Written questions

512 written questions tabled, most recent first.

2 Dec 2025 · Treasury

Electric Vehicles: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of tax revenues from the new tax on electric vehicles announced in the Autumn Budget 2025 over the next five years.

2 Dec 2025 · Treasury

Office for Budget Responsibility

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will publish all correspondence between herself and the Chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility between 1 October and 1 December.

2 Dec 2025 · Treasury

Office for Budget Responsibility

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she had with the former Chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility on his giving evidence to the Treasury Select Committee following the Budget before his resignation; and if she will publish all

25 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Motability: Motor Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will provide a breakdown of the value of vehicles provided under the Motability Scheme, with the number of vehicles in each of the following price ranges a) from £10,000 to £20,000, b) from £20,00

25 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Obesity: Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the soft drinks industry levy on reducing obesity and related illnesses.

25 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Puberty Suppressing Hormones: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that puberty blockers are not administered to under 16 year old children with a mental illness or learning disabilities.

25 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Puberty Suppressing Hormones: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish all risk assessments conducted by his Department into the administration of puberty blockers for under 16 year-olds.

25 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Puberty Suppressing Hormones: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will commit to publishing the results of the Tavistock clinical trial into puberty blockers for children.

25 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Motability: Motor Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) Jaguar, (b) BMW, c) Mercedes, (d) Range Rover, (e) Audi, and (f) Tesla motor vehicles have been purchased under the Motability Scheme in each of the last three years for which figures are a

25 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Motability: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the annual cost was of the Motability Scheme in each of the last five years.

25 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Motability: Motor Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many vehicles issued under the Motability Scheme were subject to the Expensive Car Supplement in the last year for which figures are available.

12 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Crime: Electric Bicycles and Electric Scooters

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes where (a) e-scooters and (b) e-bikes were used by the perpetrator have been recorded by his Department by police force in the last 12 months.

12 Nov 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Electric Bicycles and Electric Scooters: Batteries

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department is taking steps to prevent the sale of high-powered after-market batteries for (a) e-scooters and (b) e-bikes.

12 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Ketamine: Misuse

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle the misuse of ketamine.

12 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Offences against Children: Victims

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of victims of grooming gangs who will have convictions for prostitution expunged.

12 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Taxpayers

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many additional rate taxpayers there were in the (a) 2020-21, (b) 2021-22, (c) 2022-23, (d) 2023-24 and (e) 2024-25 financial years.

12 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Employers' Contributions: Private Sector

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Autumn Budget 2024, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the increase in employers' National Insurance contributions on levels of private sector (a) jobs and (b) v

11 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Home Office: Remote Working

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many members of staff in her Department currently spend one or more days a week working from home.

11 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release: Reoffenders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners who have been wrongly released have committed a crime before being brought back to prison in each of the last five years.

11 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Stop and Search

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times police forces in England and Wales have used stop-and-search powers in each of the last five years.

11 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Vetting

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that a person seeking asylum has not been involved in terrorism; and if she will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the application of these checks in the la

11 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether all asylum applications have been subject to the same consideration criteria in the last five years.

11 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Vetting

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether applications for asylum have been approved for people on the security services' watch list in the past 12 months.

11 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Vetting

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) security and (b) criminal record checks are made by her Department when considering an application for asylum.

11 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Offenders

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applications have been approved for people with a criminal record in the UK prior to the commencement of their asylum application.

11 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Translation Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether translation (a) cards or (b) services are provided to foreign national prison officers to aid communication with prisoners.

28 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Stop and Search

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of stop and searches resulted in the seizure of a weapon in (a) 2024 and (b) 2025.

28 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Stop and Search

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has recent discussions with police forces on their use of stop and search powers under Section 60 of the Public Order Act 2023.

28 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Offences against Children: Criminal Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with the (a) Courts and Tribunals Service on ensuring (i) the adequacy of the judicial process for cases involving child sexual abuse and (ii) welfare of child sexual abuse victims and

28 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Migrants: Public Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of trends in the level of net migration on public services.

Source: official written-questions record.