Written questions

1,018 written questions tabled, most recent first.

25 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Offenders: Deportation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offenders awaiting (a) trial (b) sentencing were removed from the UK under a voluntary agreement prior to the completion of the legal process annually since 2015.

25 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 18 November 2025 to Question 90780 on Prisoners' Release: Housing, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the (a) saturation and (b) clustering of housing facilitie

25 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Motorways: Advertising

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans her Department has to tackle unauthorised advertising adjacent to motorways in England.

25 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Credit

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the level of illegal doorstep lending in England for which the latest data is available.

25 Nov 2025 · Department for Education

Political Impartiality: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the provision of non-partisan political and democratic education in schools prior to the introduction of the forthcoming Elections Bill.

25 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to tackle (a) misinformation (b) foreign influence in the 2026 elections.

25 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Elections: Social Media

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take legislative steps to require the promotion of party political content on social media platforms during the regulated period as third party campaign activity that

25 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Crimes of Violence and Sexual Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many complaints were reported to British Transport Police for (a) antisocial behaviour, (b) sexual harassment, (c) sexual assault and (d) physical assault on trains in each of the past three years.

25 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Crimes of Violence and Sexual Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many reports of (a) antisocial behaviour towards, (b) sexual harassment of, (c) sexual assault of and (d) physical assault of train staff were made in each of the past three years.

25 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pets: Animal Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information her Department holds on the number of pets by type that were placed with animal shelters as a result of (a) pet ownership affordability and (b) tenancy restrictions in

25 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Counter-terrorism

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were referred to the Prevent programme by local authority and risk type in each of the last five years.

25 Nov 2025 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Civil Servants

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many FTE civil servants there were across Government in England by region in each year since 2010.

25 Nov 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Supermarkets: Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of trends in the number of self service check outs at supermarkets and convenience stores on the number of jobs in those sectors since 2015.

25 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Labour Turnover and Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the level of (a) heavy goods vehicle and (b) large goods vehicle driver vacancies; and what steps her Department is taking to help (i) train and (ii) retain drivers.

24 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

High Speed 2 Line

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) land and (b) property acquired for the construction of the HS2 Phase 2 route from Birmingham to Crewe is (1) still held, (2) sale pending and (3) sold.

24 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

High Speed 2 Line

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) land and (b) property acquired for the construction of the HS2 Phase 2b Western Leg route from Crewe to Manchester is (1) still held, (2) sale pending and (3) sold.

24 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

High Speed 2 Line

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) land and (b) property was acquired for the construction of the HS2 Phase 2b Eastern Leg route from Birmingham to Leeds is (i) still held, (ii) sale pending and (iii) sold.

24 Nov 2025 · House of Commons Commission

House of Commons: Artworks

To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many items from the Parliamentary Art Collection were reported as (a) missing, (b) stolen and (c) damaged beyond repair in each of the last ten years;

24 Nov 2025 · House of Commons Commission

Parliamentary Estate: Security

To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many parliamentary passes were revoked for security reasons in each year since 2015.

24 Nov 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

BBC: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will hold discussions with the BBC on levels of remuneration of working class employees.

24 Nov 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Social Media: Hate Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of trends in the number of instances of (a) antisemitism (b) Islamophobia (c) other forms of race and religion based hate on social media platfor

24 Nov 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Social Media: Radicalism

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment has been made of the potential implications for her policies of social media platforms (a) hosting extremist content and (b) using algorithms that enable radicalisation,

24 Nov 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Internet: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the additional capacity Ofcom has provided for the administration of complaints and investigations relating to provisions with

24 Nov 2025 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Freedom of Information

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department spent on legal advice for Freedom of Information requests which were first declined and subsequently provided following challenges by (a) internal review, (b) Information Commissioner rul

24 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Driving Licences

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on the number of (a) licensing authorities in England whose policies permit the licensing of drivers with non-UK driving licences and (b) licensed taxi and private hire veh

24 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Electric Bikes and Electric Scooters: Fires

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment has been made of trends in the number of battery fires for electric personal mobility vehicles such as e-bikes and scooters for each year since 2020.

24 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Multinational Companies: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of potential lost tax revenue from international corporations importing large product volumes operating on a direct to consumer basis.

24 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Food Banks

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) food banks and (b) food bank users in each year since 2015.

24 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Clothing: Charities

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) clothes banks and (b) clothes bank users in each year since 2015.

24 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Undocumented Workers: Fast Food

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many work visa compliance visits were carried out for illegal working in the fast food delivery economy in the most recent year for which data is available; and how many breaches were found for (a

Source: official written-questions record.