Written questions
2,568 written questions tabled, most recent first.
8 Dec 2025 · Department for Education
Students: Loans
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the equitability of the current student loan system, in the context of the rising value of student loans issued to applicants who may not remain in the UK long enough to repay.
8 Dec 2025 · Department for Education
Students: Loans
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the potential administrative cost associated with tracing and managing borrowers of student loans whose repayment status cannot be verified through UK tax systems.
8 Dec 2025 · Department for Education
Students: Loans
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the long-term economic contribution of student-loan recipients who do not remain in the UK workforce after graduation; and how this affects repayment forecasts for the loan book.
8 Dec 2025 · Department for Education
Students: Loans
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department collects data on loan write-off rates broken down by borrower residency status at the time of issuing the loan.
8 Dec 2025 · Department for Education
Students: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many cases of suspected misrepresentation in student finance applications have been identified in each of the last five years; and what proportion of these involved applicants providing insufficient or unve
8 Dec 2025 · Department for Education
Students: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of borrowers who leave the UK after receiving student finance maintain full repayment compliance; and what mechanisms exist to enforce repayments from those living overseas.
8 Dec 2025 · Department for Education
Students: Loans
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the total value of student loans unlikely to be repaid by borrowers who have not established a long-term financial footprint in the UK; and what the projected cost to the public pu
8 Dec 2025 · Department for Education
Students: Loans
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many student-loan recipients are recorded with incomplete or inaccurate residency or nationality data.
8 Dec 2025 · Department for Education
Students: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many investigations are currently open into incorrect residency claims for student finance.
8 Dec 2025 · Department for Education
Students: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the compliance rates with the three-year UK residency requirement among student finance applicants.
8 Dec 2025 · Department for Education
Students: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many applications for student finance have been refused due to insufficient residency evidence in each of the last ten years.
8 Dec 2025 · Department for Education
Students: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what checks are undertaken to verify eligibility for student finance among applicants who have recently entered the UK.
8 Dec 2025 · Department for Education
Students: Loans
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with the student local company on levels of interest applied to student loans; and whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of those levels on graduates’ disposabl
8 Dec 2025 · Department for Education
Students: Loans
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students agreed to receive a student loan whilst they were under the age of 18 in each of the last 10 years.
8 Dec 2025 · Department for Education
Students: Loans
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the value of student loans for which accurate income data is not currently held; and what proportion of the loan book this represents.
8 Dec 2025 · Department for Education
Students: Loans
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the reliability of income data used by the Student Loans Company.
5 Dec 2025 · Home Office
Migrants: Arrests
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of absconders have only been found after an arrest for a separate offence in each of the last three years.
5 Dec 2025 · Home Office
Deportation: Travel Requirements
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of absconders could not be removed because their home countries would not issue travel documents in each of the last three years.
5 Dec 2025 · Home Office
Deportation: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what percentage of absconders have remained in the UK as a result of (a) unresolved legal appeals and (b) last-minute claims in each of the last three years.
5 Dec 2025 · Home Office
Migrants
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the estimated average time is before an absconder going missing and a police report is filed.
5 Dec 2025 · Home Office
Immigration Bail
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what percentage of people on immigration bail absconded again in each of the last three years.
5 Dec 2025 · Home Office
Bail: Reoffenders
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many absconders released on bail have committed further offences in each of the last three years.
5 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoner Escapes
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what criteria the Crown Prosecution Service uses to determine whether to (a) release an absconder on bail and (b) bail them.
5 Dec 2025 · Home Office
Migrants: Arrests
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of absconders encountered by police have been detained by police in each of the last three years.
5 Dec 2025 · Home Office
Asylum
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many refused asylum seekers are classified as absconders.
3 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Family Proceedings: Legal Representation
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Family Court system, particularly in cases where one parent is legally represented and the other is not.
3 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Family Proceedings: Legal Aid Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what is the total annual cost of legal aid issued in cases where one party subsequently (a) breaches court orders, (b) refuses contact arrangements and (c) obstructs proceedings.
3 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Courts: Information Sharing
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what mechanisms exist to coordinate information between criminal courts and family courts.
3 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Family Proceedings: Legal Representation
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of delays in the family courts caused by litigants in person on (a) one and (b) both sides of a case.
3 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Family Proceedings: Legal Representation
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many litigants in person report that they were unable to present their case properly due to lack of representation in each of the last five years; and what assessment he has made of the effect on judicial out
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