Written questions

1,338 written questions tabled, most recent first.

2 Jul 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Internet: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to ensure new restrictions on stranger communications on online services do not negatively impact online learning platforms.

29 Jun 2026 · Home Office

Overseas Students: Gaza

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help students from Gaza who hold places at UK universities to come to the UK for studies beginning this year.

8 Jun 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Kinship Care: Leave

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of introducing statutory paid leave for kinship carers on levels of recruitment and staff retention.

8 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Fifth Special Report of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee of Session 2024-26 on The Funding and Sustainability of Local Government Fin

8 Jun 2026 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase the level of engagement with and representation of people with SEND, carers and SEND professionals in future government campaigns and communications on SEND.

8 Jun 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ethiopia: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help prevent human rights abuses and atrocities in Amhara in Ethiopia.

8 Jun 2026 · Department for Education

Schools: Collective Worship

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the judgment in the matter of an application by JR87 and another for Judicial Review (Appellant) UKSC/2024/0095, if she will review the enforcement of collective worship in schools following t

8 Jun 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Public Bodies: Living Wage

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the proposals by the Living Wage Foundation, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of all publicly funded institutions paying staff the real living wage as calcula

8 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Criminal Proceedings: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, about the steps his Department is taking to improve the (a) fairness and (b) transparency of the Single Justice Procedure.

8 Jun 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Hussam Abu Safiya

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 6 August 2025 to Question 68333 on Hussam Abu Safiya, what recent steps he has taken to help ensure the immediate and unconditional release of

13 May 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Fossil Fuels: Dispute Resolution

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his department has made of the potential impact of Investor-State Dispute Settlements on the transition away from fossil fuels.

23 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Vetting

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Departments are able to grant developed vetting clearance against the recommendation of UK Security Vetting.

22 Apr 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sudan: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what considerations her Department has made on the potential merits of supporting the reconvening of a United Nations Group of Friends on Children and Armed Conflict in Sudan

20 Apr 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid: Religious Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that freedom of religion or belief is integrated into aid programmes.

20 Apr 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Religious Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to prioritise issues concerning freedom of religion or belief in future Human Rights and Democracy Reports.

20 Apr 2026 · Home Office

Visas: Overseas Students

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to protect (a) visa-holders and (b) those holding university offers from being affected by the suspension of study visas from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar and Sud

20 Apr 2026 · Home Office

Visas: Overseas Students

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of alternative measures to blanket nationality-based suspensions of student visas, such as targeted enforcement measures based on indivi

20 Apr 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Maternity Leave: Diseases

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the Parental Leave and Pay review is considering the ability for individuals with severe illness, such as cancer, to postpone maternity leave.

20 Apr 2026 · Treasury

Post Offices: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of extending the business rate relief granted to pubs and music venues to post offices.

20 Apr 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Post Offices: Urban Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what plans he has to support local post offices in the High Streets Strategy.

17 Apr 2026 · Home Office

Asylum: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in what way asylum applicants are informed about the use of artificial intelligence; and what process is in place to address any errors.

13 Apr 2026 · Home Office

Deportation: Democratic Republic of Congo

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure non-refoulement in its migrant return policy with the Democratic Republic of Congo.

13 Apr 2026 · Department for Education

Students: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will conduct an equalities impact assessment for student loan repayment freezes.

13 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to the GP contract in England on (a) minoritised ethnic groups and (b) those with less visible and chronic condit

13 Apr 2026 · Home Office

Asylum: Impact Assessments

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to publish the (a) Data Protection Impact Assessment and (b) Equality Impact Assessment for the (i) Asylum Case Summarisation and (ii) Asylum Policy Search tools.

13 Apr 2026 · Home Office

Asylum: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of using artificial intelligence in asylum (a) interviews and (b) casework on those processes.

26 Mar 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Internet: Advertising

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department plans to take steps to accelerate the process for implementing the new duties on fraudulent advertising contained in the Online Safety Act.

26 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Racial Discrimination

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the UK fulfils its obligations under the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination to e

26 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Palantir

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the data management and privacy concerns of Palantir’s Federal Data Platform which were highlighted in the report from the health charity Medact, titled “Concerns Reg

26 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Treatments: Cost Effectiveness

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans are in place to ensure any changes to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellent (NICE) cost-effectiveness threshold are subject to parliamentary and public scrutiny.

Source: official written-questions record.