Written questions

2,568 written questions tabled, most recent first.

11 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Riot Control Weapons: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) offences, (b) cautions and (c) prosecutions have been recorded for civilian possession of (i) pepper spray, (ii) PAVA and (iii) other incapacitant substances under the Firearms Act 1968 i

11 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Police: Stun Guns

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers (a) carried and (b) deployed a taser in each year since 2015; and if she will publish the latest aggregated dataset.

11 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Police: Stun Guns

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of police officers in England and Wales were authorised to carry Conducted Energy Devices in each year since 2015.

11 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Burglary

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) charge and (b) clear-up rate for residential burglaries was by police force area in the most recent year for which data is available.

11 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Burglary

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) charge, (b) summons and (c) clear-up rate was for residential burglaries in England and Wales in each of the last 10 years.

11 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Burglary

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many residential burglaries were recorded in England and Wales in each year since 2015; how many of those resulted in an (a) charge or (b) summons.

11 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: Deportation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of litigation on the implementation of the one-in, one-out migrant returns agreement with France; and whether policy changes have been made in resp

11 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: Deportation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department maintains (a) internal statistical summaries and (b) dashboards recording the (i) number and (ii) cost of legal challenges to the one-in, one-out migrant returns scheme.

11 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme: Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many legal aid certificates have been granted for cases referencing (a) the one-in, one-out migrant returns policy and (b) removals to France since July 2025.

11 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme: Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much from the public purse has been spent by the Legal Aid Agency on (a) legal representation and (b) pre-action work challenging removals under the one-in, one-out migrant returns policy since 1 July 2025.

11 Nov 2025 · Attorney General

Immigration Controls: France

To ask the Solicitor General, how many (a) active and (b) concluded cases the Government Legal Department has handled relating to legal challenges against the one-in, one-out migrant returns scheme; and what the total cost of that litigation has been.

11 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: Deportation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many distinct (a) organisations and (b) legal representatives have lodged (i) challenges and (ii) judicial reviews against removals under the one-in, one-out migrant returns scheme.

11 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: Deportation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many planned removals under the one-in, one-out migrant returns scheme have been (a) postponed, (b) cancelled and (c) disrupted as a result of legal challenges or injunctions.

11 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: Deportation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) pre-action protocol letters, (b) judicial review applications and (c) injunction requests have been received relating to the one-in, one-out migrant returns scheme agreed with France sinc

11 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Immigration Controls: France

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which French (a) ministries, (b) local authorities and (c) private contractors have received UK funding for (i) border security and (ii) migration control infrastructure since 2023.

11 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Immigration Controls: France

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, through which (a) programmes and (b) funds the UK has supported border-infrastructure projects in France since 2023; and how that expenditure is monitored.

11 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Immigration Controls: France

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the UK Government has contributed funding towards a (a) wall and (b) barrier near (i) Dunkirk and (ii) Calais.

10 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Treatments: Gaza

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 10 November 2025 to Question 81591 Medical Treatments: Gaza, how many Gazan children have been treated on the NHS.

10 Nov 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Television Licences: Non-payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what information her Department holds on the total number of licence fee enforcement letters sent by the BBC in the last financial year.

10 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Veterans: Government Assistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if the Government will make an assessment of the potential merits of diverting spending on foreign aid towards establishing a veterans support network including (a) guaranteed fast-track treatment and mental heal

10 Nov 2025 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Social Media

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2025 to Question 86454 on Cabinet Office: Social Media, if he will publish any information that would not prejudice commercial interests.

10 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Driving Licences

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 6 November 2025 to Question 87145 on Driving Licenses, if she will provide this information by nationality.

10 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice: Social Media

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 6 November 2025 to Question 86469 Ministry of Justice: Social Media, if he will publish a breakdown of all non-commercially sensitive information on (a) influencers paid and (b) amount p

10 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Telephone Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 27 October 2025 to Question 83169 Universal Credit: Telephone Services, how many and what proportion of calls to the Universal Credit helpline dropped in each of the last five

10 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 5 November 2025 to Question 86041 on Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services, how many and what proportion of calls to the HMRC self-assessment line dropped in each of the last five years.

10 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will implement a review of HMRC helplines to (i) lower hold times and (ii) improve customer service.

5 Nov 2025 · Home Office

HM Prison Service: Information Sharing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to review data-sharing systems between the Prison Service and immigration enforcement.

5 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release: Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what communications protocols exist between his Department and the Home Office to prevent the erroneous release of asylum-seeker prisoners.

5 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of foreign national offenders released in error were awaiting deportation at the time of release in each of the last five years.

5 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the public is notified when a foreign national offender is mistakenly released from custody.

Source: official written-questions record.