Written questions

653 written questions tabled, most recent first.

14 May 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

RCV Engines: Exports

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has exempted the company RCV Engines Ltd from applying for arms export licenses for the sale of (a) engines and (b) engine parts.

12 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Workplace Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to increase (a) transparency and (b) control for consumers in the defined contribution pension transfer process, in relation to the inability of Independent Financial

7 May 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Israel

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many and what proportion of the potential violations of international humanitarian law that have been assessed by the Government in relation to Israel’s actions in Gaza i

7 May 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Israel

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to make an assessment of Israel's compliance with international humanitarian law in the context of its airstrikes in the Israeli-designated safe zone in Al-M

7 May 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Israel: Military Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Government has made any gifts of controlled military equipment to Israel since 7 October 2023.

6 Mar 2025 · Home Office

Police: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of predictive policing methods on freedom of association.

4 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport

Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency: Government Assistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what support she is providing to the DVSA to improve the recruitment of driving instructors and reduce driving test waiting times.

4 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to prevent (a) the bulk buying of driving tests by bot accounts and (b) the reselling of driving slots.

4 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests: Coventry South

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to increase the availability of practical driving tests in Coventry South constituency.

13 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Slavery: Victims

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to (a) identify and (b) protect survivors of modern slavery in the context of immigration enforcement raids.

11 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Mental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of mental health and wellbeing support for children with special educational needs in primary education.

11 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve accountability mechanisms for schools that do not provide adequate support for children with special educational needs.

21 Jan 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Alaa Abd El-Fattah

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has made (a) to his Egyptian counterpart and (b) to the President of Egypt on the safe release of Alaa Abd el-Fattah.

21 Jan 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Alaa Abd El-Fattah

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will use one of the three formal recommendations of the UK to the upcoming UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review on Egypt to advocate for the release of A

21 Jan 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Alaa Abd El-Fattah

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will visit Alaa Abd el-Fattah during his visit to Egypt.

21 Jan 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Alaa Abd El-Fattah

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make representations to his Egyptian counterpart on the safe release of Alaa Abd el-Fattah during his visit to Egypt.

7 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the additional £880 million allocated to the Social Care Grant.

17 Dec 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Imran Khan

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has made to the Pakistani government to secure the safe release of Imran Khan.

17 Dec 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Pakistan: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make representations to his Pakistani counterpart for an independent investigation into the deaths of civilians in Islamabad on 26 and 27 November 2024.

17 Dec 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Pakistan: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the human rights situation in Islamabad, in the context of reports of deaths and mass det

26 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Public Lavatories: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment she has made of the (a) adequacy of the (i) provision of disabled toilets and (ii) systems that seek to ensure that only disabled people can access disable

25 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Israel: F-35 Aircraft

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an estimate of the proportion of F-35 components exported from the UK to the US that have since been received by Israel Government since October 2023.

4 Sep 2024 · Department for Transport

Public Transport: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the accessibility of (a) buses, (b) trains and (c) other public transport for disabled people; and what steps she plans to take to improve such accessibility.

4 Sep 2024 · Department for Education

Martial Arts: Physical Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of including (a) taekwondo and (b) other martial arts in the activity lists for (i) GCSE, (ii) AS and (iii) A-Level physical education.

23 Apr 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Israel: Palestinians

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether he has had discussions with his Israeli counterpart on reports of torture of Palestinians in Israeli custody.

23 Apr 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Israel: Palestinians

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether he has had discussions with his Israeli counterpart on deaths of Palestinians in Israeli custody since October 2023.

12 Apr 2024 · Department for Education

Disabled Students' Allowances: Overseas Students

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential (a) merits of extending eligibility for Disabled Students’ Allowance to international students and (b) impact of the existing eligibility

12 Apr 2024 · Department for Education

Adult Education and Community Education: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the impact of trends in the level of funding of Adult and Community Education since 2010 on that sector; and whether she plans to restore funding to 2010 levels.

14 Mar 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Colombia: Peace Negotiations

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps his Department plans to take at the UN Security Council as the penholder for Colombia’s 2016 peace agreement following the Security Council visit to that country.

1 Mar 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Middle East: International Humanitarian Law

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 19 January 2024 to Question 9950 on Yemen: Military Intervention and to the Answer of 20 February 2024 to Question 13836 on Gaza: Israel, for what reason his Department maintains a track

Source: official written-questions record.