Written questions
198 written questions tabled, most recent first.
18 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Social Housing: Foreign Nationals
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many foreign nationals have been granted social housing in each of the last five years.
18 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Undocumented Migrants: Legal Aid Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many migrants who arrived illegally have been given legal aid funded from the public purse in the last five years; and what the cost is of that legal aid.
18 Nov 2025 · Department for Education
Teachers: Workplace Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of awarding the Teachers’ Pension Scheme administration contract to Tata Consultancy Services on national security, service standards and domestic
17 Nov 2025 · Treasury
Employment: Statistics
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the (a) transparency and (b) independence of the process used by the Office for National Statistics to revise historic employment data; and what discussions she has had wit
13 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice
HMP Dartmoor
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reason HMP Dartmoor remains closed in the context of the shortage of prison spaces.
30 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Social Rented Housing: Foreign Nationals
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many foreign nationals have been granted social housing in each of the last five years.
30 Oct 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Renewable Energy: Manufacturing Industries
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what proportion of renewable energy equipment installed in the UK was manufactured in China.
30 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners: Foreign Nationals
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the annual cost of housing foreign national offenders in UK prisons.
30 Oct 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Carbon Emissions: Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent estimate he has made of the cost to (a) the public purse, (b) businesses and (c) households of meeting net zero by 2050.
30 Oct 2025 · Home Office
Undocumented Migrants: Hotels
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many migrants who arrived in the UK illegally are housed in hotels; and what the daily cost is to the public purse of those hotels.
22 Oct 2025 · Treasury
Lloyds Banking Group
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will publish the unredcated Lloyd's Banking Group forward plan.
10 Sep 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Alcoholic Drinks: Labelling and Packaging
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the additional costs to breweries arising from alcohol labelling and packaging regulations; and what assessment she has made of the potential impact of
10 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Sodium Valproate and Surgical Mesh Implants: Compensation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Patient Safety Commissioner's report entitled The Hughes Report: Options for redress for those harmed by valproate and pelvic mesh, published on 7 February 2024, what estimate
29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
IVF: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that (a) NHS Lincolnshire and (b) other Integrated Care Boards implement the NICE Fertility Guideline recommending (i) three full cycles of IVF fo
29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Blood Cancer: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that the forthcoming National Cancer Plan for England includes targeted measures to improve the early diagnosis of (a) myeloma and (b) other blood
29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
NRS Healthcare: Insolvency
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure continuity of community equipment services following the insolvency and receivership of NRS Healthcare; and what plans are in place to minimise disrupt
29 Aug 2025 · Treasury
Cars: Loans
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will hold discussions with the Financial Conduct Authority on the steps it is taking to ensure that all consumers who were mis-sold car finance are fully compensated.
29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospital Beds: Lincolnshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of reports that patients at Pilgrim Hospital outpatients department are being left for extended periods without access to
29 Aug 2025 · Treasury
Revenue and Customs: Fees and Charges
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason HMRC charge a fee to taxpayers who pay their tax liabilities using a debit or credit card; and whether she plans to remove this charge.
29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Parents: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report by Sands entitled Lost in the system, published in July 2025, what steps his Department is taking to ensure equitable access across England to specialist psychological
18 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Infant Mortality: Bereavement Counselling
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report by Sands entitled Lost in the system: Saving babies’ lives, published on 10 July 2025, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that bereaved parents who have expe
16 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Consultants
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of consultants in (a) Lincolnshire NHS Trust and (b) other (i) rural and (ii) semi-rural areas; and if he will review (A) funding allocati
7 Jul 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Migrants
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was paid in (a) Universal Credit, (b) Disability Living Allowance and (c) Personal Independence Payment to people who were not British citizens in each of the last five years.
7 Jul 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
State Retirement Pensions: Migrants
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was paid in State Pension to people not born in the United Kingdom in (a) the most recent year for which data is available and (b) in each of the previous five years.
1 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners' Release
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will take steps to ensure that (a) violent offenders and (b) people convicted of grievous bodily harm resulting in life-changing injuries are not inappropriately released early under existing early release
12 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Community Health Services: Schools
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England supports the policy of excluding children from community health services on the basis of school type; and what assessment he has made of the merits of such a policy.
12 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Palliative Care: Boston and Skegness
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the (a) availability and (b) timeliness of end-of-life palliative care support in Boston and Skegness constituency; and what steps he is t
12 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Spinal Disorders: Boston and Skegness
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of access to spinal services for patients in Boston and Skegness constituency; and what steps he is taking to ensure that residents can
16 May 2025 · Home Office
Police: Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of Regulation C9 of the Police Pensions Regulations 1987 that removes survivor benefits on (a) widows and (b) widowers who (i) rem
16 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Farmers: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support farmers following changes in the level of funding for mental health support; and whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of this ch
Source: official written-questions record.