Written questions

565 written questions tabled, most recent first.

18 Apr 2024 · Home Office

Immigration Controls: Airports

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that people with similar names to people on watchlists are not harassed during border checks at airports.

16 Apr 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in how many court buildings in England and Wales reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete has been identified.

15 Apr 2024 · Home Office

Police Stations: Concrete

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police stations has reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete been identified in.

15 Apr 2024 · Home Office

Police Stations: Concrete

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police stations have been tested for reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete.

15 Apr 2024 · Home Office

Asylum: Rwanda

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with which airlines his Department has held discussions on the Rwanda scheme in the last six months.

14 Mar 2024 · Department for Transport

Rescue Services: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with the operators of helicopter search and rescue services on response times.

5 Mar 2024 · Home Office

Police: Dismissal

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when his Department plans to implement the recommendations of the review entitled The process of police officer dismissals, published by his Department in September 2023, which do not require secondar

5 Mar 2024 · Home Office

Police: Dismissal

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when his Department plans to bring forward legislative proposals to implement the recommendations of the review entitled The process of police officer dismissals, published by his Department in Septem

5 Mar 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Criminal Legal Aid Independent Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress his Department has made on implementing the recommendations of the Independent Review of Criminal Legal Aid, published on 29 November 2021.

5 Mar 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme: Solicitors

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to page 156 of the Independent Review of Criminal Legal Aid published on 29 November 2021, whether his Department has made an estimate of the cost to his Department of increasing legal aid for crim

5 Mar 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Criminal Proceedings: Legal Aid Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for his policies of the High Court judgement on the Law Society’s judicial review against the Ministry of Justice, [2024] EWHC 155 (Admin), handed down

27 Feb 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Refugees: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of providing more integration support for Ukrainian refugees.

27 Feb 2024 · Home Office

Visas: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions his Department had with Ukrainian refugees ahead of the decision to extend visas by 18 months.

20 Feb 2024 · Home Office

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of responses to correspondence from hon. Members were provided in the name of (a) officials and (b) Ministers in his Department in the latest period for which data is avai

7 Feb 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Workplace Pensions: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the oral contribution of The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions during the debate on Defined-Benefit Pension Schemes of 17 January 2024 Official Report, colum

31 Jan 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

UNRWA: Finance

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, with reference to the Oral Statement of the Minister of State of 29 January 2024, on Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Official Report, columns 620-622, what assess

31 Jan 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Genocide Convention

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has made an assessment of the consistency of (a) the decision to pause future funding to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East and (b)

22 Jan 2024 · Treasury

Pensions: Hong Kong

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make representations to (a) HSBC and (b) other UK-based pension providers to accept early withdrawal requests from Hong Kongers on the British National (Overseas) visa scheme who intend to obtain an indef

18 Jan 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Groceries Code Adjudicator

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of strengthening the enforcement powers of the Groceries Code Adjudicator.

11 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners on Remand

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people in prison have been held on remand for longer than (a) six months, (b) 12 months and (c) 2 years by offence group.

13 Dec 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Telecommunications Cables: Copper

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department plans to launch a nation-wide public awareness campaign on the withdrawal of copper wire telecommunications.

13 Dec 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Telephone Systems: Local Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what guidance she has issued with the Secretary of State for Levelling up, Housing and Communities to local authorities on the costs of moving to digital telecare.

13 Dec 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Telephone Systems: Local Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what estimate her Department has made of the cost of the withdrawal of copper wire telecommunications to local authorities.

12 Dec 2023 · Home Office

Counter-terrorism

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to provide support to people who have been misreferred to Prevent.

12 Dec 2023 · Home Office

Counter-terrorism: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) children and (b) young people under the age of 20 referred to Prevent in the latest period for which data is available.

12 Dec 2023 · Home Office

Counter-terrorism: Neurodiversity

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with neurodiverse people on the potential impact of the Prevent duty on them.

12 Dec 2023 · Home Office

Counter-terrorism: Neurodiversity

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of neurodiverse people referred to Prevent in the latest period for which data is available.

22 Nov 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Cement: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions she has had with the Construction Industry Council on decarbonising the cement industry.

22 Nov 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Cement: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she has had discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on funding to support the development of the low-carbon cement sector.

22 Nov 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Cement: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps she plans to take to incentivise the development of low-carbon cement technologies.

Source: official written-questions record.