Mr Paul Kohler

28 Jan 2026 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children and young people were waiting for an Education, Health and Care Plan decision in January (a) 2025 and (b) 2026.

28 Jan 2026 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average time taken was to complete an Education, Health and Care Plan assessment in England in each of the last five years.

28 Jan 2026 · Home Office

UK Border Force: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff were employed in Border Force in each of the last five years.

28 Jan 2026 · Cabinet Office

Gender Based Violence

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of reported incidents of violence against women and girls in England and Wales.

28 Jan 2026 · Home Office

Police: Job Satisfaction and Labour Turnover

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of police officer retention and morale.

28 Jan 2026 · Home Office

Police

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many full-time equivalent police officers there were in England and Wales in each of the last five years.

28 Jan 2026 · Home Office

Migrants: Deportation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people without leave to remain were removed from the UK in each of the last five years.

28 Jan 2026 · Home Office

Asylum: Temporary Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers are housed in contingency accommodation; and what assessment she has made of trends in the level of the use of that accommodation.

28 Jan 2026 · Home Office

Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum cases were awaiting an initial decision in January (a) 2025 and (b) 2026.

28 Jan 2026 · Home Office

Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time taken to make an initial decision on an asylum claim was in each of the last five years.

28 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the prevalence of (a) drug use and (b) synthetic drug use among the prison population in England and Wales.

28 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Courts and Tribunals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many sitting days each (a) court and (b) tribunal in England and Wales has been allocated in the 2025–26 financial year.

28 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Criminal Proceedings: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the longest waiting time was for a case to be heard in a criminal court in England and Wales once referred, as of the most recent data available.

28 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Profession: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data his Department holds on the number of criminal legal aid firms that have ceased operating in England and Wales in each of the last 10 years.

28 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Gender Based Violence: Convictions

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the number of convictions for violence against women and girls in England and Wales in the last 12 months.

28 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Rape: Trials

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of rape trials in England and Wales that were postponed in each year since 2015; and what the principal reasons were for those postponements.

28 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Rape: Criminal Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average length of time was from charge to completion in court for rape cases in England and Wales in each year since 2016.

28 Jan 2026 · Northern Ireland Office

Trade: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what support his Department is providing to help firms in Northern Ireland maximise the potential benefits of dual market access while managing regulatory and administrative burdens.

28 Jan 2026 · Northern Ireland Office

Trade: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what engagement his Department has had with business organisations in Northern Ireland on the practical challenges of complying with dual market access requirements, and what issues have been raised.

16 Dec 2025 · Home Office

Slavery

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions for modern slavery offences have been brought in the past five years; and what measures are in place to improve victim identification and access to justice.

16 Dec 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Slavery

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that companies operating in the UK are carrying out robust due diligence to identify and prevent modern slavery practices within their operations and suppl

16 Dec 2025 · Home Office

Human Trafficking: Prostitution

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the prevalence of human trafficking for the purposes of sexual exploitation in the UK; and what additional measures are being taken to strengthen protections for

16 Dec 2025 · Home Office

Slavery

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 in preventing the exploitation of vulnerable individuals within large commercial organisations.

2 Dec 2025 · Home Office

Police: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help improve the ability of police forces to (a) investigate sexual offences, (b) fill gaps in data on violence against women and girls and (c) implement recomme

2 Dec 2025 · Home Office

Visas: Skilled Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to address cases where DWP staff meet the annual Skilled Worker Visa salary threshold but are affected by the method used to calculate hourly pay.

4 Nov 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Small Businesses: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to support small businesses in Northern Ireland by (a) simplifying guidance, (b) reducing administrative burdens and (c) assisting firms trading under the Windsor Fr

4 Nov 2025 · Northern Ireland Office

Independent Review of the Windsor Framework

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether his Department has a timetable for implementing the recommendations of the Independent Review of the Windsor Framework by the Rt Hon Lord Murphy, published on 4 September 2025.

4 Nov 2025 · Northern Ireland Office

City Deals and Local Growth Deals: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he is taking to ensure that projects funded by the Government through the City and Growth Deals initiative in Northern Ireland are delivered effectively; how progress will be monitored; and wh

4 Nov 2025 · Northern Ireland Office

UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he is taking to (a) reduce the potential impact of the Not for EU labelling requirement on GB goods sold in Northern Ireland on costs for businesses and (b) ensure that the (i) Duty Reimbursem

29 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Child Benefit: British Nationals Abroad

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Cabinet Office's press release entitled Child Benefit action to save £350 million from claimants abroad, published on 22 August 2025, what steps her Department is taking to identify people who