Written questions
2,665 written questions tabled, most recent first.
13 Nov 2025 · Home Office
Police and Crime Commissioners
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact on democratic accountability of abolishing Police and Crime Commissioners.
13 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Offences against Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the potential number of historical child sexual abuse cases likely to be brought following the removal of the limitation period for such claims.
13 Nov 2025 · Home Office
Begging and Vagrancy
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the prevalence of organised begging networks operating in England.
13 Nov 2025 · Home Office
Emergency Services: Abuse
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the prevalence of racially or religiously aggravated abuse of emergency workers within private dwellings.
13 Nov 2025 · Home Office
Domestic Abuse: Victim Support Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that victims of coerced internal concealment receive appropriate support and safeguarding.
13 Nov 2025 · Home Office
National Crime Agency: Dismissal
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many officers dismissed from the National Crime Agency have subsequently joined police forces in the UK since 2017.
13 Nov 2025 · Home Office
National Centre of Policing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consultation has taken place with (a) Police and Crime Commissioners and (b) police staff associations on the establishment of the proposed National Centre of Policing.
13 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Orthopaedics: Footwear
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of waiting times for orthopaedic footwear through NHS Surgical Appliances Departments.
11 Nov 2025 · Home Office
Undocumented Migrants: Deportation
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that irregular migrants deported under the UK/France treaty entitled Agreement on the Prevention of Dangerous Journeys, published on 5 August 2025, do not return to
11 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Social Services: Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with (a) NHS England and (b) local authorities on coordinating social care for people with overlapping illnesses.
11 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Chronic Illnesses: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve (a) diagnosis and (b) management of patients with (i) overlapping and (ii) co-existing chronic illnesses.
11 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Military Bases: Security
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the use of GPS-enabled smart watches on the security of UK defence sites.
11 Nov 2025 · Home Office
Asylum: Fraud
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum claimants were found to have provided a false age; and how many of those identified led to claims being rejected.
11 Nov 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Work Experience: Graduates
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to encourage businesses to offer work experience placements to recent university graduates.
11 Nov 2025 · Department for Education
Voluntary Work: Insurance and Vetting
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of covering the cost of (a) insurance and (b) DBS checks for employers taking on volunteer workers.
11 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Voluntary Work
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of covering the insurance costs of employers for volunteer workers in healthcare settings.
11 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Voluntary Work: Insurance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of covering the insurance costs of employers taking on volunteer workers; and if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of doing so on t
11 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospitals: Lancashire
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends in the prevalence of corridor care in hospitals in Lancashire.
11 Nov 2025 · Home Office
Animal Experiments
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of animals bred for scientific research that (a) were killed and (b) died without being used in procedures in each of the last 12 months.
11 Nov 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Football: Israel
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had recent discussions with (a) UEFA and (b) FIFA on the participation of Israel in international football.
11 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Flats: Sales
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of delays in building safety approvals on the (a) volume and (b) value of residential investment transaction
11 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Housing: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department has provided to (a) developers and (b) investors on ensuring that applications to the Building Safety Regulator (i) provide the required detail and (
11 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Avian Influenza: Fylde
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential risk to the health of birds from avian influenza (H5N1) in Fylde constituency.
11 Nov 2025 · Cabinet Office
David Kogan
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish correspondence between the Prime Minister's Office and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport on the appointment of the Independent Football Regulator Chair.
11 Nov 2025 · Cabinet Office
David Kogan
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prime Minister sought advice from the Independent Adviser on Ministers’ Interests on the receipt of donations from David Kogan prior to his appointment as the Independent Football Regulator Chair.
11 Nov 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Public Appointments
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure compliance with the Governance Code on Public Appointments, published on 16 December 2016.
11 Nov 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Independent Football Regulator: Public Appointments
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what processes were followed in the (a) longlisting and (b) shortlisting of candidates for the role of Independent Football Regulator Chair.
11 Nov 2025 · Cabinet Office
David Kogan
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Independent Adviser on Ministers’ Interests has been asked to investigate the appointment of the Independent Football Regulator Chair.
11 Nov 2025 · Home Office
Immigration Controls: Airports
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has undertaken a cross-Government assessment of the potential implications of a US government shutdown on border security at UK airports.
11 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Defence
USA: Military Alliances
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the US government shutdown on joint UK–US defence (a) projects and (b) research collaboration.
Source: official written-questions record.