David Davis MP: written questions

Written questions

• CoronersMinistry of JusticeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 19834More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Recommendation 2 of the Police Accountability Rapid Review published by Sir Adrian Fulford and Tim Godwin, what progress his Department has made on launching a public consultation on the standar

  Answer: The Government accepted the recommendation by the independent Police Accountability Rapid Review that there should be a full public consultation on the issue of the standard of proof for the short-form conclusion of unlawful killing in inquests.We are com...

  Answered 8 Sept 2026

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• CoronersMinistry of JusticeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 19833More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to raise the standard of proof required for conclusions of unlawful killing at inquests from the civil standard back to the criminal standard.

  Answer: The Government accepted the recommendation by the independent Police Accountability Rapid Review that there should be a full public consultation on the issue of the standard of proof for the short-form conclusion of unlawful killing in inquests.We are com...

  Answered 8 Sept 2026

  Original Parliament record
• Parliamentary Estate: SecurityHouse of Commons CommissionTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 19832More

  Question: To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many passes to the parliamentary estate were granted in each calendar year between 2015 and 2025, broken down by (a) Members of the House of Commons, (

  Answer: The parliamentary pass system does not hold data for the number of passes granted to new applicants each year. We do hold some data breaking down the number of new applications processed for the past two years, of which only a very small proportion are re...

  Answered 11 Sept 2026

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• Parliamentary Estate: SecurityHouse of Commons CommissionTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 19831More

  Question: To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many passes to the parliamentary estate were active at the end of each calendar year between 2015 and 2025, broken down by (a) Members of the House of

  Answer: The parliamentary pass system is a live database providing a current snapshot of data. It does not store historical information. Therefore, we are unable to extract the information as requested.From 2020, the pass office kept some manual records of active...

  Answered 11 Sept 2026

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• Office of Financial Sanctions ImplementationTreasuryTabled 6 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15924More

  Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the number of specific licences granted by the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation under the category of legal fees that permitted the use of frozen assets to (a) in

  Answer: The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation does not hold data in a form that would allow it to identify how many legal fees licences have been granted permitting the use of frozen assets to fund legal action against UK citizens or residents. Followi...

  Answered 15 Jul 2026

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