Written questions

20 written questions tabled, most recent first.

17 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Telephone Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on implementing 24/7 mental health text lines.

17 Jul 2025 · Home Office

Resettlement: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been granted entry clearance to the UK under the (a) Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy, (b) Afghan citizens resettlement scheme and (c) Afghanistan Response Route.

3 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Department of Health and Social Care: Armed Forces Covenant

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending the Armed Forces Covenant Duty across his Departmental responsibilities.

3 Jul 2025 · Home Office

Home Office: Armed Forces Covenant

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of extending the Armed Forces Covenant Duty across her Departmental responsibilities.

3 Apr 2025 · Home Office

Immigration: European Convention on Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people (a) claim asylum and (b) receive leave to remain based solely on Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.

21 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Children in Care: Scotland and Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children under the care of English local authorities were living in (a) Wales and (b) Scotland on (i) 31 March 2024 and (ii) for each of the preceding four years.

21 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Children in Care: Location

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in care in England were living more than (a) 50 and b) 100 miles from home on (i) 31 March 2024 and (ii) for each of the preceding four years.

6 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Public Consultation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many consultations his Department (a) initiated and (b) completed in the last Parliament between (i) 13 February 2020 and 6 September 2022, (ii) 6 September 2022 and 25 October 202

23 Jan 2025 · Treasury

Child Benefit

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to the public purse would be to not claim back child benefit from parents who have lost a child in the year after the upfront payment.

23 Jan 2025 · Treasury

Child Benefit

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what her Department's policy is on claiming back child benefit from parents who have lost a child in the year after the upfront payment.

20 Jan 2025 · Treasury

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the cost to her Department of not claiming back child benefit from parents who have lost a child in the year since the original payment.

20 Jan 2025 · Treasury

Child Benefit

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what her Department's policy is on claiming back child benefit from parents who have lost a child in the year since the payment was made.

20 Jan 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Marcus Fakana

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to (a) support and (b) help secure the early release of Marcus Fakana.

27 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Productivity

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to increase economic productivity.

19 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Migrant Workers: Fees and Charges

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how the money raised from the Immigration Skills Charge has been spent over the last five years.

4 Nov 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Electronic Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many Government services have moved to the GOV.UK One Login system; and what his planned timetable is for moving all Government services to this system.

4 Nov 2024 · Department for Transport

Driving Licences: Digital Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress she has made on the introduction of digital drivers licences.

22 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Migrant Workers: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the Immigration Skills Charge raised in (a) the last 12 months and (b) each of the last five years; and how the money raised has been spent so far.

11 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Crown Court: Opening Hours

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has made an assessment of the effectiveness of the process to determine the number of sitting days in the Crown Court in each financial year.

7 Oct 2024 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Rother Valley

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in Rother Valley constituency (a) have EHCP plans and (b) are receiving specialist education for special educational needs; and how many of those have not been attending school in each of the 

Source: official written-questions record.