Written questions
2,568 written questions tabled, most recent first.
9 May 2025 · Department for Education
Special Educational Needs: Foreign Nationals
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of SEND support recipients were children of non-UK nationals in the latest year for which data is available.
9 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
GP Practice Lists: Foreign Nationals
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of new GP registrations were made by non-UK nationals in each of the last five years.
9 May 2025 · Department for Transport
Public Transport: Migrants
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of population changes due to immigration on public transport (a) capacity and (b) congestion levels in urban centres.
9 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Housing: Immigration
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an estimate of the proportion of new housing demand that is attributable to net migration since 2010.
9 May 2025 · Cabinet Office
Civil Servants: Performance Related Pay
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants across all departments were awarded performance bonuses in the financial year 2024-2025.
9 May 2025 · Cabinet Office
Civil Servants: Disciplinary Proceedings
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants were subject to formal disciplinary proceedings in each of the last three years.
8 May 2025 · Cabinet Office
Civil Servants: Performance Appraisal
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of civil servants have received formal performance ratings of underperforming or equivalent in each department in each of the last five years.
8 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Blasphemy
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will ensure that blasphemy laws are not reintroduced.
8 May 2025 · Home Office
Hate Crime: Religion
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has recorded any instances of police investigating people for speech deemed offensive to religious groups in the last five years.
8 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Protest: Hate Crime
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has provided guidance to (a) local authorities and (b) community cohesion officers on the application of religious offences to (i) lawful speech, (ii) art,
8 May 2025 · Department for Education
Education: Freedom of Expression
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to protect academic and student freedom of speech in schools and universities.
8 May 2025 · Home Office
Hate Crime
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will issue guidance to the police on ensuring that peaceful expressions of (a) opinions that may cause religious offence and (b) other opinions are not treated as hate crimes.
8 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Coastal Erosion: Hemsby
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 7 May 2025 to Question 49171 on Coastal Erosion: Hemsby, if he will meet the hon. Member for Great Yarmouth to discuss the shoreline management for Hemsby.
6 May 2025 · Treasury
National Insurance Contributions: India
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to UK-India trade deal, if she will make an estimate of the potential cost to the public purse of the exemption for Indian people working in the UK from National Insurance contributions for three year
6 May 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Legal Systems: Islam
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to ban Sharia courts.
6 May 2025 · Cabinet Office
Offences against Children: Victims
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if the Prime Minister will meet victims of rape gangs at Number 10 Downing Street.
6 May 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Ukraine: Armed Forces
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the long-term cost to the public purse of (a) military logistics, (b) equipment support, (c) personnel risk, (d) reconstruction liabilities and (e) other costs arising from proposals
6 May 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Ukraine: Military Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has had discussions with NATO allies on the potential impact of the (a) capture, (b) injury and (c) killing of UK personnel while operating in Ukraine on the potential for (i) escalation an
6 May 2025 · Leader of the House
Ukraine: Peacekeeping Operations
To ask the Leader of the House, if she will ensure that a (a) full debate takes place in and (b) divisible motion is agreed by the House of Commons before deploying UK ground forces to Ukraine.
6 May 2025 · Home Office
Immigration
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of asylum seekers granted leave to remain in the UK since 2010 who have returned to their country of origin for (a) visits, (b) holidays and (c) fam
6 May 2025 · Home Office
Immigration: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has issued guidance to (a) immigration officers and (b) caseworkers on the compatibility of an asylum claimant's (i) views on (A) democracy, (B) free speech and (C) gender equal
6 May 2025 · Home Office
Asylum: Radicalism
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department is taking steps to ensure that asylum seekers in publicly-funded accommodation do not (a) promote and (b) practise the (i) rejection of British law, (ii) subjugation of women, (
6 May 2025 · Home Office
Asylum: Religion
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people claimed asylum by religion in each of the last five years.
6 May 2025 · Home Office
Islam: Women
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department holds on the prevalence of (a) forced marriage, (b) domestic abuse and (c) educational disadvantage affecting Muslim women; and what steps her Department is taking to help tac
6 May 2025 · Home Office
Terrorism: Deportation and Prosecutions
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Prevent referrals related to Islamic extremism resulted in (a) prosecutions and (b) removals from the country in the last three years; and what steps her Department is taking to improve the e
6 May 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Crimes of Violence
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 24 April 2025 to Question 47976 on Prison: Crimes against the Person, if she will provide a further breakdown by nationality.
6 May 2025 · Home Office
Intelligence Services: Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse was of monitoring the MI5 watchlist in the latest period for which data is available.
29 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Coastal Erosion: Hemsby
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to protect Hemsby from coastal erosion.
25 Apr 2025 · Department for Education
Apprentices: Great Yarmouth
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many apprenticeships were started by young people aged 16–24 in Great Yarmouth constituency in each of the past five years.
25 Apr 2025 · Treasury
Business Rates: Great Yarmouth
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of business rates on retail unit closures in Great Yarmouth town centre between 2018 and 2024.
Source: official written-questions record.