Written questions
1,690 written questions tabled, most recent first.
24 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Maternal Mortality: Ethnic Groups
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help tackle racial disparities in maternal mortality rates.
24 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Maternity Services: Ethnic Groups
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that maternity services (a) are free from racial discrimination and (b) effectively meet the needs of women from all ethnic backgrounds.
24 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Maternity Services: Ethnic Groups
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to culturally appropriate maternity care for women from diverse ethnic backgrounds in (a) urban and (b) rural areas.
24 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Maternity Services: Ethnic Groups
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that ethnic minority women are adequately represented in research on maternity care.
24 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Maternity Services: Ethnic Groups
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of racial disparities in maternity care on the mental health and wellbeing of women from ethnic minority communities.
24 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Maternity Services: Ethnic Groups
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that maternity healthcare professionals receive training on (a) unconscious bias and (b) culturally competent care.
24 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Maternity Services: Ethnic Groups
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department collects on the (a) racial and (b) ethnic backgrounds of women experiencing adverse maternity outcomes; and how that data is used to inform policy on maternity care service
24 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Maternity Services: Ethnic Groups
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce disparities in maternity care outcomes for Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic women.
24 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport
Railways: Access
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department plans to take to improve rail accessibility via its consultation entitled A railway fit for Britain's future, published on 18 February 2025.
24 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport
Great British Railways
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has plans to extend its consultation entitled A railway fit for Britain's future, published on 18 February 2025.
24 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of people reliant on Personal Independence Payments to access employment opportunities.
24 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Private Rented Housing: Databases
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of recording actual rents on the new Private Rented Sector Database.
24 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
G4S: Fines
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2025 to Question 38383 on G4S: Fines, what steps she is taking to (a) highlight and (b) report on steps taken by her Department to (i) monitor the performance of and (
24 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Cannabis: Prison Sentences
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, What the average prison sentence is for cannabis possession offences.
18 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Reform
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her Department will publish an equality impact assessment on reforms set out in the Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper, published on 18 March 2025.
17 Mar 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Human Remains: Auctions and Electronic Commerce
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to prevent the sale of human remains (a) on e-commerce sites and (b) at auctions.
14 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
G4S: Fines
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what financial penalties have been imposed on G4S for failing to meet key performance indicators on officer deployment or site availability in the last twelve months.
14 Mar 2025 · Home Office
Asylum: Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of restrictions on right to work on the health and safety of people seeking asylum.
14 Mar 2025 · Home Office
Asylum: Poverty
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to prevent people seeking asylum from becoming (a) destitute and (b) in poverty.
14 Mar 2025 · Home Office
Migrants: Chronic Illnesses and Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of the no recourse to public funds policy on people with long-term (a) conditions and (b) disabilities.
14 Mar 2025 · Home Office
Asylum: Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of waiting 12 months before being allowed to apply for a right to work on asylum seekers.
12 Mar 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Postal Services: Universal Service Obligation
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will take steps to ensure that Universal Service Obligation reform retains a universal postal service for (a) people experiencing homelessness, (b) victims of domestic abuse and (c) other people
12 Mar 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Postal Services: Universal Service Obligation
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will take steps to ensure that Universal Service Obligation reform adequately meets the requirements of vulnerable consumers reliant on postal services.
12 Mar 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Postal Services: Prices
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of Universal Service Obligation reform on the affordability of postal services for consumers.
12 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners: Unemployment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 11 March 2025 to Question 33570 on General Practitioners: Unemployment, which bodies hold data on the number of unemployed GPs; and for what reason that data is not held c
12 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Social Rented Housing: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of use of management agencies to complete repairs by housing associations.
12 Mar 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Clean Energy: Nuclear Power
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2025 to Question 32098 on Nuclear Power, what estimate he has made of the proportion of clean electricity generated by nuclear energy by 2030.
12 Mar 2025 · Home Office
Cybercrime: Police
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to restore public confidence in the police in the context of reports of (a) officer and (b) staff involvement in cybercrimes.
12 Mar 2025 · Home Office
Cybercrime: Police
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of police (a) officers and (b) staff being convicted of cybercrimes on public trust in law enforcement agencies.
12 Mar 2025 · Home Office
Police: Disclosure of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support systems are available for whistleblowers within the police to report colleagues (a) misusing police databases ad (b) engaging in cybercrimes.
Source: official written-questions record.