Written questions
577 written questions tabled, most recent first.
24 Mar 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Department for Work and Pensions: Redundancy Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what was the total value of non-contractual severance payments across the department in 2023, 2024 and 2025.
23 Mar 2026 · Home Office
Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of small boat migrants that will enter the UK in 2026.
23 Mar 2026 · Home Office
Asylum: Applications
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will provide the latest data her department possesses on the asylum claim acceptance rate for cases that were decided by Home Office immigration caseworkers that are British nationals.
23 Mar 2026 · Home Office
Asylum: Applications
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will provide the latest data her department possesses on the asylum claim acceptance rate for cases that were decided by Home Office immigration caseworkers that are foreign nationals.
23 Mar 2026 · Home Office
Immigration: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the suitability of foreign nationals being employed as immigration caseworkers in her department.
23 Mar 2026 · Home Office
Immigration: Community Relations
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of trends in the level of immigration since July 2024 on social cohesion in the UK.
19 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Joint Replacements: Obesity
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what work is being done to investigate the use of body mass index thresholds as a means of determining eligibility for joint replacement surgery.
19 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Musculoskeletal Disorders: Community Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how are musculoskeletal conditions being prioritised within the neighbourhood health framework.
18 Mar 2026 · Home Office
Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the number of small boat migrants that have re-entered the UK in 2026 that have previously been removed from the country.
18 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Local Government: Reorganisation
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the accessibility of public consultations for local government reorganisation for people without access to the internet.
18 Mar 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Civil Servants
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of the nationality of foreign office civil servants on government policy.
18 Mar 2026 · Treasury
Pensions: Inheritance Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to Inheritance Tax on private pension provision.
18 Mar 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Gambling: Crime
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to betting and gaming levies on illegal gambling operations.
17 Mar 2026 · Home Office
Fiscal Policy: Immigration
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an internal (a) estimate and (b) similar type of projection for the net fiscal impact of immigrants in the UK over their lifetimes since July 2024.
17 Mar 2026 · Home Office
Asylum: Hotels
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what change there has been in the number of hotels used to accommodate asylum seekers since 4 July 2024 for which the latest data is available.
17 Mar 2026 · Home Office
Immigration Controls: Community Relations
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department considers a person's potential impact on social cohesion and their likelihood of integration when assessing their asylum claim or visa application.
17 Mar 2026 · Department for Education
Students: Loans
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish student loan repayment data, broken down by national origin, for the last academic year for which data has been collated.
17 Mar 2026 · Department for Education
Overseas Students: Student Wastage
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many foreign nationals claiming student loan or a maintenance loan dropped out of their courses in the last academic year for which data is available.
16 Mar 2026 · Treasury
Civil Servants: Redundancy Pay
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what was the total value of non-contractual severance payments across the civil service establishment in 2023, 2024 and 2025.
16 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office
Civil Servants: Performance Appraisal
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil service employees were on performance management plans in 2023, 2024 and 2025.
16 Mar 2026 · Northern Ireland Office
Northern Ireland Office: Apprentices
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many apprentices the Department recruited in 2025 compared with (a) 2022, (b) 2023 and (c) 2024.
16 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office
Cabinet Office: Apprentices
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many apprentices the Department recruited in 2025, compared with (a) 2022, (b) 2023, and (c) 2024.
16 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Apprentices
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many apprentices the department recruited in 2025, compared with the figures for i. 2022, ii. 2023 and iii. 2024.
16 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Department of Health and Social Care: Apprentices
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many apprentices the department recruited in 2025, compared with the figures for i. 2022, ii. 2023 and iii. 2024.
16 Mar 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions
Department for Work and Pensions: Apprentices
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many apprentices the Department recruited in 2025, compared with the figures for i. 2022, ii. 2023 and iii. 2024.
11 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Autoimmune Diseases: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what research his Department has conducted into changes in the number of cases of auto immune disorders since the COVID-19 pandemic.
10 Mar 2026 · Treasury
Charities: Employers' Contributions
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of National Insurance changes on the closure rate of charities.
10 Mar 2026 · Home Office
Alcoholic Drinks: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of lowering the age for alcohol purchasing to 16.
10 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Age
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of lowering the age for deployable service-personnel to 16.
10 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Smoking: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of lowering the age of smoking and vaping to 16 year olds on the impact of 16 year olds.
Source: official written-questions record.