Written questions

4,201 written questions tabled, most recent first.

19 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Youth Justice: Racial Discrimination

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential implication for his policies of the news story from the Youth Justice Board for England and Wales entitled The evolving response to ethnic disproportionality in youth

19 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Youth Justice: Racial Discrimination

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the news story from the Youth Justice Board for England and Wales entitled The evolving response to ethnic disproportionality in youth justice, published on 19 December 2025, what recent assessm

19 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Pre-sentence Reports: Islington

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the news story from the Youth Justice Board for England and Wales entitled The evolving response to ethnic disproportionality in youth justice, published on 19 December 2025, what assessment he

16 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Kidney Diseases: Mental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding his Department has allocated towards researching the impact of kidney disease on mental health.

16 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Kidney Diseases: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department have taken to ensure that renal treatment service providers (a) train, support and supervise all staff to identify patients’ psychosocial needs, (b) work in psychol

16 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Kidney Diseases: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the level of mental health support available for people with kidney disease.

16 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Kidney Diseases: Mental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what research his Department has conducted on the potential impact of kidney disease on mental health.

16 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Kidney Diseases: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has met with Kidney Research UK campaigners to discuss potential improvements for the treatment of kidney disease.

16 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Kidney Diseases: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department have taken to help encourage earlier diagnosis of kidney disease.

16 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Kidney Diseases: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department have taken to improve the health outcomes for patients being treated with kidney disease.

16 Jan 2026 · Department for Education

Kinship Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has met with representatives of Kinship's #ValueOurLove campaign to discuss potential reforms to the kinship care system.

16 Jan 2026 · Department for Education

Kinship Care: Allowances

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of equalising financial allowances between foster carers and kinship carers.

15 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Immigration: Offenders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to Answer of 12 January 2026 to Question 102638, what assessment he has made of the cost-effectiveness of rehabilitation interventions for individuals convicted of immigration-related offences.

15 Jan 2026 · Home Office

Immigration Bail: Arrests

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many arrests have been made for breaches of immigration bail conditions in each of the last three years.

15 Jan 2026 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: France

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of attempted re-entries are successfully detected under the reciprocal agreement with France.

15 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Reorganisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answers of 14 January 2026 and 13 October 2025 to Questions 102364 and 77631 on Local Government: Reorganisation, whether his Department has conducted research co

15 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Offenders: Electronic Tagging

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many alerts were triggered by alcohol monitoring tags in December 2024; and what proportion of those alerts resulted in enforcement action, including recall to prison and return to court.

15 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Offenders: Electronic Tagging

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November 2024 to Question 14399 on Offenders: Electronic Tagging, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of alcohol monitoring tags in reducing the level of alco

14 Jan 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Mobile Phones: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what data her Department holds on the average number of hours per day children spend on smart phones.

14 Jan 2026 · Department for Education

Internet: Bullying

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data her Department holds on the proportion of children who experienced cyber bullying in 2025; and what steps her Department is taking with Cabinet colleagues to reduce this.

14 Jan 2026 · Department for Education

Children: Reading

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of levels in smartphone usage on children's (a) level of reading comprehension and (b) average time spent reading per week.

14 Jan 2026 · Home Office

Offences against Children: Social Media

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps her Department has taken to reduce the risk of children being groomed through applications and games accessible to children such as TikTok, Snapchat, and Roblox.

14 Jan 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Mobile Phones: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department holds any information on the average number of times children receive smartphone notifications per day; and what assessment she has made of the implications for h

14 Jan 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Gambling: Video Games

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to her Department's report of 18 July 2023 entitled Loot boxes in video games: update on improvements to industry-led protections, what recent assessment her Department has made of the e

14 Jan 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Gambling: Video Games

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent research her Department has conducted on the impact on children of gambling-based mechanics in video games which utilise microtransactions such as loot boxes.

14 Jan 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Social Media: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what research her Department has commissioned on the potential impact of apps accessible to children which utilise microtransactions on children's financial behaviour.

14 Jan 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Social Media: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what research her Department has commissioned on whether major social media apps have addictive features targeted at children.

14 Jan 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Mobile Phones and Social Media: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what estimate her Department has made of the number and proportion of children who have been exposed to content not suitable for their age due to smartphone and social media usage in 20

14 Jan 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Social Media: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department have made on the potential impact of social media usage on the levels of sporting activities undertaken by children since 2020.

14 Jan 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Social Media: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department has received communications from social media companies on the effectiveness of measures aimed at preventing child users from viewing content only appropriate for

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