Written questions
2,568 written questions tabled, most recent first.
20 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Ritual Slaughter
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what proportion of animals were slaughtered without being stunned for the production of Halal meat in the UK in each year since 2005.
17 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are claiming Universal Credit by their preferred language.
17 Oct 2025 · Home Office
Home Office: Serco
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has paid to Serco in each of the last ten years.
17 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of NHS staff were non-patient facing in each of the last ten years.
17 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Yellow Card Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many yellow card reports there have been on covid-19 vaccines.
17 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit: Habitual Residence Test
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many habitual residence tests related to Universal Credit assessments have been granted in each of the last five years.
17 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Food
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an estimate of the proportion of food served in his Department that is British.
17 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment: Telephone Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average (a) waiting time for people calling and (b) time spent on hold to the Personal Independence Payment helpline was in the last year.
17 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit: Telephone Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average (a) waiting time for people calling and (b) time spent on hold to the Universal Credit helpline was in the last year.
17 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Department for Work and Pensions: Telephone Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) average waiting time for people calling and (b) time people spent on hold for her Department was in each of the last five years.
17 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Food: Production
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of food consumed in the UK that is produced domestically.
17 Oct 2025 · Department for Education
Students: Loans
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the value was of student loans that were written off in the last year; and what this was as a proportion of all outstanding student loans, by nationality.
17 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Jobcentres: Telephone Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) average waiting time for people calling and (b) time people spent on hold to Jobcentres was in the last year.
17 Oct 2025 · Treasury
Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) average waiting time for people calling and (b) time people spent on hold for HMRC was in the last year.
17 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Jobcentres: Translation Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent on translation and interpretation in Jobcentres in the last financial year.
17 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many applications were made to the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme in each of the last three years; and how many and what proportion of those applications were unsuccessful.
17 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners' Release: Reoffenders
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has made an estimate of reoffending rates for prisoners released under the early release scheme.
17 Oct 2025 · Home Office
Undocumented Migrants: Great Yarmouth
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many irregular migrants are housed in the Great Yarmouth Borough Council area; what accommodation is used to house those migrants; and what the cost is of housing those migrants.
17 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Foreign Nationals
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what amount of charges were issued by NHS trusts for treatment to non-UK residents not entitled to free secondary healthcare in each of the last three financial years; how much of that amount was s
17 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Translation Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the (a) cost for translation of and (b) percentage of communications in each language in e-RS communication letters was so far this year.
16 Oct 2025 · Treasury
Income Tax: Tax Rates and Bands
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will publish a breakdown of her Department's August 2024 individual level analysis of Income Tax brackets by (a) ethnicity and (b) nationality.
16 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Local Government: Translation Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the annual cost to local authorities of (a) translation and (b) interpretation services.
16 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Local Government: English Language
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if his Department will take steps to require local authorities to ensure staff in customer-facing roles are fluent in English.
16 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Local Government: English Language
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment his Department has made of the levels of English language proficiency of staff working in local authority (a) housing and (b) social services.
16 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: English Language
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to introduce English language learning as a condition of benefit receipt for foreign nationals.
16 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Translation Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number of benefits claimants who require translation support during appointments; and at what cost to the public purse.
16 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Jobcentres: English Language
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department requires (a) Jobcentre staff and (b) benefits advisers to demonstrate English language proficiency as a condition of employment.
16 Oct 2025 · Department for Education
Classroom Assistants and Teachers: English Language
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the number of (a) teachers and (b) classroom assistants (i) whose first language is not English and (ii) who have not undertaken a recognised English proficiency test.
16 Oct 2025 · Home Office
Security Guards: English Language
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department will extend English language testing requirements to foreign nationals working in (a) private security or (b) enforcement roles contracted by the Department.
16 Oct 2025 · Home Office
Immigration: English Language
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that immigration (a) caseworkers and (b) interpreters meet English language standards.
Source: official written-questions record.