Written questions

1,705 written questions tabled, most recent first.

27 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Transfers: Homicide

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of making people convicted of murder ineligible for transfer to open prisons.

27 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Parole

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people convicted of (a) murder, (b) other violent offences, and (c) sexual offences have successfully applied for parole in each of the last 3 years.

27 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Parole

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how are victims' opinions taken into account in parole decisions for prisoners before they have served their minimum term.

27 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Parole

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of making prisoners ineligible for parole until after they have served their minimum term in prison.

27 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Parole

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reasons prisoners can become eligible for parole before their earliest potential release date.

27 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Unadopted Roads

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing legislation to enforce time limits for development companies of newbuild housing estates to have roads adopte

23 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Public Transport: Crimes of Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data her Department holds on trends in the level of incidents of (a) violence and (b) abuse towards public transport workers.

23 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Public Transport: Crimes of Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure the safety of public transportation workers from (a) violence and (b) other abuse.

22 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Public Transport: Anti-social Behaviour

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce antisocial behaviour on public transport.

22 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Countryside: Anti-social Behaviour

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to reduce antisocial behaviour from visitors to countryside areas.

22 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing Estates: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 20 October to Question 80700 on Property Management Companies: Repairs and Maintenance, whether newbuild housing estate developers can apply for County

21 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hearing Impairment: Care Homes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help improve the (a) autonomy and (b) wellbeing of deaf residents in care homes.

21 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hearing Impairment: Care Homes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of (a) staff training on support for and (b) support available to deaf residents in care homes.

21 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hearing Impairment: Mental Capacity

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that deaf people are not wrongly identified as lacking mental capacity due to communication barriers.

21 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hearing Impairment: Mental Capacity

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many deaf individuals have been wrongly assessed under the Mental Capacity Act 2005 as a result of communication barriers in the last 12 months.

21 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Capacity: Sign Language

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take legislative steps to ensure that BSL interpreters are provided during mental capacity assessments.

21 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Sign Language

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that British Sign Language services are provided in care homes in England.

17 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data her Department holds on the number and proportion of (a) foreign and (b) UK nationals who were able to find jobs within (i) one, (ii) three and (iii) six months of starting Universal Credit in

14 Oct 2025 · Department for Education

Pupils: English Language

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 1 September 2025 to Question 73665 on Pupils: English Language, what proportion of children starting primary school cannot speak English to an acceptable standard.

14 Oct 2025 · Wales Office

Wales Office: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether their Department has run any (a) recruitment and (b) internship schemes aimed to increase the number of people from underrepresented groups in the workforce in the last year.

14 Oct 2025 · Scotland Office

Scotland Office: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether their Department has run any (a) recruitment and (b) internship schemes aimed to increase the number of people from underrepresented groups in the workforce in the last year.

14 Oct 2025 · Northern Ireland Office

Northern Ireland Office: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether their Department has run any (a) recruitment and (b) internship schemes aimed to increase the number of people from underrepresented groups in the workforce in the last year.

14 Oct 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether their Department has run any (a) recruitment and (b) internship schemes aimed to increase the number of people from underrepresented groups in the workforce in the last year.

14 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether their Department has run any (a) recruitment and (b) internship schemes aimed to increase the number of people from underrepresented groups in the workforce in the last year.

14 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Department for Transport: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether their Department has run any (a) recruitment and (b) internship schemes aimed to increase the number of people from underrepresented groups in the workforce in the last year.

14 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether their Department has run any (a) recruitment and (b) internship schemes aimed to increase the number of people from underrepresented groups in the workforce in the last year.

14 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Department for Business and Trade: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether their Department has run any (a) recruitment and (b) internship schemes aimed to increase the number of people from underrepresented groups in the workforce in the last year.

14 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether their Department has run any (a) recruitment and (b) internship schemes aimed to increase the number of people from underrepresented groups in the workforce in the last year.

14 Oct 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether their Department has run any (a) recruitment and (b) internship schemes aimed to increase the number of people from underrepresented groups in the workforce in the last year.

14 Oct 2025 · Department for Education

Department for Education: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether their Department has run any (a) recruitment and (b) internship schemes aimed to increase the number of people from underrepresented groups in the workforce in the last year.

Source: official written-questions record.