Written questions

810 written questions tabled, most recent first.

24 Apr 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Postal Services: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for her policies of recent sell-offs relating to postal services.

22 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Indo-Pacific Region: Aircraft Carriers

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the Royal Fleet Auxiliary’s (a) vessel, (b) crewing and (c) operational contributions will be to the UK Carrier Strike Group exercises in the Indo-Pacific region in 2025.

22 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Defence

RFA Argus

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the operational status is of RFA Argus.

22 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Royal Fleet Auxiliary: Warships

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of procuring Multi-Role Strike Ships rather than Multi-Role Support Ships on the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.

7 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions she has had with (a) InnovateUK and (b) the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology on the appraisal of projects funded in each round of the Clean Maritime Demonstratio

7 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions she has had with the Maritime and Coastguard Agency on the development of seafarer (a) training, (b) skills and (c) employment policy as a result of projects funded through the Clean Mar

7 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department holds data on (a) vessel operation and (b) maritime skills recorded as part of Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition projects funded by the UK Shipping Office for Reducing Emissions in

7 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Nuclear Fuels

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, who the sub-contractors were who were involved in (a) the supply of crew to operate the Pacific Grebe during the sea trials phase and (b) other aspects of the Winds of Change project funded by the UK Shipping O

4 Apr 2025 · Home Office

Public Order Act 2023

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to publish the terms of reference for the post-legislative scrutiny of the Public Order Act 2023.

3 Apr 2025 · Home Office

Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department's planned post-legislative scrutiny of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 will be carried out independently; and if she will make it her policy to publish the out

3 Apr 2025 · Home Office

Public Order Act 2023

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's timetable is for the post-legislative scrutiny of the Public Order Act 2023.

3 Apr 2025 · Home Office

Public Order Act 2023

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she plans to take to enable post-legislative scrutiny by civil society of the Public Order Act 2023.

3 Apr 2025 · Home Office

Public Order Act 2023

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether expedited post-legislative scrutiny of the Public Order Act 2023 will be independent of Government; and whether she plans to publish the outcomes of that scrutiny.

26 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Domestic Abuse: Victim Support Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the adequacy of the number of specialist domestic abuse services available to assist victims during the court process in Liverpool.

26 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Domestic Abuse: Family Courts

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to the reduce the time taken for domestic abuse cases to reach family courts in (a) the North West and (b) Liverpool.

26 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Domestic Abuse: Family Courts

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will hold discussions with HM Courts and Tribunals Service on the potential merits of ensuring that domestic abuse victims attending Liverpool Family Court can use a different entrance to the building to t

24 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Sentences

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people serving imprisonment for public protection sentences were in Category (a) B, (b) C and (c) D prisons as of 31 December 2024.

24 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Health Professions: Working Hours

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what delegated flexibilities are available to her Department for calculating (a) working hours and (b) actual hours worked.

24 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Skilled Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to support staff in her Department who are employed on Skilled Workers Visas and whose salary is below the new salary threshold.

24 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Skilled Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact the new salary thresholds for Skilled Worker visas on staffing levels in her Department.

24 Mar 2025 · Home Office

Visas: Skilled Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether there is any flexibility in the thresholds for (a) minimum working hours and (b) actual hours worked in the context of Skilled Worker visa applications.

17 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Sentences and Reoffenders: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average cost is for processing (a) a fixed term and (b) an emergency recall to prison.

17 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons and Probation: Criminal Records

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many volunteer support workers working in (a) prisons and (b) probation had criminal convictions in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

17 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons and Probation: Criminal Records

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many paid support workers working in (a) prisons and (b) probation had criminal convictions in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

11 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Sentences

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people serving imprisonment for public protection sentences were (a) classified as Category A prisoners and (b) in Category A prisons on 11 March 2025.

11 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many women have been granted an exemption to the two-child limit as a result of non-consensual conception since April 2017.

11 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Lone Parents

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the gender breakdown is for Universal Credit claimants who are single parents.

11 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to revisions to the Immigration Rules, updated on 19 February and 14 March 2024, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the potential i

4 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Lone Parents: Maternity Leave

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many single parents on maternity leave have had benefit payments capped.

3 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints the Disability Confident policy team in her Department has had concerning a Disability Confident employer failing to comply with the Disability Confident criteria in the last three y

Source: official written-questions record.