Written questions

2,568 written questions tabled, most recent first.

15 Apr 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Coastal Erosion: Norfolk

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what cost-benefit assessments have been undertaken to support decisions on managed realignment for the Winterton-on-Sea to Scratby section of Shoreline Management Plan 6.

15 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Domestic Abuse: Family Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, to publish a list of all external organisations, including women’s, men’s, and specialist advocacy groups, that received funding, consultancy fees, or formal engagement contracts during the development of revised

15 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Domestic Abuse: Family Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what contracts, grants, or commissioned research projects were issued by his Department or by Cafcass in connection with the revision of domestic-abuse practice frameworks since 2016; what the value of each contr

15 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Domestic Abuse: Family Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which men’s or fathers’ organisations Cafcass has consulted in the development of its domestic-abuse guidance, safeguarding practice, and private-law policy frameworks; and what assessment he has made of the adeq

15 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Domestic Abuse: Family Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which external organisations Cafcass engages with in the development of its domestic-abuse guidance and practice frameworks; and whether this includes any women’s advocacy groups or specialist women’s services.

15 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Domestic Abuse: Family Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of private-law children cases in the last five years involved Cafcass recommending a temporary pause or restriction on a father’s contact with his child following an allegation of domestic abuse b

15 Apr 2026 · Department for Education

Students: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to publish annual data comparing repayment outcomes under the Alternative Student Finance model and the standard student loan system; and if she will make an estimate of the cost of

15 Apr 2026 · Department for Education

Students: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what contingency plans her Department has to ensure repayments for standard student loans and the Alternative Student Finance model remain equivalent if repayment outcomes diverge.

15 Apr 2026 · Department for Education

Students: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the potential cost to the public purse of (a) maintaining, (b) reviewing and (c) administering the Alternative Student Finance model, including advisory services, system

15 Apr 2026 · Department for Education

Students: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department or the Student Loans Company have entered into (a) contracts, (b) memoranda of understanding and (c) advisory agreements with Islamic finance advisory organisations regarding the Alternat

15 Apr 2026 · Department for Education

Students: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to maintain ongoing engagement with Islamic finance advisory bodies to review the continued sharia compliance of the Alternative Student Finance model.

15 Apr 2026 · Home Office

Offensive Weapons: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will consider bringing forward legislation jointly with the Secretary of State for Justice to help tackle cases in which parents or carers knowingly conceal from law-enforcement authorities a c

15 Apr 2026 · Home Office

Offensive Weapons: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the Government's processes for responding to sustained parental or carer non-cooperation with safeguarding or law-enforcement authorities in cases invol

15 Apr 2026 · Home Office

Offensive Weapons: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of laws to address cases in which parents or carers intentionally conceal, obscure, or fail to disclose a child’s procurement or possession of knives or ot

15 Apr 2026 · Home Office

Youth Justice: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to review current guidance and training to ensure that equality considerations do not inhibit proportionate and effective statutory action in safeguarding and youth justice contexts.

15 Apr 2026 · Home Office

Youth Justice: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of law and statutory guidance to ensure that safeguarding, youth justice and mental health agencies can share relevant risk information without parental co

15 Apr 2026 · Home Office

Youth Justice

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will (a) make an assessment of the adequacy of the statutory framework for agencies to investigate and respond where parents and carers actively hinder, obstruct and decline to engage with safe

15 Apr 2026 · Home Office

Immigration

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will review the immigration status, including eligibility for indefinite leave to remain, of non-UK nationals granted leave on asylum, refugee, humanitarian protection, discretionary leave, res

15 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Young Offenders

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of talking-therapy-based interventions for young people previously charged with violent offences involving (a) weapons and (b) bladed ar

14 Apr 2026 · Home Office

Offenders: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether there are plans to increase or prioritise the deportation of foreign national offenders convicted of sexual offences in the Great Yarmouth area, and whether any targeted immigration enforcemen

14 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Victim Support Schemes: Great Yarmouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of victim support services for women in Great Yarmouth, including access to crisis accommodation, counselling, and legal advice, and whether any additional funding has

14 Apr 2026 · Home Office

Gender Based Violence: Great Yarmouth

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what additional resources have been allocated to Norfolk Constabulary specifically for the prevention of violence against women and girls in the Great Yarmouth area over the last five years.

14 Apr 2026 · Home Office

Offenders: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Great Yarmouth has been identified for any place-based or targeted intervention relating to the removal of foreign national sexual offenders, and what criteria are used to determine whether ad

14 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Gender Based Violence: Reoffenders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the reoffending rate is for foreign national offenders convicted of sexual or violent offences against women in Great Yarmouth, compared with UK nationals convicted of comparable offences.

14 Apr 2026 · Home Office

Offenders: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many enforcement operations or compliance visits targeting foreign national offenders at risk of reoffending were carried out in the Great Yarmouth area in each of the last five years, and what ou

14 Apr 2026 · Home Office

Offenders: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many deportations of foreign national offenders convicted of offences against women in Great Yarmouth in the last five years were delayed or prevented due to legal barriers, including outstanding

14 Apr 2026 · Home Office

Offenders: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average length of time was between conviction and removal from the UK for foreign national offenders convicted of sexual or violent offences against women in Great Yarmouth in each of the las

14 Apr 2026 · Home Office

Offenders: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign national offenders convicted of sexual or violent offences against women in the Great Yarmouth area in each of the last five years were subject to deportation action, and how many hav

14 Apr 2026 · Home Office

Offenders: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of recorded sexual offences and violent offences against women in the Great Yarmouth local authority area in each of the last five years involved suspects who were foreign nationals, b

14 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Domestic Abuse: Family Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to Answer of 5 January 2026 to Question 101253, in which categories of private-law children cases Cafcass or the family courts apply a domestic-abuse-first assessment as the initial step in their safegua

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