Written questions

641 written questions tabled, most recent first.

22 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

China: Diplomatic Service

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether Hongkongers who (a) arrived in the UK on British National (Overseas) visas and (b) have subsequently become UK citizens receive consular protection in (i) Hong Kong a

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the qualification requirements are for Personal Independence Payment assessors.

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Waste Disposal: Industrial Disputes

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has contingency plans for a national bin strike.

17 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Social Rented Housing: Anti-social Behaviour

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to support (a) local authorities and (b) social housing providers to tackle anti-social behaviour in residential premises.

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of supporting local authorities to fund (a) education, health and care plans and (b) specialist school placements for children with additional needs.

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Bourne Wood: Parking

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to encourage Forestry England to introduce disabled parking spaces in the Bourne Woods car park, Surrey.

17 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Palliative Care: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on providing long term, sustainable funding for transforming palliative and end of life care services.

17 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Department of Health and Social Care: Public Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the Transformation Fund announced in the Spring Statement 2025; and whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of

17 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Palliative Care: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Comprehensive Spending Review will contain measures to (a) improve and (b) reform the current funding allocations for palliative and end of life care services.

17 Apr 2025 · Treasury

Palliative Care: Public Expenditure

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the use of the Transformation Fund to reform palliative and end of life care services.

17 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Palliative Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to include measures to support palliative and end of life care in the 10 Year Health Plan.

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Poultry: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many applications have been received from commercial laying hen and pullet keepers for the Laying Hen Housing for Health and Welfare Grant in England.

17 Apr 2025 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Channel crossings by irregular migrants have taken place since 1 January 2025.

17 Apr 2025 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the UK Border Force has taken to tackle Channel crossings by irregular migrants since 1 April 2025.

17 Apr 2025 · Wales Office

Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal: Water Abstraction

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether she has had recent discussions with (a) the Welsh government, (b) Natural Resources Wales and (c) the Canal and River Trust on the extraction of water during drier periods to supply the Monmouthshire and Br

17 Apr 2025 · Treasury

Safe Hands Plans: Insolvency

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to support to the victims of the Safe Hands Funeral Plan.

17 Apr 2025 · Home Office

Immigration: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March 2025 to Question 32890 on Homes for Ukraine Scheme, whether her Department plans to publish eligibility criteria for Ukrainian nationals resident in the UK wishing t

17 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Social Rented Housing: Anti-social Behaviour

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to help support housing associations to seek possession of a property when there is substantial evidence of anti-social behaviour.

17 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Communication

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve cross communication between NHS organisations.

17 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how revenues from the sale of NHS Property Services assets are re-allocated.

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to (a) monitor and (b) improve alternative provision arrangements for children with SEND during the process of waiting for a tribunal.

17 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pancreatic Cancer: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress has been made on research into a breath test to enable early detection of Pancreatic Cancer.

17 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pancreatic Cancer: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve early diagnosis of pancreatic cancer.

17 Apr 2025 · Treasury

Debts: Developing Countries

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with UK-based private lenders on debt cancellation for lower-income countries.

17 Apr 2025 · Treasury

Offshore Industry: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to review the (a) subsidies and (b) tax reliefs available to (i) Rosebank, (ii) Jackdaw and (iii) other new oil and gas developments.

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Iron and Steel: Insurance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether company directors will be indemnified from wrongful trading liability under the Steel Industry (Special Measures) Act 2025.

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

South Western Railway: Rolling Stock

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the cost of rolling stock contract renegotiations on the nationalisation of South Western Railways.

17 Apr 2025 · Treasury

Debts: Developing Countries

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of recent legislative changes at enhancing private sector participation in sovereign debt relief for low-income countries; and whether she plans to introd

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Noise

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to her Department's reports entitled Roadside Vehicle Noise Measurement - Phase 2 Final Report, published August 2021, and Work Order T0218 Roadside Vehicle Noise Measurement – Phase 3 Parts A to

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Noise

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans she has to (a) bring forward legislative and (b) amend existing legislation to tackle noise pollution caused by (i) motorcycles and (ii) modified vehicle exhaust systems.

Source: official written-questions record.