Written questions
417 written questions tabled, most recent first.
23 Jun 2025 · Home Office
Asylum and Visas
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications were (a) received, (b) granted and (c) rejected for (i) asylum, (ii) Spousal Visas and (iii) Skilled Worker Visas in the last financial year.
23 Jun 2025 · Home Office
Asylum
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department plans to take to improve the asylum system.
23 Jun 2025 · Home Office
Asylum
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to ensure that decisions on third country asylum applications are dealt with within 6 months.
23 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Hares: Conservation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of banning the shooting of hares in their breeding season.
23 Jun 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Animal Experiments
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions he has had with animal rights charities on phasing out the use of animal testing.
23 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Hunting Act 2004
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will strengthen the provisions of the Hunting Act 2004.
23 Jun 2025 · Treasury
Pensioners: Tax Allowances
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the tax-free threshold for pensioners.
23 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Defence: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on support for the defence industry in Northern Ireland.
23 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Aerospace Industry: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 7 January 2025 to Question 20971 on Aerospace Industry: Finance, what progress his Department has made on the allocation of the £975 million to boost the UK aerospace industry
23 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Chinook Helicopters: Accidents
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions his Department has had with the families of people killed in the 1994 Chinook Helicopter Crash on the Mull of Kintyre.
23 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Chinook Helicopters: Accidents
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of supporting a public inquiry into the 1994 Chinook Helicopter Crash on the Mull of Kintyre.
23 Jun 2025 · Home Office
Police: Workplace Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2025 to Question 29448 on Police: Workplace Pensions, what progress has been made on discussions with the Chief Constables in each of the devolved regions on the
23 Jun 2025 · Home Office
Asylum
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will estimate the number of asylum applicants who have had their initial claims rejected and subsequently made a further application.
13 Jun 2025 · Home Office
Asylum: Families
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers subsequently submitted an application for family reunion by (a) age, (b) gender and (c) country of origin in each of the last five years; and how many family members were inclu
13 Jun 2025 · Home Office
Asylum
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will list by (a) age, (b) gender and (c) country the number of asylum claims granted protection to (i) asylum seekers who crossed the English Channel by sea and (ii) all asylum seekers in each
13 Jun 2025 · Home Office
Asylum
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the merits of the further submissions criteria in the asylum system.
13 Jun 2025 · Home Office
Asylum
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers processed had an application for asylum granted in another country in each of the last five years.
13 Jun 2025 · Home Office
Migrants: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to (a) enforce and (b) monitor the application of legislation on the rights of migrants to (i) rent and (ii) otherwise reside in Northern Ireland.
6 Feb 2025 · Home Office
Police: Workplace Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many outstanding calculations remain for retired police officer pensions arising from the McCloud Judgement within each police force in the United Kingdom.
6 Feb 2025 · Treasury
Police: Workplace Pensions
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the McCloud judgement [2018] EWCA Civ 2844, how many outstanding police pensions cases HMRC had yet to assess on 6 February 2025; and what HMRC's timetable is for the completion of this work.
19 Dec 2024 · Department for Business and Trade
Alcoholic Drinks: Small Businesses
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department plans to take to increase the market for small (a) artisanal brewers, (b) distillers and (c) vintners.
18 Dec 2024 · Department for Business and Trade
Aerospace Industry: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the press release of 14 November 2024 entitled PM boosts UK aerospace industry with £975 million to drive growth and jobs, how much of that funding will be spent in each of the devolv
20 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Packaging: Recycling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether obligated packaging producers will be required to pay Extended Producer Responsibility fees for packaging data submitted to his Department for 2024.
20 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Packaging: Recycling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to charge Extended Producer Responsibility fees retrospectively for obligated packaging producers.
19 Nov 2024 · Northern Ireland Office
Parades: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of (a) the Public Processions (Northern Ireland) Act 1998 and (b) subsequent amendments to that Act; and how many prosecutions there have been
18 Oct 2024 · Home Office
British National (Overseas): Children
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to provide British citizenship to the children of British National (Overseas) passport holders from Hong Kong that are in the UK.
17 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Protective Clothing and Uniforms
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's budget is for armed forces (a) uniforms and (b) protective clothing in the 2024-25 financial year; and what the value is of orders placed with companies in Northern Ireland to provide (i) un
11 Sep 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Packaging: Recycling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of pausing the implementation of the Extender Producer Responsibility scheme.
8 Mar 2024 · Department for Transport
Aviation: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to support people who are training to be pilots.
8 Mar 2024 · Department for Transport
Aviation: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to introduce a Government-backed loan for pilot training.
Source: official written-questions record.