Written questions

1,688 written questions tabled, most recent first.

13 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Infant Foods: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Competition and Markets Authority's report on Infant Formula and Follow-on Formula Market Study, publish on 14 February 2025, what steps his Department is taking to improve th

13 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Healthy Start Scheme: Infant Foods

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the affordability of powdered milk in relation to Healthy Start vouchers.

12 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Judges: Harassment and Intimidation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how judges are protected if they experience (a) intimidation and (b) harassment.

12 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Judges: Harassment and Intimidation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support do the police provide to judges if they experience (a) intimidation and (b) harassment (i) online and (I) in person.

12 Nov 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sudan: Internally Displaced People

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations she has made to the parties to the conflict in Sudan on the operation of checkpoints hindering internally displaced persons’ access to safety (a) between

27 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Sign Language: Public Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what reporting public bodies are undertaking on the (a) system performance, (b) community impact and (c) compliance with inclusion obligations of the deployment of British Sign Language

27 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Sign Language: Public Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to monitor the quality of the deployment of British Sign Language AI across public services; and whether Deaf people have been consulted on that deployment.

27 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Sign Language: Public Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she is taking steps with Cabinet colleagues to provide oversight of the monitoring of the (a) quality of, (b) adequacy of engagement with deaf people and (b) other aspects of th

27 Oct 2025 · Cabinet Office

Public Sector: Sign Language

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what mechanism his Department has in place on utilising Deaf-led expertise on British Sign Language in AI procurement.

27 Oct 2025 · Cabinet Office

Public Sector: Sign Language

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether procurement policy notes issued by his Department provide guidance on British Sign Language AI commissioning.

27 Oct 2025 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Procurement

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department incorporates (a) Deaf-led infrastructure investment and (b) linguistic inclusion in social value assessments for procurement.

27 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Sign Language: Public Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether British Sign Language AI procurement is subject to algorithmic impact assessments.

27 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Sign Language: Public Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what British Sign Language (BSL) standards are being used in (a) government and (b) public services in the commissioning of BSL AI.

22 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Deportation: Parents

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children who remained in the UK without a deported parent were taken into care in each of the last ten years.

22 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Deportation: Parents

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children whose parents were deported in each of the last 10 years are British citizens.

22 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Deportation: Parents

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number and proportion of people subject to Deportation Orders who had children in each of the last 10 years.

22 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sudan: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of the conflict in Sudan on children.

22 Oct 2025 · Department for Education

Media: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help improve levels of media literacy among vulnerable children who are more at risk online.

22 Oct 2025 · Department for Education

Media: Teachers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of (a) initial teacher training and (b) continuing professional development for teachers in media literacy.

22 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Media: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the role of media literacy in supporting (a) public health, (b) national security and (c) democracy.

22 Oct 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Media: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department's responsibilities include media literacy.

22 Oct 2025 · Department for Education

Media: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what responsibility her Department has for ensuring media literacy.

22 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Media: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what responsibility her Department has for ensuring media literacy.

14 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Perinatal Mortality

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that NHS England's guidance entitled Saving babies’ lives version three: a care bundle for reducing perinatal mortality, updated on 24 April 2025, is implemented a

14 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Bereavement Counselling

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to work towards a national standard for a bereavement care pathway.

14 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that bereaved families are involved in the process for the consultation on secondary legislation to modernise regulatory frameworks.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Education

Nurseries: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 26 September 2025 to Question 70899 on Nurseries: Finance, whether her Department has made an assessment of the financial viability of private equity-backed nursery providers.

29 Aug 2025 · Home Office

Remote Working: North Korea

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions her Department has had with (a) businesses and (b) sectors on how businesses can protect themselves from the inadvertent employment of hoax remote workers who conceal their North Kore

29 Aug 2025 · Home Office

Remote Working: North Korea

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the extent of unwitting employment by UK firms of hoax remote workers who have concealed the fact that they are North Korean.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Education

Parents: Prisoners

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on ensuring coordination in establishing a system to identify children with parents in prison.

Source: official written-questions record.