Written questions
248 written questions tabled, most recent first.
29 Aug 2025 · Home Office
Asylum: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of accommodating asylum seekers with unknown or unverifiable criminal histories on public safety.
29 Aug 2025 · Home Office
Asylum: Reoffenders
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department records the number of repeat offenders within the asylum seeker population.
29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Offenders: Deportation
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department has made an assessment of the effectiveness of the deterrent effect of immediate deportation for foreign nationals convicted of criminal offences.
29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Sexual Offences: Asylum
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many asylum seekers have been prosecuted for sexual offences in the last year; and what proportion were housed in government-funded accommodation at the time.
29 Aug 2025 · Department for Transport
Public Transport: Tickets
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consideration is being given to the needs of older people in the implementation of digital-only ticketing systems for public transport.
29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Digital Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of digital exclusion on older people’s ability to access NHS services.
29 Aug 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Digital Technology: Older People
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of digital exclusion on the quality of life for older people.
29 Aug 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Broadband: Older People
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what estimate he has made of the proportion of households with occupants over the age of 75 that do not have access to reliable broadband.
29 Aug 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Broadband: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to ensure the availability of reliable broadband in rural areas to support access to essential services.
29 Aug 2025 · Treasury
Banking Hubs
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with LINK on the potential for widening the criteria for establishing additional banking hubs across the UK.
29 Aug 2025 · Treasury
Bank Services: Internet
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to support (a) older people and (b) people who are not digitally confident in accessing online banking services.
29 Aug 2025 · Department for Transport
Motorcycles: Driving Tests
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many holders of a compulsory basic training certificate do not complete a (a) moped and (b) motorcycle test within two years.
29 Aug 2025 · Department for Transport
Motorcycles: Driving Instruction
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to enforce the requirement that riders of (a) motorcycles and (b) mopeds hold a valid compulsory basic training certificate.
29 Aug 2025 · Home Office
Motor Vehicles: Seized Articles
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of The Removal, Storage and Disposal of Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Regulations 2023 on people who have had their vehicle stolen.
29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Stoma Appliances
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of centrally coordinating stoma services.
29 Aug 2025 · Home Office
Asylum: Children and Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of asylum seekers on the safeguarding of children and young people.
29 Aug 2025 · Home Office
Asylum: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the proximity of (a) schools and (b) other youth facilities is taken into account when procuring dispersal accommodation.
29 Aug 2025 · Home Office
Asylum: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of using dispersal accommodation for asylum seekers on the availability of housing for British citizens.
29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Asylum: Dental Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much has been spent on providing dental care for asylum seekers in hotels in the last year.
29 Aug 2025 · Home Office
Asylum: Broxbourne
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many properties have been procured by (a) her Department and (b) contracted companies to serve as dispersal housing for asylum seekers in Broxbourne constituency.
29 Aug 2025 · Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
Political Parties
To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 15 July 2025 to Question 65798 on Companies: Political Parties, whether the Electoral Commission has issue
29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Business Premises: Rents
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what public consultation her Department has undertaken in relation to the proposed prohibition of upward-only rent reviews for commercial leases in the English Devolution and Com
22 Jul 2025 · Cabinet Office
Baroness Gray of Tottenham
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's publication entitled Special adviser data releases: numbers and costs, July 2025, published on 17 July 2025, how much was Sue Gray’s salary.
22 Jul 2025 · Cabinet Office
Baroness Gray of Tottenham
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's publication entitled Special adviser data releases: numbers and costs, July 2025, published on 17 July 2025, how much of severance costs in 2024-25 related to the severance pay
22 Jul 2025 · Treasury
Business Rates
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate has been made of the number of (a) retail, (b) hospitality and (c) leisure hereditaments ineligible for the retail, hospitality and leisure business rate relief under the £110,000 cap per business.
22 Jul 2025 · Treasury
Property and Wealth: Taxation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of (a) wealth taxes and (b) taxes on high-value residential property.
22 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Combined Authorities: Elections
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which (a) existing and (b) new combined mayoral elections will take place in May (i) 2026 and (ii) 2027.
22 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Elections: Reform
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she consulted the Parliamentary Parties Panel on the policy paper entitled Restoring trust in our democracy: Our strategy for modern and secure elections, published on 17
22 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Rents
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the ban on upward-only rent reviews on (a) pension funds and (b) property investments owned by councils.
22 Jul 2025 · Treasury
Hospitality Industry: Business Rates
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) pubs, (b) hotels and (c) restaurants in England have a Rateable Value over £500,000.
Source: official written-questions record.