Written questions

614 written questions tabled, most recent first.

30 May 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Crimes of Violence: Prison Sentences

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of shorter prison sentences for prisoners convicted of violent offences on reoffending rates.

30 May 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Reoffenders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department has made an estimate of the reoffending rate of prisoners released through the early release scheme in 2024.

21 May 2025 · Home Office

Immigration

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has an internal target for net migration in 2025.

19 May 2025 · Department for Education

After School Clubs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will make an estimate of the number of families that are unable to reclaim prepaid fees when an after-school club ceases trading.

19 May 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Iran: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with exiled Iranian opposition leaders on women’s freedom in Iran.

19 May 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Iran: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of taking legislative steps to help encourage Iran to improve the freedom of women and girls in that country.

19 May 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Iran: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential implications for his Department's policies of trends in levels of women and girls in Iran imprisoned for participation in w

19 May 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Iran: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with international counterparts on improving women’s freedom in Iran.

19 May 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Hospitality Industry: Minimum Wage

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the increase in the minimum wage on the trends in levels of hospitality workers.

19 May 2025 · Treasury

Public Houses: Employers' Contributions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the increase in employer National Insurance contributions on pubs.

19 May 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Public Houses: Minimum Wage

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of minimum wage rises on hiring practices of pub chains.

19 May 2025 · Treasury

Public Houses: Employers' Contributions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an estimate of the potential impact of the increase in employer National Insurance contributions on the average cost of operation of pub chains.

19 May 2025 · Home Office

British Nationality

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an estimate of the number of foreign nationals who would be fast-tracked to citizenship under the Restoring control over the immigration system: white paper.

19 May 2025 · Home Office

Refugees: Resettlement

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an estimate of the proportion of UNHCR recognised refugees by country that would be resettled in the UK under the Restoring control over the immigration system: white p

19 May 2025 · Home Office

Visas: Skilled Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of raising the salary threshold to £45,000 for work visas; and if she will make an assessment of the impact of this on net migrati

19 May 2025 · Department for Education

After School Clubs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has any plans to tackle after-school clubs that are required to register with Ofsted that fail to do so.

19 May 2025 · Department for Education

After School Clubs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to review the adequacy of Ofsted’s enforcement powers for after-school clubs.

19 May 2025 · Department for Education

After School Clubs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what enforcement powers Ofsted has for after-school clubs.

13 May 2025 · Home Office

Police: Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an estimate of the number of police widows who lose access to their survivor's pension when they cohabit or remarry.

13 May 2025 · Home Office

Police: Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that police widows do not lose access to their survivor's pension if they cohabit or remarry.

13 May 2025 · Home Office

Armed Forces and Police: Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made a comparative assessment of access to widow pensions for women who (a) cohabit and (b) remarry for widows of (i) police and (ii) armed forces personnel.

13 May 2025 · Home Office

Police: Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made a comparative assessment of access to police widow pensions for women who (a) cohabit and (b) remarry in (i) England, (ii) Scotland and (iii) Northern Ireland.

13 May 2025 · Department for Education

Kinship Care: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to increase the foster care allowance for children in kinship care.

13 May 2025 · Department for Education

Kinship Care: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to take steps to encourage kinship role recruitment.

13 May 2025 · Department for Education

Kinship Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to bring forward legislative proposals to ensure full kinship support to all recipients of kinship care.

13 May 2025 · Department for Education

Kinship Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of existing levels of kinship care.

12 May 2025 · Department for Education

After School Clubs: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the number of after-school clubs required to be registered by Ofsted that are operating without being registered.

12 May 2025 · Department for Education

After School Clubs: Insolvency

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans her Department has to increase the level of protection for parents when an independent after-school provider is made bankrupt.

12 May 2025 · Department for Education

After School Clubs: Insolvency

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of guidelines on (a) financial compensation and (b) protection for parents when an independent after-school provider becomes insolvent.

12 May 2025 · Department for Education

After School Clubs: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to strengthen regulations on the (a) qualifications and (b) safety requirements for (i) people and (ii) groups that run after-school clubs.

Source: official written-questions record.