Written questions

264 written questions tabled, most recent first.

11 Jul 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

British Nationals Abroad: Detainees

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when his Department plans to appoint a Special Envoy with responsibility for (a) advocating for and (b) securing the release from detention of British nationals arbitrarily h

11 Jul 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

British Nationals Abroad: Detainees

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if his Department will consider laying an annual report before Parliament on the status of British nationals arbitrarily detained abroad.

7 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

Level Crossings: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) serious and (b) fatal incidents have occurred at level crossings in each of the last five years.

7 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

Transport: Infrastructure

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will publish the criteria used to assess applications for transport Development Consent Order projects.

4 Jul 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made representations to his Israeli counterpart on reports of deaths of civilians queuing for food at Gaza Humanitarian Fund distribution centres.

4 Jul 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his US counterpart on the rules of engagement for security contractors working for the Gaza Humanitarian Fund.

4 Jul 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of reports of Gaza Humanitarian Fund contractors opening fire on civilians queuing for food.

27 Jun 2025 · Treasury

GP Surgeries: Valuation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the potential impact of Valuation Office Agency practices on the ability of Integrated Care Boards to release (a) capital and

27 Jun 2025 · Treasury

Primary Care: Valuation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department plans to issue updated guidance to the Valuation Office Agency to ensure that valuation methodologies for primary care premises reflect local market conditions in regions with high property co

27 Jun 2025 · Treasury

Primary Care: Valuation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Valuation Office Agency’s reliance on national or broad regional comparables without regional weighting on valuations for primary care infrastructure in (a

27 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Rents

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has had discussions with (a) NHS England and (b) local Integrated Care Boards on the impact of rent under-valuation by the Valuation Office Agency.

27 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

GP Surgeries: Rents

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of rent under-valuation by the Valuation Office Agency on the ability of GPs to secure appropriate premises to meet patient demand in

26 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that parliamentary scrutiny of child and young people's mental health policy is supported by transparent ministerial accountability in the House of Com

26 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Leasehold: Childminding

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she has taken with Cabinet colleagues to ensure restrictive leasehold legislation is not a barrier to registered childminding businesses being able to run from their h

26 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Immigration Removal Centres

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to consult Parliament on changes to Immigration removal centres, announced on 11 June 2025.

23 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Home Office: Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to answer Question 59951 on British National (Overseas): Visas, tabled on 12 June 2025.

18 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Iran: Israel

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether any intelligence shared with the Government of Israel (a) informed and (b) supported their attacks on Iran.

18 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Iran: Israel

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any UK (a) military assets and (b) personnel have offered support to Israel to defend it from attacks by Iran since 12 June 2025.

18 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Iran: Israel

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any UK (a) military assets and (b) personnel offered support to the attacks by Israel on Iran that commenced on 12 June 2025.

18 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Iran: Israel

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether representatives from the US government communicated to the UK Government that there were plans by the Government of Israel to attack Iran.

13 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Immigration: Hong Kong

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding has been provided through the British National (Overseas) Welcome Programme in each year since 2021.

13 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Visas: British National (Overseas)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many attempted applications have been made for the British National (Overseas) visa pathway by people born before 1997 and who have at least one parent with BNO status since 2021.

11 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Visas: British National (Overseas)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications through the British Nationals (Overseas) Visa pathway have been rejected in each year since 2021.

11 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Visas: British National (Overseas)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications there have been through the British Nationals (Overseas) Visa pathway in each year since 2021.

11 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Oppression: Hong Kong

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether pro-democracy Hong Kong activists are able to receive support from (a) police forces and (b) other agencies for allegations of intimidation by Beijing-linked groups.

11 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Oppression: Hong Kong

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department holds information on the number of alleged bounties placed on pro-democracy Hong Kongers living in the UK by Beijing-linked groups.

11 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Oppression: Hong Kong

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police reports on the intimidation of pro-democracy Hong Kongers living in the UK have been filed in each year since 2021.

22 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 14 October 2024 to Question 7208, what steps his Department has taken to help recruit 8,500 new mental health workers.

22 May 2025 · Home Office

Immigration: Hong Kong

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to maintain the settlement criteria for British National (Overseas) visa holders.

22 May 2025 · Home Office

Immigration: Hong Kong

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has of the potential impact of the White Paper entitled Restoring Control over the Immigration System, published on 12 May 12025, on the British National (Overseas) visa

Source: official written-questions record.