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.