Written questions
851 written questions tabled, most recent first.
12 Mar 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Surrogacy
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether payments received by a surrogate mother in the UK are treated as income for the purposes of benefits assessments.
12 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Surrogacy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on trends in the number of children born via surrogacy abroad, in particular in (a) Kazakhstan and (b) Nigeria.
12 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Surrogacy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the increase in the number of children entering the UK who have been born through surrogacy in countries where commercial surrogacy oper
11 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Puberty Suppressing Hormones: Clinical Trials
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with whistleblowers from the former Tavistock Gender Identity Development Service regarding the PATHWAYS Puberty Blocker Trial.
11 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Gender Dysphoria: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his polices on the care of gender distressed children of the US judgment in the case of Fox Varian.
11 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Gender Dysphoria: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to implement a data linkage study of the Gender Identity Development Services.
11 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Transgender People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support detransitioners.
10 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport
Motor Insurance: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what targeted measures are being considered to improve (a) affordability and (b) access to car insurance for young people, particularly those in rural or poorly served public transport areas.
10 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport
Motor Insurance: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment the Motor Insurance Taskforce has made of the potential impact of increases in the cost of car insurance premiums on young drivers.
10 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport
Motor Insurance: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether evidence or representations from stakeholders in Northern Ireland have been considered by the Motor Insurance Taskforce; and what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies o
10 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport
Motor Insurance Taskforce: Meetings
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times the Motor Insurance Taskforce met since its establishment; on what dates those meetings took place; which organisations and departments were represented; and whether she plans to publish minutes
10 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Statistics
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will have discussions with the Office for National Statistics on revising its back baseline to reflect pre-2020 trends.
10 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Abortion: Gender
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to require abortion providers to provide clear guidance regarding the legality of procuring a termination on the basis of sex.
5 Feb 2026 · Home Office
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with the Charity Commission on the potential use of religious charities by networks aligned with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
5 Feb 2026 · Home Office
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her polices of reports that religious centres in the UK are being used to (a) promote and (b) support the activities of the Islamic Revol
5 Feb 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Iran: Internet
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to (a) make representations to the Iranian authorities on lifting the internet blackout and (b) assist Iranian citizens to stay connected
5 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office
Mortality Rates
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to ensure modelled increases in expected deaths are not used to retroactively redefine excess mortality as normal.
5 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office
Mortality Rates: Older People
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment his Department has made of the trends in the level of excess mortality above pre-2020 trends in the 50- to 64-year-old age group.
5 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
IVF: LGBT+ people
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of research by Velez et al entitled New-Onset Mental Illness Among Gestational Carriers, published on 25 July 2025.
5 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
IVF: LGBT+ people
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of research from King’s College London, Anglia Ruskin University and the University of Leeds entitled Comparing the Outcom
21 Jan 2026 · Department for Transport
Railways: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing funding to Northern Ireland elements of the All-Island Strategic Rail Review.
21 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Political Parties: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of the current rules around party donations by single donors, with particular reference to donations from foreign entities.
20 Jan 2026 · Cabinet Office
Royal Visits: Northern Ireland
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing prior public notice of visits by members of the Royal Family to Northern Ireland, in the context of practice in other parts of the UK.
20 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Avian Influenza: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with the Minister for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs on measures to control the spread of avian influenza in Northern Ireland.
20 Jan 2026 · Northern Ireland Office
Foreign Investment in UK: USA
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has had discussions with the US ambassador on opportunities to attract increased US investment to Northern Ireland; and what steps his Department is taking to facilitate such investment.
20 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Justice
Domestic Abuse: Courts
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the timely processing of domestic abuse cases in courts; and what additional resources have been allocated to minimise case backlogs.
20 Jan 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Iran: Human Rights and Religious Freedom
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of the persecution of Christians and other religious minorities in Iran; and what steps she is taking to
20 Jan 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Surrogacy: Cross Border Cooperation
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of regulations for a) the health and welfare of surrogate mothers and children born through surrogacy and b) ethical concerns asso
20 Jan 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Surrogacy: International Law
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to help ensure that international surrogacy arrangements meet the same a) standards and b) checks as international adoption laws.
20 Jan 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Surrogacy: Social Media
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of trends in the number of (a) social media groups that promote surrogacy and (b) the risks posed by such gro
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