Written questions

687 written questions tabled, most recent first.

10 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Hospitality Industry: Employers' Contributions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of extending employer National Insurance contribution relief to (a) employees aged under 25 and (b) individuals returning to work from welfare on levels of

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Reorganisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether statutory consultation on devolution is required for (a) the establishment of mayoralties and (b) all other local government reorganisation.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Blue Badge Scheme: Patients

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of enabling GPs and hospital consultants to issue temporary blue badges to patients with severe mobility limitations who are experiencing long NHS waiting

10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Orthopaedics: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2025 to Question HL4889 on Knee Replacements: Waiting Lists, what specific steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for (a) knee replacements and

10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the public health impact of removing people with Type 1 diabetes from eligibility for the NHS autumn COVID-19 booster vaccination programme; and what clin

10 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

British Nationals Abroad: Detainees

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many referrals were made to her Department's (a) Pro Bono Medical Panel and (b) Pro Bono Legal Panel in relation to (i) prisoner welfare and (ii) human rights in each yea

10 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

British Nationals Abroad: Torture

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many new allegations of (a) torture and (b) mistreatment were received by her Department in relation to British nationals in 2024.

12 Sep 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Serbia: Demonstrations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had discussions with her Serbian counterpart on recent protests in Serbia.

10 Sep 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Countryside Stewardship Scheme: Rutland and Stamford

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many countryside stewardship agreements are due to conclude without replacement in Rutland and Stamford constituency in the next year.

4 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Firearms: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of creating a (a) single, (b) centralised and (c) digitised firearms licensing body to replace the current system of 44 separate licensing au

1 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Defence

War Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has considered the potential merits of extending the period for additional claims on the War Pension Scheme to six months.

1 Sep 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Access to Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has considered the potential merits of extending the access to work scheme to fund train tickets.

29 Aug 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

China and India

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government has raised Chinese claims on the Indian territory of Arunachal Pradesh with his counterparts in the Chinese Government.

29 Aug 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Dalai Lama

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government accepts the Chinese Communist Party's claim to be able to appoint the next Dalai Lama as legitimate.

29 Aug 2025 · Treasury

Tax Avoidance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to FOI2024/01172, if HMRC will now extend 85% discounts to individual taxpayers affected by the Loan Charge.

29 Aug 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Milorad Dodik

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government recognises Milorad Dodik as the President of the Repulika Srpska Entity following the upholding of his prison sentence and ban on holding office.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Education

Primary Education: Assessments

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an impact assessment of the use of touchscreen devices in Reception Baseline Assessments.

29 Aug 2025 · Treasury

Childcare Vouchers

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department plans to review the monthly salary sacrifice cap for existing users of the childcare voucher scheme, in the context of (a) cumulative inflation and (b) increased average childcare costs since

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the Ambulance Response Programme in the East Midlands Ambulance Service .

29 Aug 2025 · Home Office

Sadeq Nikzad

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the immigration status was for Sadeq Nikzad when he raped a minor in Falkirk in October 2023.

29 Aug 2025 · Home Office

Dan Tesfalul

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the immigration status was for Dan Tesfalul at the time he was sentenced for the rape of a woman in Norwich in May 2024.

29 Aug 2025 · Home Office

Hamada Salah

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the immigration status was for Hamada Salah at the time he was sentenced for a sexual offence.

29 Aug 2025 · Home Office

Ziad Khawla

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the immigration status was for Ziad Khawla at the time he was charged with the rape of a minor in Belfast.

29 Aug 2025 · Home Office

Kamren Khan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the immigration status was for Kamren Khan at the time he was charged with multiple rapes of a child between April and July 2025.

29 Aug 2025 · Home Office

Khaliz Ali Alshimery

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the immigration status was for Khaliz Ali Alshimery at the time he committed rape in November 2023.

29 Aug 2025 · Home Office

Rabie Knissi

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the immigration status was for Rabie Knissi when he was sentenced for a sexual offence committed in March 2024.

29 Aug 2025 · Home Office

Ayman Adam

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the immigration status was for Ayman Adams when he sentenced for a sexual assault in Wakefield.

29 Aug 2025 · Home Office

Hadush Kebatu

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the immigration status was for Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu at the time he was charged with three counts of sexual assault.

29 Aug 2025 · Home Office

Mohamed Iidow

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2024 to Question 20277 on Mohamed Iidow, what the immigration status was for Mohamed Lidow at the time he committed the manslaughter and rape of Natalie Shotter.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Transport

Citroën: Air Bags

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will take steps to help (a) address delays in Citroën’s airbag recall repairs and (b) ensure drivers receive appropriate (i) support and (ii) reimbursement.

Source: official written-questions record.