Written questions
1,131 written questions tabled, most recent first.
17 Mar 2026 · Home Office
Independent Review of Disclosure and Fraud Offences
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the Independent Review of Disclosure and Fraud Offences: second report by Jonathan Fisher KC.
17 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Justice
Young Offender Institutions: Capital Investment
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate has his Department made for capital spending on the youth secure estate for the next year.
17 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Justice
Legal Profession: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential (a) administrative and (b) regulatory challenges that the ILCA scheme may place on SME law firms.
17 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Justice
Legal Profession: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what analysis his Department has undertaken on the potential impact of the proposed Interest on Lawyers’ Client Accounts scheme on the financial viability of legal aid providers.
16 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Justice
Legal Profession: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what evidence his Department has gathered from schemes overseas comparable with the proposed Interest on Lawyers’ Client Accounts scheme.
16 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
New Towns: East of England
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 4 March 2026 to question 112731, on what date his officials will meet the promoters of Forest City 1.
11 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Justice
Legal Aid Agency: Cybersecurity
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of compensating firms for unpaid labour resulting from the Legal Aid Agency data breach.
11 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Justice
Legal Aid Scheme: Eligibility
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the legal aid means test thresholds; and whether he plans to update them.
11 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Justice
Legal Profession: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether revenue raised under his Department's proposed Interest on Lawyer's Client Accounts scheme will be earmarked to support access to justice.
9 Mar 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Fuel Oil: Prices
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of reports that retail companies have increased the price of domestic heating oil separate to and above increases
9 Mar 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Fuel Oil: Prices
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to support households that rely on heating oil for domestic heating following recent increases in heating oil prices linked to the conflict with Iran.
9 Mar 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Fuel Oil: Prices
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate his Department has made of the increase in the average price of domestic heating oil since the start of the conflict with Iran; and what assessment he has made of the impact of
4 Mar 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Qatar: Armed Conflict
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans she has for British nationals in Qatar unable to travel home due to the closure of airspace.
4 Mar 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Middle East: Armed Conflict
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what alternatives to air travel she is considering for British nationals in Middle Eastern countries unable to travel home due to the closure of airspace.
4 Mar 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Middle East: Armed Conflict
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support and assistance her Department is giving to British nationals in Middle Eastern countries unable to travel home due to the closure of airspace.
2 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Justice
Trials
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what offences will have the right to elect restricted by the Courts and Tribunals Bill.
2 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Justice
Trials
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what offences will be reclassified by the Courts and Tribunals Bill.
2 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Justice
Crown Court: Trials
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what offences will be eligible for trial without jury by the Crown Court Bench Division proposal in the Courts and Tribunals Bill.
24 Feb 2026 · Home Office
Passports: Dual Nationality
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will introduce (a) a grace period and (b) transitional arrangements for British nationals impacted by changes to passport rules regarding dual nationals.
20 Feb 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will freeze the assets of individuals with connections to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
20 Feb 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if her Department will remove persons with connections to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps from the UK.
20 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Justice
Criminal Proceedings
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases exceeded the statutory time limit of six months for summary offences in each year since 2020, broken down by (a) offence, and (b) police force.
20 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Justice
Criminal Proceedings
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases exceeded the statutory time limit of six months for summary offences because of misclassification in each year since 2020.
20 Feb 2026 · Home Office
Asylum: Military Bases
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to develop further MOD sites to house Asylum Seekers.
20 Feb 2026 · Home Office
Asylum: Crowborough Training Camp
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish any application for Crown Development relating to the use of Crowborough Training Camp as Asylum Accommodation.
20 Feb 2026 · Home Office
Asylum: Crowborough Training Camp
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department applied for planning permission to use Crowborough Training Camp as Asylum Accommodation.
20 Feb 2026 · Home Office
Asylum: Crowborough Training Camp
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish her Department's Community Impact Assessment in relation to the use of Crowborough Training Camp as Asylum Accommodation.
20 Feb 2026 · Home Office
Asylum: Crowborough Training Camp
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers accommodated at Crowborough Training Camp her Department has lost contact with since 22 January 2026.
11 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
New Towns: East of England
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what meetings (a) he, (b) Ministers, (c) special advisers and (d) officials in his Department have had with the organisers of the Forest City 1 campaign.
4 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Justice
Legal Systems: Islam
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Sharia law courts have operated in the UK in each year since 2010 and broken down by local authority area.
Source: official written-questions record.