David Davis MP: written questions
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Cheshire ConstabularyHome OfficeTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 124461More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish (a) documents and (b) minutes created following the meeting of the then-Minister of State and Cheshire Police on 12 December 2024.
Answer: The then Minister for Policing, Crime and fire met senior representatives of Cheshire Constabulary on 12 December 2024. The meeting covered the funding for Operation Hummingbird provided through the Police Special Grant, charging for special police servic...
Answered 15 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordCheshire ConstabularyHome OfficeTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 124460More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, If she will publish any documents that were created for the then-Minister of State in preparation for her meeting with senior members of Cheshire police on 12 December 2024.
Answer: The then Minister for Policing, Crime and fire met senior representatives of Cheshire Constabulary on 12 December 2024. The meeting covered the funding for Operation Hummingbird provided through the Police Special Grant, charging for special police servic...
Answered 15 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordCheshire ConstabularyHome OfficeTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 124459More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) nature and (b) purpose was of the meeting attended by the then-Minister of State on 12 December 2024 with senior members of Cheshire police.
Answer: The then Minister for Policing, Crime and fire met senior representatives of Cheshire Constabulary on 12 December 2024. The meeting covered the funding for Operation Hummingbird provided through the Police Special Grant, charging for special police servic...
Answered 15 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordProsecutionsAttorney GeneralTabled 11 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119829More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, if she will publish the number of cases and the relevant offences for cases prosecuted by the Crown Prosecution Service's Special Crime and Counter Terrorism Division in each year between 2015 and 2025.
Answer: The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not publish official statistics. Official statistics relating to crime and policing are maintained by the Home Office and Office for National Statistics. Official statistics relating to criminal courts including ca...
Answered 16 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordProsecutionsAttorney GeneralTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119218More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, if she will publish the number of cases and the relevant offences for cases referred to the Crown Prosecution Service's Special Crime and Counter Terrorism Division in each year between 2015 and 2025.
Answer: The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not publish official statistics. Official statistics relating to crime and policing are maintained by the Home Office and Office for National Statistics. Official statistics relating to criminal courts including ca...
Answered 16 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordTerrorism: Northern IrelandMinistry of DefenceTabled 9 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111643More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Ministry of Defence's response of 29 May 2024 under FOI2024/06992, if he will provide details of the 82 Northern Ireland Legacy claimants that received compensation payments between 2019/20
Answer: I am withholding the information as it contains personal data which cannot be released.
Answered 23 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordTerrorism: Northern IrelandMinistry of DefenceTabled 9 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111642More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2025 to Question 82701 on Troubles-related civil cases, whether he will provide a list of all 700 cases that remain in the judicial system.
Answer: I am withholding the information as it contains personal data which cannot be released.
Answered 23 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordOmar al-BayoumiHome OfficeTabled 4 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110724More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions her Department had with US counterparts on extraditing Omar al Bayoumi in 2001.
Answer: The attacks on 9/11 were an appalling assault on freedom. The courage displayed by the American people in the aftermath and in the years since is extraordinary and our thoughts remain with the victims and survivors, as well as all who loved them.It would ...
Answered 10 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordOmar al-BayoumiHome OfficeTabled 4 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110723More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what contact her department had with counterparts in the US on the release and ongoing surveillance of Omar al Bayoumi in 2001 and 2002.
Answer: It is the longstanding policy of successive UK Governments not to comment routinely either on individual cases or intelligence and security matters.These questions relate to ongoing civil legal proceedings in the United States; this imposes legal and proc...
Answered 16 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordOmar al-BayoumiHome OfficeTabled 4 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110722More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which of her Department's officials informed US authorities that they would not observe the interrogation of Omar al Bayoumi in 2001.
Answer: It is the longstanding policy of successive UK Governments not to comment routinely either on individual cases or intelligence and security matters.These questions relate to ongoing civil legal proceedings in the United States; this imposes legal and proc...
Answered 16 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordOmar al-BayoumiHome OfficeTabled 4 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110721More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which of her Department's officials informed the Metropolitan Police that the US would not be extraditing Omar al-Bayoumi in 2001.
Answer: The attacks on 9/11 were an appalling assault on freedom. The courage displayed by the American people in the aftermath and in the years since is extraordinary and our thoughts remain with the victims and survivors, as well as all who loved them.It would ...
Answered 10 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordOmar al-BayoumiHome OfficeTabled 4 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110720More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the work of the Metropolitan Police in September 2001 on the possible extradition of Omar al Bayoumi.
Answer: The attacks on 9/11 were an appalling assault on freedom. The courage displayed by the American people in the aftermath and in the years since is extraordinary and our thoughts remain with the victims and survivors, as well as all who loved them.It would ...
