Written questions

1,690 written questions tabled, most recent first.

7 Jul 2025 · Cabinet Office

Serco: Contracts

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he has taken to (a) monitor and (b) evaluate the performance of Serco in the multiple contracts held with central government.

4 Jul 2025 · Cabinet Office

Serco: Contracts

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any Departments have reported material concerns on Serco’s delivery of contracted services to his Department in the last 12 months.

4 Jul 2025 · Cabinet Office

Serco: Contracts

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how may times Serco has (a) been awarded financial penalties and (b) had payments withheld by Government departments for performance failures since 2020.

4 Jul 2025 · Cabinet Office

Serco: Contracts

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Government contracts held by Serco have been subject to (a) formal performance review, (b) warning notices and (c) breach proceedings in the last five years.

4 Jul 2025 · Cabinet Office

Serco: Contracts

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of Serco’s performance in delivering Government contracts across Departments.

4 Jul 2025 · Cabinet Office

National Offender Management Service: Contracts

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he is reviewing the (a) risk and (b) accountability of outsourcing contracts for offender management services.

4 Jul 2025 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Contracts

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of contracts with (a) Serco and (b) other providers for critical public safety services on the reputation of the Government.

4 Jul 2025 · Cabinet Office

Serco: Contracts

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has conducted lessons-learned exercises on Serco’s delivery of public contracts; and what steps he is taking to ensure compliance with contractual conditions.

4 Jul 2025 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Contracts

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has undertaken a cross-government review on the use of outsourcing providers with a history of (a) contractual breaches and (b) financial penalties.

4 Jul 2025 · Cabinet Office

Electronic Tagging: Contracts

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on Serco’s compliance with contractual obligations for electronic monitoring installations.

4 Jul 2025 · Cabinet Office

Electronic Tagging: Contracts

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of Serco’s performance in fulfilling its contract to provide electronic monitoring services.

4 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that patients with incurable secondary breast cancer are able to access new life-extending treatments.

4 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence's changes to drug appraisal methods on access to new treatments for people w

4 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to review severity modifiers used by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence to assess treatments for incurable secondary breast cancer.

4 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cosmetic Surgery: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with representative bodies of non-medical aesthetic practitioners on regulatory proposals for that sector.

4 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cosmetic Surgery: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that experienced non-medical aesthetic practitioners are included in (a) consultations and (b) policy development on the regulation of cosmetic procedu

4 Jul 2025 · Home Office

Sexual Offences: Reoffenders

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking with (a) local authorities and (b) police to (i) prevent repeat offences and (ii) ensure effective safeguarding measures are in place to protect communities from se

4 Jul 2025 · Home Office

Sexual Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that policing strategies (a) safeguard victims of sexual assault and (b) prevent repeat sexual offences in public spaces.

4 Jul 2025 · Home Office

Sexual Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to improve the accountability of (a) the Metropolitan Police and (b) other police forces in (i) investigating and (ii) responding to sexual assault cases.

4 Jul 2025 · Home Office

Sexual Offences: Victim Support Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that survivors of sexual assault are (a) kept informed of the progress of cases and (b) provided with appropriate (i) safeguarding and (ii) support.

4 Jul 2025 · Home Office

Sexual Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Metropolitan Police Service is taking to ensure (a) timely and (b) adequate responses to reports of sexual (i) assault and (ii) harassment.

30 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment and Universal Credit: Care Leavers

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the potential impact of the Government’s proposed reforms to universal credit and personal independence payments on the number of care leavers in poverty.

30 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Care Leavers

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed restriction on the health element of universal credit to those aged 22 years and over on care leavers younger than 22.

26 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Students: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2025 to question 57351 on Students: Loans; what assessment her Department has made on the reason for the gender difference in the number of borrowers whose loans have increased

26 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Blood: Donors

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of blood donors with Ro blood type have had their donations deferred in the last 12 months; and what was the reason for those deferrals.

26 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Sickle Cell Diseases: Blood Transfusions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many sickle cell patients (a) with and (b) without the Ro subtype were unable to receive a matching transfusion due to low supplies in the last 12 months.

26 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Blood: Donors

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of blood donors have had their appointment deferred due to (a) low haemoglobin, (b) recent travel, (c) activities that increase risk of HIV infection, (d) anaemia, (e)

26 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Homelessness and Housing: Basic Income

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has commissioned research into the potential impact of universal basic income on (a) homelessness rates and (b) housing security.

26 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Basic Income: Innovation and New Businesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the potential impact of international trials of universal basic income on levels of (a) entrepreneurship and (b) innovati

26 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Basic Income: Job Satisfaction and Productivity

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the potential impact of international trials of universal basic income on (a) workplace productivity and (b) job satisfac

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