Written questions

2,620 written questions tabled, most recent first.

24 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Probation: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people who complete the Professional Qualification in Probation remain in the Probation Service for at least five years after qualifying.

24 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Probation Officers

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people who complete the Professional Qualification in Probation then receive one of their preferred work placements as a qualified Probation Officer.

24 Feb 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Pornography Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether the Bertin Review will consider the differences between the online and offline regulation of pornographic content.

24 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Passports: Babies

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average processing time is for new-born out of country passport applications.

21 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Refugees: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to notify eligible Ukrainians on the Ukrainian Permission Extension scheme.

21 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Passports: British National (Overseas)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average processing time is for passports for children born outside the UK.

21 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has received representations about extending the Adoption and special guardianship support fund to ensure it covers 12 months of therapeutic support.

21 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Fractures: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 14 February 2025 to Question 25911 on Fractures: Health Services, if he will set targets for making fracture liaison services available for all NHS trusts.

21 Feb 2025 · Women and Equalities

Civil Partnerships: Marriage

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to allow opposite sex civil partners to convert their partnerships into a marriage without requiring a dissolution order.

21 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

Delivery Services: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential of out-of-home delivery collection points to reduce the carbon footprint of home deliveries in the last-mile logistics sector.

21 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

Electric Bicycles: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 February to Question 29060 on Electric Bicycles: Accidents, whether she plans to require police forces to report on the number of accidents involving an e-bike.

21 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Council Tax: Debt Collection

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an assessment of the prevalence of alleged aggressive council tax debt collection practices.

21 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information does her Department hold on the (a) shortest, (b) average and (c) longest period of time between (i) Electric Vehicle charging hub operators agreeing a lease with a Distribution Network Operato

21 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

Govia Thameslink Railway: Theft

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations she has received from the British Transport Police on the potential merits of additional funding to help ensure it has adequate resources to review CCTV footage for all reported incidents o

21 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

Train Operating Companies: CCTV

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions she has had with the British Transport Police on the adequacy of access to train operating company CCTV systems.

21 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Vetting

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing DBS checks that are portable for an individual applicant rather than an organisation.

13 Feb 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Warm Homes Plan

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that (a) local authorities and (b) community groups that provide energy efficiency improvements receive adequate funding to implement his Departm

13 Feb 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Renewable Energy: Heating

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that (a) heat pumps and (b) other renewable heating solutions are (i) accessible and (ii) affordable.

13 Feb 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Insulation: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that the (a) workforce, (b) skills of the workforce and (c) funding is adequate to support the roll-out of his Department's retro-fitting sc

13 Feb 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Warm Homes Plan

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking through the Warm Homes Plan to help ensure that (a) homes occupied by low-income families and (b) all homes meet high energy efficiency standards.

13 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Flats: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2025 to Question 28103 on Flats: Fire Prevention, whether she has held recent discussions with (a) mortgage lenders and (b) insurers on the

13 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Brain: Tumours

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2025 to Question 27888 on Brain: Tumours, if he will make it his policy to ensure that the National Institute for Health and Care Research provides feedback to

12 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Public Lavatories: Men

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February to Question 28158 on Public Lavatories: Men, whether he will produce guidance for local authorities on he provision of sanitary waste bins in men'

11 Feb 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Gambling: Advertising

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the speech by the Minister for Gambling at the GambleAware conference of 4 December 2024, what discussions (a) she and (b) other Ministers have had with the Betting and Gaming C

11 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of expanding the English National Concessionary Travel Scheme to provide free anytime bus travel to all disabled bus pass holders.

11 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Sick Leave

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of the number of sick days taken by (a) teachers and (b) other school staff due to mental ill health in each of the last five years.

11 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Fire and Rescue Services: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 26 November 2024 to Question 14690 on Fire and Rescue Services: Standards, what progress was made in establishing national standards for Fire and Rescue services at the first

10 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Individual Savings Accounts

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of treating savings in lifetime ISAs in the same way as pension funds when calculating savings limits for means tested benefits.

7 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Professions: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2024 to Question 19779 on Health Professions: Regulation, what his timetable is for announcing his priorities in relation to the applicability of the five year

7 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Free School Meals: Pre-school Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of extending free school meal provision to include children enrolled in maintained nursery schools.

Source: official written-questions record.