Written questions

1,690 written questions tabled, most recent first.

4 Apr 2025 · Treasury

CIFAS: Fraud

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to introduce statutory requirements for financial institutions to (a) notify people when a Cifas fraud marker is placed against them and (b) ensure access to an independent appeals process.

4 Apr 2025 · Treasury

CIFAS

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the effectiveness of the (a) regulatory oversight and (b) accountability of Cifas.

3 Apr 2025 · Attorney General

Homicide: Aiding and Abetting

To ask the Solicitor General, with reference to the Crown Prosecution Service Joint Enterprise Pilot 2023, whether the CPS convened a scrutiny panel in January 2024 as planned that focused on joint enterprise cases where evidence of gang association was a

3 Apr 2025 · Attorney General

Homicide: Aiding and Abetting

To ask the Solicitor General, with reference to the Crown Prosecution Service Joint Enterprise Pilot 2023 whether the scheme is monitoring cases involving (a) Romani, (b) Roma and (c) Irish Travellers; and when will the scheme will issue its first report.

3 Apr 2025 · Attorney General

Homicide: Aiding and Abetting

To ask the Solicitor General, with reference to the Crown Prosecution Service Joint Enterprise Pilot 2023: Data Analysis, published on 29 September 2023, what steps she plans to take to help tackle the ethnicity disproportionality outlined in that data.

3 Apr 2025 · Attorney General

Homicide: Aiding and Abetting

To ask the Solicitor General, with reference to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) Joint Enterprise Pilot 2023, whether the CPS has updated its case management system to flag joint enterprise cases for detailed manual assessment.

3 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ghana: Educational Exchanges

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to promote educational exchanges between the UK and Ghana.

3 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ghana: Cultural Relations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what initiatives his Department is supporting to strengthen cultural ties between the UK and Ghana.

3 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ghana: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what funding the UK has provided to support social programmes benefiting cocoa farming communities in Ghana in the last five years.

3 Apr 2025 · Attorney General

Military Aid: Yemen

To ask the Solicitor General, what legal advice she has sought on the UK's military assistance to the US in Yemen.

2 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ghana: Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of Ghana’s role in promoting regional security in west Africa; and what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on supporting that role.

2 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ghana: Diplomatic Relations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Ghanaian counterpart on strengthening UK-Ghana diplomatic relations.

2 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Aviation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what mechanisms (a) her Department and (b) the Civil Aviation Authority have to hold airlines to account on (i) passenger rights and (ii) compensation for (1) delays and (2) cancellations on (A) intercontinenta

2 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Ghana

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had recent discussions with British Airways on (a) passenger rights and (b) compensation for (i) delays and (ii) cancellations on UK-Ghana flights.

2 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Air Routes: Ghana

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of British Airways' operational decisions on UK-Ghana business and tourism links.

2 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Air Routes: Ghana

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with her Ghanaian counterparts on bilateral aviation agreements to improve connectivity and competition on the UK-Ghana route.

2 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Air Routes: Ghana

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had discussions with British Airways on (a) the scheduling, (b) route changes and (c) operational decisions impacting UK-Ghana flights.

2 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Air Routes: Ghana

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of encouraging increased airline competition on the UK-Ghana route.

2 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Air Routes: Ghana

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the affordability of flights between the UK and Ghana.

2 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Air Routes: Ghana

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of British Airways' recent performance on the UK-Ghana route.

2 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Air Routes: Ghana

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions she has had with British Airways on (a) the management of its UK-Ghana route, (b) service standards and (c) passenger experience.

2 Apr 2025 · Home Office

Visas: Ghana

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for her policies of visa processing times for Ghanaian nationals applying to visit or study in the UK.

2 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure funding for education is protected in the planned reduction of ODA.

2 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Transport: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the emissions reductions required in transport to deliver the sixth carbon budget.

2 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to financially support low carbon farming.

2 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the emissions reductions required in agriculture to deliver the sixth carbon budge.

2 Apr 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Carbon Budgets

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to ensure the revised sixth carbon budget plan reduces economic inequality and poverty.

31 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme: Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to increase awareness of legal aid services for people entering the asylum process.

31 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme: Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to increase access to legal aid for people entering the asylum process.

31 Mar 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Legal Aid Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Justice on increasing awareness of legal services for people entering into the asylum process.

Source: official written-questions record.