Written questions

2,568 written questions tabled, most recent first.

1 Dec 2025 · Home Office

Offenders and Undocumented Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many civil servants are assigned to locating absconded foreign national offenders and irregular migrants; and whether performance targets are in place for reducing the size of the absconder pool.

1 Dec 2025 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the cost of collating information on absconders.

1 Dec 2025 · Home Office

Offenders and Undocumented Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential public safety risk posed by foreign national offenders and irregular migrants recorded in the total absconder pool; and what risk categories ar

1 Dec 2025 · Home Office

Offenders: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the foreign national offenders included in the total absconder pool have (a) been re-apprehended, (b) been deported and (c) remain untraceable.

1 Dec 2025 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many irregular migrants in the total absconder pool (a) have been located, (b) have been removed from the UK and (c) remain at large as of the most recent date for which data is available.

1 Dec 2025 · Home Office

Home Office: Parliamentary Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department provides guidance to officials on matters to draw to the attention of Ministers when drafting answers to Parliamentary Questions.

1 Dec 2025 · Home Office

Deportation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she received internal representations on the adequacy of Ministerial replies to Parliamentary Questions on absconders prior to their publication.

1 Dec 2025 · Home Office

Offenders and Undocumented Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of Answers to Parliamentary written questions on absconded foreign national offenders and irregular migrants.

1 Dec 2025 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she first became aware of the existence of the total absconder pool dataset.

1 Dec 2025 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when total absconder pool figures were first compiled; and how frequently those figures have been updated since.

1 Dec 2025 · Home Office

Offenders and Undocumented Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) foreign national offenders and (b) irregular migrants are in the total absconder pool by risk category, criminal history and nationality.

1 Dec 2025 · Home Office

Deportation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2025 to Question 74872 on Deportation, whether this remains the case.

1 Dec 2025 · Home Office

Deportation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what evidential basis the Minister of State for Immigration said on 3 September 2025 that her Department does not hold any central record of the requested information on foreign nationals who have

26 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Prisoners' Release: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many immigration offenders were released on bail and not detained in each of the last ten years.

26 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS England: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department reviews NHS England expenditure reports relating to the prescribing of puberty blockers for children; and whether (a) financial oversight and (b) risk assessments have been c

26 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Puberty Suppressing Hormones: Gender Dysphoria

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what evidence NICE has identified as the basis for its clinical assessment of puberty blockers for gender dysphoria; and whether NICE has undertaken (a) scoping and (b) evaluation exercises since 2

26 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Puberty Suppressing Hormones: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England or NHSBSA have identified any gaps or inconsistencies in national prescribing or outcomes data relating to puberty blockers in under-18s.

26 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Department holds complete archived referral, assessment, prescribing, and safeguarding data from the former Tavistock Gender Identity Development Service; and whether the Department wil

26 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Gender Dysphoria: Prescriptions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what instructions his Department issued to NHS regional gender hubs on prescribing restrictions.

26 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Puberty Suppressing Hormones: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether any NHS regional gender hubs have prescribed puberty blockers to patients under 18 since the publication of the Cass Review.

26 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Puberty Suppressing Hormones: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what aggregated safety data, including adverse-event summaries, the MHRA has recorded relating to the use of puberty blockers in under-18s since 2010; and whether the Department has been informed o

26 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Puberty Suppressing Hormones: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what was the total annual NHS expenditure on GnRH analogue puberty blockers for under-18s in each financial year since 2010.

26 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Puberty Suppressing Hormones: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients aged under 18 have been prescribed GnRH analogue puberty blockers through the NHS in each year since 2010.

25 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Mental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many staff in their Department have been on mental health leave for six months or more; and for what reason.

25 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Mental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff in their Department have been on mental health leave for six months or more; and for what reason.

25 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Home Office: Mental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff in their Department have been on mental health leave for six months or more; and for what reason.

25 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Treasury: Mental Health

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff in their Department have been on mental health leave for six months or more; and for what reason.

25 Nov 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Mental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many staff in their Department have been on mental health leave for six months or more; and for what reason.

25 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Department of Health and Social Care: Mental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many staff in their Department have been on mental health leave for six months or more; and for what reason.

25 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Offenders: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people are in the total absconder pool of foreign national offenders for which the latest data is available.

Source: official written-questions record.