Written questions
2,568 written questions tabled, most recent first.
26 Feb 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 2024; and what this was as a proportion of all outstanding student loans.
26 Feb 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 2024; and how many and what proportion of those applications were unsuccessful.
26 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what costs from the treatment of chargeable overseas visitors (a) are outstanding and (b) have been written off in 2024.
26 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Defence: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the oral statement by the Prime Minister of 26 February 2025 on Defence and Security, Official Report, column 631, on what his Department plans to spend the increase in defence spending.
25 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Diego Garcia: Military Bases
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Prime Minister's Oral Statement of 25 February 2025 on Defence and Security, Official Report, whether payments to Mauritius for the continued lease of the Diego Garcia military base will be
25 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
James Paget University Hospital: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's timetable is for the completion of the James Paget Hospital rebuild.
25 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Protective Clothing
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2025 to Question 31569 on Coronavirus: Protective Clothing, if he will breakdown the programme of work to reduce excess PPE stock.
25 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Protective Clothing
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2025 to Question 31569 on Coronavirus: Protective Clothing, if he will make an estimate of the (a) weekly and (b) total cost to the public purse of storing PPE
25 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Access to Work Programme: Cost Benefit Analysis
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of conducting a cost-benefit analysis of the Access to Work scheme.
25 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Access to Work Programme: Interviews
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of interviews for the access to work scheme took place (a) remotely and (b) in person in 2024.
25 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Access to Work Programme: Mental Illness
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish a list of mental health conditions that qualify for the access to work scheme.
25 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Department for Work and Pensions: Translation Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 18 February 2025 to Question 30518 on Department for Work and Pensions: Translation Services, what the spend in social security benefits was on people receiving those interpret
24 Feb 2025 · Home Office
Cryptography: Apple
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department holds on the number of people affected by the removal of Apple's Advanced Data Protection.
24 Feb 2025 · Home Office
Apple: Data Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason her Department has requested access to Apple customers' personal data under the Investigatory Powers Act 2016.
24 Feb 2025 · Home Office
ICT: Personal Records
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to request access to encrypted personal data from (a) TikTok, (b) Alphabet, (c) Meta, (d) Amazon and (e) Microsoft.
24 Feb 2025 · Home Office
Home Office: Apple
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many meetings (a) she, (b) Ministers from her Department and (c) senior officials from her Department have had with Apple since 4 July 2024.
24 Feb 2025 · Home Office
Surveillance
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Apple devices have been accessed by her Department under surveillance legislation in each of the last 10 years.
24 Feb 2025 · Home Office
Cybersecurity
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of introducing encryption backdoors for use by the Government on the risk of the exploitation of those backdoors by (a) foreign st
24 Feb 2025 · Home Office
Cryptography
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to publish regular transparency reports on the number of encryption-related demands her Department makes to (a) Apple and (b) other technology companies.
24 Feb 2025 · Home Office
Cryptography: Apple
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the decision by Apple to withdraw its advanced data protection system in the UK on cybersecurity risks to (a) businesses, (b) journalists and
24 Feb 2025 · Home Office
Apple: Data Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Apple was directly instructed to disable its Advanced Data Protection encryption service for UK users.
24 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport
Railways: Noise
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the powers of train conductors to tackle disruptive levels of noise on trains.
21 Feb 2025 · Home Office
Proscribed Organisations
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been (a) investigated and (b) deported for supporting groups proscribed under the Terrorism Act 2000 in the last ten years by proscribed group.
21 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Farms: Domestic Visits
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farms he has visited since 30 October 2024.
21 Feb 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Television Licences
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the total number of TV licence fee payers was in each of the last ten years.
21 Feb 2025 · Department for Education
Students: Loans
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish a breakdown of student loan recipients by nationality in each of the last five years.
13 Feb 2025 · Department for Education
Children: English Language
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of the number of children who do not speak English as a first language.
13 Feb 2025 · Cabinet Office
English Language
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an estimate of how many people in the UK do not speak English as a first language.
13 Feb 2025 · Home Office
Undocumented Migrants: Hotels
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse was of cleaning in hotels housing irregular migrants in 2024.
13 Feb 2025 · Home Office
Undocumented Migrants: Hotels
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse was of laundry services for irregular migrants housed in hotels in 2024.
Source: official written-questions record.