Written questions
2,568 written questions tabled, most recent first.
23 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Protective Clothing
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total value is of (a) unused and (b) expired PPE stock held by the NHS.
23 Jun 2025 · Cabinet Office
Government Departments: Procurement
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any procurement contracts over £1 million were awarded without competitive tender in the last two years.
23 Jun 2025 · Cabinet Office
Civil Servants: Dismissal
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants have been dismissed for (a) incompetence and (b) misconduct in each year since 2015.
23 Jun 2025 · Cabinet Office
Civil Servants: Performance Appraisal
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of civil servants have been subject to formal performance management in the last three years.
20 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Ministry of Justice: Translation Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much their Department has spent on (a) translation and (b) interpretation for languages other than (i) British Sign Language and (ii) languages native to the UK for people contacting (A) their Department and
20 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Translation Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much their Department has spent on (a) translation and (b) interpretation for languages other than (i) British Sign Language and (ii) languages native to the UK for people co
20 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Defence: Translation Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much their Department has spent on (a) translation and (b) interpretation for languages other than (i) British Sign Language and (ii) languages native to the UK for people contacting (A) their Department and
20 Jun 2025 · Home Office
Home Office: Translation Services
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much their Department has spent on (a) translation and (b) interpretation for languages other than (i) British Sign Language and (ii) languages native to the UK for people contacting (A) their Dep
20 Jun 2025 · Treasury
Treasury: Translation Services
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much their Department has spent on (a) translation and (b) interpretation for languages other than (i) British Sign Language and (ii) languages native to the UK for people contacting (A) their Department and (B)
20 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Translation Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much their Department has spent on (a) translation and (b) interpretation for languages other than (i) British Sign Language and (ii) languages native to the UK for peopl
20 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Department of Health and Social Care: Translation Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much their Department has spent on (a) translation and (b) interpretation for languages other than (i) British Sign Language and (ii) languages native to the UK for people contacting (A) their
20 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Department for Work and Pensions: Translation Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much their Department has spent on (a) translation and (b) interpretation for languages other than (i) British Sign Language and (ii) languages native to the UK for people contacting (A) their Depar
20 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport
Department for Transport: Translation Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much their Department has spent on (a) translation and (b) interpretation for languages other than (i) British Sign Language and (ii) languages native to the UK for people contacting (A) their Department an
20 Jun 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Translation Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much their Department has spent on (a) translation and (b) interpretation for languages other than (i) British Sign Language and (ii) languages native to the UK for people contactin
20 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Translation Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much their Department has spent on (a) translation and (b) interpretation for languages other than (i) British Sign Language and (ii) languages native to the UK for people contacti
20 Jun 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Translation Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much their Department has spent on (a) translation and (b) interpretation for languages other than (i) British Sign Language and (ii) languages native to the UK for people contacting (A)
20 Jun 2025 · Department for Education
Department for Education: Translation Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much their Department has spent on (a) translation and (b) interpretation for languages other than (i) British Sign Language and (ii) languages native to the UK for people contacting (A) their Department an
20 Jun 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Translation Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much their Department has spent on (a) translation and (b) interpretation for languages other than (i) British Sign Language and (ii) languages native to the UK for people contacting (A) thei
20 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Department for Business and Trade: Translation Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much their Department has spent on (a) translation and (b) interpretation for languages other than (i) British Sign Language and (ii) languages native to the UK for people contacting (A) their Depa
17 Jun 2025 · Cabinet Office
Government Departments: Public Expenditure
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what task forces are funded by each Department.
17 Jun 2025 · Home Office
Offences against Children
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether (a) current and (b) former (i) civil servants and (ii) politicians will be required to give evidence to the grooming gangs inquiry; what steps her Department is taking to ensure accountability
16 Jun 2025 · Home Office
Offences against Children: Inquiries
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will appoint a chair with no (a) political affiliation and (b) prior conflict to lead the grooming gang inquiry.
16 Jun 2025 · Home Office
Offences against Children: Inquiries
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will commit to implementing all recommendations from the grooming gang inquiry within 12 months.
16 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Offences against Children: Compensation
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many victims of grooming gangs have applied for compensation; and how many have been rejected.
16 Jun 2025 · Home Office
Offences against Children
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will review the adequacy of data collection by (a) police, (b) councils and (c) government in identifying systemic abuse.
16 Jun 2025 · Home Office
Offences against Children: Inquiries
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the grooming gang inquiry will link (a) police and (b) council data nationally to create map of (a) grooming gang activity and (b) institutional failure.
16 Jun 2025 · Home Office
Offences against Children: Inquiries
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the grooming gang inquiry will examine (a) internal police complaints, (b) whistleblower evidence and (c) deleted material on grooming gang investigations.
16 Jun 2025 · Home Office
Offences against Children: Disclosure of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department can compel local authorities to release safeguarding files on group-based child sexual exploitation.
16 Jun 2025 · Home Office
Offences against Children: Inquiries
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the grooming gang inquiry will release historic exploitation data back to the 1960s on a rolling basis.
16 Jun 2025 · Home Office
Offences against Children: Inquiries
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the grooming gang inquiry will publish demographic breakdowns of (a) perpetrators and (b) victims by (i) race, (ii) gender, (iii) nationality and (iv) immigration status.
Source: official written-questions record.