Written questions

476 written questions tabled, most recent first.

9 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether access metrics will be reviewed to ensure they support relationship-based care.

9 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Continuing Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has his department made of the potential impact of access targets on continuity of care.

9 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how will GPs be supported with increases in workload demand for ADHD, gender medicine and weight-management prescribing.

9 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Primary Care: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has his department made of the potential impact of funding levels for primary care on levels of demand for secondary and urgent care.

9 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to review the adequacy of the GP Contract at reflecting (a) increases in demand, (b) inflation and (c) additional responsibilities.

9 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Integrated Care Boards: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has his Department made of the potential impact of ICB mergers on continuity and access in rural and semi-rural areas.

9 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Integrated Care Boards: Primary Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what mechanisms will ensure accountability for primary care outcomes within merged ICBs, particularly where decision-making is centralised elsewhere.

9 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Integrated Care Boards: Gloucestershire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that smaller systems, such as Gloucestershire, do not lose visibility or influence within larger merged ICBs which include urban centres.

3 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Gloucestershire

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Gloucester City Council's finances on local government reorganisation in Gloucestershire.

1 Dec 2025 · Home Office

Emigration

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of trends in the level of migration of British nationals from the UK on the economy.

1 Dec 2025 · Home Office

Emigration

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the reasons for the negative net migration of British nationals from the UK in recent years.

27 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when his Department intends to publish the Future Homes Standard.

25 Nov 2025 · Department for Education

Children: Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Home Office’s policy paper entitled Restoring order and control: a statement on the Government’s asylum and returns policy, published on 17 November 2025, what assessment her Department ha

25 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her department’s policy paper entitled Restoring order and control: a statement on the Government’s asylum and returns policy, published on 17 November 2025, what assessment her Depa

25 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's policy paper entitled Restoring order and control: a statement on the Government’s asylum and returns policy, published on 17 November 2025, what assessment her Depa

21 Nov 2025 · Attorney General

Asylum: Human Rights

To ask the Solicitor General, with reference to the Home Office policy paper entitled Restoring Order and Control: A statement on the government’s asylum and returns policy, updated 20 November 2025, what assessment has the Attorney General made of how ch

21 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Migrants: Age Assurance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what safeguards her department are considering against instances where AI systems used to determine age produce incorrect results.

20 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Exploitation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will introduce protections to ensure asylum seekers under the duress of criminal gangs are not punished for failing to disclose they are being influenced.

20 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Legal Opinion

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made with the Ministry of Justice of the capacity of the legal system to offer early legal advice to asylum seekers.

20 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Repatriation: Payments

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria her Department is using to determine the correct financial remuneration for assisted voluntary return.

20 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Repatriation: Payments

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what payment package her Department is considering as part of assisted voluntary return.

20 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how does her department define an "unmeritous" asylum claim.

20 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Visas: Fines

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what sliding scale her Department will use to impose visa penalties.

20 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Deportation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria her Department is using to determine if a third country is safe to deport migrants.

20 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Migrants: Deportation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the costs of deporting migrants through return hubs.

20 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria her Department will use to designate a country as safe.

20 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of Digital ID checks for the right to work on the ability of asylum seekers to compete against British nationals in the job market.

20 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Local Government Services

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of supporting work asylum seekers who do not qualify for benefits on local authority spending.

20 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Exploitation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her department's policy paper entitled Restoring Order and Control: A statement on the government’s asylum and returns policy, updated on 20 November 2025, what assessment has her de

20 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her department's policy paper entitled Restoring Order and Control: A statement on the government’s asylum and returns policy, updated on 20 November 2025, who will hold the discreti

Source: official written-questions record.