Written questions

2,665 written questions tabled, most recent first.

14 Jan 2026 · Cabinet Office

Proof of Identity: Digital Technology

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the potential economic impact of decisions businesses have made on the basis of the announcement of compulsory digital ID on 26 September 2025 and 13 January 2026.

14 Jan 2026 · Home Office

Police Raids: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what compensation is available to people whose property is damaged as a result of policing operations at neighbouring properties; or properties where suspects are not the legal owners.

14 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Community Orders: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many defendants in each of the last five years have completed unpaid work as part of a sentence later overturned on appeal.

14 Jan 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Wind Power: Irish Sea

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the ability of vulnerable groups to participate in consultations on the Morgan and Morecambe offshore windfarm cabling route.

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

Planning Permission: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the ability of vulnerable groups to access planning consultations.

14 Jan 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Wind Power: Irish Sea

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether an Equality Impact Assessment was carried out for the Application by Morgan Offshore Wind Limited and Morecambe Offshore Windfarm Limited for an Order Granting Development Consent for

14 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: North West

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the workloads of prison officers in the North West.

14 Jan 2026 · Home Office

Voice over Internet Protocol: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the powers of law enforcement agencies to identify and investigate criminal activity conducted using VoIP services.

14 Jan 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Nuisance Calls: Voice over Internet Protocol

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to help prevent the misuse of VoIP services for scam and nuisance calls.

14 Jan 2026 · Home Office

Voice over Internet Protocol: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many recorded offences involving the use of VoIP services there have been in each of the last five years.

14 Jan 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Voice over Internet Protocol: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the regulatory framework governing VoIP services.

14 Jan 2026 · Treasury

Child Benefit: Maladministration

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what date (i) HMRC and (ii) ministers in her Department were notified of child benefit claimants incorrectly having benefits stopped due to data sharing with the Home Office.

13 Jan 2026 · Treasury

Child Benefit: Fraud

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2025 to Question 103948 on Child Benefit: Fraud, when she estimates the c 23,500 cohort will have been fully reviewed.

13 Jan 2026 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests: Preston

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help increase the availability of driving tests at Preston test centre.

13 Jan 2026 · Department for Transport

Blue Badge Scheme: Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of current blue badge policy for people with Crohn's and Colitis.

13 Jan 2026 · Treasury

Child Benefit: Fraud

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the press release entitled Child Benefit action to save £350 million from claimants abroad, published on 22 August 2025, and to the correspondence from the Chief Executive and First Permanent Secre

13 Jan 2026 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many members of the Civil Service Pension Scheme are awaiting retirement quotations or commencement of pension payments beyond expected timescales.

13 Jan 2026 · Treasury

Child Benefit: Fraud

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2025 to Question 103948 on Child Benefit: Fraud, if she will make an estimate of the cost to her Department of time spent reviewing old cases.

13 Jan 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Social Media: Death and Injuries

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department has had recent discussions with social media companies on the rapid removal of graphic or traumatic content depicting serious injury or death.

13 Jan 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Broadcasting: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of regulations on the broadcast or online circulation of footage from fatal accident scenes.

13 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Accidents: Privacy

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to help protect the privacy of people affected by fatal or serious accidents.

12 Jan 2026 · Department for Transport

Driving: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure that (a) elderly people and (b) people without access to the internet are able to access their consultation on mandatory eye testing for older drivers.

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

Local Government: Reorganisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to ensure that monies raised in a geographic are ringfenced for spending in that area in the event of local government reorganisation.

12 Jan 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sri Lanka: Storms

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support the recovery of Sri Lanka from Cyclone Ditwah.

12 Jan 2026 · Department for Education

Academies: Inspections

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how frequently academy trusts will be inspected; and whether inspection frequency will vary according to previous performance.

8 Jan 2026 · Treasury

Child Benefit

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to answer 98955 of 16 December 2025 on Child Benefit, how many of the 7,781 enquiries which remained open have since been addressed; and what the outcomes were.

8 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the average length of time of a GP appointment.

7 Jan 2026 · Cabinet Office

Home Office and Revenue and Customs: Information Sharing

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what correspondence the Government has had with the Information Commissioner's Office on the data sharing pilot between HMRC and the Home Office.

7 Jan 2026 · Treasury

Child Benefit: Fraud

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many new enquiries were opened into child benefit claims which were suspended from claimants as a result of data-sharing between HMRC and the Home Office in the period 1 to 31 December 2025.

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

Inland Waterways: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the Canal and River Trust’s grant settlement for maintaining the safety and integrity of inland waterways in England.

Source: official written-questions record.