Written questions

810 written questions tabled, most recent first.

18 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Carers: Lone Parents

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of single parent lead carers with work requirements meet their Administrative Earnings Threshold.

18 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Carers: Self-employed

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of self-employed (a) single parent lead carers and (b) all lead carers meet their Minimum Income Floor.

18 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Carers: Self-employed

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of (a) single parent lead carers and (b) all lead carers are self-employed.

17 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Allergies: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to introduce a public health campaign on allergy awareness in children.

4 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Journalism

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has held with his Israeli counterparts on lifting restrictions on international journalists to enable them to report on the situation in Gaza.

4 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment and Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information her Department holds on the number of children that live in families with a parent or carer that receives (a) the Universal Credit Limited Capability for Work-Related Activity element,

30 May 2025 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Catering

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) certificates of competency and (b) certificates of equivalent competency were issued to ships’ cooks by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency in each year between 2015 and 2024.

30 May 2025 · Home Office

Visas: Palestinians

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visas have been denied for Gazan children seeking medical evacuation to the UK.

30 May 2025 · Home Office

Visas: Palestinians

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visas have been issued to Gazan children seeking medical evacuation to the UK since 5 July 2024.

19 May 2025 · Home Office

Immigration Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's White Paper entitled Restoring control over the immigration system, published on 12 May 2025, whether the proposed extension of the qualifying period for indefinite

15 May 2025 · Home Office

Immigration Controls: Shipping

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many skilled worker visas have been issued for marine and waterways transport operatives under the points based system.

15 May 2025 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the operation of the Skilled Worker route for marine and waterways transport operatives.

15 May 2025 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help mitigate the potential impact of open shipping registers on (a) employment and (b) welfare standards for seafarers working in the shipping industry.

15 May 2025 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Cyprus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Memorandum of Understanding with the Shipping Deputy Ministry of the Republic of Cyprus in promoting higher standards of seafarer (a) employment a

15 May 2025 · Department for Transport

Cyprus: Foreign Relations

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, who represented her Department at the second annual review of the Cyprus-UK bilateral Memorandum of Understanding in December 2024.

12 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Fire and Rescue Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions she (a) has had and (b) plans to have with (i) frontline fire fighters and (ii) the Fire Brigades Union on improving response times to incidents.

12 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Fire and Rescue Services: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to increase the recruitment of firefighters in line with demand.

12 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Fire and Rescue Services: Equipment

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure fire and rescue services have adequate (a) personnel and (b) life saving equipment to safely respond to (i) flooding and (ii) w

12 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Fire and Rescue Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she is taking steps to return central funding to the fire and rescue service to pre-2010 levels.

12 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Fire and Rescue Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions she has had with the Fire Brigade Union on funding for the fire and rescue service.

12 May 2025 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to her Department's press release of 8 May 2025 entitled Seafarer cadets funding secured for extra 12 months by Maritime and Coastguard Agency, what estimates the Maritime and Coastguard Agency h

12 May 2025 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s expenditure on support for the maritime training scheme in 2024-25.

12 May 2025 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 6 May 2025 to Question 48569 on Shipping: Training, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Education on the (a) number and (b) type of maritime apprentices

8 May 2025 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to her Department's statistics entitled Seafarers in the UK Shipping Industry: 2024, published on 26 February 2025, if she will work with maritime trade unions to set targets for the number of ma

8 May 2025 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 6 May 2025 to Question 48569 on Shipping: Training, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Education on the (a) number and (b) type of maritime apprentices

30 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Western Sahara: Armed Forces

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will he ask the (a) UN Secretary General and (b) Special Representative for Western Sahara and Head of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara t

28 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 23 April 2025 to Question 44602 on Seafarer training and skills, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of the new training scheme on the (a) qualifications and (b

24 Apr 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Postal Services: Public Consultation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when her Department plans to launch the public consultation on the future of postal services.

24 Apr 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Postal Services: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department plans to take steps to pause any ongoing or proposed sell-offs relating to postal services pending the outcome of the forthcoming government consultation on the future of postal

24 Apr 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Postal Services: Assets

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what legal powers her Department holds to intervene in matters relating to the sale or transfer of assets within the postal service sector.

Source: official written-questions record.