Written questions

565 written questions tabled, most recent first.

17 Oct 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Law: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will ensure better provision of public legal education to ensure people understand and can effectively claim their rights, and to provide parallel education to practitioners.

17 Oct 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Civil Proceedings: Legal Aid Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Amnesty International's report, Cuts that hurt, published on 10 October 2016, if she will review the effect of reforms introduced by the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 201

17 Oct 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Civil Proceedings: Legal Aid Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will review the effect on access to justice and protection of human rights of civil legal aid reforms introduced by the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.

10 Oct 2016 · Wales Office

Wales Office: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many non-UK citizens are employed by his Department.

10 Oct 2016 · Scotland Office

Scotland Office: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many non-UK citizens are employed by his Department.

10 Oct 2016 · Northern Ireland Office

Northern Ireland Office: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many non-UK citizens are employed by his Department.

7 Oct 2016 · Scotland Office

Visas: Overseas Students

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the inclusion of Scottish universities in the post-study work visa pilot.

7 Oct 2016 · Home Office

Intelligence and Security Committee

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions Ministers in her Department have declined to disclose information to the Intelligence and Security Committee under Schedule 1 to the Justice and Security Act 2013; and if she wil

7 Oct 2016 · Home Office

Asylum: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unaccompanied asylum seeking children have been transferred under the national dispersal scheme in each month since that scheme was introduced.

7 Oct 2016 · Home Office

Intelligence and Security Committee: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions Ministers in her Department have delayed providing information to the Intelligence and Security Committee in order to make a determination as to whether to share that information

7 Oct 2016 · Home Office

Police: Bahrain

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assistance British police have provided to Bahrain in the last 12 months; what the (a) dates and (b) titles of those assistance projects were; which constabularies were involved; what type of ass

7 Oct 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Diego Garcia: USA

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2016 to Question 44262 on Diego Garcia, since what date the existing procedures referred to have been in place.

7 Oct 2016 · Ministry of Defence

Intelligence and Security Committee: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions Ministers in his Department have declined to disclose information to the Intelligence and Security Committee under Schedule 1 of the Justice and Security Act 2013; and if he will make a stat

7 Oct 2016 · Ministry of Defence

Intelligence and Security Committee: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions Ministers in his Department have delayed providing information to the Intelligence and Security Committee in order to make a determination as to whether to share that information as set out

7 Oct 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

BBC Alba

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the funding provided by the Government to the BBC or to bodies co-funded by the BBC for Gaelic language television programming was in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16; and what her Department's f

7 Oct 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

BBC Alba

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent meetings (a) she and (b) her officials have had with (i) MG ALBA and (ii) the BBC to discuss BBC ALBA.

7 Oct 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Public Service Broadcasting

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what support her Department has provided to public service broadcasting of UK minority languages; and if she will make a statement.

7 Oct 2016 · HM Treasury

Police Scotland: VAT

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to make Police Scotland eligible for VAT refunds.

7 Oct 2016 · Cabinet Office

Intelligence and Security Committee: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on how many occasions Ministers in his Department have delayed providing information to the Intelligence and Security Committee in order to make a determination as to whether to share that information as set out

7 Oct 2016 · Cabinet Office

Intelligence and Security Committee

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on how many occasions Ministers in his Department have declined to disclose information to the Intelligence and Security Committee under Schedule 1 to the Justice and Security Act 2013; and if he will make a sta

5 Sep 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Broadcasting: Celtic Languages

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had on the BBC's investment in Gaelic broadcasting as part of the BBC Charter Review; and if she will make a statement.

2 Sep 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Rendition

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for what reasons the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on UK involvement in rendition of 29 June 2016, Official Report,

2 Sep 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Intelligence and Security Committee: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on how many occasions Ministers in his Department have delayed providing information to the Intelligence and Security Committee in order to make a determination as to whether to share tha

2 Sep 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Rendition

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs' comments of 29 June 2016, Official Report, columns 442-3, on UK invol

2 Sep 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Intelligence and Security Committee

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on how many occasions Ministers in his Department have declined to disclose information to the Intelligence and Security Committee under Schedule 1 of the Justice and Security Act 2013; a

2 Sep 2016 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that price comparison websites do not mislead retail energy customers.

2 Sep 2016 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the effect of Ofgem's plans to introduce a Partial View in the Confidence Code Review 2016 on the proportion of the cheapest energy tariffs that w

2 Sep 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Diego Garcia

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 15 July 2014 to Question 205172, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the weather in June 2014 on the storage of records in Diego Garci

2 Sep 2016 · Home Office

Visas: Nigeria

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to make an assessment of the potential merits of extending visa-free access to the UK to Nigerian citizens.

2 Sep 2016 · Home Office

Visas: Nepal

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to make an assessment of the potential merits of extending visa-free access to the UK to Nepalese citizens.

Source: official written-questions record.