Neil O'Brien

13 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Adoption and Special Guardianship Orders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children aged (a) under one years old, (b) aged between one and four years old and (c) aged five years and older were (i) adopted and (ii) given a Special guardianship order in each year since 1996.

13 Apr 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Deductions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Universal Credit households in the most recent quarter for which data is available are undergoing a third party deduction for the purpose of paying a court fine.

13 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Canary Wharf

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether civil servants relocated to Canary Wharf count as having moved out of central London for statistical purposes.

10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Community Orders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of sentences given in each of the last five years included an unpaid work requirement.

10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Community Orders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of individuals sentenced to an unpaid work requirement last year were given a (a) community order, (b) suspended sentence order, (c) youth rehabilitation order, (d) enforcement order and (e) super

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Education

Students: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's press release entitled Interest rate cap introduced to protect Plan 2 borrowers, published on 7 April 2026, what estimate her Department has made of the cost to the public pur

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Transport

Railways: Graffiti

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost was to the public purse of graffiti removal across the Network Rail network in each of the last five years.

10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Community Orders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total annual cost of administering the Community Payback scheme was in each of the last five years; and what the average cost per (a) sentence and (b) completed hour of unpaid work was in each of those y

10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Community Orders: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Community Payback supervisors have been employed in each of the last five years.

10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Community Orders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of people who received a sentence of unpaid work failed to (a) start and (b) complete their sentence in each of the last five years.

10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Community Orders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many community sentences were passed in each of the last ten years; and what proportion of these included an unpaid work requirement.

10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Community Orders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many hours of unpaid work were (a) sentenced and (b) credited in each of the last five years.

10 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dentistry: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the equity of the process for accessing the General Dental Council's Overseas Registration Examination; and whether he has assessed the potential merits of introducin

10 Apr 2026 · Home Office

Immigration

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many grants of indefinite leave to remain have been revoked and have lapsed in each year since 2004.

26 Mar 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, of the households exempt from the Benefit Cap due to receipt of the Limited Capability for Work and Work-Related Activity (LCWRA) element of Universal Credit, how many contain a second working age adult

24 Mar 2026 · Home Office

Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum-related returns there were in 2025 for people from (a) Bangladesh, (b) Afghanistan, (c) Iran and (d) Sri Lanka.

24 Mar 2026 · Home Office

Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to sheet Ret_04 of the data release entitled 'Returns summary tables, year ending December 2025', updated on 26 February 2026, if she will publish a further breakdown of the nationaliti

23 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office

Freedom of Information

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government plans to change the law or guidance around Freedom of Information requests.

23 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Accommodation: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what is the estimated capital cost for a new prison place in England and Wales, broken down into categories A, B, C and D.

16 Mar 2026 · Home Office

Prisoners' Release: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign national offenders in the UK are currently living in the community while liable for deportation after completing prison sentences.

16 Mar 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Housing Benefit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent on the housing element of UC in each region and local authority in 2025.

9 Mar 2026 · Home Office

Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to sheet Asy_01e of the data release entitled Asylum summary tables, year ending December 2025, updated on 26 February 2026, whether she will publish a further breakdown of the national

9 Mar 2026 · Home Office

Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to sheet Asy_01e of the data release entitled Asylum summary tables, year ending December 2025, updated on 26 February 2026, how many people claiming asylum after entering the UK with a

3 Mar 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobcentres: Sick Leave

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what was the average number of Working Days Lost per staff year was in each jobcentre in the most recent year.

26 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Crimes of Violence: Sentencing

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 2 February 2026 to Question 109196, how many people have been convicted of common assault and battery; and how many of these people did not receive an immediate custodial sentence,

26 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the press release entitled Patients to benefit from improved access to dental appointments, published on 21 February 2026, how many (a) urgent and (b) additional dental appointmen

25 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Theft: Sentencing

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were (a) convicted of theft from a shop and (b) did not receive an immediate custodial sentence, broken down by (i) year of conviction in each of the past five years, and (ii) the number of previo

25 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Theft: Sentencing

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Answer of 2 February 2026 to Question 109199, how many unique offenders were convicted for a theft offence and did not receive immediate custody in 2024 with 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 previ

25 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Reoffenders: Sentencing

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Answer of 6 February 2026 to Question 109201, how many unique offenders were convicted for an indictable offence and did not receive immediate custody in 2024 with 7, 8, 9 and 10 previous co

25 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Homicide: Police

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were convicted of murdering a police officer by year of conviction for the period 2020-2024.