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Written questions allow MPs and Members of the House of Lords to ask for information on the work, policy and activities of Government departments, related bodies, and the administration of Parliament. Oral or written statements to Parliament are also made by the Government and others to inform both Houses of their work. Written statements are normally used to put the day-to-day business of Government on the official record and in the public domain.

All oral statements and any written content from before 2014 can be found in Hansard.

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Commons written questions and answers

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The most recent four written questions in the House of Commons

Question for Department of Health and Social Care
Neuroendocrine Cancer: Radiotherapy
Darren Paffey
Labour, Southampton Itchen

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to update NHS commissioning policy to include funding for Selective Internal Radiation Therapy for patients with neuroendocrine tumours with liver metastases.

Asked 12 May 2025
Answered 16 May 2025
By Ashley Dalton (Labour, West Lancashire)
51694
Named day
Answered
Commons
Question for Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Dispute Resolution
Robert Jenrick
Conservative, Newark

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department has received reports on the operation of informal (a) adjudication mechanisms and (b) dispute resolution systems within prisons based on (i) Sharia and (ii) other (A) religious and (B) ideo...

Asked 13 May 2025
Answered 16 May 2025
By Sir Nicholas Dakin (Labour, Scunthorpe)
51853
Named day
Answered
Commons
Question for Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Gangs
Robert Jenrick
Conservative, Newark

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department has received (a) intelligence and (b) operational reports referencing a group known as the Brotherhood; and whether such reports describe that group as exercising (i) influence and (ii) con...

Asked 13 May 2025
Answered 16 May 2025
By Sir Nicholas Dakin (Labour, Scunthorpe)
51852
Named day
Answered
Commons
Question for Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Discipline
Robert Jenrick
Conservative, Newark

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department has received reports of (a) instances where inmates have been physically punished for failing to comply with informal interpretations of Sharia law and (b) other forms of (i) coercive viol...

Asked 13 May 2025
Answered 16 May 2025
By Sir Nicholas Dakin (Labour, Scunthorpe)
51851
Named day
Answered
Commons

Lords written questions and answers

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Question for Department for Education
Home Education: Assessments
Baroness Golding
Labour, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government whether funds are allocated to local education authorities to ensure that elective home education students can access free testing for level 1, 2, 3, and 4 qualifications.

Asked 30 April 2025
Answered 16 May 2025
By Baroness Smith of Malvern (Labour, Life peer)
HL7105
Answered
Lords
Question for Department for Education
Home Education: Assessments
Baroness Golding
Labour, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government how elective home education students can access exam centres as external candidates.

Asked 30 April 2025
Answered 16 May 2025
By Baroness Smith of Malvern (Labour, Life peer)
HL7061
Answered
Lords
Question for Department for Education
Home Education
Baroness Golding
Labour, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure the availability of free and accessible educational materials suitable for KS3 and KS4, particularly for elective home education.

Asked 30 April 2025
Answered 16 May 2025
By Baroness Smith of Malvern (Labour, Life peer)
HL7059
Answered
Lords
Question for Home Office
Asylum: Housing
Baroness Lister of Burtersett
Labour, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government how many of those granted asylum in 2024 were accommodated in (1) dispersal accommodation, (2) hotel accommodation, and (3) other accommodation provided under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, at the time of t...

Asked 1 May 2025
Answered 16 May 2025
By Lord Hanson of Flint (Labour, Life peer)
HL7130
Answered
Lords

Commons written statements

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Ministry of Defence
Triples Review
Luke Pollard
Minister for the Armed Forces
Labour, Plymouth Sutton and Devonport
Statement made 16 May 2025
HCWS645
Commons
Home Office
Extending licensing hours for the 2025 UEFA Women’s European Championship
Dame Diana Johnson
The Minister of State for Policing and Crime Prevention
Labour, Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham
Statement made 15 May 2025
HCWS644
Commons
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Publication of the Electoral Integrity Programme Evaluation Report on the 2024 UK Parliamentary general election
Rushanara Ali
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Homelessness and Democracy
Labour, Bethnal Green and Stepney
Statement made 15 May 2025
HCWS643
Commons
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Government response to the consultation on the UK’s future exhaustion of intellectual property rights regime
Feryal Clark
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for AI and Digital Government
Labour, Enfield North
Statement made 15 May 2025
HCWS642
Commons

Lords written statements

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Ministry of Defence
Triples Review
Lord Coaker
Minister of State, Ministry of Defence
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 16 May 2025
HLWS644
Lords
Treasury
Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange System (PISCES)
Lord Livermore
The Financial Secretary to the Treasury
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 15 May 2025
HLWS643
Lords
Department of Health and Social Care
NHS Very Senior Managers Pay Framework
Baroness Merron
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Patient Safety, Women's Health and Mental Health
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 15 May 2025
HLWS642
Lords
Home Office
Extending licensing hours for the 2025 UEFA Women’s European Championship
Lord Hanson of Flint
The Minister of State, Home Office
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 15 May 2025
HLWS641
Lords

Commons daily reports

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House of Commons written answers and statements
16 May 2025
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House of Commons written answers and statements
15 May 2025
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House of Commons written answers and statements
14 May 2025
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House of Commons written answers and statements
13 May 2025
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Lords daily reports

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House of Lords written answers and statements
15 May 2025
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House of Lords written answers and statements
14 May 2025
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House of Lords written answers and statements
13 May 2025
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House of Lords written answers and statements
12 May 2025
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