Written questions

121 written questions tabled, most recent first.

3 Sep 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the availability of residential training places for disabled young people in Scotland on proposed changes to eligibility for Universal Credit for

11 Jul 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

X Corp: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will hold discussions with X.com on the potential impact of the output of its Grok AI on community safety.

9 Jul 2025 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: X Corp

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government plans to continue to use X.com as a platform for government communications.

8 Jul 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

British Nationals Abroad: Crimes of Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many consular cases involving violent crime against British tourists his Department has dealt with for customers of Tui Group.

8 Jul 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

St Lucia: Crimes of Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many consular cases involving violent crime his Department has dealt with in St Lucia in each of the last five years.

1 Jul 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Georgia: Civil Liberties

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his Department's policies of (a) prosecutions of opposition party leaders and (b) levels of repression of civil

18 Jun 2025 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Procurement

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to clause 6(a) of the UK-USA Economic and Prosperity Deal, published on 8 May 2025, if he will make it his policy to bar Chinese companies with links to forced labour in Xinjiang from Government p

18 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Import Controls: Xinjiang

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to clause 6(a) of the UK-USA Economic and Prosperity Deal, published on 8 May 2025, whether she plans to direct Border Force to search direct cargo flights from Xinjiang to the UK to en

18 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Immigration: Hong Kong

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of extending the settlement qualifying period from five to ten years on the community integration of British National (Overseas) visa ho

2 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Antisemitism

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to protect Jewish communities from terrorist attacks.

30 Apr 2025 · Home Office

Hate Crime: Social Media

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of legislation covering hate crimes at providing police with sufficient powers to pursue incidents that occur on social media platfo

30 Apr 2025 · Home Office

Hate Crime: Social Media

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will consider extending statutory regulations so that all social media platforms are covered by legislation on hate crime.

28 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Wang Bingzhang

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has made to his Chinese counterpart on the release of Dr Wang Bingzhang.

8 Apr 2025 · Scotland Office

Nuclear Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to ensure that Scotland benefits from nuclear energy developments in the UK.

1 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

International Commission on Missing Persons

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what long term support the Government plans to provide the International Commission on Missing Persons to support their work in identifying those still missing from (a) the w

1 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

International Commission on Missing Persons: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what funding the Government plans to provide to Regional Co-operation in Accounting for Missing Persons in the Western Balkans (The Missing Person Group) of the International

31 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Energy Drinks: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to review the regulations on the sale of energy drinks to children under the age of 16.

31 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Energy Drinks: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of energy drinks on children under 16.

31 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the DVLA licensing backlog.

31 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress her Department has made on reducing the DVLA backlog.

31 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Parking: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of parking enforcement companies; and whether she plans to bring forward legislative

31 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Parking: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if her Department will consider introducing protections for consumers in the new Parking Code of Practice.

31 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Parking: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when her Department plans to re-introduce the Parking Code of Practice.

19 Mar 2025 · Home Office

Travellers: Caravan Sites

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the High Court ruling that Part 4 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 is incompatible with the European Convention

17 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Bahrain: Demonstrations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his counterpart in Bahrain on allegations relating to the detention of minors in relation to peaceful protests.

17 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Bahrain: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in Bahrain on allegations relating to (a) human rights violations, (b) arbitrary arrest, (c) prolonged detention without a fa

17 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Bahrain: Demonstrations and Social Media

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the approach taken by the Bahrain Government to (a) pro-democracy protests and (b) social media

10 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

China: Religious Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of China's treatment of (a) Falun Gong, (b) The Church of Almighty God and (c) Christian prac

3 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Sanitation

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to review the (a) Approved Code of Practice and (b) guidance on the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 in the context of the provision of disposa

27 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Carmen Lau and Tony Chung

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to provide support to (a) Carmen Lau and (b) Tony Chung in the context of targeted acts of intimidation from the Chinese State towards them.

Source: official written-questions record.