Written questions

2,568 written questions tabled, most recent first.

5 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department tracks the locations of foreign national offenders following release.

5 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release: Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the the mistaken release of asylum seekers convicted of criminal offences on public safety.

5 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release: Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many officials in his Department have faced disciplinary action following the mistaken release of asylum seekers convicted of criminal offences 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, what processes are in place to prevent the accidental release of foreign national offenders from prisons.

5 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign nationals have been released from prison in error in each of the last five years.

4 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Remittances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of how much money was sent abroad in remittance payments in 2024 by destination country.

3 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many individuals released through the early release scheme were foreign nationals.

3 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Judicial Conduct Investigations Office: Complaints

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many complaints have been made to the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office on (a) bias against and (b) unfair treatment of fathers in family law proceedings in the last five years.

3 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Family Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the average cost to fathers of pursuing access to children through the family court system; and whether he plans to make that process more affordable.

3 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Custody

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if his Department will make an estimate of the number of fathers prevented from seeing their children following court proceedings in each of the last five years.

3 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Fathers: Government Assistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if the Government will commission a cross-departmental review across (a) justice, (b) education and (c) welfare on (i) improving support for and (ii) empowering fathers in maintaining active roles in children’s l

3 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Maternity Services: Fathers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that NHS (a) maternity wards and (b) perinatal services treat fathers as active participants in the birth process.

3 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Custody

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has made an assessment of the (a) prevalence and (b) potential impact of parental alienation on fathers’ ability to maintain a relationship with their children.

3 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Family Proceedings: Legal Aid Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of (a) fathers and (b) mothers received legal aid support in family court proceedings relating to child custody and access in the last five years.

3 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Custody

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average waiting time is for fathers seeking access to their children through the family courts after a separation.

3 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Custody

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the number of custody arrangements ordered by family courts that resulted in the father being granted equal or majority care of the child in the last five years.

3 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 26 March 2025 to Question 38250 on Health Services: Foreign Nationals, what the ten nationalities with the highest total unpaid invoices were in 2023-24.

3 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Remittances: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an estimate of annual tax loss from untaxed remittances sent abroad by non-UK nationals.

3 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Police: Firearms

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of police officers are qualitied to use firearms in each year since 2018.

3 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much income was generated through charges for category f patients in each financial year since 2018-19; and how much aggregate income identified for the 2018-19 financial year was written off.

3 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Translation Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) translators and (b) interpreters have worked in the prison estate since 2018; and what the total cost to the public purse was for their services.

3 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Leisure

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish (a) all recreational activities provided to inmates and (b) the total cost to the public purse for providing those activities in (i) HMP Maidstone, (ii) HMP Huntercombe and (iii) HMP Morton Hal

3 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Muslims

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost to the public purse was of the NHS Muslim network in each of the last five years for which data is available.

3 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of splitting charging category A patients ordinarily resident in the UK and (a) asylum seeker and (b) failed asylum seeker under section 95 of

31 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Driving Licences

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 31 October 2025 to Question 84798 on Driving Licences, how many code 70s were issued in each of the last ten years.

31 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people with non-UK nationality worked in the NHS by nationality in each of the last 25 years.

31 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Maternity Services: Fathers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to improve the quality of stay for fathers in the maternity ward.

31 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many complaints there have been relating to NHS staff in each of the last ten years.

31 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much was paid in compensation by the NHS by the reason for that compensation in each of the last ten years.

30 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what is the total value of unpaid invoices to Category F patients.

Source: official written-questions record.