Written questions

1,688 written questions tabled, most recent first.

21 Apr 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that her Department’s humanitarian programmes are gender- and age- sensitive and are delivering effectively for women and girls of all ages

21 Apr 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sudan: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Strait of Hormuz closure on humanitarian need and access in Sudan.

21 Apr 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sudan: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking with international counterparts to help minimise disruption to humanitarian operations in Sudan resulting from the Strait of Hormuz closure.

21 Apr 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Social Media: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the answer of 25 February 2026, to Question 112303, on online censorship of women's health, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of censorship by social medi

17 Apr 2026 · Home Office

Police: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, to what extent have police officers been trained on the subject of transnational repression.

17 Apr 2026 · Home Office

Oppression: Emergency Calls

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the effectiveness of responses from 999 and 111 services to victims in the UK of transnational repression.

17 Apr 2026 · Home Office

Oppression

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support is available to targets of transnational repression in the UK.

17 Apr 2026 · Home Office

Oppression

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has held discussions with victims of transnational repression and with civil society on the implementation of the Department's TNR Guidance.

17 Apr 2026 · Home Office

Oppression

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of existing victim-protection measures for individuals targeted by transnational repression.

17 Apr 2026 · Home Office

Oppression

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the experience of victims of transnational repression in the UK justice system.

17 Apr 2026 · Home Office

Oppression

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what contact her Department has had with targets of transnational repression in the UK.

17 Apr 2026 · Home Office

Oppression

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what mechanisms her Department has developed for the reporting and monitoring of transnational repression.

17 Apr 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Oppression

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what definition has her Department used to identify instances of transnational repression.

17 Apr 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Oppression

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what information is collected by her Department on incidences related to transnational repression.

17 Apr 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Oppression

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle transnational repression in the UK but which relates to other countries by definition.

17 Apr 2026 · Department for Education

Higher Education: Oppression

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support she is providing to universities on the issue of transnational repression of their staff and students.

17 Apr 2026 · Department for Education

Higher Education: Oppression

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she is taking steps to engage with universities on the issue of the transnational repression of their staff and students.

17 Apr 2026 · Department for Education

Higher Education: Oppression

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps is she taking to help support academics in the UK from transnational repression.

17 Apr 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Darfur: Sexual Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of sexual violence perpetrated by armed actors in Darfur.

17 Apr 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Darfur: Sexual Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact on her policies of Médecins Sans Frontières' report entitled There is something that I want to tell you...: surviving the

10 Apr 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Peru: Forests

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she plans to publish the Joint Declaration of Intent on reducing deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon signed by Norway, Peru, Germany and the UK in 2026.

10 Apr 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Indonesia: Indigenous Peoples

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the UK/Indonesia Memorandum of Understanding on a Strategic Partnership on Critical Minerals, published on 29 November 2024, what discussions (a) Ministers

10 Apr 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Indigenous Peoples: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions (a) Ministers and (b) officials based overseas have had with the governments of countries with uncontacted indigenous peoples on the protection of the rights

10 Apr 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Indigenous Peoples: Diplomatic Relations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the report by Survival International entitled Uncontacted Indigenous Peoples: at the edge of survival, published in October 2025; a

26 Mar 2026 · Home Office

Overseas Students: Sudan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what if any, review process is available to Sudanese students currently holding UK university offers following the recent policy changes which impact their ability to obtain visas.

19 Mar 2026 · Home Office

Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the new refugee study and work pathway schemes will open.

18 Mar 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sudan: Chevening Scholarships Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many Sudanese nationals have been awarded Chevening Scholarships for each of the last five years.

18 Mar 2026 · Home Office

Refugees: Sponsorship

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the new community sponsorship safe routes will be open to nationals from Sudan and Afghanistan.

18 Mar 2026 · Home Office

Refugees: Resettlement

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the new refugee study and work pathway schemes will be open to nationals from Sudan and Afghanistan.

18 Mar 2026 · Home Office

Visas: Afghanistan and Sudan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether a cost-benefit analysis was conducted of the visa brake being applied to Sudanese and Afghan students.

Source: official written-questions record.