Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
187,198 questions
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria her Department uses to determine which hotels accommodating asylum seekers will be closed and (ii) the order in which those hotels will be closed.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Copthorne Hotel in East Grinstead and Uckfield constituency will be included in the next round of asylum hotel closures.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has plans to cease using the Copthorne Hotel in East Grinstead and Uckfield constituency to accommodate asylum seekers by the end of 2026.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average monthly cost was of accommodating asylum seekers at the Copthorne Hotel in East Grinstead and Uckfield constituency in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers are currently accommodated at the Copthorne Hotel in East Grinstead and Uckfield constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average waiting time was between the registration of a death and the certification of that death in (a) Wales, (b) England, and (c) each coroner area in Wales in the latest year for which data is availab
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with international partners on tackling the surge in settler violence in the West Bank, including promoting compliance with international law.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps he is taking to help protect jobs from emerging technologies, including driverless cars.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to help improve recruitment and retention of staff in London's Probation Service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to help bring empty homes in London into use.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to safeguard UK food supply from salmonella outbreaks.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps he is taking to ensure that older demographics in particular are safeguarded from the impacts of digital exclusion.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value is of the Barnett consequential arising for the Northern Ireland Executive from the additional 20% business rates relief for pubs, clubs and live music venues announced on 23 July 2026.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress she has made on the review of statutory regulation for sonographers; and when she expects to publish the findings of that review.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the absence of statutory regulation for sonographers on patient safety.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions her Department has had with the Health and Care Professions Council on the creation of a dedicated statutory register for sonographers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients detained under Part III of the Mental Health Act 1983 are held in (a) low, (b) medium and (c) high secure hospitals as of the latest date for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will publish the (a) evidence, (b) analysis and (c) financial modelling underpinning the decision to create four unitary authorities in Hertfordshire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to WPQ 8165 answered on 29 July 2026 about Chagos Islands: Sovereignty and with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Developm
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 29 July 2026 to Question 8165 on Chagos Islands: Sovereignty and with reference to comments made by the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for t
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of survey findings from Pulse that general practitioners estimate around a quarter of referrals to secondary care are ret
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of survey findings from Pulse that general practitioners estimate that 36% of unsolicited Advice and Guidance responses i
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance NHS England has issued to providers on the circumstances in which a referral may be returned to a general practitioner as unsolicited Advice and Guidance.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the Royal College of Physicians survey finding that 47% of physicians providing Advice and Guidance have no dedicated
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the additional consultant time required to support Advice and Guidance requests.