Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
195,424 questions
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of agreements with France in reducing small boat crossings.
To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions he has had with the President of France on preventing the departure of larger migrant vessels from the French coast.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has set a target for reducing small boat arrivals during the remainder of 2026.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of arrangements for identifying the operators of vessels used for small boat crossings.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of arrangements for conducting security checks on people arriving by small boat.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of arrangements for returning people who arrive in the United Kingdom by small boat.
To ask the Prime Minister, whether he plans to establish a cross-government strategy on irregular migration into the United Kingdom.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government uses the term invasion to describe large-scale unauthorised crossings of international borders by migrants.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what terminology the Government uses to describe large-scale unauthorised crossings of international borders by migrants.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the deterrent effect of returning small boat arrivals to France under the UK–France returns agreement.
To ask the Prime Minister, whether he plans to seek an expansion of the UK–France returns agreement to increase the number of small boat arrivals returned to France.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has set a target for the proportion of people arriving by small boat who are liable for removal and subsequently removed from the United Kingdom.
To ask the Prime Minister, whether he plans to seek agreements with additional safe countries for the return of people who arrive in the United Kingdom by small boat.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the time taken by registered providers of social housing operating in Runcorn and Helsby constituency to respond to complaints fro
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to improve the timeliness of complaint handling by registered providers of social housing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the average time taken to re-let vacant social housing properties in Runcorn and Helsby constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to reduce the time taken to re-let vacant social housing properties in areas with high demand.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department issues to registered providers of social housing on maintaining communal land, green spaces and trees.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of registered providers of social housing in Runcorn and Helsby constituency in responding to reports of antisocial behaviour.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department issues to registered providers of social housing on response times and case management for reports of antisocial behaviour.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to require registered providers of social housing to publish standardised annual performance data at local authority level.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to strengthen the accountability of registered providers of social housing to tenants, hon. Members and local authorities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many households were living in temporary accommodation in Halton in each of the last five financial years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many households were living in temporary accommodation in Cheshire West and Chester in each of the last five financial years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of funding provided to Halton Borough Council to meet its statutory duties to households requiring temporary accommodation.