Written questions

1,189 written questions tabled, most recent first.

5 Sep 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Leisure Centres

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if her Department will take steps to ensure that the design of new leisure facilities funded through the Levelling Up Programme reflects community preferences in changing arrangements.

5 Sep 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Sports

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of inclusive (a) sports days and (b) competitions on (i) participation, (ii) motivation and (iii) confidence among secondary school girls; a

4 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Reserve Forces: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many applications to join the Reserves for the (a) Army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) RAF were made in each year since 2020.

4 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Reserve Forces: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) recruitment target for and (b) actual number of people recruited into the (i) Army Reserves, (ii) Maritime Reserves and (iii) RAF Reserves was by constituency in each year since 2020.

4 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Reserve Forces: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average length of time to process applications from people wanting to join the Reserves in the (a) Army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) RAF was in each year since 2020.

3 Sep 2025 · Treasury

Insurance Companies: Staff

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the Financial Conduct Authority’s regulatory framework for insurance companies’ use of loss adjusters; and whether she plans to regulate the conduct of loss adjusters.

3 Sep 2025 · Women and Equalities

Equality and Human Rights Commission: Codes of Practice

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what Parliamentary process will be followed prior to the implementation of the Equality and Human Rights Commission's Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions, and Associations.

2 Sep 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Rugby: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to help increase participation in women's rugby.

2 Sep 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Rugby: Girls

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to help increase girl’s participation in rugby.

2 Sep 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department plans to take to support (a) lower income families and (b) pensioners impacted by the energy price cap increase.

2 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Human Rights: Tunisia

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department encouraged the Tunisian government to set up complaint mechanisms for people to report alleged violations of their human rights as part of the implementation of (a) the upskilli

2 Sep 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Israel: White Phosphorus

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the findings by the Human Rights Watch entitled Questions and Answers on Israel’s Use of W

2 Sep 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Red Tractor Assurance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has met with representatives from Red Tractor to discuss the effectiveness of the Red Tractor assurance scheme regarding animal welfare standards.

2 Sep 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Trade Agreements: China

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to raise the potential impact of Chinese companies providing military support to Russia during his upcoming trade talks with China.

1 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Afghanistan: Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, why (a) notice or (b) a transition period was given for the closure of the ARAP scheme.

1 Sep 2025 · Department for Education

Education: British National (Overseas)

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of a delay in settlement for British National (Overseas) child visa holders caused by a change from a 5+1 to a 10+1 route on access to (a) scholarships, (b)

1 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Mental Health: British National (Overseas)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of extending the route to settlement from 5+1 to 10+1 years on the mental health of British (National) Overseas visa holders.

1 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Immigration Controls: British National (Overseas)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to allow British National (Overseas) visa holders to use the same border control queues as UK citizens at UK airports.

1 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Immigration: Hong Kong

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to include voluntary work as a qualifying measure of societal contribution for British National (Overseas) visa holders under the proposed points-based pathway to Indefini

1 Sep 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Pension Funds: British National (Overseas)

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to the BNO visa settlement route on older BNO visa holders’ ability to access pension funds from Hong

1 Sep 2025 · Department for Education

Employment Schemes: British National (Overseas) and Overseas Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking t support the expansion of (a) return to work and (b) accredited conversion courses at UK universities for (i) overseas workers and (ii) BNO visa holders seeking to re-enter

1 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Covid-19 Inquiry: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what oversight mechanisms are in place to ensure that evidence submitted to the UK COVID-19 Inquiry from (a) bereaved families and (b) their legal representative is represented in (i) published mat

1 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Covid-19 Inquiry: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will release all bereavement case studies submitted to Module 4 of the UK COVID-19 Inquiry in a timely manner.

1 Sep 2025 · Department for Education

Childcare: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing monthly start dates for the 30 hours funded childcare scheme.

1 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport

Road Traffic Offences: Mobile Phones

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of (a) introducing penalties for certain uses of a mounted device while driving and (b) updating the guidance entitled Using a phone, sat na

1 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Development Aid: Tunisia

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria her Department uses to determine whether contracts for projects funded by the UK Government in Tunisia should be suspended due to alleged violations of human rights; and whether those cr

1 Sep 2025 · Department for Education

Students: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the repayment threshold of student loans on plan five in line with those on plan two.

1 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of amending armed forces pension eligibility criteria to include personnel who served for more than six years but left the service before the age of 26 an

1 Sep 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Israel

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department plans to publish its legal advice on whether Israel is breaching international humanitarian law in Gaza.

1 Sep 2025 · Treasury

UK Trade with EU: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism will have a military use exemption.

Source: official written-questions record.