: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been (a) charged with and (b) prosecuted for making fake passports in each of the past three years.

22 Jul 2025 · Attorney General

Human Trafficking: Boats

To ask the Attorney General, how many people have been charged with human trafficking offences in relation to small boat crossings in each of the last three years.

21 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Hedgehogs: Lincolnshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support hedgehog conservation initiatives in Lincolnshire.

21 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Tobacco: Counterfeit Manufacturing

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if her Department will take (a) fiscal and (b) legislative steps to help prevent repeat offenders in the illicit tobacco market operating through high street retailers.

16 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Tobacco: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of tobacco excise duty policy on the size of the illicit tobacco market.

16 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Lincolnshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to require local referenda for local government reorganisation proposals in Lincolnshire.

16 Jul 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Protection Fund: Remote Working

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the Pension Protection Fund has spent on equipment to enable staff to work from home in each of the last three years.

16 Jul 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Intellectual Property Office: Remote Working

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much the Intellectual Property Office has spent on equipment to enable staff to work from home in each of the last three years.

16 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science: Remote Working

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science has spent on equipment to enable staff to work from home in each of the last three years.

15 Jul 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Social Media: Disinformation

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking with social media firms to help tackle algorithmically accelerated misinformation.

15 Jul 2025 · Treasury

UK Debt Management Office: Remote Working

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the UK Debt Management Office has spent on equipment to enable staff to work from home in each of the last three years.

15 Jul 2025 · Department for Education

Teaching Regulation Agency: Remote Working

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much the Teaching Regulation Agency has spent on equipment to enable staff to work from home in each of the last three years.

15 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

UK Health Security Agency: Remote Working

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the United Kingdom Health Security Agency has spent on equipment to enable staff to work from home in each of the last three years.

15 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency: Remote Working

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has spent on equipment to enable staff to work from home in each of the last three years.

15 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Government Internal Audit Agency: Remote Working

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the Government Internal Audit Agency has spent on equipment to enable staff to work from home in each of the last three years.

15 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Government Actuary's Department: Remote Working

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the Government Actuary’s Department has spent on equipment to enable staff to work from home in each of the last three years.

15 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Veterinary Medicines Directorate: Remote Working

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the Veterinary Medicines Directorate has spent on equipment to enable staff to work from home in each of the last three years.

14 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Brain: Injuries

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to increase funding support for community-based specialist brain injury services.

14 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Tobacco: Smuggling

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 61 of the policy paper entitled Fit for the Future: 10-Year Health Plan for England, published on 1 July 2025, whether the delivery indicators will include the size of the il

14 Jul 2025 · Home Office

Electric Scooters: Pedestrian Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to support police to enforce laws prohibiting e-scooters being ridden on pavements.

14 Jul 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Building Digital UK: Remote Working

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much Building Digital UK has spent on equipment to enable staff to work from home in each of the last three years.

14 Jul 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pensions Ombudsman: Remote Working

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the Pensions Ombudsman has spent on equipment to enable staff to work from home in each of the last three years.

14 Jul 2025 · Department for Education

Standards and Testing Agency: Remote Working

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much the Standards and Testing Agency has spent on equipment to enable staff to work from home in each of the last three years.

14 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

Maritime and Coastguard Agency: Remote Working

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much the Maritime and Coastguard Agency has spent on equipment to enable staff to work from home in each of the last three years.

14 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency: Remote Working

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency has spent on equipment to enable staff to work from home in each of the last three years.

14 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Animal and Plant Health Agency: Remote Working

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the Animal and Plant Health Agency has spent on equipment to enable staff to work from home in each of the last three years.

Source: official written-questions record.