Written questions

274 written questions tabled, most recent first.

13 Jul 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Motability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what consideration he has given to reviewing criteria for those in receipt of Attendance Allowance to be able to access to the Motability scheme.

3 Jul 2026 · Department for Education

Adoption and Children in Care: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help improve services to support adopted and looked after children transitioning to adulthood.

3 Jul 2026 · Department for Education

Adoption and Children in Care: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the extent to which services supporting adopted and looked after children meet their needs.

3 Jul 2026 · Home Office

Police: Autism

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help ensure that the needs of people with autism are understood and accommodated by police forces.

18 Jun 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training is provided to Jobcentre staff on supporting claimants with hidden disabilities.

18 Jun 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what arrangements are in place to ensure that claimants who have previously received support from a Disability Employment Advisor are known to all staff interacted with.

18 Jun 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Disqualification

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what procedures are in place to ensure that claimants are immediately informed of their right to challenge a sanction and seek accessible support.

18 Jun 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department will require Jobcentres to provide claimants and their representatives with named representative for their designated contact officer.

18 Jun 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to enable supporters of vulnerable claimants to contact Jobcentres by telephone.

18 Jun 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps are taken to inform claimants when their Universal Credit journal will not be (a) monitored and (b) responded to, including for temporary administrative reasons.

18 Jun 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will review communication on the Universal Credit journal to distinguish between different types of appointments, including digital and telephone appointments.

18 Jun 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Learning Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department provides to Jobcentres on avoiding repeated (a) changes and (b) cancellations of appointments for claimants with learning difficulties and other vulnerabilities.

18 Jun 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Disqualification

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to review sanctions that apply following a first missed appointment.

18 Jun 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Payments

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has considered introducing safeguards to prevent the withdrawal of Universal Credit payments where those payments are required to cover housing costs.

18 Jun 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's policy is for staff (a) reviewing and (b) interviewing Universal Credit claimants records ahead of conducting appointments.

18 Jun 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Learning Disability and Mental Illness

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that relevant information on claimants’ learning difficulties, mental health conditions and other vulnerabilities is recorded and made accessible to Jobcent

18 Jun 2026 · Home Office

Overseas Students: Scholarships

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that students from countries experiencing armed conflict who have been awarded scholarships at UK universities can take up their places; and what steps he

18 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

HM Coastguard: Voluntary Work

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment her Department has made on the impacts of the recent Court of Appeal judgment on the Coastguard Rescue Service.

10 Jun 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what support she is providing to people facing redundancy due to the impact of AI technology on the employment market.

10 Jun 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to help mitigate the potential impact of AI-related professional displacement in employment for graduates and school leavers.

10 Jun 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to help mitigate the potential impact of AI-related professional displacement in employment for those in the late stages of their career.

10 Jun 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of AI-related professional displacement in employment across (a) the South East , (b) Eastbourne and (c) the UK.

10 Jun 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of publishing AI-related professional displacement employment data by region and age band.

1 Jun 2026 · Department for Education

Schools: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help support schools experiencing falling pupil rolls.

29 May 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Cohabitation: Succession

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the consultation into increasing inheritance rights for cohabitants will begin; when he expects it to be completed; when he expects proposals based on this consultation to be brought before Parliament; and w

29 May 2026 · Department for Education

Politics: Secondary Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve political literacy and democratic engagement within secondary education.

14 May 2026 · Women and Equalities

Lifts: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what estimate her Department has made of (a) private and (b) public elevator repair equipment stocks; and what assessment she has made of the potential impact of those stocks on people with access requirements

14 May 2026 · Department for Education

Teaching Regulation Agency: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department has taken to help strengthen complaints and whistleblowing processes with respect to the Teachers Regulation Authority.

24 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Succession: Cohabitation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he is taking steps to modernise the Inheritance Act to reflect a) common law partners and b) common law partners whose marriage plans were underway before one of those partners passed away.

24 Apr 2026 · Department for Education

Teaching Regulation Agency: Complaints and Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department has taken to help strengthen complaints and whistleblowing processes with respect to the Teachers Regulation Authority.

Source: official written-questions record.