Written questions

150 written questions tabled, most recent first.

23 Mar 2026 · Home Office

Windrush Compensation Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has considered the potential merits of reforming the application process to the Windrush compensation scheme.

23 Mar 2026 · Home Office

Windrush Compensation Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Windrush compensation scheme.

23 Mar 2026 · Home Office

Windrush Compensation Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of claimants for the Windrush compensation scheme whose applications are being processed.

23 Mar 2026 · Women and Equalities

Candidates: Equality

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer to Question 117942 on Candidates: Equality, whether Section 106 of the Equality Act 2010 can be commenced in time to apply to candidate selections for the next General Election.

23 Mar 2026 · Women and Equalities

Candidates: Equality

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 16 March 2026 to Question 117942, which stakeholders she plans to engage with on the commencement of Section 106 of the Equality Act 2010; and what her planned timeline is for that en

18 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport

Parking: Pedestrian Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Government’s response of 8 January 2026 to the Pavement parking: options for change consultation, whether the research commissioned by her Department will include (a) measurement of physic

12 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Hadush Kebatu

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Answer to Question 103509, when he expects Dame Lynne Owens’ independent investigation into the mistaken release of Hadush Kebatu from HMP Chelmsford on 24th of October 2025 to conclude.

12 Mar 2026 · Women and Equalities

Equality Act 2010 and Gender Recognition Act 2004

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of appointing a joint committee of cross-party MPs and peers to conduct post-legislative scrutiny of the (a) the Gender Recognition Act and (b) the Equali

4 Mar 2026 · Women and Equalities

Candidates: Equality

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government is required to take before it can commence section 106 of the Equality Act 2010.

3 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of electric vehicle charge-point accessibility for disabled people.

3 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport

Transport: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to improve transport accessibility in the East of England.

16 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how his Department plans to engage key stakeholders on the assumptions underpinning the modelling of workforce numbers in the 10 Year Workforce Plan.

16 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that the National Cancer Plan tackles identity-based disparities in cancer care, including for people from (a) ethnic minority backgrounds, (b) disabled?people?and (

16 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust: Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support his Department provides to Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust in Chelmsford to recruit and?retain?specialist cancer nurses and cancer workforce.

16 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust: Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support his Department provides to Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust in Chelmsford to?meet?cancer waiting times?and?ensure people with?cancer receive?timely?care.

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

Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has considered the potential impacts on property owners of planning permission applications being permitted on their property from those who do not own it.

6 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Hadush Kebatu

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects Dame Lynne Owens’ independent investigation into the mistaken release of Hadush Kebatu from HMP Chelmsford on 24th of October 2025 to conclude; and whether he plans publish the findings in full.

6 Jan 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Grok

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent discussions she has had with Ofcom regarding xAI’s Grok creating intimate and sexually explicit images of people, including minors, without their consent.

6 Jan 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Social Media: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will take steps to ensure that Ofcom adequately enforces the Online Safety Act 2023 in the context of social media companies.

6 Jan 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Ofcom

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she has made a recent assessment of the effectiveness of Ofcom.

6 Jan 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Internet: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions she has had with Ofcom on the effectiveness of its implementation of the Online Safety Act 2023.

16 Dec 2025 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department has reviewed the suitability of resources, including trained personnel and appropriate equipment, used by UK Border Force when searching for and rescuing migrants in the English Chan

4 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Maternity Services: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on setting a target to reduce maternal health inequalities.

4 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Women's Health Hubs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of proposed reductions in Integrated Care Board funding on their ability to establish and run Women’s Health Hubs.

3 Dec 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

BBC: Antisemitism

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has sought assurances from the BBC on how it is ensuring that individuals with a history of antisemitic statements do not appear on (a) BBC Arabic and (b) other BBC channels.

3 Dec 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

BBC: Antisemitism

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the BBC's procedures for (a) identifying and (b) addressing antisemitic (i) content and (ii) tropes in its programming.

2 Dec 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: LGBT+ People

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will consider the treatment of LGBTQ+ refugees when assessing enforced returns to countries with newly established regimes, particularly where a change of government has not resulted

2 Dec 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: LGBT+ People

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that LGBTQ+ refugees will not be forcibly returned to countries where they are likely to face persecution.

2 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Infant Mortality and Perinatal Mortality

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of socioeconomic inequality on (a) stillbirth and (b) neonatal mortality rates; and what cross-government action is being taken to address this.

2 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Maternal Mortality: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce disparities in maternal mortality rates between women from different ethnic backgrounds.

Source: official written-questions record.