Written questions

2,665 written questions tabled, most recent first.

16 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Contempt of Court

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to (a) codify and (b) simplify the law of contempt of court in England and Wales in light of the Law Commission’s recommendations.

16 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport

Mobility Scooters: Public Consultation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 15 September 2025 to Question 75718 on Mobile Scooters, what steps she is taking to ensure public awareness of that consultation.

16 Sep 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

BBC: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department plans to review the future funding model of the BBC.

16 Sep 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Social Media: Self-harm and Suicide

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the Online Safety Act 2023 in tackling harmful content on social media platforms.

16 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Rents: Lancashire

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to introduce rent controls in Lancashire.

15 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Community Relations: Lancashire

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he plans to take with local authorities to encourage social cohesion at a neighbourhood level in Lancashire.

15 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Second Homes: Council Tax

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of removing local authority discretion to waive the Council Tax premium on second homes in cases where the second proper

15 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 3 Sep 2025 to Question 73585 on Asylum: Housing, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that Government procurement rules are adhered to in the issuing of contracts to

15 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Police: Emergency Calls

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of police workforce shortages on response times to emergency calls.

15 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 3 Sep 2025 to Question 73585 on Asylum: Housing, what steps her Department is taking to ensure there is no conflict of interest when allocating contracts for asylum accommoda

15 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 3 Sep 2025 to Question 73585 on Asylum: Housing, what mechanisms exist for members of the public to report perceived conflicts of interest in the allocation of contracts to p

15 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 3 September 2025 to Question 73585 on Asylum: Housing, what her policy is on the administration of asylum accommodation contracts relating to people who both oversee contract

15 Sep 2025 · Department for Education

Childcare: Eligibility

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2025 to Question 66726, what recent estimate she has made of the number of student nurses in England who are ineligible for the 30 hours of funded childcare due to their status

15 Sep 2025 · Department for Education

Childcare: Health Professions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a cross-departmental taskforce to review the adequacy of childcare provision for (a) student nurses and (b) other parents in full-time heal

15 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nurses: Labour Turnover

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure childcare policy supports the recruitment and retention of student nurses as part of the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan, updated on 22 April 2024.

15 Sep 2025 · Department for Education

Childcare: Eligibility

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of making student nurses eligible for the 30 hours of free childcare.

15 Sep 2025 · Department for Education

Childcare: Vocational Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will set out the level of childcare support his Department provides for (a) student nurses and (b) other essential vocational trainees; and what plans she has to increase that level of support.

15 Sep 2025 · Department for Education

Childcare: Eligibility

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2025 to Question 66726 on Childcare: Eligibility, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of changing the eligibility criteria to take account of the

12 Sep 2025 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Domestic Visits

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many visits by Ministers in his Department took place in constituencies represented by (a) Labour, (b) Conservative and (c) other hon. Members in the period between 4 July 2024 and 2 July 2025.

12 Sep 2025 · House of Commons Commission

Table Office: Staff

To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2025 to Question on Table Office: Financing, if the Commission will make an assessment of the potential merits of tem

12 Sep 2025 · House of Commons Commission

Table Office: Staff

To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2025 to Question 30400 on Table Office: Finance, if the Commission will review the staffing levels for the Table Offi

12 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Double Jeopardy

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of reviewing the threshold for reopening cases under the exception to the double jeopardy rule introduced by the Criminal Justice Act 2003.

12 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Telemedicine

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the availability of virtual GP appointments.

12 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Immigration Controls: Proscribed Organisations

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign nationals have been refused entry to the UK on the basis of their support for proscribed terrorist groups since 2020.

12 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Greta Thunberg

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September to Question 75385 on Greta Thunberg, whether public expressions of support for the proscribed terrorist group Palestine Action are considered relevant to an asse

12 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: Repatriation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which countries have had access to UK visas restricted due to non-compliance with migrant return agreements; and what criteria were used in these decisions.

12 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Undocumented Workers: Arrests

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of the increase in illegal working arrests involved people who had originally entered the UK on work visas.

12 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Migrant Workers: Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of visa sponsor licence revocations were (a) subsequently overturned and (b) appealed successfully from 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025.

12 Sep 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Pollinators

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how the £500 million estimate of the value of pollination services to UK agriculture was calculated.

12 Sep 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Pollinators

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the economic impact of pollinator decline on UK agriculture.

Source: official written-questions record.