Written Questions

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Enter an MP's name to view all written questions they have submitted. Written questions are formally addressed to government departments and require official written responses. In the House of Commons, these may be directed to the Secretary of State for a given department, or to a junior Commons Minister where the Secretary of State sits in the House of Lords. In the House of Lords, questions are addressed collectively to "His Majesty's Government" rather than to a specific Secretary of State or department.

Commons 3089
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what mechanisms exist for national authorities to refer safeguarding disclosures made by asylum seekers to the relevant authorities in France where appropriate.
Tabled: 2026-05-19
Rupert Lowe
To: Home Office
Answered 2026-05-28
The Home Office has frameworks and processes in place to facilitate the sharing of sensitive information with stakeholders, including international partners. The sharing of such information is regu...
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Commons 2083
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the revised terms of reference are for the review into security vetting led by Sir Adrian Fulford; who will he report to; and whether the review will be made public.
Tabled: 2026-05-18
Mike Wood
Con
To: Cabinet Office
Answered 2026-05-28
Sir Adrian Fulford will provide his report to the Cabinet Secretary and the Security Minister (as the Minister responsible for National Security Vetting). A summary of the report, setting out Sir A...
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Commons 3002
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) availability and (b) affordability of transport options for apprentices working on remote construction sites.
Tabled: 2026-05-19
Marie Goldman
LD
To: Department for Business and Trade
Answered 2026-05-28
Support for apprentices travelling to sites is provided through employer arrangements including employer-organised transport or reimbursement of travel expenses. On more remote sites accommodation ...
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Commons 3173
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to consult with business to bring forward a comprehensive workforce strategy.
Tabled: 2026-05-19
Peter Lamb
Lab
To: Department for Business and Trade
Answered 2026-05-28
The government’s Modern Industrial Strategy outlined our commitment to provide £1.2 billion of additional investment per year in skills by 2028-29 and set out plans to deliver more opportunities fo...
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Commons 2676
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of trends in the number of young people not in employment, education or training on economic growth in Lincolnshire.
Tabled: 2026-05-19
Sir John Hayes
Con
To: Department for Work and Pensions
Answered 2026-05-28
This government will not leave an entire generation of young people, including in Lincolnshire, behind. We have committed a further £1 billion investment in young people, taking total additional in...
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Commons 3023
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to help reduce the number of children in poverty in (a) Newcastle-under-Lyme constituency and (b) Staffordshire.
Tabled: 2026-05-19
Adam Jogee
Lab
To: Department for Work and Pensions
Answered 2026-05-28
Tackling child poverty is at the heart of the Government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity and improve the life chances of every child. Our Child Poverty Strategy sets out the steps w...
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Commons 3024
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to support people with health conditions (a) into work and (b) to stay in work in Newcastle-under-Lyme constituency.
Tabled: 2026-05-19
Adam Jogee
Lab
To: Department for Work and Pensions
Answered 2026-05-28
In the Newcastle-under-Lyme constituency, we have a range of specialist initiatives to support individuals to stay in work and get back into work, including those that join up employment and health...
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Commons 3022
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to increase skills and employment support for people receiving sickness benefit in (a) Newcastle-under-Lyme constituency and (b) Staffordshire.
Tabled: 2026-05-19
Adam Jogee
Lab
To: Department for Work and Pensions
Answered 2026-05-28
In the Newcastle-under-Lyme constituency, we have a range of specialist initiatives to support individuals to stay in work and get back into work, including those that join up employment and health...
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Commons 2312
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 1 July 2025 to Question 60619, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of expanding high-level access permissions on the NHS principle of data mi...
Tabled: 2026-05-18
Martin Wrigley
LD
To: Department of Health and Social Care
Answered 2026-05-28
There has not been an expansion of high-level access permissions. NHS England has not identified any adverse impact on the principle of data minimisation from the management of access permissions w...
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Commons 2209
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of the Barrow Transformation Fund will be funded by her Department.
Tabled: 2026-05-18
Ben Obese-Jecty
Con
To: Department for Education
Answered 2026-05-28
The government has committed £200 million over 10 years to support regeneration in Barrow-in-Furness (the ‘Barrow Transformation Fund’). 25% of this funding is provided by the Ministry of Housing, ...
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Commons 2967
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the Bar Council's recommendation to increase legal aid funding in family law.
Tabled: 2026-05-19
Adam Dance
LD
To: Ministry of Justice
Answered 2026-05-28
This Government recognises the vital role that legal aid plays in supporting individuals in family proceedings to have access to publicly funded legal assistance to uphold their legal rights. We kn...
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Lords HL194
To ask His Majesty's Government what guidance the (1) Ministry of Defence, and (2) Armed Forces, have given to members of the Armed Forces on whether they may formally or informally affiliate with private members' clubs, including single sex clubs.
Tabled: 2026-05-18
Lord Jackson of Peterborough
Con
To: Ministry of Defence
Answered 2026-05-28
I refer the noble Lord to the reply given by my hon. Friend, the Minister for Veterans and People (Louise Sandher-Jones), in the House of Commons on 27 January 2026 to the hon. Member for Bridlingt...
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Commons 2550
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is providing additional support to schools and colleges in areas where an higher than average proportion of students do not achieve a grade 4 in GCSE (a) English and (b) Maths.
Tabled: 2026-05-18
James McMurdock
Ind
To: Department for Education
Answered 2026-05-28
The department has committed £27.7 million this financial year to raise reading standards, including a statutory reading check for pupils in year 8 to help schools provide targeted support. In 2025...
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Lords HL32
To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Attorney General has recused himself from advising on (1) all aspects of the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023, or (2) only those clauses of that Act that prevent payment of ...
Tabled: 2026-05-13
Baroness Hoey
To: Attorney General
Answered 2026-05-28
By long-standing convention, observed by successive Governments, the fact of, and substance of advice from, the law officers of the Crown is not disclosed outside government. This convention is ref...
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Commons 2533
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, What steps she is taking to enable more young people to access extracurricular and youth activities outside school hours.
Tabled: 2026-05-18
Claire Hazelgrove
Lab
To: Department for Education
Answered 2026-05-28
The government’s response to the Curriculum and Assessment Review’s report, and the Schools White Paper, committed to set out a core enrichment offer through our upcoming Enrichment Framework that ...
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