Written questions

1,131 written questions tabled, most recent first.

21 Feb 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Higher Education: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, when Research England informed his Department of their plans for the (a) Research Excellence Framework 2029 and (b) people, culture and environment pilot.

13 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Visas: Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many migrants on Health and Care Worker visas claimed asylum in each year since 2020.

13 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Visas: Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many migrants on Health and Care Visas have claimed asylum since 2020.

13 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Visas: Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many migrants on (a) work, (b) student and (c) family visas have claimed asylum since 2010.

13 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Migrants: Repatriation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many migrants subject to voluntary removals received payments to ensure departure since 5 July 2024; and what the (a) total, (b) average, (c) lowest and (d) highest payment made was.

13 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Migrants: Deportation and Repatriation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish a breakdown of migrants removed since 5 July 2024 by (a) voluntary and (b) enforced removals; and by nationality.

13 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Mohamed Hoblos

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to bar Mohamed Hoblos from entry into the UK.

11 Feb 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Centre for Media Monitoring

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many times (a) Ministers and (b) officials in her Department have met with the Centre for Media Monitoring since 4 July 2024.

5 Feb 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Plutonium: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much plutonium was imported annually since 2010, by country of origin.

5 Feb 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Uranium: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much uranium was imported annually since 2010, by country of origin.

5 Feb 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Plutonium

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to increase domestic inventories of plutonium.

5 Feb 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Uranium

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to increase domestic inventories of uranium.

5 Feb 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Clean Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the specific growth regions for clean power are, broken down by (a) nuclear, (b) wind, and (c) solar.

5 Feb 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

EU Emissions Trading Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether her Department is preparing for the UK to enter the EU Emissions Trading Scheme.

5 Feb 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

UK Emissions Trading Scheme: EU Emissions Trading Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether her Department plans to align carbon pricing under the UK Emissions Trading Scheme with the EU Emissions Trading Scheme.

5 Feb 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Chemicals and Energy Intensive Industries: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has received recent representations from (a) energy-intensive manufacturing and (b) chemical industries on carbon pricing.

5 Feb 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Chemicals and Energy Intensive Industries: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of increasing the UK carbon price to £147/tCO2 by 2030 on (a) energy-intensive manufacturing industries and (b) chemical indu

5 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Firearms: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many firearms licence (a) applications and (b) renewals were completed in (i) the UK, (ii) the East of England and (iii) West Suffolk constituency in each year since 2015.

5 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Firearms: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what service level agreements exist for firearms licensing.

5 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Firearms: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to improve the firearms licensing service.

5 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Firearms: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the revenues from increased firearms licensing fees will be hypothecated to improve the firearms licensing service.

5 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers recruited since 5 July 2024 are (a) British nationals and (b) foreign nationals, broken down by country of origin.

5 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Justice

HM Prison Service: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January 2025 to Question 25772 on Prison Service: Recruitment, whether prisons are obligated to (a) advertise positions for British nationals before foreign nationals and (b) hire Bri

5 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Police: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department holds (a) written and (b) statistical evidence on how police forces treat different identity groups based on (i) ethnicity, (ii) nationality, (iii) gender and (iv) sexuality.

5 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Police

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her oral contribution of 2 September 2024 in response to the question from the hon. Member for Crewe and Nantwich, Official Report, column 70, on what evidential basis she said that

5 Feb 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy Supply: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has made an estimate of the proportion of grid decarboinsation that will be achieved via reduced energy usage before 2030.

5 Feb 2025 · Treasury

Energy: Capital Investment

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what timescales her Department uses to assess public investment in energy infrastructure in (a) oil and gas, (b) wind, (c) solar, (d) hydropower and (e) nuclear.

3 Feb 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Centre for Media Monitoring

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many times her Department has invited the Centre for Media Monitoring to official events since 4 July 2024.

3 Feb 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Centre for Media Monitoring

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many letters her Department has responded to from the Centre for Media Monitoring since 4 July 2024.

3 Feb 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Centre for Media Monitoring

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many times his Department has invited the Centre for Media Monitoring to official events since 4 July 2024.

Source: official written-questions record.