Written questions

2,576 written questions tabled, most recent first.

20 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Minority Groups: Average Earnings

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will estimate the median hourly pay of Sikhs in each of the past five years.

20 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Jews

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of Jewish people in the UK in each of the past five years.

20 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Sikhs

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimates he has made of the number of Sikh people in the UK in each of the past five years.

20 May 2025 · Women and Equalities

Race Equality Unit: Staff

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many people are employed in the Race Equality Unit; and how many of those people identify to each religious group.

20 May 2025 · Women and Equalities

Race Equality Unit: Staff

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many people are employed in the Race Equality Unit; and if she will publish the number of employees by ethnic group.

12 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Jews

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information the NHS holds on the number of Jewish people with breast cancer.

30 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the amount of funding available to support cooperative models in international development programmes.

28 Apr 2025 · Cabinet Office

Suicide: Sikhs

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many deaths by suicide were recorded among Sikhs in each of the last five years.

28 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Jews

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of Jewish women who have breast cancer according to the NHS.

28 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Liver Diseases: Sikhs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of Sikhs who have liver disease according to the NHS.

28 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Organs: Donors

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department collects data on the number of people registered as organ donors who are (a) Sikh and (b) Jewish.

28 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Transplant Surgery: Jews

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of Jewish people who are on the register waiting for a transplant.

28 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Transplant Surgery: Sikhs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of Sikhs who are on the register waiting for a transplant.

8 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests: Hearing Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what resources and support are available to people who are d/Deaf (a) in preparation for and (b) during their driving (i) theory and (ii) practical tests.

8 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Roads: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of establishing a dedicated Road Safety Investigation Branch to (a) investigate road deaths and incidents and (b) recommend necessary improvements.

8 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Driving: Hearing Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that (a) practical and (b) theory driving (i) lessons and (ii) tests are accessible for people who are d/Deaf.

8 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Baha'i Faith: Persecution

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent progress his Department has made in efforts to decrease the number of instances of persecution on Bahai communities.

8 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: West Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of five year olds were school ready in (a) Birmingham Edgbaston constituency, (b) Birmingham and (c) the West Midlands in each of the last 10 years.

8 Apr 2025 · Home Office

Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to publish an updated version of the report entitled The economic and social costs of crime second edition, published on 23 July 2018.

8 Apr 2025 · Home Office

Firearms: West Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many firearms-related offences there were by the type of offence in (a) Birmingham and (b) the West Midlands in each of the last five years.

8 Apr 2025 · Home Office

Firearms: West Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many firearms-related offences there were by the type of firearm in (a) Birmingham and (b) the West Midlands in each of the last five years.

8 Apr 2025 · Home Office

Firearms: West Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many non-air firearms-related offences were recorded in (a) Birmingham, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England in each of the last 15 years.

8 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Healthy Start Scheme: Birmingham Edgbaston

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people are receiving support through the Healthy Start scheme in Birmingham Edgbaston constituency.

8 Apr 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme: Birmingham Edgbaston

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which listed places of worship have received grants under the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme in in Birmingham Edgbaston constituency since the inception of that scheme.

31 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Diabetes: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of screening relatives of people with type 1 diabetes.

31 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Diabetes: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of levels of screening of type 1 diabetes.

31 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Empty Property: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to help tackle the practice of landlords repeatedly occupying properties for short periods of time in order to claim further Empty Property Relief.

31 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Empty Property: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of practices of landlords repeatedly occupying properties for short periods of time in order to claim further Empty Property Relief on local government fin

31 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Developing Countries: Cooperatives

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential role of cooperative models in strengthening economic resilience in developing countries.

31 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he is taking steps to integrate cooperative models into UK international development programmes.

Source: official written-questions record.