Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
201,591 questions
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for her policies of the persistence of a physical-injury threshold in frontline police triage of domestic abuse reports, in the co
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department and the College of Policing have issued guidance to address the physical-injury threshold in frontline police triage of domestic abuse reports.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department holds on (a) National Crime Recording Standard outcomes for course-of-conduct domestic abuse reports recorded as Domestic Incident rather than as a recorded crime, and (b) the
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the use of statutory demands, bankruptcy petitions and other debt-recovery and insolvency proceedings as a means of economic abuse within the meaning of sect
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance the Home Office and the College of Policing have issued to ensure that frontline officers recognise coerced debt and the misuse of civil and insolvency proceedings as domestic abuse.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 22 May to question 1089 on Electric Vehicles: Charging Points, what his proposed timeline is for permitted development rights to be expanded EV charging provision.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the role of VPNs in supporting a) online privacy and b) cybersecurity for i) individuals and ii) businesses.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the level of the risk that online safety measures could result in increased use of unregulated VPN services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to ensure that online age-assurance measures are consistent with privacy requirements.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, steps she is taking to ensure that online age-assurance measures do not result in excessive collection of personal data from internet users.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential impact on remote workers of any restrictions on the use of VPN services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the level of constraints affecting port connectivity in England, including a) road and b) rail access.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of existing a) road and b) rail infrastructure serving ports located adjacent to South Basildon and East Thurrock.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to improve surface access connectivity to major ports in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of road congestion on the efficiency of UK ports.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department holds on the number of domestic abuse reports closed or recorded as a Domestic Incident rather than as a recorded crime, on the basis that the conduct reported was financial o
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps the Insolvency Service is taking to (a) identify and (b) respond to cases in which (i) statutory demands and (ii) bankruptcy petitions are used as an instrument of economic abuse or coercive
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the safeguards in the Insolvency Rules 2016 against the misuse of insolvency proceedings as an instrument of economic abuse or coercive contro
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to her Department's press release entitled New champion to be appointed for Britain's mutuals and co-operatives, published on 12 June 2026, what criteria will be used to select the proposed champion f
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to her Department's press release entitled New champion to be appointed for Britain's mutuals and co-operatives, published on 12 June 2026, what responsibilities the proposed champion will have.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to her Department's press release entitled New champion to be appointed for Britain's mutuals and co-operatives, published on 12 June 2026, whether the proposed champion will have any formal role in t
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to her Department's press release entitled New champion to be appointed for Britain's mutuals and co-operatives, published on 12 June 2026, what assessment she has made of the barriers preventing the
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to her Department's press release entitled New champion to be appointed for Britain's mutuals and co-operatives, published on 12 June 2026, what metrics she will use to assess progress towards doublin
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to her Department's press release entitled New champion to be appointed for Britain's mutuals and co-operatives, published on 12 June 2026, what estimate she has made of the contribution of mutuals an
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to her Department's press release entitled New champion to be appointed for Britain's mutuals and co-operatives, published on 12 June 2026, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of access to fi