Written questions

173 written questions tabled, most recent first.

18 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Asylum: Suicide

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 4 December 2024 to Question 16565 on Suicide: Asylum and Refugees, whether the near to real time suspected suicide surveillance system was expanded to include intell

18 May 2026 · Department for Education

Care Leavers: Death

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the national review of care-leaver deaths announced on 16 April 2026, whether the review will examine deaths of unaccompanied asylum-seeking young people who have left care.

18 May 2026 · Home Office

Asylum: Suicide

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Education and Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on (a) trends in the level of suicide among young asy

18 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Asylum: Death and Suicide

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help reduce (a) suicide and (b) deaths amongst young asylum seekers.

18 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Life Expectancy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the gap in healthy life expectancy between Bristol Central and the rest of the UK.

18 May 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Offshore Industry: Fines

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the existing cap on fines for offshore oil and gas companies for breaches of environmental regulations.

18 May 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Social Rented Housing: Heating

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the risk of overheating in social housing.

18 May 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to Written Statement of 24 March 2026 on Future Homes and Building Standards, HCWS1445, whether the technical review of Approved Document O of the Building Regulat

18 May 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Landfill

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to commitment 48 in the Environmental Improvement Plan published on 1 December 2025, if she will outline the timescale and process for determining measures to drive the

18 May 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Manufacturing Industries: Electrification

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to support the adoption of electrification across foundation industries.

18 May 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

British Steel: Scunthorpe

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment he has made of the potential emissions reductions achievable by transitioning the Scunthorpe steelworks to electric arc furnace production.

15 May 2026 · Treasury

National Wealth Fund: Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the National Wealth Fund's updated Financial Framework will be published.

15 May 2026 · Treasury

National Wealth Fund

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when will a Bill be brought forward to update the remit of the National Wealth Fund.

15 May 2026 · Home Office

Immigration Controls: France

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the a) terms, b) monitoring arrangements and c) i) children’s and ii) human rights impact assessments for the April 2026 UK-France border security agreement.

15 May 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Charities: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending protections for whistleblowers to charity trustees.

15 Apr 2026 · Home Office

Home Office: Freedom of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to Freedom of Information Request 2025/07437 and her department’s response to it on 29th July 2025, if she will provide details of the a) cybersecurity and b) misuse concerns referred t

15 Apr 2026 · Department for Education

Overseas Students: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will exclude incoming exchange students whose tuition is fully funded via (a) scholarships and (b) fee waivers from the International Student Levy.

15 Apr 2026 · Department for Education

Overseas Students: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will publish regular impact assessments for the International Student Levy.

10 Apr 2026 · Home Office

Asylum: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the guidance entitled AI Playbook for UK Government, published on 10 February 2025, whether this guidance was used in the context of AI tools for asylum casework.

10 Apr 2026 · Home Office

Asylum: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the accuracy of (a) benchmarking, (b) validation methods and (c) error rates of AI tools used in asylum casework.

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Education

Relationships and Sex Education: Further Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Government's document entitled Freedom from violence and abuse: a cross-government strategy, published on 18 December 2025, if she will set out a timeline for introducing mandatory relatio

25 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Gender Based Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how will the Freedom from Violence and Abuse strategy action plan's commitment to launch mandatory training for staff in the bus industry on how to recognise and respond to VAWG incidents be informed by the exp

25 Mar 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Imports: Asbestos

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he has taken to assess the risk of asbestos contamination in imported products from (a) China and (b) elsewhere.

25 Mar 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Community Energy: Feed-in Tariffs

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the indexation of feed in tariffs to align with CPI rather than RPI from financial year 2026-27 on community energy schemes.

9 Mar 2026 · Home Office

Asylum: Homelessness

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of her 5th March policy announcements on the asylum system on levels of homelessness in the UK.

9 Mar 2026 · Home Office

Visas: Families

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she will re-open the family reunion scheme.

9 Mar 2026 · Home Office

Asylum: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of 30 month reviews of refugee status on asylum seekers with protected characteristics; and what mechanisms she will put in place to assess threats

9 Mar 2026 · Home Office

Asylum: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of 30 month reviews of refugee status on the Home Office asylum claims backlog.

9 Mar 2026 · Home Office

Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of 30 month reviews of refugee status.

20 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 5 November 2025 to question 86342, if he will set out a timeline for delivery of the £500 million.

Source: official written-questions record.