Written questions
2,568 written questions tabled, most recent first.
25 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Department for Work and Pensions: Mental Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, 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
Undocumented Migrants
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many irregular migrants are in the total absconder pool for which the latest data is available.
25 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport
Department for Transport: Mental Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, 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 for Science, Innovation and Technology
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Mental Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, 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 for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Mental Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural 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 for Energy Security and Net Zero
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Mental Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, 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 for Education
Department for Education: Mental Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, 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 for Culture, Media and Sport
Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Mental Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, 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 for Business and Trade
Department for Business and Trade: Mental Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many staff in their Department have been on mental health leave for six months or more; and for what reason.
25 Nov 2025 · Cabinet Office
Cabinet Office: Mental Health
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff in their Department have been on mental health leave for six months or more; and for what reason.
25 Nov 2025 · Attorney General
Attorney General's Office: Mental Health
To ask the Solicitor General, how many staff in their Department have been on mental health leave for six months or more; and for what reason.
24 Nov 2025 · Home Office
Churches: Vandalism
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department holds data on the nationality or immigration status of people arrested for offences committed against churches.
24 Nov 2025 · Home Office
Churches: Vandalism
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many arrests and prosecutions have resulted from reported offences against churches in each of the last five years.
24 Nov 2025 · Home Office
Churches: Vandalism
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department records crimes committed against churches, chapels and other places of Christian worship as a distinct offence category.
24 Nov 2025 · Home Office
Churches: Vandalism
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many recorded offences involving vandalism, arson, burglary, or hate-motivated attacks were committed against Christian places of worship in each of the last five years.
24 Nov 2025 · Home Office
Churches: Vandalism
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to conduct a national review into criminal attacks on churches and Christian heritage sites.
24 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Puberty Suppressing Hormones: Advocacy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department consulted (a) Stonewall, (b) Mermaids and (c) other advocacy organisations at any stage during the (i) design, (ii) approval, and (iii) communication of the PATHWAYS trial.
24 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Puberty Suppressing Hormones: Civil Proceedings
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the Pathway puberty-blocker trial on future legal claims by participants.
24 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Puberty Suppressing Hormones
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will hold discussions with Kings College London on the potential merits of pausing recruitment to the new Pathway puberty-blocker trial until an independent panel considers the findings of th
24 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Puberty Suppressing Hormones: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department has issued on the capacity of children aged between 11 and 15 to consent to medical trials related to puberty blockers.
24 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Puberty Suppressing Hormones
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of de-transitioners reporting harm from puberty blockers; and whether his Department considered this data as part of its approval of the trial.
24 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Puberty Suppressing Hormones: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has obtained legal advice on whether putting minors on puberty blockers constitutes a breach of child-safeguarding duties.
24 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 children under the age of 16 were administered puberty blockers, including through (a) clinical trials and (b) private routes in each of the last five years; and what adverse effects were
20 Nov 2025 · Department for Education
Children in Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, to provide a breakdown of (i) the total number (ii) the age of children taken into care in each of the last ten years.
20 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Non-contributory Benefits: Foreign Nationals
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has considered restricting access to non-contributory benefits for non-UK nationals until they have completed a minimum qualifying period of lawful residence and tax contribution.
20 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Fraud and Maladministration
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish an annual breakdown of benefit fraud and error by nationality and immigration status of the claimant.
20 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Migrants
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what mechanisms are in place to ensure that individuals whose immigration status no longer entitles them to public funds are automatically removed from benefit systems; and how many such removals have t
20 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Fraud
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases of benefit fraud identified in the last five years involved individuals whose immigration status was later found to be (a) overstayer, (b) illegal entrant or (c) failed asylum seeker.
20 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Asylum
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with (a) asylum seeker status, (b) refused asylum seeker status and (c) no lawful immigration status are in receipt of benefit support; and what the annual cost of that support is.
20 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Fraud
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department routinely records the nationality and immigration status of claimants in cases of proven benefit fraud.
Source: official written-questions record.