Written questions
269 written questions tabled, most recent first.
2 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Children: Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department gives to the Child Maintenance Service to verify income for self-employed parents and those operating via company structures; and what mechanisms are in place to improve acc
2 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Children: Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Department plans to publish a child maintenance arrears reduction strategy for the next five years.
1 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Child Maintenance Service: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has set performance targets for the Child Maintenance Service on (a) time to initial calculation, (b) time to enforcement following non payment, and (c) customer satisfaction.
1 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Children: Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time taken is for initial maintenance calculations; and what the main causes of delay in making those calculations are.
1 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Child Maintenance Service: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Child Maintenance Service calculations were revised following (a) Mandatory Reconsideration and (b) appeal in each of the last five years; and what the total value of revised liabilities was in
1 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Child Maintenance Service: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) mandatory reconsiderations and (b) appeals have been requested in each of the last five years; and what is the average time it takes the Child Maintenance Service to review these requests.
1 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Child Maintenance Service
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average and maximum response times are for the Child Maintenance Service providing parents with full statements and breakdowns of maintenance calculations and variations on request.
11 Nov 2025 · Department for Education
Teachers: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many new (a) permanent and (b) fixed-term teachers have been appointed since 1 January 2025.
5 Nov 2025 · Department for Education
Private Education: VAT
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much revenue has been raised by the introduction of VAT on schools; and how much has been spent on student transfers from public to state schools in the same period.
5 Nov 2025 · Department for Education
Private Education: VAT
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to support Kent County Council with levels of admissions following the introduction of VAT on private schools.
5 Nov 2025 · Department for Education
Private Education: VAT
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what correspondence she has had with (a) primary and (b) secondary schools to evaluate the impact of pupil transfers on (i) admissions, (ii) SEND provisions for existing students and (iii) SEND provisions for n
5 Nov 2025 · Department for Education
Private Education: VAT
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils have transferred from public to state schools since July 2024; and what discussions she has had with schools on the impact of those transfers on student to teacher ratios in classrooms.
5 Nov 2025 · Department for Education
Private Education: VAT
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many new teachers were appointed and funded directly from VAT receipts on public school fees since 1 January 2025 by (a) region and (b) local authority.
17 Apr 2025 · Department for Education
Hadlow Rural Community School
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on what dates (a) letters were sent and (b) meetings were held between (i) officials and (ii) Ministers in her Department with North Kent College on future governance arrangements with Hadlow Rural Community Sc
10 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Water Supply and Sewage: Compensation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what statutory guidance his Department issues to water companies on issuing compensation to customers in cases where the minimum standards of service required under The Water Supply an
10 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Afghanistan: Resettlement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of issuing Afghans resettled under the (a) Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy and (b) Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme who were directly employed by
10 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Afghanistan: Resettlement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will establish a statutory timeframe for communicating decisions on applications submitted under the (a) Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy and (b) Afghan Family Members policy.
10 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Afghanistan: Resettlement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take steps to ensure that vulnerable Afghan family members are included in any new resettlement scheme.
10 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Afghanistan: Resettlement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Leave Outside the Rules process for Afghan family members will remain in place.
10 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Afghanistan: Resettlement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many applications for additional family members seeking to resettle in the UK to join a principal who has already been resettled via the (a) Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy and (b) ex-Gratia scheme f
10 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Afghanistan: Resettlement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many requests for a review of negative decisions on Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy applications are awaiting resolution; and what proportion of these have been under review for more than six months.
27 Jan 2025 · Treasury
Public Sector: Workplace Pensions
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions her Department has had with (a) Aviva, (b) Legal & General, (c) Pension Insurance Corporation and (d) Scottish Widows on public sector involvement in the consolidation of corporate sponsored defined
21 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Local Government: Debts
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2025 to Question 23337 on Local Government: Debts, what will happen to existing Council debt following local government reorganisation where
17 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Local Government: Devolution
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what criteria she plans to use to determine which local authorities are selected for the Devolution Priority Programme.
13 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Local Government: Debts
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what will happen to existing Council debt following local government reorganisation.
19 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Housing: Police
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Renters' Rights Bill on the ability of Offices of the Police and Crime Commissioner to provide accommodatio
10 Jan 2022 · Department for Transport
Oxted Line: Electrification
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether electrification of the Uckfield Line will form part of projects to be implemented, as part of the Williams-Shapps plan for rail.
15 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department is giving to Kent and Medway Clinical Commissioning Group to ensure sufficient covid-19 vaccine centres are located around the county to meet demand and without overcro
20 Oct 2021 · Department for Education
Hadlow College: Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking under the Technical and Further Education Act 2017 and other statutory provisions to help ensure accountability and transparency of public expenditure in relation to Hadlow C
28 Jun 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Project Gigabit: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when his Department plans to announce further details on (a) dates and (b) contract values for Project Gigabit; and what assessment he has made of the broadband needs of people in Tonbri
Source: official written-questions record.