Written questions
300 written questions tabled, most recent first.
18 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice
HMP/YOI Downview: Transgender People
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many transgender young people are currently held in mixed gender settings within the Children and Young People Estate at HMP & YOI Downview.
17 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Prisons and Young Offender Institutions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to ensure (a) equality of access to and (b) quality of healthcare provision across the (i) women’s and (ii) Children and Young People's estate.
17 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health Services: Prisons
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time is for routine mental health appointments across the prison estate in England.
17 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: HMP/YOI Bronzefield
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has identified service gaps in the provision of primary care, mental health, dentistry and substance misuse services at HMP/YOI Downview.
17 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice
HMP/YOI Downview: Sexual Offences
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many sexual assaults of female prisoners by biologically male prisoners took place in HMP Downview in (a) 2016, (b) 2017, (c) 2018 and (d) 2019.
17 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners: Transgender People
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what decisions his Department has made on the (a) scope and (b) timeline of the review of transgender prisoner policy following the Supreme Court judgment in For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers.
17 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Young Offender Institutions: Transgender People
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what criteria his Department uses to determine placement of transgender young people within the Children and Young People's Estate.
13 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Fines
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of issuing penalty charge notices as a deterrent against improper claims of free NHS prescriptions.
13 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Chronic Illnesses: Prescriptions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the requirement to obtain a medical exemption certificate before being eligible to claim free prescriptions on people with chronic
13 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Prescriptions: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS penalty charges for incorrectly claimed free prescriptions have been issued to individuals who qualified for but did not hold NHS medical exemption certificates in the last 12 months.
13 Nov 2025 · Department for Education
Childcare
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential merit of allowing nannies to offer funded hours under the Free Childcare for Working Parents programme.
10 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice
HMP/YOI Downview
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to page 8 of the Independent Monitoring Board's report entitled Annual report of the Independent Monitoring Board at HMP/YOI Downview, published on 3 September 2025, when he plans to respond to the
27 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health Services: Prisons and Young Offender Institutions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Independent Monitoring Board's report entitled Annual report of the Independent Monitoring Board at HMP/YOI Downview, published on 3 September 2025, what steps he is taking to
27 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons and Young Offender Institutions: Transgender People
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Independent Monitoring Board's report entitled Annual report of the Independent Monitoring Board at HMP/YOI Downview, published on 3 September 2025, what steps he is taking to safeguard biol
27 Oct 2025 · Department for Education
Offences against Children: Surrey
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has had discussions with (a) Surrey County Council and (b) Surrey Police on child safeguarding following the conviction of Stephen Ireland.
27 Oct 2025 · Department for Education
Children in Care: Gender
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Policy Exchange report entitled In absentia parentis, published on 24 August 2025, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that local authorities have up-to-date safeguarding policie
27 Oct 2025 · Department for Education
Children in Care: Gender
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Policy Exchange report entitled In absentia parentis, published on 24 August 2025, the Cass Review's final report, published in April 2024, and the Supreme Court judgement in the case of F
27 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice
HMP/YOI Downview: Sexual Offences
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on whether any female prisoners held at HMP Downview have been sexually assaulted by biological male prisoners.
27 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice
HMP/YOI Downview: Sexual Offences
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many sexual assaults of female prisoners by biological male prisoners have taken place in HMP Downview in (a) 2023, (b) 2024 and (c) 2025.
27 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners: Transgender People
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the HMPPS Offender Equalities Annual Report 2022-2023, published on 30 November 2023, how many of the 225 transgender prisoners who reported their legal gender as male were convicted of a sexual
27 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Prescriptions: Women
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to provide additional support for women who face additional prescription costs due to (a) menorrhagia and (b) other menstrual issues caused by (i) miscarriage and (ii)
15 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Clinical Trials
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the status of the proposed PATHWAYS clinical trial.
15 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice
HMP/YOI Downview: Prisoner Escapes
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of staff training and management at HMP Downview, in the context of the security breach involving an unauthorised prisoner departure in October 2025.
15 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice
HMP/YOI Downview: Prisoner Escapes
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the security breach in October 2025 involving an unauthorised prisoner departure at HMP Downview involved a prisoner housed in the prison’s E Wing.
15 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice
HMP/YOI Downview: Prisoner Escapes
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of whether HMP Downview is capable of effectively keeping the female prisoners safe from the biological male prisoners sharing the same facilities and services, in the cont
15 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice
HMP/YOI Downview: Prisoner Escapes
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if his Department will take steps to review systems of prisoner management in place at HMP Downview in the context of the security breach involving an unauthorised prisoner departure in October 2025.
15 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice
HMP/YOI Downview: Prisoner Escapes
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions in the last 24 months have prisoners at HMP Downview left the secure perimeter without formal authorisation.
15 Sep 2025 · Home Office
Visas: Applications
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps her Department has taken to ensure the security of data submitted by third parties in support of visa applications.
15 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Crimes of Violence: Women
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the recommendations on surrogacy in the report by the UN Special Rapporteur for Violence Against Women and Girls entitl
29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Justice
HMP/YOI Downview
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 2 July 2025 to Question 62454 on HMP/YOI Downview, whether E Wing at HMP Downview is part of the women's estate.
Source: official written-questions record.