Written questions

1,688 written questions tabled, most recent first.

2 Dec 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sudan: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the UK is taking to help ensure the Rapid Support Forces and Sudanese Armed Forces urgently engage with the United Nations to (a) sign and (b) implement action pla

2 Dec 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sudan: War Crimes

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 November 2025 to Question 84311 on Sudan: Armed Conflict, how the UK is leveraging its membership of the UN working group on Children and Armed Co

28 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Bridges: Oxford

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the impact of the ongoing issues with Kennington Bridge on local, regional and national (a) connectivity and (b) economic development, and on the delivery of other major infrastr

27 Nov 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sudan: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations she or her Department have made to the i) Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), ii) Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and iii) Quad countries concerning access for the a

27 Nov 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sudan: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the siege of El Obeid on civilians.

27 Nov 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sudan: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with international partners on the need for civilian protection in Kordofan.

27 Nov 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sudan: Armed Conflict and Humanitarian Situation

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of escalating conflict in Kordofan, including in Bara and El Obeid, on the humanitarian situation in Sudan.

27 Nov 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sudan: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking with international partners to assess (a) the whereabouts of former residents of El-Fasher and (b) what proportion of those residents (i)

27 Nov 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Armed Conflict: Gold

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had at international level concerning work to close the regulatory and enforcement loopholes that allow the trade in conflict gold.

27 Nov 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gold: Audit

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the extent of operation of third-party audit of gold refineries in the different global centres of the gold trade including the UAE, Turkey an

27 Nov 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sudan: Minerals

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of global compliance with the OECD's Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas

27 Nov 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sudan: Minerals

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the compliance of UK-based companies with the OECD's Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected a

26 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Ketamine and Nitazenes: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the availability in the UK of (a) ketamine and (b) nitazenes through online purchase.

26 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Perinatal Mortality

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answered of 22 October 2025 to question 81944 on Perinatal Mortality, which four trusts have not fully implemented version three of the Saving Babies Lives Care bundle.

26 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles publication T0194 – Covered car parks - fire safety guidance for electric vehicles, published in July 2023, what recent steps has her Department taken to

21 Nov 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Centre for Information Resilience: Information Sharing

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has held recent discussions with the Centre for Information Resilience on passing relevant information to other agencies such as the International Criminal Court

21 Nov 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Slavery: Car Washes

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Centre for Social Justice's report entitled At what cost? Exploring the impact of forced labour in the UK, published in October 2024, whether his Department is taking steps to ens

21 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Slavery: Car Washes

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle the risk of modern slavery in hand car washes.

21 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Slavery: Criminal Investigation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the financial capacity of regional organised crime units to investigate modern slavery.

21 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Migrant Workers: Care Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of sponsors of social care visas whose activities have been flagged by (a) local authorities and (b) other bodies as (i) potentially and (ii) actually exploita

21 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Immigration Controls: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Border Forces provides guidance on (a) working rights and (b) avoiding exploitation to people arriving on work visas at UK ports.

20 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Vehicle Number Plates: Theft

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has had recent discussions with Thames Valley Police on tackling number plate thefts in Oxford East.

20 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Vehicle Number Plates: Theft

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions her Department has had with the National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) on tackling the theft of number plates.

20 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Vehicle Number Plates: Theft

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions her Department has had with the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) on combatting the theft of number plates.

20 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Vehicle Number Plates: Theft

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle number plate theft.

17 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

English Language: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress he has made on increasing capacity of English as a Second Language Provision (ESOL) in line with the Government’s White Paper on Immigration.

17 Nov 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sudan: Crimes against Humanity

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what work her Department is undertaking on atrocity prevention assessments for Sudan, including on Tawila, Kadugli and Bara.

17 Nov 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Media: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department is partnering with youth organisations to develop media literacy resources.

17 Nov 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Social Media: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the article by the University of Manchester entitled Making headlines: Young people’s social media use and navigatin

17 Nov 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

BBC: Royal Charters

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to ensure that the BBC collaborates with independent local journalists to tackle misinformation and serve communities through the Charter review process.

Source: official written-questions record.