Written questions
3,264 written questions tabled, most recent first.
10 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport
HM Coastguard: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment the Maritime and Coastguard Agency has made of the impact of the removal of remuneration for Coastguard Rescue Officers on (a) recruitment, (b) retention, and (c) operational capability.
29 May 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Homelessness: Disclosure of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure compliance with statutory homelessness data returns.
29 May 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Homelessness: Disclosure of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions his Department has had with the 18 local authorities which did not return data for the Statutory Homelessness Detailed Local Authority Data 2024-25 dataset on th
20 May 2026 · Ministry of Justice
HM Prison Service: Vetting
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps is the Minister taking to improve the speed of security and vetting checks for prison service applicants.
20 May 2026 · Ministry of Justice
HM Prison Service: Vetting
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of delays in security and vetting processes on staffing levels across the prison estate.
20 May 2026 · Ministry of Justice
HM Prison Service: Vetting
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been waiting (a) more than three months, (b) more than six months and (c) more than 12 months for security and vetting clearance required for employment in the prison service.
20 May 2026 · Ministry of Justice
HM Prison and Probation Service: Vetting
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people are awaiting completion of security and vetting checks before commencing employment within His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service.
19 May 2026 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners' Release
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the statistical analysis of prison leavers in England entitled Prison leavers in substance misuse treatment: 4-week outcomes – report,
13 May 2026 · Home Office
Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the (a) independence, (b) integrity and (c) expertise of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs.
13 May 2026 · Home Office
Ketamine
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her planned timeline is for responding to (a) the report entitled Ketamine: An updated review of use and harms published by the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs on 28 January 2026 and (b)
13 May 2026 · Home Office
Ketamine
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the report entitled Ketamine: An updated review of use and harms published by the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs on 28 January 2026, what (a) research and (b) consultations
13 May 2026 · Home Office
Police: Neurodiversity
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what safeguards exist to reduce the risk of unnecessary (a) arrest and (b) restraint of neurodivergent people during police encounters.
13 May 2026 · Home Office
Police: Neurodiversity
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the National Police Chiefs' Council on improving police responses to neurodivergent (a) victims, (b) witnesses and (c) suspects.
13 May 2026 · Home Office
Police: Neurodiversity
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has issued to police forces on de-escalation techniques when interacting with neurodivergent people during police incidents.
13 May 2026 · Home Office
Police Custody: Neurodiversity
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department provides to custody sergeants on determining whether a neurodivergent detainee requires an appropriate adult.
13 May 2026 · Home Office
Police: Neurodiversity
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department collects data on complaints involving police interactions with neurodivergent people.
13 May 2026 · Home Office
Police: Neurodiversity
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of police forces provide specialist neurodiversity training beyond the minimum national requirements.
13 May 2026 · Home Office
Police: Neurodiversity
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to introduce mandatory neurodiversity awareness training for all frontline police officers and call handlers.
13 May 2026 · Home Office
Police: Neurodiversity
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of training provided to frontline police officers on recognising and responding to neurodivergent people, including autistic people and people with ADHD.
22 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office
Public Sector: Procurement
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Government’s objective of delivering “the biggest wave of insourcing for a generation”, which specific previous wave of insourcing the Government is using as a comparator, and what assessme
10 Apr 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Gambling: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how she will ensure Financial Risk Assessments are carried out in a frictionless manner as stated in the Gambling Act Review White Paper.
10 Apr 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Gambling: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate her Department has made of the number of betting and gaming customers required to submit financial documents under Financial Risk Assessments; and what assessment she has made of th
26 Mar 2026 · Treasury
Revenue and Customs: Managed Service Companies
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment HMRC has made of the net staffing impact of the Managed Service Provider, taking account of both Managed Service Provider recruitment and HMRC staffing levels.
26 Mar 2026 · Treasury
Revenue and Customs: Staff
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what are the HMRC Customer Service Group outputs – Baseline Plan, as of 12 February 2026, for each month from April 2026 to March 2027 for the Customer Service Group, excluding Debt Management, for (a) FTE Total (Pa
26 Mar 2026 · Treasury
Revenue and Customs: Staff
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is the HMRC Personal Tax (PT) Directorate workforce distribution projection, including Managed Service Provider provision for (a) Total Personal Tax Paid Supply, (b) Permanent Supply, (c) Contingent Labour, (d)
26 Mar 2026 · Treasury
Revenue and Customs: Staff
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, hat are the staffing projection figures, given in full-time equivalent supply numbers before any rebalance, in HMRC Customer Service Group for the following directorates, (a) Benefits, Family and Customs, including
24 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office
Infected Blood Compensation Scheme
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the (a) consultation responses and (b) feedback from impacted people on proposed changes to the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme are taken into account.
24 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport
Large Goods Vehicles: Electric Vehicles
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will list the total funding received to date by each freight transport company in the infrastructure development phase of the Zero Emission HGV and Infrastructure Demonstrator (ZEHID) programme.
24 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport
Railways: Freight
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on the average age of (a) locomotives and (b) wagons on the rail freight network.
24 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport
Freight
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of the potential effect of the cost profile of (a) rail and (b) road freight operations on modal shift.
Source: official written-questions record.