Written questions

565 written questions tabled, most recent first.

24 Mar 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Israel: Foreign Relations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, to what territory the 2030 roadmap for UK-Israel bilateral relations, signed on 21 March, applies.

23 Mar 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Alternative Fuel Payments

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will publish the modelling used to select households that receive payments under the Alternative Fuel Payment scheme.

16 Mar 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement Domestic Advisory Group

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether an assessment was made of the potential merits of appointing the (a) Law Society of Scotland and (b) Faculty of Advocates as a member of the Domestic Advisory Group u

15 Mar 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Spaceflight

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, when she plans to announce her next steps on the Spaceflight Programme.

15 Mar 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Spaceflight

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, when he expects the bidders’ conference for the Space Flight 2 Programme to take place.

2 Mar 2023 · Home Office

Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the average financial loss per fraud victim in 2022.

27 Feb 2023 · Home Office

Refugees: Biometric Residence Permits

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time is for a refugee to receive a Biometric Residence Permit after receiving refugee status.

22 Feb 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement Domestic Advisory Group

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the appointment process was of bodies to the Domestic Advisory Group under the EU–UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement.

22 Feb 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement Domestic Advisory Group

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, which bodies are represented on the Domestic Advisory Group under the EU–UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement.

21 Feb 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Legal Profession

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Oral contribution of the Minister for Immigration of 20 February 2023, Official Report, column 33, when she plans to publish findings from the monitoring of human rights lawyers

21 Feb 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Legal Profession

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Oral contribution of the Minister for Immigration of 20 February 2023, Official Report, column 33, for what reason the Government is undertaking monitoring of human rights lawyer

21 Feb 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Legal Profession

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many human rights lawyers acting for asylum seekers are monitored by her Department in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Northern Ireland and (d) Wales.

21 Feb 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Legal Profession

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the oral contribution of 20 February by the Minister for Immigration, Official Report, column 33, how many human rights (a) solicitors, (b) advocates and (c) barristers acting for as

21 Feb 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Legal Profession

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the oral contribution of 20 February by the Minister for Immigration, Official Report, column 33, in what way her Department is monitoring the activities of a small number of legal p

17 Feb 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Reciprocal Arrangements

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to help increase the number of reciprocal agreements on state pensions with other countries.

9 Feb 2023 · Home Office

High Court: Judgements

To ask the Secretary of State for Home Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policy of the High Court ruling on R v Secretary of State for the Home Department.

9 Feb 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were falsely imprisoned in the last five years; and how many and what proportion of those people have been held in Serco-run prisons.

2 Feb 2023 · Home Office

Nick Timothy

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what contracts the Home Office currently has with Nick Timothy.

1 Feb 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a comparative assessment of the number and proportion of women affected by the increase in state pension age for women born in the 1950s who died before receiving their state pension (a)

1 Feb 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of the women born in the 1950s affected by the increase in state pension age have died before reaching their state pension age since 31 December 2015.

18 Jan 2023 · Home Office

Fire and Rescue Services: Vacancies

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many vacancies there are in the Fire and Rescue Service.

9 Jan 2023 · Home Office

Refugees: Hotels

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers are housed in hotels in England.

9 Jan 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Public Consultation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what external organisations were consulted when drafting the changes to the asylum claim system announced in the Prime Minister’s statement on 13 December 2022.

9 Jan 2023 · Home Office

Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the oral statement by the Prime Minister of 13 December 2022, Official Report, column 885, whether she plans to publish further details on the changes to the asylum claim system.

8 Dec 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Cold Weather Payments

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential benefits of factoring in windchill in the calculation of temperature for the distribution of Cold Weather Payments.

1 Dec 2022 · Home Office

Homes for Ukraine Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how long on average it takes for applications to the Ukrainian Sponsorship Scheme to be processed.

24 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much NHS employers paid in Immigration Skills Charge (a) in 2017-18, (b) in 2018-19, (c) in 2019-20, (d) in 2020-21, (e) in 2021-22 and (f) to date in 2022-23.

24 Nov 2022 · Home Office

Migrant Workers: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the revenue was for the Immigration Skills Charge from NHS employers in (a) each financial year since 2017-18 and (b) the 2022-23 financial year as of 24 November 2022.

1 Nov 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of (a) trafficking and smuggling people across the Channel and (b) facilitation offences relating to small boat crossings in each of the last five years.

1 Nov 2022 · Home Office

Motor Vehicles: Noise

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been (a) prosecuted and (b) fined for excessive vehicle noise on public roads in each of the last three years.

Source: official written-questions record.