Written questions

1,690 written questions tabled, most recent first.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Urban Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking with local (a) authorities and (b) transport authorities to help increase EV uptake in cities.

10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Gynaecological Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people with female reproductive systems are informed about symptoms of (a) ovarian and (b) other gynaecological cancers through NHS cervical scree

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Cost Effectiveness

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to make further savings after the implementation of the Universal Credit Act in April 2026.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the forthcoming changes to Universal Credit Health element for new applicants from 2026 on costs to local government.

12 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Abuse and Violence: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department has taken to ensure (a) GPs and (b) mental health professionals are trained in (i) identifying and (ii) responding to the (A) traumatic physical and emotional impacts of v

11 Sep 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

International Law: Petitions

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the petition on international law violations by the UK in Palestine between 1917 and 1948 submitted to the Government, dated September 2025, if she will mee

11 Sep 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

International Law: Petitions

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when the Government will respond to a petition on international law violations by the UK in Palestine between 1917 and 1948.

11 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Health Professions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Imkaan report entitled Why should our rage be tidy, published in November 2024, what steps his Department is taking to increase the diversity of the NHS therapeutic workforce.

11 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Domestic Abuse: Minority Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Imkaan’s report entitled Why should our rage be tidy, published in November 2024, whether (a) black and (b) minoritised survivors of domestic abuse are informed of by and for supp

11 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Military Bases

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether barracks sites used to house people seeking asylum will be run by private contractors.

11 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Military Bases

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of barracks sites on the health of people seeking asylum.

11 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Imkaan’s report entitled Why Should Our Rage be Tidy, published in November 2024, what steps he is taking to ensure that the NHS is equipped to (a) identify and (b) appropriately

11 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Gender Based Violence: Mental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Imkaan’s report entitled Why Should Our Rage be Tidy, published in November 2024, what steps his Department has taken to help tackle the mental health impacts of violence and abus

11 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Substances of Human Origin

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to consult on reforms to the UK’s Substances of Human Origin; and whether that consultation will include proposals on (a) innovation, (b) patient safety and (c) donor prot

11 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Substances of Human Origin

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to (a) bring forward modernised UK-specific legislative proposals for Substances of Human Origin (SoHO) and (b) (i) adopt and (ii) adapt relevant elements of the EU’s u

11 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Blood: Donors

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to support the domestic (a) collection and (b) processing of (i) blood, (ii) plasma, (iii) cells and (iv) tissues.

8 Sep 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Housing Benefit: Earnings Rules

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has assessed the potential impact of raising the Housing Benefit earnings disregard for people in supported accommodation on employment rates.

5 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Justice

HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of staffing levels in HM Courts and Tribunals Service.

5 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate she has made of the number of hearings that were adjourned due to a shortage of court (a) clerks, (b) ushers and (c) administrative staff in the last 12 months.

5 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to (a) recruit and (b) retain court staff.

5 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Judiciary: Vacancies

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Crown Court sitting days were lost due to a shortage of (a) judges and (b) recorders in the last 12 months.

5 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Judiciary: Vacancies

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of judicial vacancies on the timeliness of hearings in the Crown Court.

5 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Profession: India

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will publish a summary of her recent discussions with her Indian counterpart on the regulation of UK lawyers in India.

5 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Profession: India

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent representations she has received from the Bar Council of England and Wales on access to the Indian legal services market.

5 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Barristers: India

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has had discussions with (a) her Indian counterpart and (b) the Bar Council of India on ensuring that disclosure requirements for foreign lawyers are consistent with barristers’ obligations of confide

5 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Barristers: India

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has had discussions with her Indian counterpart on the impact of (a) registration and (b) processing fees on the ability of barristers to participate in arbitration proceedings in India.

5 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Barristers: India

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has had discussions with her Indian counterpart on fly-in fly-out provisions for UK barristers in that country.

4 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Barristers: India

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions her Department has had with the (a) government and (b) Bar Council of India on regulatory barriers facing barristers from England and Wales.

4 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has issued guidance on expediting visa applications for (a) witnesses, (b) litigants and (c) legal representatives required to attend court hearings in the UK.

4 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Visas: Commonwealth

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the time taken to issue visas on the ability of Commonwealth citizens to participate effectively in proceedings before UK courts.

Source: official written-questions record.