Written questions
738 written questions tabled, most recent first.
29 Aug 2025 · Northern Ireland Office
Terrorism: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what information his Department holds on the number of suspected IRA members accused of terrorism offences between 1970 and 1990 that were later acquitted.
11 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Employment Tribunals Service
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what documents provide the record of proceedings of an employment tribunal hearing for cases heard before the Presidential Practice Direction of November 2023.
9 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport
Motor Vehicles: Biofuels
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an estimate of the number of cars that would be compatible with (a) E15 and (b) E20 fuel.
9 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport
Biofuels
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential effectiveness of using E20 fuel.
9 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport
Biofuels
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made a comparative assessment of the potential impact of using (a) E20 and (b) E10 fuel on (i) fuel consumption and (ii) emissions.
4 Jun 2025 · Home Office
Electronic Surveillance
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many technical capability notices issued under s.253 of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 have been complied with in each year.
4 Jun 2025 · Home Office
Electronic Surveillance
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many technical capability notices her Department has issued under s.253 of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 in each year, not including the notice rejected by Apple.
28 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure reliable access to NHS dental treatment in (a) East Riding of Yorkshire and (b) rural areas.
28 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the level of funding available for NHS dental treatments.
28 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress his Department has made on reform of the NHS dental contract.
28 Apr 2025 · Department for Education
Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress her Department has made on responding to the recommendations of the First Report of the Committee of Public Accounts of Session 2024-25 on Support for children and young people with special educat
28 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of setting minimum targets for integrated care boards on the proportion of people seen by NHS dental providers over a 24 month period.
24 Apr 2025 · Department for Education
Special Educational Needs: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to provide sustainable funding for local authorities for SEND-related spending.
24 Apr 2025 · Department for Education
Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to implement recommendation two of the First Report of the Committee of Public Accounts of Session 2024-25 on Support for children and young people with special educational n
24 Apr 2025 · Department for Education
Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure estimates of demand for SEND support in each local authority area are accurate.
24 Apr 2025 · Department for Education
Special Educational Needs: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure the (a) proxy factors and (b) weightings used in the National Funding Formula for high needs funding accurately reflect the demand for high needs educational provision.
24 Apr 2025 · Department for Education
Special Educational Needs: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking through the National Funding Formula to reduce the differences in high needs funding per head between local authority areas.
23 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Law Reporting: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to her oral contribution of 22 April 2025, Official Report, column 911, what her Department's requisite level of accuracy is for AI transcriptions of court trials.
1 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Down's Syndrome
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 2 December 2024 to Question 15729 on Down's Syndrome, when the statutory guidance under the Down Syndrome Act 2022 will be published.
12 Feb 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
National Security Online Information Team
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the National Security Online Information Team's policies on the collection of personal data on people's ability to establish what
12 Feb 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
National Security Online Information Team
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will take steps to ensure that the National Security Online Information Team's social media monitoring work can be scrutinised by (a) Parliament and (b) the public.
5 Feb 2025 · Home Office
Police: Biometrics
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of police forces using facial recognition technology to identify individuals not sought in connection to ongoing criminal in
5 Feb 2025 · Home Office
Police: Biometrics
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who are not wanted for arrest have been placed on police facial recognition watchlists.
6 Jan 2025 · Home Office
Journalism and Legal Profession: Surveillance
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has issued to police forces on the use of surveillance powers to carry out surveillance on journalists and lawyers.
6 Jan 2025 · Home Office
Journalism and Legal Profession: Surveillance
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department holds on the number of times UK police forces have authorised targeted surveillance of journalists and lawyers.
25 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Down's Syndrome
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 30 July 2024 to Question 1398 on Down Syndrome Act 2022, what recent progress his Department has made on producing statutory guidance under the Down Syndrome Act 2022; and
19 Nov 2024 · Treasury
Agriculture: Inheritance Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department plans to publish risk assessments of proposed changes to (a) Agricultural Property Relief and (b) Business Property Relief.
18 Nov 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Artificial Intelligence: Public Sector
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the report entitled Securing meaningful transparency of public sector use of AI: Comparative approaches across five jurisdictions, published by the Public Law Project
18 Nov 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Artificial Intelligence: Public Sector
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the report entitled Securing meaningful transparency of public sector use of AI: Comparative approaches across five jurisdictions, published by the Public Law Project
18 Nov 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Artificial Intelligence: Public Sector
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the report entitled Securing meaningful transparency of public sector use of AI: Comparative approaches across five jurisdictions, published by the Public Law Project
Source: official written-questions record.