Written questions

810 written questions tabled, most recent first.

9 Jul 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to establish a medical evacuation scheme for seriously (a) ill and (b) injured children from Gaza; and what assessment he has made of the (i) capacity for tr

8 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food: Waste

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of mandatory food waste reporting on levels of surplus food redistribution in Liverpool.

8 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Sentences

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Extended Sentence for Public Protection sentences were given in each year between 2005 and 2012.

8 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Death

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people serving an Imprisonment for Public Protection sentence have died while housed in approved premises in each of the last 10 years.

30 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Western Sahara: Water Abstraction

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his Moroccan counterpart on the potential impact of draining the aquifer under Dhakla, Western Sahara on the production by Moroccan compan

26 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Family Hubs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that all local authorities provide family hubs in their communities.

26 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Family Hubs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of developing a national outcomes framework for family hubs.

26 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Family Hubs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Child Poverty Taskforce has held discussions with the Department for Education on the potential inclusion of family hubs in the forthcoming Child Poverty Strategy.

26 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Family Hubs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of family hubs on (a) neighbourhood health and (b) the delivery of integrated community-based health services.

26 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Family Hubs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that integrated family hubs are available in all communities.

25 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Elbit Systems and Israeli Embassy

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether (a) officials and (b) Ministers in her Department have had recent meetings with (i) the Israeli Embassy and (ii) Elbit Systems.

23 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health: Reading

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of (a) parents and (b) carers reading to children in the early years on the mental wellbeing of (i) children and (ii) those (A) parents and (B)

23 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Pre-school education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of community activities to support families with children in the early years.

23 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Pre-school education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of a targeted place-based approach to service provision in the early years sector.

23 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Home Education: Literacy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to improve home learning environments to support literacy in (a) the early years and (b) school age children.

23 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Pre-school education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what policies her Department has on early intervention in early years education (a) during a child’s first 1001 days and (b) for children aged up to five.

23 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Home Education: Reading

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of promoting a culture of reading for pleasure in the home learning environment on the development of children in (a) the early years and (b) scho

23 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Pre-school education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of learning through play in early years on children's development.

23 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of early interventions in the early years sector.

23 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Western Sahara: Origin Marking

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will take steps to ensure that any produce originating in Western Sahara is labelled as such.

23 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Western Sahara: Trade Agreements

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make it his policy to hold discussions with Polisario on forthcoming discussions on trade agreements that affect Western Sahara.

19 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

HIV/AIDS: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to provide targeted funding to HIV voluntary sector organisations to support people living with HIV who have disengaged from care.

19 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

HIV/AIDS: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to ensure access to (a) psychosocial support services and (b) HIV peer support for people receiving HIV care through the next HIV Action Plan for England.

19 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

HIV/AIDS: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of access to peer support services for people living with HIV.

18 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

British Council: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of reducing the interest repayments on the loan given to the British Council in response to reduced commercial revenues du

18 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

British Council: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the closure of British Council offices overseas on British soft power.

18 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

British Council: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much funding the British Council is projected to receive in (a) 2025-26, (b) 2026-27, (c) 2027-28 and (d) 2028-29, in the context of the Spending Review 2025.

18 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Colombia: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to help support the security of former FARC combatants previously based in the Rancho Grande ETCR transitional zone in Caquetá.

18 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Visas: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visas have been issued to Ukrainian children seeking medical evacuation to the UK since February 2022.

18 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many couples meet the administrative earnings threshold for Universal Credit with (a) one parent and (b) both parents in paid employment.

Source: official written-questions record.