Answered 10 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordStrategic Lawsuits against Public ParticipationMinistry of JusticeTabled 4 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110719More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with the Solicitors Regulation Authority's on that organisation's ability to regulate solicitors where it is unable to access material over which privilege is claimed during investigat
Answer: The legal profession in England and Wales, together with its regulators, operates independently of government. The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is the frontline regulator responsible for regulating the professional conduct of solicitors and most ...
Answered 10 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordStrategic Lawsuits against Public ParticipationMinistry of JusticeTabled 4 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110718More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with the Solicitors Regulation Authority on the operation of it complaints procedure for matters involving alleged Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation.
Answer: The Government has not held any discussions with the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) regarding its handling of complaints relating to Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation (SLAPPs). The SRA operates independently of Government, and it wo...
Answered 11 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordSolicitors Regulation Authority: Disclosure of InformationMinistry of JusticeTabled 2 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 109964More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the ability of the Solicitors Regulation Authority to access material over which privilege is claimed on the effectiveness of that organisation.
Answer: The legal profession in England and Wales, together with its regulators, operates independently of government. The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is the frontline regulator responsible for regulating the professional conduct of solicitors and most ...
Answered 10 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordStrategic Lawsuits against Public Participation: ComplaintsMinistry of JusticeTabled 2 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 109963More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with the Solicitors Regulation Authority on their approach to complaints involving alleged Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation activity, including concerns that such compla
Answer: The Government has not held any discussions with the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) regarding its handling of complaints relating to Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation (SLAPPs). The SRA operates independently of Government, and it wo...
Answered 11 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordStrategic Lawsuits against Public ParticipationMinistry of JusticeTabled 2 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 109962More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to strengthen protections against non-economic crime Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation.
Answer: The Government has not held any discussions with the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) regarding its handling of complaints relating to Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation (SLAPPs). The SRA operates independently of Government, and it wo...
Answered 11 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordStrategic Lawsuits against Public ParticipationMinistry of JusticeTabled 2 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 109961More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress his Department has made on ensuring the adequacy of legal protections for journalists, academics, campaigners and other public-interest actors facing Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation
Answer: The Government has not held any discussions with the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) regarding its handling of complaints relating to Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation (SLAPPs). The SRA operates independently of Government, and it wo...
Answered 11 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordPolice: BiometricsHome OfficeTabled 26 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108170More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has set a threshold for an acceptable proportion of misidentifications arising from police use of live facial recognition.
Answer: The Home Office has not assessed the potential merits of a specific compensation scheme for people wrongly identified by live facial recognition used by police.The Home Office has not set a threshold for an acceptable proportion of misidentifications aris...
Answered 4 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordPolice: BiometricsHome OfficeTabled 26 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108169More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of compensation schemes for people wrongly identified by live facial recognition technology used by the police.
Answer: The Home Office has not assessed the potential merits of a specific compensation scheme for people wrongly identified by live facial recognition used by police.The Home Office has not set a threshold for an acceptable proportion of misidentifications aris...
Answered 4 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 19 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106483More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on providing additional funding support to local authorities in receipt of the lowest amount of funding for
Answer: The government published the Local government finance policy statement 2026-27 to 2028-29 and response to the Fair Funding Review 2.0 on Thursday 20 November, which set out the government's plans to introduce a fairer and evidence-led funding system. The ...
Answered 27 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordLocal Government FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 19 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106482More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what consideration his Department gave to increasing the number of years for the transitional arrangements for the Fair Funding Review to be in effect.
Answer: The government published the Local government finance policy statement 2026-27 to 2028-29 and response to the Fair Funding Review 2.0 on Thursday 20 November, which set out the government's plans to introduce a fairer and evidence-led funding system. The ...
Answered 27 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordLocal Government FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 19 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106481More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what consideration was given to providing additional financial support to local authorities that will have large reductions in Government funding.
Answer: The government published the Local government finance policy statement 2026-27 to 2028-29 and response to the Fair Funding Review 2.0 on Thursday 20 November, which set out the government's plans to introduce a fairer and evidence-led funding system. The ...
Answered 27 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordLocal Government FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 19 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106480More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment has been made of the adequacy of the transitional funding arrangements in the Fair Funding Review in ensuring the sustainable operation of local authorities.
Answer: The government published the Local government finance policy statement 2026-27 to 2028-29 and response to the Fair Funding Review 2.0 on Thursday 20 November, which set out the government's plans to introduce a fairer and evidence-led funding system. The ...
Answered 27 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordLocal Government FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 19 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106479More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the balance of Recovery Grant funding between urban and rural authorities.
Answer: The government published the Local government finance policy statement 2026-27 to 2028-29 and response to the Fair Funding Review 2.0 on Thursday 20 November, which set out the government's plans to introduce a fairer and evidence-led funding system. The ...
Answered 27 Jan 2026
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