Written questions

1,682 written questions tabled, most recent first.

2 Apr 2025 · Home Office

Metropolitan Police: Location

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Metropolitan Police employees are based outside London.

2 Apr 2025 · Home Office

Metropolitan Police: Location

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people employed by the Metropolitan police in (a) counter terrorism and (b) other national responsibility areas are based outside London.

1 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department plans to take with (a) developers and (b) freeholders who fail to meet remediation orders on time.

1 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether freeholders are liable for insurance costs for leaseholders if court ordered safety works are not completed in time.

1 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if her Department will impose higher penalties on freeholders who do not implement fire safety works within timetables set out in court Remediation Orders.

31 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that penalties are enforced for businesses and freeholders that delay works on cladding issues.

31 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, under what circumstances freeholders become liable for higher insurance fees if they delay fire safety works.

25 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Motability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that Motability vehicles benefit the person they are intended to support.

25 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients: Autism

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people with autism have been sectioned under the Mental Health Act 1983 in each of the last five years.

25 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Bill (HL)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have met with the Bring People Home from Psychiatric Hospital campaign to discuss the Mental Health Bill.

25 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Bill (HL)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which stakeholders (a) he and (b) his officials have met with while (i) preparing, (ii) publishing and (iii) bringing forward the Mental Health Bill.

18 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Motability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how her Department ensures the adequacy of Motability vehicles for users.

18 Mar 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Heat Networks

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department plans to take to support households with district heating with increases in energy costs.

4 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has plans to change supported housing rules and regulations to allow disabled people to work more hours if they can; and whether she has plans to (a) monitor and (b) enforce how e

28 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Midwives: Self-employed

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to support self-employed midwives.

28 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Midwives: Self-employed

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to facilitate access to professional indemnity insurance for self-employed midwives.

25 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Immigration: Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the No Recourse to Public Funds policy on trends in the level of child poverty.

11 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Police Pursuits: Bicycles

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of updating guidance issued to police authorities to allow officers to knock suspected criminals off push bikes, in line with moped gu

7 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Holiday Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of holiday lets on the affordability of rents; and if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of giving councils

6 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Public Buildings: First Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if (a) she and (b) her Department will hold discussions with the British Healthcare Trades Association on the role of first aid kits in ensuring public safety in the context of the Terrorism (Protecti

6 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will engage with (a) the British Healthcare Trades Association and (b) other organisations in the first aid industry on the (i) adequacy and (ii) accessibility of first aid provisions in the Te

6 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Building Safety Regulator

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to issue new guidance to help reduce Building Safety Regulator workload.

6 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Building Safety Regulator

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of Building Safety Regulator processing speeds; and what recent assessment she has made of the

29 Jan 2025 · Home Office

Immigration Controls: British National (Overseas)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of access to digital gates at Border Control for British National (Overseas) passport holders; and what steps she is taking to ensure equitable treatment f

27 Jan 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Internet: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to enhance the powers of (a) police forces and (b) other relevant authorities under the Digital Markets Act to require the removal of dangerous items for

27 Jan 2025 · Home Office

Police: Powers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to provide police forces with the power to require the removal of (a) dangerous items and (b) content (i) online and (ii) for sale online.

16 Jan 2025 · Home Office

Respect Orders

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her planned timetable is for implementing Respect Orders; and when decisions will be taken on pilot areas.

16 Jan 2025 · Home Office

British Nationality: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make a comparative assessment of the potential merits of a charging structure for citizenship applications based on recovering the full costs for processing them rather than a full-profit

16 Jan 2025 · Home Office

Migrants: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the savings to (a) local councils and (b) other public bodies of ending No Recourse to Public Funds restrictions on parents of dependent children.

16 Jan 2025 · Treasury

UK Trade with EU: Customs

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the potential economic benefits of entering European Union customs union membership.

Source: official written-questions record.