Written questions
2,568 written questions tabled, most recent first.
14 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Justice
Domestic Abuse: Family Proceedings
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department will publish the full list of case types, behavioural indicators, or presenting circumstances in which Cafcass or the family courts are instructed to prioritise domestic-abuse consideration
14 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Justice
Women's Aid: Family Proceedings
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department will publish details of any contracts, consultancy arrangements, training programmes, or formal partnerships between Women’s Aid and (a) Cafcass and (b) the family courts.
14 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Justice
Women's Aid: Family Proceedings
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what contracts, grants, or commissioned training programmes have been awarded to Women’s Aid by his Department, Cafcass, or the family courts in the last five years; and whether Women’s Aid undertakes work within
14 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Justice
Women's Aid: Family Proceedings
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether Cafcass or the family courts hold any contracts, service agreements, or training arrangements with Women’s Aid; and whether Women’s Aid currently undertakes any funded or formal work with the family justi
14 Apr 2026 · Department for Education
Students: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department will commit to publishing annual data comparing repayment outcomes under the Alternative Student Finance model and the standard student loan system; and what the estimated cost of produci
14 Apr 2026 · Department for Education
Students: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what contingency plans her Department has in place should repayment outcomes under the Alternative Student Finance model diverge from those under the standard student loan system; and whether any such contingen
14 Apr 2026 · Department for Education
Students: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the future cost to the public purse of maintaining, reviewing, and administering the Alternative Student Finance model, including advisory services, system maintenance,
14 Apr 2026 · Department for Education
Students: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what contracts, memoranda of understanding, or advisory agreements her Department or the Student Loans Company have entered into with Islamic finance advisory organisations in relation to the Alternative Studen
14 Apr 2026 · Department for Education
Students: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department intends to maintain ongoing engagement with Islamic finance advisory bodies to review the continued Sharia compliance of the Alternative Student Finance model; what form that engagement w
13 Apr 2026 · Home Office
Prevent Independent Review: Religion
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of whether the stakeholder engagement undertaken during the previous Administration’s Independent Review of Prevent attached equal weight to views expressed by (a)
13 Apr 2026 · Home Office
Prevent Independent Review: Religion
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the (a) relevance and (b) accuracy of stakeholder feedback from faith groups gathered during the previous Administration’s Independent Review of Prevent.
13 Apr 2026 · Home Office
Prevent Independent Review: Religion
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish a summary of the feedback provided by faith groups during the previous administration’s Independent Review of Prevent.
13 Apr 2026 · Home Office
Prevent Independent Review: Religion
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which (a) faith groups, (b) religious organisations and (c) non-religious belief organisations were consulted in the previous Administration’s Independent Review of Prevent.
13 Apr 2026 · Home Office
Prevent Independent Review: Religion
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department uses stakeholder feedback from faith groups gathered during the previous Administration’s Independent Review of Prevent in developing current Prevent policy and guidance.
13 Apr 2026 · Home Office
Offences against Children: Public Records
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she will issue guidance to local authorities and other public bodies on the retention of historic records that may be relevant to investigations into group-based child sexual exploitation.
13 Apr 2026 · Home Office
Independent Inquiry into Grooming Gangs
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what systems her department has put in place to ensure that local authorities, police forces and other agencies cannot delete or destroy records that may be relevant to the independent inquiry into gr
13 Apr 2026 · Home Office
Independent Inquiry into Grooming Gangs
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the risk that relevant records may have been destroyed before formal retention notices were issued; and what steps she has taken to ensure no loss of material occurs.
13 Apr 2026 · Home Office
Independent Inquiry into Grooming Gangs
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of whether all relevant public bodies have taken the necessary steps to preserve records that may be required by the independent inquiry into grooming gangs.
13 Apr 2026 · Home Office
Axel Rudakubana
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what visa categories were held by the parents of Axel Rudakubana during their residence in the United Kingdom; and what character-assessment checks were applied when issuing their visas.
13 Apr 2026 · Department for Education
Students: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which Ministers have authorised expenditure on the development of the Alternative Student Finance model since 2013; and on what dates those approvals were given.
13 Apr 2026 · Department for Education
Students: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether a cost–benefit analysis was undertaken before proceeding with the development of the Alternative Student Finance model.
13 Apr 2026 · Department for Education
Students: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the projected and actual costs are for the Student Loans Company to design, build, test, and implement systems required to administer the Alternative Student Finance model.
13 Apr 2026 · Department for Education
Students: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the expenditure has been on external consultants, advisory bodies and specialist Islamic finance expertise for the Alternative Student Finance model.
13 Apr 2026 · Department for Education
Students: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the cost to the public purse has been on the development of the Alternative Student Finance model, including all programme costs, consultancy fees, legal drafting and stakeholder engagement.
13 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Slaughterhouses
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make a comparative assessment of the (a) inspection and enforcement time required for non-stun slaughter and (b) volume of non-stun meat produced in the UK.
13 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Slaughterhouses
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make a comparative assessment of (a) recorded animal welfare non-compliances and (b) the potential impact on the Food Standards Agency's inspection costs associated with (i) stunned and
13 Apr 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Slaughterhouses
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the exemption from stunning for religious slaughter on the Food Standards Agency's inspection and enforcement costs.
13 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Slaughterhouses
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many hours of Official Veterinarian and Meat Hygiene Inspector time were spent supervising non-stun slaughter in each of the last five years; and what the cost of that time was.
13 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Slaughterhouses
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make a comparative estimate of the costs to the Food Standards Agency of supervising (a) non-stun slaughter and (b) stunned slaughter; and what proportion of those costs are recovered fr
25 Mar 2026 · Home Office
Visas: Graduates
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the extent to which the concentration of Graduate Route visa holders in low-wage or low-skilled employment overlaps with sectors that have high levels of you
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