Written questions

2,568 written questions tabled, most recent first.

9 Jun 2025 · Attorney General

Burglary: Self-defence

To ask the Solicitor General, how many homeowners have been prosecuted for using force against individuals unlawfully present in their homes in the last 10 years.

9 Jun 2025 · Attorney General

Burglary: Self-defence

To ask the Solicitor General, what steps she is taking to ensure that people who act in good faith to protect themselves or others from intruders are not prosecuted.

9 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Burglary: Self-defence

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department plans to review the adequacy of legal protections available to homeowners who use force in self-defence against intruders.

9 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Personal Names

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the number of (a) asylum seekers and (b) failed asylum claimants that have used multiple identities or aliases while in the UK.

9 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Personal Names

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether asylum seekers are required to provide supporting documentation when requesting a legal name change.

9 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Personal Names

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of name changes by asylum seekers on (a) national security, (b) immigration enforcement and (c) criminal justice proceedings.

9 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Personal Names

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers have formally changed name since 2015; and how her Department monitors that data.

9 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Personal Names

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to (a) record and (b) verify name changes made by asylum seekers (i) during and (ii) after the asylum application process.

9 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Small Businesses: Health and Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to simplify workplace health and safety requirements for small businesses while maintaining essential protections for workers.

9 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture and Environment Protection: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans his Department has to review (a) agricultural and (b) environmental regulation for (i) food producers and (ii) small farmers.

9 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Business: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent discussions he has had with business organisations on the impact of regulatory compliance costs on (a) profitability and (b) competitiveness.

9 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Business: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a one-in, two-out approach to new business regulations; and if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of

9 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Small Businesses: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of regulation on small and medium-sized enterprises since 2010.

9 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: Police

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of people without lawful immigration status who have come into contact with the police in the last five years.

9 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on producing an estimate of the number of people living in the UK without legal immigration status.

6 Jun 2025 · Treasury

Undocumented Workers

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HMRC has made an estimate of the number of people working in the informal economy without legal immigration status; and what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of illegal working on t

6 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of people without legal status living in (a) temporary and (b) informal accommodation; and what discussions she has had with local authorities on un

6 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Undocumented Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data her Department holds on suspected illegal migrants attempting to access welfare services.

6 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of individuals accessing NHS services who do not have lawful residency status in the UK; and whether such data is used to inform other estimates

6 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: Statistics

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions her Department has had with the Office for National Statistics on developing a reliable estimate of the irregular migrant population using available (a) administrative and (b) survey

6 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the merits of commissioning an independent study to produce an updated estimate of the number of illegal migrants in the UK.

6 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: Statistics

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how she calculates the number of people without legal immigration status.

2 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Immigration Removal Centres: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the average cost to the public purse of each immigration detention bed.

2 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to require data sharing between NHS Digital and her Department to help identify illegal migrants.

2 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of initiating a (a) cross-Departmental and (b) UK-wide commission into the number of illegal migrants living in the UK.

2 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a public reporting scheme that offers financial rewards for verified reports of illegal migrants.

2 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: Deportation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the cost of deporting one million illegal migrants under existing rules for deportations.

2 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: Deportation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment with the Chancellor of the Exchequer of the potential merits of taxing remittances to countries that refuse to accept their returned nationals.

2 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Immigration: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to increase the annual budget for immigration enforcement in line with projected growth in removals activity.

2 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Immigration Removal Centres

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many immigration detention beds are available; and what steps she is taking to increase capacity.

Source: official written-questions record.