Written questions

1,690 written questions tabled, most recent first.

30 May 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Tanzania: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of recent political arrests in Tanzania on (a) the rule of law and (b) judicial independence in that country.

30 May 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Tanzania: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the Government of Tanzania on the arrest and prosecution of opposition political leaders on charges of treason.

30 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Stem Cells: Donors

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 5 March 2025 to Question 33072 on Stem Cell: Donors, if he will make it his policy to help develop a (a) sustainable and (b) resilient supply of stem cells from UK based d

22 May 2025 · Home Office

Perinatal Mortality: Criminal Investigation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will review the National Police Chiefs' Council's guidance on investigating stillbirths.

22 May 2025 · Home Office

Death: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has consulted (a) medical professionals and (b) women’s rights organisations on the potential impact of the National Police Chiefs’ Council's guidance entitled Practice Advice on Child Dea

22 May 2025 · Home Office

Immigration

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to retrospectively move people on the five-year settlement route to the ten-year settlement route.

22 May 2025 · Home Office

Immigration

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to extend the permanent settlement wait time from five to ten years.

22 May 2025 · Home Office

Immigration: Commonwealth

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of Commonwealth citizens who are on the five-year settlement route.

22 May 2025 · Home Office

Immigration

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people will qualify for Indefinite Leave to Remain under the five-year Settlement Route in the next 12 months.

21 May 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Broadband: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of reviewing the 48-hour broadband outage window in the Automatic Compensation Scheme.

20 May 2025 · Ministry of Justice

G4S and Serco: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what due diligence was undertaken before reappointing Serco and G4S for electronic monitoring services.

20 May 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Electronic Tagging: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 25 April 2025 to Question 46820 on Electronic Tagging: Standards, what assessment has she made of the adequacy of the capacity of Serco to deliver on its contract.

20 May 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Electronic Tagging

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her planned expansion of tagging capabilities will be managed under the current tagging contract.

20 May 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Electronic Tagging: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 14 May 2025 to Question 46823 on Electronic Tagging: Standards, what reason was given for the 10,438 untagged cases audited by probation between January and March 2025.

19 May 2025 · Home Office

Nurses: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the potential impact of the no recourse to public funds condition on internationally educated nursing staff.

19 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nurses: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support internationally educated nurses in financial hardship who are ineligible for public funds.

19 May 2025 · Home Office

Immigration: Health Professions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the potential impact of the White Paper entitled Restoring control over the immigration system, published on 12 M

19 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nurses: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support internationally educated nursing staff during their first years in the UK.

19 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nurses: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the report by the Royal College of Nursing entitled Unreciprocated Care: why internationally educated nursing staff a

19 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nurses: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the White Paper entitled Restoring Control over the Immigration System, published on 13 May 2025, on levels of retention of internationally-ed

19 May 2025 · Home Office

British Nationality: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an estimate of the cost to the public purse of only charging administrative costs for child citizenship applications.

16 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Serco: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how Serco performed against key performance indicators at the most recent performance review of their Restart Scheme contract.

16 May 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how Serco performed against the key performance indicators at the most recent performance review on their Asylum Accommodation Services contract.

15 May 2025 · Home Office

British Nationality: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 20 February 2025 to Question 30270 on British Nationality: Fees and Charges; for what reason she does not collate information on the reasons for rejecting fee waivers.

15 May 2025 · Home Office

British Nationality: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the cost of citizenship applications for children on (a) parents, (b) carers and (c) children.

15 May 2025 · Department for Education

Pupils: Per Capita Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will provide additional support to schools in areas with reductions in per pupil funding.

15 May 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Clapham and Brixton Hill

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that schools in Clapham and Brixton Hill constituency receive adequate resources to meet the needs of (a) all pupils and (b) those with special educational needs and disabilit

9 May 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Serco: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how Serco performed against the key performance indicators at the most recent performance review on their HMP & YOI Fosse Way (Leicester) contract.

9 May 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Serco: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how Serco performed against key performance indicators at the most recent performance review on the HMP Ashfield (South Gloucestershire) contract.

8 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Forth Valley Royal Hospital

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how Serco performed against key performance indicators at the most recent performance review of the Forth Valley Royal Hospital contract.

Source: official written-questions record.