Written questions
960 written questions tabled, most recent first.
29 Aug 2025 · Home Office
Asylum: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will list the name of each contractor who currently provides asylum hotels and accommodation to her Department.
29 Aug 2025 · Home Office
Asylum: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 15 July 2025, to Question 65280, on Asylum: Housing, if she will place the requested information from Question 65280 in the Library of the House in light of the hyperlinks on
29 Aug 2025 · Home Office
Islamophobia: Non-crime Hate Incidents
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to use the Islamophobia Working Group definition for non-criminal hate incidents.
29 Aug 2025 · Home Office
Asylum: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 30 April 2025 to Question 46900 on Asylum: Housing, how many dwellings have been procured via Cushman and Wakefield across England since July 2024; and what the total number
29 Aug 2025 · Home Office
Asylum: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's asylum support statistics, how much (a) initial accommodation, (b) dispersal accommodation and (c) contingency accommodation across the country is provided by (i) Se
29 Aug 2025 · Home Office
Asylum: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the NISTA Annual Report 2024–25 dashboard, for what reason no evaluation has been completed for the project Asylum Support Accommodation Programme in the Home Office.
29 Aug 2025 · Home Office
Asylum: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was a allocated each individual local authority from (a) Grant 7 and (b) Grant 6 programmes for asylum in 2024-25.
29 Aug 2025 · Home Office
English Language: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding was allocated for English for Speakers of Other Languages provision by her Department in 2024-25; what the budget is for 2025-26; and what proportion in each case was allocated as gra
29 Aug 2025 · Home Office
Licensing Laws
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the press release entitled Red tape slashed to revamp high streets with new cafes and bars, published on 26 July 2025, whether the Government intends to consult on the new National L
29 Aug 2025 · Home Office
Asylum: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2025 to Question 59362 on Asylum: Housing, whether local authorities have a right of objection to the housing of asylum seekers in (a) hostels, (b) hotels, (c) HMOs a
29 Aug 2025 · Home Office
Counter-terrorism: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has issued to local authorities on (a) transparency and local scrutiny on how Prevent funding is spent and (b) which organisations receive it.
29 Aug 2025 · Home Office
Counter-terrorism: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which individual local authorities have received funding from her Department under the Prevent scheme in 2024-25; and what the (a) mechanism and (b) timing is by which the funding will be distributed
29 Aug 2025 · Home Office
Counter-terrorism: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has provided to local authorities to distribute as grants under the Prevent scheme in 2024-25; and what the budget is for 2025-26.
29 Aug 2025 · Home Office
Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2025 to Question HL8772 on Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission, through what mechanism her Department had access to the unredacted drawings.
29 Aug 2025 · Home Office
Immigration: Families
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to narrow the definition of family member in relation to immigration and asylum policy.
29 Aug 2025 · Home Office
Chinese Embassy: Security
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the National Protective Security Authority has provided advice on the proposed new Chinese Embassy.
29 Aug 2025 · Home Office
Islamophobia
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 21 July 2025 to Question 65009 on Islamophobia, whether her Department has (a) submitted evidence to and (b) had meetings with the Working Group.
29 Aug 2025 · Home Office
Asylum: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 12 March 2025 to Question 35311 on Asylum: Health Services, whether any local authorities have commissioned independent health sector providers to provide health care to asyl
29 Aug 2025 · Home Office
Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to page 234 of the Home Office annual report and accounts 2024-25, published in July 2025, HC1133, how much the UK (a) contributes to and (b) receives from the EU Asylum, Migration and
29 Aug 2025 · Home Office
Asylum: Hotels
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to page 75 of the Home Office annual report and accounts 2024-25, published in July 2025, HC1133, how many (a) contracted asylum hotels, (b) people residing in asylum hotels, (c) people
29 Aug 2025 · Home Office
Nuisance
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answers of 4 July 2025 to Questions 62600 and 62603 on Nuisance, what her policy is on (a) whether nuisance begging is an offence and (b) giving powers to (i) police and (ii) local aut
29 Aug 2025 · Home Office
Asylum: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to page 75 of the Home Office's annual report and accounts 2024-25, published in July 2025, HC1133, what the total cost of asylum accommodation was in 2024-25.
29 Aug 2025 · Home Office
Shoplifting: Crime Prevention
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance she has provided to high street retailers on whether they may (a) share details of suspected shoplifters with other retailers and (b) post photographs of suspected shoplifters.
29 Aug 2025 · Home Office
Asylum: Information Sharing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 17 April 2025 to Question 43109 on Asylum: Local Government, what data is shared with local government under cross-cohort, place-based data sharing.
21 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Housing: Greater London
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information her Department holds on the number of (a) private and (b) social homes started in London between 1 January and 31 March 2025.
21 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
E-petitions
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has issued guidance to local authorities on the electronic submission of governance petitions.
21 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Local Government: Reorganisation
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether local government restructuring will split up district councils when creating new unitaries.
21 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Planning
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's guidance entitled Summary: Planning and Infrastructure Bill, Government Amendments to Part 3 (Lords Committee Stage), published on 17 July 2025
21 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Planning
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the guidance entitled Summary: Planning and Infrastructure Bill, Government Amendments to Part 3 (Lords Committee Stage), published on 17 July 2025, in what cir
21 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Council Tax
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the oral contribution of the Prime Minister during the oral question on council tax of 9 July 2025, Official Report, Column 939, what the evidential basis for t
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