Written questions

793 written questions tabled, most recent first.

29 Aug 2025 · Home Office

Migrant Workers: Care Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the recommendations of the Thirty-Seventh Report of the Committee of Public Accounts of Session 2024-25 on Immigration: Skilled worker visas, HC 819, and the white paper entitled Res

10 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Mother and Baby Units

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in the context of children under the age of two who are separated from their mothers in prison, if she will publish (a) a list of types of setting in which those children are looked after and (b) the (i) number a

10 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Mother and Baby Units

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many mothers in prison (a) are currently separated from their children under the age of two and (b) have been separated from their babies and children under the age of two in the last 12 months.

10 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Mother and Baby Units

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many babies and children under the age of two are (a) in Mother and Baby Units in prisons in England and (b) have been in Mother and Baby Units in prisons in England in the last twelve months.

3 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food and Drink Sector Council

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Food and Drink Sector Council last met; and when they plan to meet next.

14 Mar 2025 · Home Office

Slavery: Victims

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many victims of modern slavery were granted temporary leave to remain under section 65 of the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 for (a) assisting a person in their recovery from any physical or psy

16 Dec 2024 · Home Office

Slavery

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the impact of negative conclusive grounds decisions under the National Referral Mechanism on vulnerable individuals.

16 Dec 2024 · Home Office

Slavery

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of (a) positive reasonable grounds decisions and (b) conclusive grounds decisions which have been made under the National Referral Mechanism between 2020 and 2

16 Dec 2024 · Home Office

Slavery

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the impact of (a) the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 and (b) the Illegal Migration Act 2023 on decisions made under the National Referral Mechanism.

13 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the provision of health services for women.

8 Oct 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Pornography: Victims

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the harms of pornography experienced by victims.

8 Oct 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Pornography: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to prevent children being exposed to pornography.

8 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Prostitution: Advertising

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to prevent organised crime groups from advertising victims of (a) trafficking and (b) other sexual exploitation offences on websites advertising prostitution.

8 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Prostitution

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the scale of commercial sexual exploitation across the country.

8 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Human Trafficking: Prostitution

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce demand for trafficking for sexual exploitation.

8 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Prostitution: Victims

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support the Government is providing to help victims of sexual exploitation exit prostitution.

16 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Fractures: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of the women over the age of 50 that were referred to the Fracture Liaison Service with fragility fractures were (a) taking hormone replacement therapy (HRT) prior to t

16 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Fractures: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients were referred to the Fracture Liaison Service with fragility fractures in each of the last five years; and what proportion of those patients were women over the age of 50.

12 Apr 2024 · Home Office

Gambling: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has made a recent estimate of the total amount of money that has been returned to victims of gambling-related crimes by (a) the gambling industry, (b) Proceeds of Crime Act proceedings and

12 Apr 2024 · Home Office

Gambling: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the impact of gambling-related (a) fraud and (b) other acquisitive crimes on the finances of the victims of those crimes.

12 Apr 2024 · Home Office

Gambling: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes related to harmful gambling were committed in the last 12 months; what the nature of those crimes was; and if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of those crimes on (a)

12 Apr 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Gambling: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department plans to spend on (a) assessments, (b) referrals and (c) support for (i) offenders and (ii) victims who are affected by harmful gambling in the 2024-25 financial year.

12 Apr 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Gambling: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of (a) prisoners and (b) offenders on probation affected by harmful gambling are receiving (i) treatment and (ii) other support during their sentence.

12 Apr 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Gambling: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate he has made of the number of (a) persons arrested by the police (b) prisoners and (c) offenders on probation who are affected by harmful gambling.

12 Apr 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Gambling: Taxation

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of providing interventions in the criminal justice system for offenders harmed by gambling; and whether these costs are being considered

12 Apr 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Gambling: Taxation

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what her planned timetable is for publishing the outcome of her Department's consultation on the statutory levy on gambling operators, which closed on 14 December 2023.

12 Apr 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Gambling: Taxation

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to her Department’s consultation on the statutory levy on gambling operators, which closed on 14 December 2023, how many responses to the consultation were received in total; and w

4 Mar 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Deposit Return Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with the Welsh Government on a potential exclusion from the United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020 in the context of the inclusion of glass in a

4 Mar 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Deposit Return Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had discussions with industry representatives on the implementation of a deposit return scheme since November 2023.

4 Mar 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Menopause: Sick Leave

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of the introduction of a Sickness absence recording tool (SART) code for menopause.

Source: official written-questions record.