Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
199,266 questions
Victim Support Schemes: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure the provision of adequate levels of funding for victim support services.
Domestic Abuse: Criminal Proceedings
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to help support women who have suffered domestic violence through the criminal justice system.
Criminal Injuries Compensation
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority processes and decides applications for compensation in a timely manner.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the merits of setting a target for decreasing the number of fatalities and serious injuries per billion miles walked and cycled.
To ask His Majesty's Government what lessons they have learned from previous cycling and walking investment strategies; and whether these have been included in Active Travel – Active England: the third cycling and walking investment strategy, published on
To ask His Majesty's Government what is the current UK contribution to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Sudan humanitarian needs action plan.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency's decision to stop payments for coastguard callouts on (1) human safety, and (2) local communities.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure the financial stability and development of Appropriate Adult services across the criminal justice system in the next three years.
To ask His Majesty's Government what level of humanitarian assistance they are providing to civilians in need of aid in Iran as a consequence of the war in that country; and which delivery partners they are working with.
To ask His Majesty's Government what types of humanitarian assistance they are providing to civilians in Iran requiring aid.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, for increasing humanitarian assistance to civilians in Iran who are marginalised by the Iranian regime.
To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of women being held on remand are remanded for their own protection; and what assessment they have made of the reasons why they are being remanded for their own protection.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have raised with (1) European counterparts, and (2) G7 members, reports of abductions and gender-based violence against women and girls in minority communities in Syria; and whether they plan to make joint repr
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Collins of Highbury on 1 August 2025 (HL9687), how much funding was allocated in (1) the last financial year, and (2) this financial year, to support women’s rights organisations in Sy
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Collins of Highbury on 1 August 2025 (HL9685), what assessment they have made of reports since of abductions, disappearances and conflict-related sexual and gender-based violence again
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the answer on 23 June by Baroness Lloyd of Effra (HL Deb cols 542–545), what actions they are taking to promote UK strategic interests in global AI governance frameworks.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the answer on 23 June by Baroness Lloyd of Effra (HL Deb cols 542–545), what are the UK’s objectives for each multilateral forum in which AI governance is being discussed.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the answer on 23 June by Baroness Lloyd of Effra (HL Deb cols 542–545), what are the bilateral agreements currently in place with international partners on AI safety, security and access to frontier capabilities
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the answer on 23 June by Baroness Lloyd of Effra (HL Deb cols 542–545), what are the mechanisms through which the UK is seeking to influence global standards on content provenance, model access, and risk based r
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the 101 non-emergency police line as the primary route for Hong Kongers in the UK to report incidents of transnational repression.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what training 101 call handlers receive in (a) identifying and (b) recording reports of transnational repression.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reports of transnational repression made via the 101 service by members of the Hong Kong diaspora have been recorded in each of the last three years; and how many of those reports resulted in
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will reconsider the Government's rejection of the Joint Committee on Human Rights' recommendation for a dedicated national reporting mechanism for victims of transnational repression.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the evidential basis was for the Government's assessment that expected call volumes to a dedicated transnational repression hotline would be low; and whether that assessment accounted for evidenc
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what comparative assessment she has made of dedicated transnational repression reporting mechanisms operated in other jurisdictions, including the FBI's dedicated reporting line in the United States;