Written questions

476 written questions tabled, most recent first.

6 Feb 2026 · Department for Education

Pupil Premium: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what consideration her department has given to the potential benefits of changing Pupil Premium rules so that funding goes directly towards supporting the eligible child’s care.

6 Feb 2026 · Department for Education

Pupil Premium: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment has her department made of the potential benefits to allowing parents of previously looked after children to make financial contributions to the Pupil Premium for therapy.

6 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Vulnerable Adults: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment has his department made of the potential benefits of introducing mandatory regular building surveys and maintenance plans in support of vulnerable adults under the court of protection.

6 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Vulnerable Adults

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of financial abuse by negligent Financial Deputies on vulnerable adults under the court of protection.

6 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

ME/CFS: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress the MRS has made in delivering mechanistic research into ME/CFS.

6 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport

Roads: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to promote the new road safety strategy to the public.

6 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office

Infected Blood Compensation Scheme

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to reassess compensation amounts under the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme.

5 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Asylum: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of implementing the recommendations in the report Externalised asylum and migration policies and human rights law, published by th

5 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Police: Biometrics

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish a list of stakeholders that ministers have met to develop a best practice guidance for the use of Live Facial Recognition technology by the police.

5 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Biometrics: Data Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that data collected by live facial recognition technology cannot be accessed by foreign states.

5 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Biometrics: Data Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department plans to take to ensure that data collected by live facial recognition will be stored safely.

5 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Police: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to Part 3 of her Department's White paper entitled From local to national: a new model for policing White Paper, published on 26 January 2026, what her planned timetable is for the revi

5 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Police: Reorganisation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of aligning strategic authority mayoral boundaries with new regional policing boundaries.

5 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Policing and Crime Boards

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to Part 3 of her Department's White paper entitled From local to national: a new model for policing White Paper, published on 26 January 2026, how many (a) strategic authority mayors an

5 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Retail Trade: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding has been allocated to Opal in the National Policing Intelligence Unit in each year since 2021.

5 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Retail Trade: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's White Paper entitled From local to national: a new model for policing, published on 26 January 2026, whether the funding announced for Opal is an yearly increase on

5 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Police

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to Pillar 1 entitled Police Back on the Beat within the white paper entitled From local to national: a new model for policing, published on 27 January 2026, CP 1489, how many police off

5 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Police

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what are the current boundaries of operational independence for police forces.

5 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Anti-social Behaviour

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to Section 22 of the Department's White Paper entitled From local to national: a new model for policing, published on 26 January 2026, how does her Department define dangerous behaviour

3 Feb 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, is Lord Mandelson currently in receipt of a government salary.

2 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Migrant Workers: Sponsorship

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, is he will publish the list of companies who have had (a) their license to sponsor skilled and temporary workers revoked and b) their license since reinstated in each of the last five years.

2 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Asylum: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department holds on outcomes of asylum appeals since March 2023.

2 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what quality assurance data her Department holds on the outcomes of initial asylum decisions since 2023-24.

2 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Immigration

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what impact assessments, internal modelling or economic analyses were produced to inform the policies set out in the White Paper “Restoring Control over the Immigration System”.

2 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Immigration

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to publish an impact assessment of the policies contained in the White Paper, Restoring Control over the Immigration System; and if she will set out a timetable for publication.

28 Jan 2026 · Home Office

Biometrics: Arrests

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what number of people have been arrested as a result of mistaken identity due to Live Facial Recognition in the last year.

27 Jan 2026 · Home Office

Computer Misuse Act 1990

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will update the Computer Misuse Act 1990 to give greater protection to cyber security professionals.

26 Jan 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Retail Trade: Delivery Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring online retailers to offer a choice of delivery couriers.

26 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Parkinson's Disease: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of including medication for the treatment of Parkinson's disease in the medical exemption scheme.

26 Jan 2026 · Department for Transport

Electric Scooters: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has considered legislation to limit the sale of e-scooters in the UK.

Source: official written-questions record.