Written questions

131 written questions tabled, most recent first.

11 Feb 2026 · Department for Education

Students: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of student loans issued in each of last five years for which data is available were for students with settled status, expressed in (a) monetary terms and (b) number of students.

5 Feb 2026 · Treasury

Public Houses: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make it her policy to publish the total business rates receipts from all pubs for each financial year from 2023-24 to 2029-30.

2 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to answer Question 107979 on Defence: Expenditure tabled by the Rt hon. Member for Central Devon on 23 January 2026.

23 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any of the spending included by the government in its calculation of spending 2.6% of GDP on NATO qualifying defence spending by 2027 includes financial transactions.

6 Jan 2026 · Treasury

Office for Budget Responsibility: Forecasts

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Chancellor's written statement of 5 January 2026, UIN HCWS1219, whether she plans to respond to the OBR's Spring forecast in an oral statement.

2 Jan 2026 · Treasury

Public Expenditure

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to Item 13 of Table 4.1 in the Budget Document, published 26 November 2025, if she will provide a breakdown of the fiscal impacts in each financial year for each of the operational changes included in

17 Dec 2025 · Department for Education

Erasmus+ Programme: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how will the cost of the Erasmus Scheme in 2027/28 be funded.

17 Dec 2025 · Treasury

Erasmus+ Programme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the OBR's fiscal forecasts included the costs of the Erasmus scheme.

17 Dec 2025 · Department for Education

Overseas Students: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the outstanding value is of student loan debt owed by EU students; and how much of that debt is being actively repaid.

17 Dec 2025 · Treasury

Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the proportion of estates subject to paying Inheritance Tax in (a) the most recent year for which data is available and (b) each year up to 2030-31.

15 Dec 2025 · Treasury

Business Rates: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether 2026-27 business rate transitional reliefs should be calculated using base liabilities which include the application of Retail, Hospitality and Leisure rate relief in 2025-26.

9 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have been migrated from Employment and Support Allowance to Universal Credit since July 2024.

9 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Pregnancy

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what number and proportion of pregnant Universal Credit claimants were deemed to have Limited Capability for Work-Related Activity due to pregnancy risk in the most recent year for which data is availab

2 Dec 2025 · Treasury

Spring Statement

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether there will be a Spring Statement in 2026 to accompany the OBR's Spring Forecast 2026; and whether the OBR's Spring Forecast 2026 will include the scoring of new measures announced since Autumn Budget 2025.

12 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Hospitality Industry and Retail Trade: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of businesses currently eligible for retail, hospitality and leisure relief have a normal business rates liability of £110,000 or less.

2 Sep 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Public Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how his Department's capital budgets (a) were allocated in each financial year since 2023-24 and (b) have been allocated for each of the next five financial years.

2 Sep 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit: Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average award is for pension credit claimants with a non-CTA immigration status.

2 Sep 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit: Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were in receipt of Pension Credit for each of the last five financial years, by immigration status.

2 Sep 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households were exempted from the benefit cap for the latest period for which data is available, by (a) reason for exemption and (b) amount they would otherwise have had capped.

1 Sep 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) proportion and (b) amount of Universal Credit expenditure was for adults with non-Common Travel Area immigration status in the latest period for which information is available.

1 Sep 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of levels of annually managed expenditure savings due to planned increases in the proportion of face to face (a) PIP and (b) Work Capability Assessments in each of the next fi

18 Jul 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether it has ever been her Department's policy to treat moving into employment as a change of circumstances which triggers a reassessment for (a) personal independence payment and (b) the work capabil

17 Jul 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of the total caseload for UC LCWRA and ESA Support Group participated in Additional Work Coach Time in the most recent (a) month and (b) financial year for which data is available; and w

9 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Social Security Benefits: Migrants

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of (a) welfare payments and (b) other services paid to people with indefinite leave to remain in each financial year since 2019-20 onwards.

2 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Income Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to her Oral Statement of 30 October 2024 on Financial Statement and Budget Report, Official Report, column 821, whether it remains her policy not to extend the freeze on income tax thresholds.

2 Jul 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether it remains her Department's policy to spend an additional £1 billion on employment support for people with health conditions and disabilities by 2029-30 relative to pre-Spring Statement plans, f

1 Jul 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made a comparative assessment of award rates for (a) in-person and (b) other modes of PIP assessment.

1 Jul 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Work Capability Assessment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the award rate for Work Capability Assessment was (a) in-person, (b) not in-person and (c) across all modes in each of the last 10 years; and whether her Department has made a comparative assessmen

1 Jul 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment and Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people impacted by the changes to PIP proposed in the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill she estimates will (a) lose eligibility to PIP entirely, (b)

1 Jul 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Oral Statement of 30 June 2025 on Welfare Reform, columns 23-25, whether (a) the cost of changes to her welfare reform proposals include the cost of the new severe conditions group

Source: official written-questions record.