Written questions
1,131 written questions tabled, most recent first.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Insolvency
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the use of bankruptcy law by companies to avoid repaying contractual repayments.
10 Oct 2025 · Treasury
Remittances
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much in remittances by country of destination has been sent from the UK in each year since 2020.
10 Oct 2025 · Treasury
Remittances: Taxation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a tax on remittance flows.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Meat: Ritual Slaughter
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) halal and (b) kosher slaughterhouses have been investigated for violations of (i) food safety and (ii) animal welfare standards in each year since 2020.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Meat: Ritual Slaughter
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) halal and (b) kosher slaughterhouses have operated in the UK in each year since 2020, by local authority area.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Meat: Ritual Slaughter
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of mandating the labelling of (a) halal and (b) kosher products.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Meat: Ritual Slaughter
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of (a) food safety and (b) animal welfare standards in (i) halal and (ii) kosher slaughterhouses.
29 Aug 2025 · Department for Education
Schools: Refugees
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has promoted the Schools of Sanctuary initiative with (a) local education authorities (b) maintained schools, and (c) academy trusts and sponsors.
29 Aug 2025 · Department for Education
City of Sanctuary UK
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has provided (a) funding and (b) advice to City of Sanctuary UK since 4 July 2024.
29 Aug 2025 · Department for Education
City of Sanctuary UK
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether (a) ministers, (b) advisors, and (c) officials in her Department have held conversations with City of Sanctuary UK since 4 July 2024.
29 Aug 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Access to Work Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to the Access to Work Scheme in the Pathways to Work Green Paper on individual claimants.
29 Aug 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Access to Work Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to implement proposed changes to the Access to Work Scheme in the Pathways to Work Green Paper.
29 Aug 2025 · Treasury
Equity Release: Interest Charges
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the charging of (a) interest and (b) compound interest on Equity Release Loans by financial services companies on (i) elderly customers and (ii) relatives of d
29 Aug 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Royal Mail: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has conducted an impact assessment of Royal Mail’s service standards performance on connectivity between local communities.
29 Aug 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Royal Mail: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of levels of customer satisfaction with Royal Mail’s parcel (a) management and (b) delivery.
29 Aug 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Royal Mail: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the service standards of Royal Mail’s parcel (a) management and (b) delivery.
29 Aug 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit: Foster Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make a comparative assessment of the level of Universal Credit payments made to foster carers with the prior system of (a) Working Tax Credit and (b) Child Tax Credit.
29 Aug 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many successful mandatory reconsiderations there have been since 2020, broken down by (a) year, (b) value, and (c) benefit type.
29 Aug 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Overpayments
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit overpayments have been recovered since 2020, broken down by (a) year, (b) value, and (c) benefit type.
29 Aug 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Overpayments
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit overpayments there have been since 2020, broken down by (a) year, (b) value, and (c) benefit type.
18 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport
Public Transport: Concessions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of passengers with a London Freedom Pass being able to travel for free in areas where the eligibility for free travel is set at an old
18 Jul 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
MI6: Unpaid Work
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Secret Intelligence Service’s diversity and inclusion policies on the recruitment of White Britons to its Summer In
17 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Anti-Muslim Hatred/Islamophobia Definition Working Group
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has (a) received reports of technical problems with and (b) investigated the functionality of the online evidence submissions form for the Islamophobia/Anti-Muslim Ha
15 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport
Cycling: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will take steps to raise awareness of road safety for drivers when overtaking cyclists.
15 Jul 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Nuclear Power: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to provide revenue support for privately led advanced nuclear technologies as set out in the Spending Review 2025.
15 Jul 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Nuclear Reactors
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of levels of the UK’s supply chain’s readiness to support the (a) construction and (b) operation of advanced modular reactors; and what steps he is
15 Jul 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Nuclear Reactors
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the deployment of advanced modular reactors in the UK on the (a) economy, (b) industry and (c) environment.
15 Jul 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Nuclear Reactors
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has plans to publish a timeline for introducing a (a) faster and (b) more efficient route to market for Advanced Modular Reactors.
15 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2025 to Question 61313 on NHS: Fees and Charges, if he will publish the revenue raised by NHS penalty charges in each year since 2020, broken down by age group.
15 Jul 2025 · Home Office
Asylum: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to Answer of 8 July 2025 to Question 64923 on Asylum: Housing, on what basis can (a) her Department, (b) Serco and (c) local authorities not inform Members of Parliament when sites are used f
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