Written questions
2,704 written questions tabled, most recent first.
15 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office
Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to extend eligibility for hardship loans to individuals who have been dismissed from the Civil Service but are awaiting pension payments.
15 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office
Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the average length of delays in processing Civil Service Pension Scheme payments in cases where people have been dismissed with compensation; and what steps he is taking to ensure th
15 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office
Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to ensure compensation is provided to individuals who have suffered financial loss or distress as a result of delays in pension payments.
15 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office
Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to support individuals experiencing financial hardship as a result of delayed Civil Service Pension payments.
15 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office
Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Civil Service Pension cases are currently subject to delays; and what the average waiting time is for (a) lump sum payments and (b) monthly pension payment.
15 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office
Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to reduce the backlog in Civil Service Pension processing.
24 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office
Prime Minister
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Prime Minister’s evidence to the Liaison Committee on 15 December 2025, whether he has met Christine Flack, Kate and Gerry McCann, and Margaret Aspinall.
16 Dec 2025 · Department for Education
Schools: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many requests her Department has received from schools for sign-off of confidentiality clauses in staff settlement agreements in each of the last three financial years; and how many of those requests were a
9 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Courts: Recorders
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many recorders were sitting in the crown and county courts in 2023, 2024 and 2025.
3 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Access to Work Programme: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how frequently does the Department review performance data on Access to Work delivery; and will this data be published regularly.
3 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Access to Work Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applicants have reported difficulties communicating with Access to Work in each of the last five years; and what feedback mechanisms exist to improve user experience.
3 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Access to Work Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to make Access to Work application and renewal processes more accessible.
3 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Access to Work Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to simplify and speed up renewals and changes in circumstance to prevent loss of Access to Work support.
3 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Access to Work Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to prevent people changing jobs from experiencing long gaps in Access to Work support.
3 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Access to Work Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what quality assurance mechanisms are in place to ensure consistent decision-making across Access to Work caseworkers.
24 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Access to Work Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department will explore making Access to Work awards portable between jobs.
24 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Access to Work Programme: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Access to Work decisions are overturned following mandatory reconsideration or appeal.
24 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Access to Work Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of (a) reducing and (b) reforming the Access to Work budget on the disability employment gap.
24 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Access to Work Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the time taken for Access to Work on disabled people unable to (a) start and (b) sustain employment.
24 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Access to Work Programme: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of applicants for Access to Work wait longer than the target timeframe for (a) decisions and (b) payments.
24 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Access to Work Programme: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff are allocated to processing Access to Work applications; and what assessment he has made of the adequacy of that number.
24 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Access to Work Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure Access to Work applications are processed within a reasonable timeframe.
22 Oct 2025 · Home Office
Russian Antiwar Committee
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of offering entry to members of the Russian Anti-War Committee.
21 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Russian Antiwar Committee
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she plans to offer support to members of the Russian Anti-War Committee living in the UK.
21 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Russian Antiwar Committee
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department plans to open a formal dialogue with the Russian Antiwar Committee.
21 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Russia: Human Rights
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will condemn recent comments made by the Kremlin on (a) Mikhail Khodorkovsky and (b) other dissident pro-democratic Russians, in the context of the formal platform of
10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Offences against Children: Prison Sentences
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department holds data on the number of offenders sentenced to more than four years’ custody for sexual offences against children, broken down by whether the victim was (a) their own child and (b) anot
10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Offences against Children: Convictions
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department holds information on whether offenders sentenced for sexual offences against children under 13 are the parents of minor children; and if he will make it his policy to publish such data.
10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Offences against Children: Convictions
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if his Department will publish data on (a) the parental responsibility status of offenders sentenced for sexual offences against children under 13 and (b) the number of such offenders who were sentenced to more t
10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Offences against Children: Prison Sentences
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders with parental responsibility for a minor child have received a custodial sentence of over four years in each year since 2017 for a sexual offence against (a) their own child and (b) any child.
Source: official written-questions record.