Written questions

Shivani Raja

485 written questions tabled, most recent first.

10 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, a) what progress has been made on streamlining the planning process to reduce delays for compliant housing developments and b) whether his Department plans to introduce further m

10 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Leicestershire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to provide additional funding to a) Leicester and b) Leicestershire to reduce NHS waiting lists.

27 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ambulance Services: East Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve ambulance response times in (a) Leicester and (b) the East Midlands.

27 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Temporary Accommodation: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on how much local authorities spent on providing temporary accommodation to households containing at least one non-UK national in the last 1

27 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Council Housing: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of households on local authority housing waiting lists include at least one non-UK national.

27 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of asylum seekers who have received a positive asylum decision have been granted access to Universal Credit during the current Parliament.

27 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Influenza: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help improve influenza vaccination uptake in (a) Leicester and (b) the East Midlands.

27 Jan 2026 · Home Office

Immigration Controls: Biometrics

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department holds on the use of UK e-gates by nationals of countries that do not offer reciprocal access to UK passport holders; and what assessment has been made of the potential merits

27 Jan 2026 · Home Office

Immigration Controls: Biometrics

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to review its policy on access to UK e-gates by foreign nationals; and whether consideration has been given to limiting access to nationals of countries that do not offer

27 Jan 2026 · Home Office

Crimes of Violence: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to tackle youth knife crime and serious violence in (a) Leicester and (b) the East Midlands.

27 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Animals: Death

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance is issued to police forces on the investigation of suspicious animal deaths; and what recent assessment has been made of the adequacy of investigative standards in such c

27 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Temporary Accommodation: Leicester

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding his Department has provided to Leicester City Council to support the provision of temporary accommodation for rough sleepers in each of the last three years.

27 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Temporary Accommodation: Leicester

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what (a) monitoring and (b) enforcement action his Department undertakes to ensure that temporary accommodation in Leicester meets minimum health, safety and hygiene standards.

27 Jan 2026 · Treasury

Railways: Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what criteria were applied in the Spending Review for assessing proposed rail infrastructure projects.

27 Jan 2026 · Department for Transport

Railways: East Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of diesel operation on the Midland Main Line north of Leicester on emissions and air quality in a) Leicester and b) the East Midlands.

27 Jan 2026 · Department for Transport

Railways: East Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department considers the level of rail infrastructure investment in (a) Leicester and (b) the East Midlands to be proportionate to its population.

27 Jan 2026 · Department for Education

Teachers: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of levels of unemployment and underemployment among qualified teachers; and what steps she is taking to help improve increase retention and re-entry levels.

27 Jan 2026 · Department for Education

Teachers: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to expand or reform teacher training programmes to help improve access to the teaching profession.

27 Jan 2026 · Department for Education

Teachers: recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help increase the number of teachers in England.

27 Jan 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Technology: East Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that (a) Leicester and (b) the East Midlands benefit from national investment in emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence a

27 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Defibrillators: Public Bodies

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to bring forward proposals to require publicly funded bodies to ensure defibrillators are accessible to the public on a 24-hour basis.

27 Jan 2026 · Department for Education

Schools: Defibrillators

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has considered requiring state-funded schools with defibrillators to make those devices publicly accessible where it is safe and practicable to do so.