Written questions
1,682 written questions tabled, most recent first.
18 Mar 2026 · Home Office
Immigration Controls: Social Services
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her department has made of the cost to local authorities of emergency social services provisions to those affected by changes to earned settlement.
18 Mar 2026 · Home Office
Proscribed Organisations: Broadcasting
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessments she has made of the adequacy of the regulation of broadcasters to prevent the advertising and promotion of proscribed terrorist groups such as Hezbollah on any platform, includ
16 Mar 2026 · Home Office
Immigration: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will review fees for ILR applications and make them full-cost recovery only.
11 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Maternity Services: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the staff survey conducted by the National Maternity and Neonatal Investigation team included all maternity and neonatal care professions, including maternity support workers.
11 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Maternity Services: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many meetings the National Maternity and Neonatal Investigation team has held during its evidence gathering with a) frontline NHS maternity staff and b) staff representative organisations.
11 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Maternity Services: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many responses were received to the staff survey conducted by the National Maternity and Neonatal Investigation team that closed on 9 March 2026; how many NHS trusts in England were represented
10 Mar 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Bangladesh: Elections
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps she took to support the recent democratic elections in Bangladesh.
10 Mar 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Bangladesh: Democracy and Human Rights
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to support democracy and human rights in Bangladesh.
9 Mar 2026 · Home Office
Anti-social Behaviour
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how her department plans on supporting the campaigns of groups and organisations such as Resolve during ASB awareness week.
4 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Environmental Health: Nuisance
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of support provided to Environmental Health Practitioners in tackling Noise and Nuisance complaints through the Environmental Protection Ac
24 Feb 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Dual Use Goods and Technologies: Russia
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department has taken to extend sanctions to dual-use items to prevent their use in Russian attacks on Ukraine.
24 Feb 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Ukraine: Prisoners of War
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will sanction Russian judges and court officials involved in using Russian anti-terror and other domestic laws to penalise Ukrainian prisoners of war.
10 Feb 2026 · Department for Education
Schools: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her dept is taking to ensure that schools (a) remain up to date with AI technology as it develops and (b) remain equipped to offer support for their pupils.
10 Feb 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Artificial Intelligence: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to ensure that parents have the skills they need to support children's safe use of AI.
10 Feb 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Artificial Intelligence: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure children use AI safely.
10 Feb 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Social Media: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what plans her Department is planning to take to ensure that social media sites adhere to their 13+ rule of access.
10 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office
Politicians: Foreign Relations
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring all elected representatives and candidates to declare any meetings with foreign government representatives and agents.
10 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Politicians: Cryptocurrencies
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has plans to ban UK politicians accepting cryptocurrency donations.
9 Feb 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Culture and Education: Small Businesses
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what guidance and funding streams are available to support independent, family-owned cultural and educational attractions that contribute to community engagement and heritage preservation.
9 Feb 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Cultural Heritage: Shipping
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether support will be made available through the Arts Everywhere funding to heritage ships of historic national significance.
3 Feb 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Musicians: Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with counterparts in EU Member States on simplifying CITES-related processes for UK musicians travelling by train to perform in Europe.
3 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport
Railways
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has had discussions with transport operators, including Eurostar, on the provision and availability of guidance for the carriage of specialist equipment, including musical instruments.
27 Jan 2026 · Home Office
Body Searches: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has plans to help ensure that all strip searches of children have an appropriate adult present.
26 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Maternity Services: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Royal College of Midwives' campaign entitled Safe staffing = safe care, January 2026, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing multi-year funding throu
22 Jan 2026 · Home Office
Drugs: Smuggling
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help tackle the use of Royal Mail to transport illegal drugs into the UK.
21 Jan 2026 · Home Office
China: Intimidation
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a police hotline for reporting incidents of political intimidation towards (a) Hong Kongers and (b) others in the UK by the Chine
15 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Housing: Databases
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 28 November 2025 to question 92574, if his Department will support the wider utilisation of UPRNs in the property industry and make them a standard piec
14 Jan 2026 · Home Office
Care Leavers
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of not resolving the status of children in care before turning 18 on their development.
13 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Animal Welfare: Exemptions
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what exemptions are permitted for small, not-for-profit operators under the Animal Rights Act to ensure reindeer used to help generate hospice and other charity donations are not destr
17 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Elections: Subversion
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will take legislative steps to ensure that no future election in the UK will be subject to outside interference.
Source: official written-questions record.