Written questions

2,665 written questions tabled, most recent first.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Justice

HM Courts and Tribunals Service: ICT

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will publish a list of all organisations involved in the development of the HMCTS case management software systems.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Justice

HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Data Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she has taken to notify people whose cases may have been impacted by missing or corrupted evidence due to the IT failures.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Children: Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department has made an estimate of how many child protection cases were impacted by missing documents reported in 2023.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Social Security and Child Support Tribunal: ICT

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases in the Social Security and Child Support Tribunal have been reviewed following the discovery of the IT system bug.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Justice

HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Data Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what procedures are in place to ensure that known IT failures affecting evidence handling are promptly disclosed to judges and legal professionals.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Justice

HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Data Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will publish the internal HMCTS report leaked to the BBC regarding the case management software failures.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Justice

HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Data Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of data corruption on judicial decisions made in (a) civil, (b) family and (c) tribunal courts following the HMCTS IT bug.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Floods: Insurance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will consider introducing a reinsurance scheme similar to Flood Re for properties built after 2009.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Floods: Insurance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what insurance support is available for homeowners whose properties were built after 2009.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Floods: Insurance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will consider requiring insurers participating in the Flood Re scheme to include surface water flooding coverage as standard.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Transport

Mobility Scooters: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the safety requirements for mobility scooters operating on public highways.

29 Aug 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

People Smuggling: Sanctions

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what criteria are used to determine which (a) individuals and (b) companies involved in people smuggling should be recommended for sanctions.

29 Aug 2025 · Treasury

Financial Services: Sanctions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether guidance has been issued to (a) banks and (b) financial services firms on (i) detecting and (ii) reporting transactions linked to sanctioned people smuggling networks.

29 Aug 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

People Smuggling: Sanctions

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what mechanisms are in place to ensure effective coordination between the (a) FCDO, (b) National Crime Agency and (c) Border Security Command in implementing sanctions agains

29 Aug 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

People Smuggling: Sanctions

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department plans to take to (a) monitor and (b) evaluate the effectiveness of the people smuggling sanctions regime.

29 Aug 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

People Smuggling: Sanctions

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what criteria are used to determine whether an (a) individual and (b) entity is considered an enabler of people smuggling for the purposes of sanctions.

29 Aug 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

People Smuggling: Sanctions

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when he plans to publish the list of (a) individuals and (b) entities sanctioned under the new people smuggling sanctions regime.

29 Aug 2025 · Home Office

Undocumented Workers: Gig Economy

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2025 to Question 62750 on Sharing Economy: Data Protection, what her policy is on the impact of committing this offence on the asylum applications of people seeking re

29 Aug 2025 · Home Office

Undocumented Workers: Gig Economy

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2025 to Question 62750 on Sharing Economy: Data Protection, what guidance is issued to forces investigating this crime.

29 Aug 2025 · Home Office

Undocumented Workers: Gig Economy

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2025 to Question 62750 on Sharing Economy: Data Protection, how many people have been charged with the offence in the last 12 months.

22 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Second Homes: Coastal Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to regulate second home ownership in coastal communities with housing shortages.

22 Jul 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Hospitality Industry and Tourism: Vacancies

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of labour shortages on the (a) tourism and (b) hospitality sectors in coastal areas.

22 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dangerous Dogs: Death and Injuries

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 in reducing dog-related injuries and fatalities.

22 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dangerous Dogs: Lancashire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 22 July 2025 to Question 67577 on Dangerous Dogs: Lancashire, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce instances of dog attacks.

22 Jul 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Electronic Cigarettes

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 21 July 2025 to Question 66321 on Schools: Electronic Cigarettes, whether she has had recent discussions with education providers on the potential impact of the ban on single use vapes

21 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Voting Rights: Young Offenders

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether 16 and 17 year olds who are held in (a) young offenders institutes, (b) secure training centres and (c) secure children's homes will have the same voting restrictions as

21 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Electoral Register: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the number of additional electors who will be added to the electoral roll following the franchise being extended to 16 and 17 year olds in (a) the U

21 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Voting Rights: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of introducing votes at 16 on costs to (a) the Exchequer and (b) local authorities.

21 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Waste: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many vehicles were seized in relation to waste crime offences in (a) Fylde and (b) Lancashire in each of the last five years.

21 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Public Sector: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department provides to local authorities on (a) due diligence and (b) vetting procedures for external contractors used for public service delivery.

Source: official written-questions record.