Written questions

695 written questions tabled, most recent first.

16 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the eligibility criteria for covid-19 boosters has changed for unpaid carers.

16 Sep 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Paternity Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to (a) increase statutory paternity pay and (b) extend the duration of protected paternity leave.

16 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to increase legal aid rates.

16 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Military Bases

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether (a) asylum seeking families, (b) asylum seeking unaccompanied minors and (c) all types of asylum seekers would be eligible for transfer from asylum hotels to military barracks.

16 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's Statement of 1 September 2025 on Borders and Asylum, Official Report, col 26, what steps she plans to take to tighten the test for asylum accommodation.

23 Jun 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Trade Agreements: India

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether it is his Department's policy to seek an investor-state dispute chapter during negotiations on a bilateral investment treaty with India.

23 Jun 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy Charter Treaty

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment his Department has made of the (a) feasibility and (b) effectiveness of a prospective agreement between the UK and other parties withdrawing from the Energy Charter Tre

23 Jun 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy Charter Treaty

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has had recent discussions with his counterparts in countries that plan to withdraw from the Energy Charter Treaty on the potential merits of entering into an agreement with each o

23 Jun 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy Charter Treaty

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment he made of the potential impact of the Energy Charter Treaty's sunset clause on fossil fuel assets on the financial risk of legal challenges to the UK.

4 Jun 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Climate Change

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to tackle global climate change.

2 Jun 2025 · Treasury

Business: Women

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what meetings she has had with (a) SMEs and (b) other businesses on understanding the proposed EHRC Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions, and Associations.

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Transgender People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed EHRC Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions and Associations on employment rates for trans people.

2 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Immigration

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, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to the

2 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Immigration: Poverty

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, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed ex

2 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Immigration

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, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to the

2 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Immigration

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, what assessment she has made on the potential impact of changes to the

21 May 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether asylum applicants are made aware of their right to (a) receive and (b) amend their transcript from their substantive interview.

21 May 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the error rate in asylum applications where decisions had an (a) automated and (b) AI-based element was between November 2024 and March 2025.

21 May 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether data and imagery collected by Anduril Maritime Sentry Towers are used in asylum application decision-making.

21 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

HSBC: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department is taking steps to (a) provide guidance to, (b) help seek redress for and (c) otherwise help support people affected by HSBC historically deducting a portion of its workers' occup

21 May 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

USA: Transgender People

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what information his Department holds on the safety of transgender people travelling to the US; and if he will publish a country policy and information note on (a) sexual ori

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

Community Assets: Moorland and Peatlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of extending the Community Right to Buy powers proposed in the Devolution White Paper to allow community organisations to tak

20 May 2025 · Department for Transport

British Transport Police: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the establishment of Great British Railways on funding for the British Transport Police.

20 May 2025 · Department for Transport

British Transport Police: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of funding for the British Transport Police.

13 May 2025 · Home Office

Immigration: Skilled Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's publication entitled Restoring Control Over the Immigration System: White paper, published on 12 May 2025, whether the changes to the qualifying period for settlemen

13 May 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Flexible Working

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to support women in the workplace with flexible working.

8 May 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: LGBT+ People

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of banning asylum claims from foreign national offenders convicted of sexual offences in their country of origin on LGBTQI+ people from countries w

30 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

ADHD: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce regional differences in waiting times for ADHD services.

28 Apr 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: LGBT+ People

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the raised standard of proof for asylum claims on LGBTQI+ people seeking asylum.

28 Apr 2025 · Treasury

Migration: Spain

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential (a) impact of the Spanish government's migration strategy on economic growth in that country and (b) merits of allowing asylum seekers to work.

Source: official written-questions record.