Written questions

6,533 written questions tabled, most recent first.

1 Sep 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Animals: Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has held with the Sentencing Council on the adequacy of sentencing guidelines for people who have purchased online videos of the graphic torture of animals abroad.

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Assistance Animals: Business

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to require businesses to admit guide dogs as part of the Disability Action Plan.

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Social Services: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support young adults transitioning from full-time social care into employment.

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Music: Private Tutors

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to introduce free one-on-one musical tuition to students in full-time education from low-income families.

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Further Education: Low Incomes

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to make tertiary education more accessible to students from low-income families.

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Havering

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase the number of places for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities in the London Borough of Havering.

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Teachers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to recruit more teachers for children with special educational needs and disabilities.

1 Sep 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Greece: Fires

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has held with his counterpart in Greece on the wildfires in Rhodes.

1 Sep 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Greece: Fires

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to support the repatriation of UK citizens who were on holiday in Rhodes during the wildfires.

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Secondary Education: Teachers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average staff to student ratio was in secondary schools in Romford constituency in (a) 2009, (b) 2019 and (c) 2022.

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Minimum Wage: Romford

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what information she holds on the number of recorded breaches of minimum wage legislation by employers in Romford constituency in the last four years.

1 Sep 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Crimes of Violence: Sentencing

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he is taking steps to help ensure parity in sentencing for assaults on (a) police and (b) prison officers.

1 Sep 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Police and Prison Officers: Crimes of Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many assaults on prison officers there were in 2021-22; and how many and what proportion of prisoners sentenced to imprisonment for assaulting a prison officer in that period served their sentence concurrentl

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Multi-academy Trusts

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve the accountability of multi-academy trusts' management boards.

20 Jul 2023 · Treasury

Mortgages: Interest Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to help support homeowners who are unable to make mortgage payments following increases in interest rates in the last 12 months.

20 Jul 2023 · Treasury

Premium Bonds

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has considered the potential merits of increasing the premium bond investment ceiling.

20 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to reduce waiting times for cancer treatment in (a) Romford constituency, (b) the London Borough of Havering and (c) England.

20 Jul 2023 · Home Office

Veterans: Hong Kong

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with her Chinese counterpart on the Hong Kong Veterans Settlement route announced on 29 March 2023.

20 Jul 2023 · Home Office

Veterans: Hong Kong

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress she has made on implementing the Hong Kong Veterans Settlement route announced on 29 March 2023.

20 Jul 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Pitcairn Islands: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many crimes were reported on Pitcairn Island in each of the past 10 years.

20 Jul 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Pitcairn Islands: Sanitation

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he is taking steps to improve sanitation facilities on Pitcairn Island.

20 Jul 2023 · Home Office

British Nationality: British Overseas Territories

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign nationals have been granted British overseas territories citizenship in each of the past five years.

12 Jul 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

British Indian Ocean Territory: Convictions

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many convictions there have been in the British Indian Ocean Territory in each of the last five years.

12 Jul 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

British Indian Ocean Territory: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many reports of crime in the British Indian Ocean Territory his Department received in each of the last five years.

12 Jul 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

British Indian Ocean Territory: Deaths

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many deaths have been recorded in the British Indian Ocean Territory in each of the past 10 years for which figures are available.

12 Jul 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

British Indian Ocean Territory: Sri Lanka

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the veracity of allegations of the false imprisonment of Sri Lankan nationals in Diego Garcia in the British Indian Ocean Territory; and

11 Jul 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

British Indian Ocean Territory: Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many asylum applications have been (a) accepted and (b) rejected in the British Indian Ocean Territory in each of the last five years.

11 Jul 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

British Indian Ocean Territory: Repatriation

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate he has made of the potential cost to the public purse of repatriating Sri Lankan nationals from the British Indian Ocean Territory in each of the last five year

11 Jul 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

British Indian Ocean Territory: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many foreign nationals are currently imprisoned in Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory as of July 2023.

11 Jul 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

King Charles III: Anniversaries

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2023 to Question 191534 on King Charles III: Anniversaries, whether she plans further celebrations for the King’s 75th birthday in November 2023.

Source: official written-questions record.