Written questions
810 written questions tabled, most recent first.
7 Jan 2026 · Home Office
Serious Violence Reduction Orders
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2026 to Question 100020, Serious Violence Reduction Orders, what assessment was made by the independent evaluation of (a) the use of the SVRO stop and search power,
6 Jan 2026 · Home Office
Demonstrations: Palestine
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many conditions have been imposed on pro-Palestine protests by police forces in the last 12 months under section 12 or section 14 of the Public Order Act 1986; and in how many cases cumulative dis
6 Jan 2026 · Home Office
Demonstrations
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many protests have resulted in (a) restrictions and (b) conditions imposed by the police under the doctrine of cumulative disruption since May 2025.
6 Jan 2026 · Home Office
Palestine Action
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been arrested under the Terrorism Act 2000 for allegedly showing support for Palestine Action at demonstrations since its proscription; and what proportion of those arrests relate
6 Jan 2026 · Home Office
Palestine Action
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been arrested on suspicion of terrorism-related offences linked to supporting Palestine Action by (a) date, (b) police force area, (c) section of the Terrorism Act used, and (d) o
5 Jan 2026 · Treasury
Hospitality Sector: Business Rates
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of its business rates policies on small hospitality businesses.
5 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Hospitality Sector: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on the number of people aged 16 to 24 who started employment in the hospitality sector in (a) October 2024, (b) April 2025 and (c) October 2025.
5 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Children and Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the share of NHS expenditure directed towards children and young people.
5 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to grow the children’s health workforce.
5 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Children and Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that the health service meets children and young people’s distinct health needs.
5 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Children and Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure that ICBs prioritise the health needs of children and young people.
5 Jan 2026 · Department for Education
Adoption: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending support for adopted children up to the age of 25.
2 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Children and Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to increase the share of NHS expenditure directed towards children and young people.
2 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to grow the children’s health workforce.
2 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Children and Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure health services meet children and young people’s specific health needs.
2 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Children and Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the his Department is taking to ensure ICBs prioritise the health needs of children and young people.
2 Jan 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Colombia: Indigenous Peoples
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the publication of the Colombian Ombudsman’s Alert on 2 December 2025, what analysis her Department has made of the potential implications for her policies
2 Jan 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Colombia: Indigenous Peoples
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the publication of the Colombian Ombudsman’s Alert on 2 December 2025, what analysis her Department has made of the potential implications for her policies
2 Jan 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Colombia: Peace Negotiations
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department has increased or reduced its funding to Colombia for the implementation of the Peace Accord.
2 Jan 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Colombia: Development Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department has made any cuts to Colombia’s allocation in the ODA budget.
2 Jan 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Colombia: Gender Based Violence
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what funding her Department is providing to Colombia to tackle violence against women and girls.
2 Jan 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Colombia: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations she has made to her Colombian counterpart on the increase in child recruitment by illegal armed groups in Columbia.
2 Jan 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Colombia: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department have made of the potential implications for her policies of the upsurge in the forced recruitment of children in Colombia in 2024 and 2025.
2 Jan 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Colombia: Indigenous Peoples
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for her policies of violence and forced recruitment of indigenous girls in Colombia.
18 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Human Tissue: Storage
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the funding required to ensure equitable access to tissue-freezing services for cancer patients across England; and whether his Department is taking steps to reduce reg
18 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Human Tissue: Storage
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of geographic variation in access to tissue-freezing services; and what steps his Department is taking to ensure equitable access to advanced trea
17 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Affordable Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to review the definition of affordable housing within planning policy to ensure it is aligned with social rent levels to better reflect local income levels.
17 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Social Rented Housing: Liverpool
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of social rent provision within the proposed 2,350-home Peel Waters development in Liverpool.
17 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Social Rented Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending the National Planning Policy Framework to require a minimum of 20 per cent social rent housing in all new reside
15 Dec 2025 · Home Office
Serious Violence Reduction Orders
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the evaluation of the serious violence reduction order pilot.
Source: official written-questions record.