Written questions

894 written questions tabled, most recent first.

3 Dec 2025 · Home Office

Visas: Seasonal Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Department how many UK Visas and Immigration seasonal worker visa scheme compliance visits were conducted in a) England, b) Scotland and c) Wales in 2025.

17 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Bank Services: Post Offices

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Government's Future of Post Office Green Paper, if a date has been set for the planned roundtable with Post Office and key banks on potentially expanding the banking services available at post

29 Oct 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Charities: Lotteries

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the Gambling Commission of the risk profile of charity lotteries, including the People's Postcode Lottery.

29 Oct 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Charities: Lotteries

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the Gambling Commission on the society lotteries sales limit.

27 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Resettlement: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when was the most recent evacuation under the (a) Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme and (b) Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy; and when are the next planned evacuations.

27 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Resettlement: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Afghans were evacuated from Pakistan under the (a) Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme and (b) Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy each month from January 2025 to the latest month for wh

24 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Afghanistan: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether ODA spending for Afghanistan will be ringfenced in the upcoming spending decisions.

22 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Afghanistan: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of reductions to Official Development Assistance spending on women and girls in Afghanistan.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to expand consumer-led flexibility solutions in rural constituencies to (a) reduce household energy bills and (b) improve grid efficiency.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy Intensive Industries: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to support (a) whisky distilleries and (b) other energy intensive industries located outside the government designated clusters to decarbonise.

10 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will place in the House of Commons Library all (a) reports, (b) reviews, (c) internal evaluation and (d) evidence gathered in relation to her Department's pilot of a 56-day move period from asy

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Digital Technology: Public Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to improve offline access to public services.

8 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Overseas Students: Gaza

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will provide the (a) criteria and (b) arrangements for evacuating students from Gaza to the relevant (i) universities and (ii) hon. Members.

1 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Afghanistan: Resettlement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy-eligible Afghans living in British High Commission-supported hotels in Islamabad have been deported to Afghanistan.

1 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Afghanistan: Resettlement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of ARAP eligible Afghans currently staying in British High Commission supported hotels in Islamabad.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Electricity Generation

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of waiting times in distribution connections reform.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Digital Technology: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what data the Government holds on levels of digital exclusion among people aged 65 and over.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Digital Technology: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what progress he has made on (a) publishing the work programme of the Digital Inclusion Action Committee and (b) examining the digital exclusion of elderly people within the committee.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Digital Technology: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of digital exclusion on the quality of life for older people.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Broadband: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to ensure the availability of reliable broadband in rural areas to support access to essential services.

29 Aug 2025 · Treasury

Banking Hubs

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with LINK on the potential for widening the criteria for establishing additional banking hubs across the UK.

29 Aug 2025 · Treasury

Bank Services: Access

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to ensure that face-to-face banking services remain accessible to (a) older people and (b) those who lack digital confidence.

29 Aug 2025 · Treasury

Bank Services: Internet

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to assist (a) older people and (b) people who are not digitally confident in accessing online banking services.

29 Aug 2025 · Treasury

Financial Services: Disadvantaged

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with the Financial Conduct Authority on the resources required to deliver on its financial inclusion obligations.

29 Aug 2025 · Treasury

Financial Services: Disadvantaged

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what metrics her Department will use to evaluate the Financial Conduct Authority’s performance in advancing financial inclusion.

29 Aug 2025 · Treasury

Financial Services: Disadvantaged

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to her remit letter to the FCA on 14 November 2024, what steps her Department is taking to work with the FCA to have regard to financial inclusion.

29 Aug 2025 · Treasury

Social Rented Housing: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 22 July to Question 67982 on Social Rented Housing: Repairs and Maintenance, what the actual value is of financial guarantees issued to date by the National Wealth Fund to support social ho

21 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Injunctions

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many super-injunctions are in effect in the UK.

15 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Social Rented Housing: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value is of financial guarantees provided by the National Wealth Fund to support social housing retrofit loans provided by (a) NatWest Group, (b) Barclays UK Corporate Bank, (c) Lloyds Banking Group and (d)

30 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the 5 week wait for Universal Credit on housing arrears owed to (a) local authorities and (b) social housing providers.

Source: official written-questions record.