Written questions
476 written questions tabled, most recent first.
20 Nov 2025 · Home Office
Asylum
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 process will her depa
20 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Asylum: Social Security Benefits
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his 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 criteria his Department
20 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Refugees: Social Security Benefits
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's policy paper entitled Restoring Order and Control: A statement on the government’s asylum and returns policy, updated on 20 November 2025, when his department plans to
20 Nov 2025 · Home Office
Asylum
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 are the criteria for
20 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, updated on 20 November 2025, under what circumstances w
20 Nov 2025 · Home Office
Asylum
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, when does her department p
20 Nov 2025 · Home Office
Asylum: Applications
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 estimate has her depa
19 Nov 2025 · Treasury
New Businesses: Investment
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her department is taking to change (i) the tax system and (ii) public sector funds to encourage further investment in start-ups and early stage companies.
5 Nov 2025 · Home Office
Private Life: Fraud
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many National Fraud Intelligence Bureau 1D dating scam offences were recorded in the (a) 2024-25, (b) 2023-24. (c) 2019-20 and (d) 2014-15 financial year.
5 Nov 2025 · Home Office
Fraud
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department collects on romance fraud.
5 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport
Railways: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will hold discussions with train companies on enforcing rules relating to quiet carriages.
5 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of the level of SEND diagnoses on levels of welfare spending.
4 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Asylum: Deportation
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times a court has cited (a) Article 3 and (b) Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights as a reason for the non-deportation of an asylum seeker in the last 12 months.
4 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Payments
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many different transactions or processes between members of the public and DVLA can only be completed if payment is made by a member of the public by (a) cash, (b) cheque and (c) postal order.
30 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Resident Doctors: Location
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will consider reviewing the geographical areas within which resident doctors are expected to relocate during specialty training.
29 Oct 2025 · Cabinet Office
Government: Inquiries
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment his Department made of the potential impact of a legal duty to implement public enquiry recommendations on public trust in government.
29 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Conditions of Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he plans to take legislative steps to place a statutory duty on leaders in the (a) public and (b) private sectors to embed (i) inclusive governance and (ii) protective leadership practices.
29 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Disclosure of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of whistleblower protections.
29 Oct 2025 · Cabinet Office
Public Sector: Disclosure of Information
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will take legislative steps to require public sector organisations to publish reports on (a) internal culture, (b) risk management and (c) the implementation of inquiry recommendations.
29 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners: Gloucestershire
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the capacity of GP services in Gloucestershire to meet patient demand.
29 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners: Telemedicine
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department made of the potential impact of unlimited online consultations, introduced in the new GP contract, on the ability of GPs to meet patient demand.
29 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Internet: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the likelihood of non-harmful websites being made inaccessible to users due to the effects of the Online Safety Act 2023.
29 Oct 2025 · Department for Education
English Language and Mathematics: GCSE
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the Education and Skills Funding Agency in enabling young people to retake English and Maths GCSEs to a timetable that enables them to undertake p
29 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Influenza: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of offering free flu vaccines to (a) charity and (b) voluntary workers on the health of vulnerable people.
29 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Planning Permission: Disclosure of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of requiring the disclosure of the true beneficiary of a planning application to enhance public scrutiny.
29 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Planning Permission: Reviews
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what consideration his Department has given to allowing interested third parties to seek a review of administrative planning conditions.
27 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Combined Authorities and Integrated Care Boards
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what his Department’s policy is on the alignment of mayoral combined authority boundaries and integrated care board boundaries, in the context of (a) devolution and (b) NHS reorg
27 Oct 2025 · Home Office
Espionage: China
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to paragraph 23(b) of Witness Statement 1 by the Deputy National Security Adviser of 22 December 2023, what those back channels were.
27 Oct 2025 · Home Office
Espionage: China
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the oral contribution by the Minister for Security during the Urgent Question on 20 October 2025, Official Report, column 630, whether he has held such discussions with the hon. Memb
27 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Maternity Services: Cheltenham Hospital
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to reopen the Aveta Birth Centre at Cheltenham General Hospital.
Source: official written-questions record.