Written questions

2,568 written questions tabled, most recent first.

13 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Treatments: Gaza

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost to the public purse is of the scheme to evacuate and treat injured children from Gaza in the United Kingdom.

13 Oct 2025 · Home Office

National Audit on Group-based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to ensure that (a) police forces and (b) local authorities are preserving all relevant evidence and records that may be required by the National Inquiry into Group-Based Child

13 Oct 2025 · Home Office

National Audit on Group-based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to implement the 12 recommendations that were accepted by the Government of the National Audit on Group-based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, published in June

13 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Offences against Children: Inquiries

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what interim reporting schedule has been agreed for the National Inquiry into Group-Based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse; and whether the Inquiry will publish local findings before its final repo

13 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Offences against Children: Inquiries

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the National Inquiry into Group-Based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse will have powers under the Inquiries Act 2005 to compel evidence from serving and former (a) police officers, (b) coun

13 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Offences against Children: Inquiries

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the budget allocation is for the National Inquiry into Group-Based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in financial year 2025-26; and how much funding has been committed to date for (a) staffing,

13 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Offences against Children: Inquiries

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the first local areas to be examined by the National Inquiry into Group-Based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse are; and what criteria was used to select them.

13 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Offences against Children: Inquiries

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects the Terms of Reference for the National Inquiry into Group-Based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse to be published.

13 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Offences against Children: Inquiries

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether a chair has been appointed to lead the national inquiry into group-based child sexual exploitation and abuse; and what the (a) selection process, (b) shortlist and (c) timetable was for that a

13 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Offences against Children: Inquiries

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made in establishing the independent commission to oversee the national inquiry into group-based child sexual exploitation and abuse.

13 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Sexual Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many sexual assaults there were in NHS hospitals by staff by the nationality of the assailant in each of the last ten years.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Meat

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will ensure that halal food is not the default option in (a) his Department, (b) military academies and (c) the armed forces.

10 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Deportation: Sanctions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 17 September 2025 to Question 74856 on Deportation: Sanctions, what sanctions have been applied under sections 70-74 of the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 in each year sinc

4 Sep 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Proof of Identity: Digital Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of digital identity services for (a) individual freedom and (b) personal privacy.

4 Sep 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Digital Technology: Proof of Identity

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the risk of digital identity systems being used for surveillance of people.

4 Sep 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Proof of Identity: Digital Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what estimate he has made of the number of additional (a) civil servants and (b) contractors required to administer a digital ID system.

4 Sep 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Proof of Identity: Digital Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the value for money of a digital ID system compared to existing forms of identification.

4 Sep 2025 · Treasury

Proof of Identity: Digital Technology

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an estimate of the potential cost to the public purse of implementing and maintaining a Digital ID system.

4 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Deportation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the top five reasons are for deportation flights being cancelled.

4 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Deportation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost of private security contractors used in deportations has been in each of the last five years.

4 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Deportation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff her Department employs to organise deportation flights.

4 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Detention Centres

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many detainees have absconded from immigration detention in each year since 2020.

4 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Deportation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many detention places are currently available for foreign nationals awaiting deportation.

4 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Deportation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of leaving European Convention on Human Rights on the ability of the UK to deport foreign nationals.

3 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Deportation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many seats were booked on deportation charter flights in the last year; and how many were used.

3 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Deportation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many charter flights for deportations were scheduled in the last 12 months; and how many took place.

3 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Deportation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of foreign nationals who have abscond after being served with a deportation order.

3 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Deportation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of staff in her Department are dedicated to enforcing deportation orders.

3 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Deportation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the backlog in deportation cases.

3 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Deportation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of foreign nationals living in the UK unlawfully who are liable for deportation.

Source: official written-questions record.