Lisa Smart MP: written questions

4 Jul 2026–16 Oct 2026 · year in progress

How these years work

Our reporting years run from 4 July to 3 July, starting with the 2024 general election. They are not official parliamentary sessions. Office costs keep IPSA’s April–March financial years. Records may cover only part of a year; a missing record does not mean no work was done.

Read what this MP said, asked and contributed in Parliament.

1 published records · newest first.

Written questions

British Nationality: ApplicationsHome OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 22567More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how long her Department usually takes to obtain good character references for British citizenship applications; what the maximum length of time taken for such a reference to be obtained is; and how ma
Answer: The Home Office does not routinely request character references for British citizenship applications. Where further evidence is required, applicants are normally given 14 calendar days to provide it. The information requested is not centrally held, and co...
Answered 2 Sept 2026
Original Parliament record

Explore activity by topic or department

Written questions by answering department

4 Jul 2026–16 Oct 2026. One record per UIN and tabled date; the named department is not a measure of answer quality.

View as list

What this shows and doesn't show

4 Jul 2026–16 Oct 2026. One record per UIN and tabled date; the named department is not a measure of answer quality. Published records do not measure effort or effectiveness. Methodology.

Department or topic	Published records
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport	1
Department for Education	1
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	1
Department for Transport	2
Department for Work and Pensions	1
Department of Health and Social Care	7
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office	2
Home Office	1

Published records only — not a full account of an MP’s work. How we work →