Written questions

253 written questions tabled, most recent first.

3 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Electronic Cigarettes: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's press release entitled 10-year study to shed light on youth vaping, published on 19 February 2025, what steps he plans to take to ensure all data reviewed is from

24 Feb 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

UK Youth Parliament: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of whether the funding of the UK Youth Parliament delivers value for money to taxpayers; and whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of transitioni

24 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Sham Marriage

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of (a) sham marriages and (b) relationships of convenience on the number of (i) spousal and (ii) partner visas applications; and how many cases wer

21 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Park Homes

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to enhance the fit and proper person test for the (a) owner and (b) manager of a park home site.

12 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Visas: Tourism

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether there is a quota for the number of tourist visas granted within a given time period.

12 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Visas: Tourism

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish a list of the (a) mechanisms and (b) grounds for appeal of an Entry Clearance Officer's decision to refuse a tourist visa.

10 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Affordable Housing: Windsor

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to expedite the development of affordable housing at Sawyers Close in Windsor.

30 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Building Safety Regulator

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many cases are waiting to be assessed by the Building Safety Regulator.

30 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Building Safety Regulator

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to increase the number of claims processed by the Building Safety Regulator.

30 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Building Safety Regulator

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the average time was for the Building Safety Regulator to make a decision in the last 12 months.

29 Jan 2025 · Home Office

Immigration: Families

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on subsequent family migration patterns of people with Indefinite Leave to Remain.

29 Jan 2025 · Home Office

Visas: Care Workers and Health Professions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her department records the (a) employment and (b) earnings of (i) people who arrived in the UK on a Health and Care Worker visa and (ii) their dependents.

29 Jan 2025 · Home Office

Visas: Care Workers and Health Professions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made cost benefit analysis of the Health and Care Worker visa.

29 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Professions: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of granting Indefinite Leave to Remain to people with Health and Care Worker visas on welfare services.

29 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Immigration

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of an increase in Indefinite Leave to Remain visa grants on NHS capacity.

29 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Immigration

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of changes in the levels of grants of Indefinite Leave to Remain on NHS (a) capacity and (b) waiting times.

27 Jan 2025 · Treasury

Immigration: Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has plans to conduct a fiscal impact analysis of trends in the level of Indefinite leave to remain grants on the economy.

22 Jan 2025 · Home Office

Migrant Workers: Care Workers and Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate with the Chancellor of the Exchequer of the potential impact of the number of people granted Health and Care Worker visas on the public finances since in the period since

22 Jan 2025 · Home Office

Visas: Skilled Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the impact of people who have arrived in the UK on the Skilled Worker Visa on the economy since that scheme was established.

22 Jan 2025 · Home Office

Visas: Care Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the impact of people who arrive in the UK on the health and care visa and their dependents on the economy since that scheme was established.

22 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Child Maintenance Service: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the supervision and processing of (a) Direct Pay arrangements and (b) Collect and Pay arrangements cost the Child Maintenance Service.

22 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Child Maintenance Service: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the annual budget of the Child Maintenance Service was in each year since 2021; and what the forecast budget is for 2025.

22 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Child Maintenance Service: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff work for the Child Maintenance Service by each civil service pay bracket.

22 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many child maintenance administrative liability orders were rejected by courts in each year between 2021 and 2024; and for what reasons courts rejected these applications.

22 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to (a) end direct pay arrangements and (b) use the collect and pay model for all future child maintenance agreements; and what estimate her Department has made of the number

15 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Council Tax: Increases

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when she plans to announce her decision on requests from local authorities for approval of council tax increases above the referendum cap.

15 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Council Tax: Increases

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of approving requests from local authorities for council tax increases above the referendum cap.

15 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Overseas Students: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of full-time undergraduate students with British nationality non-domiciled in the UK are paying international fees.

9 Jan 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Charities: Employers' Contributions

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of the planned increase in employer National Insurance contributions on charities.

8 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Overseas Students: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information his Department holds on the number of full-time undergraduate students paying international fees who are (a) British nationals and (b) non-domiciled in the UK.

Source: official written-questions record.