Written questions

543 written questions tabled, most recent first.

14 Jun 2019 · Women and Equalities

Females: Public Appointments

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps her Department is taking, in addition the £5 million centenary fund, to ensure women and underrepresented groups are better represented in public life.

11 Jun 2019 · Women and Equalities

Government Equalities Office: Behavioural Insights Team

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will provide the (a) full cost breakdown and (b) agreed programme of work and outcomes of the contract her Department has tendered with the Behavioural Insights Team on work relating to the gender pay g

11 Jun 2019 · Women and Equalities

Equal Pay

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking to ensure that the Equality and Human Rights Commission assesses the accuracy of the gender pay gap figures filed by employers for the 2018-19 reporting year.

11 Jun 2019 · Women and Equalities

Equal Pay

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many Equality and Human Rights Commission staff are responsible for assessing the accuracy of employers’ gender pay gap data.

11 Jun 2019 · Women and Equalities

UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps her Department is taking to implement the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women’s (CEDAW) conclusions from its recent examination of the UK's 8th CEDAW periodic report.

11 Jun 2019 · Women and Equalities

Government Equalities Office: Females

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what progress has been made on the Government Equalities Office review of its engagement with women and women's organisations; and when she plans to publish the findings of that review.

11 Jun 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nurses: Career Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to enable and support career options for older nurses in order to retain them in the workforce.

10 Jun 2019 · Home Office

Migrants: Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that adequate safeguards will be included in the Domestic Abuse Bill to protect migrant survivors of domestic abuse.

10 Jun 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Paternity Leave: Discrimination

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government is taking to prevent workplace discrimination against fathers taking parental leave.

10 Jun 2019 · Women and Equalities

Government Equalities Office: Staff

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will publish the number of staff employed by the Government Equalities Office by (a) grade and (b) policy areas those staff are assigned to.

10 Jun 2019 · Women and Equalities

Equal Pay

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will publish the gender pay gap in each UK parliamentary constituency in 2018-19.

10 Jun 2019 · Women and Equalities

Civil Servants: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic people have been employed at each civil service grade in the (a) Government Equalities Office and (b) Civil Service in each year since 2010.

7 May 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of advance payments for universal credit since its inception.

7 May 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of claims for advance payments since the inception of universal credit.

10 Apr 2019 · Home Office

Immigration

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals with leave to remain revoked in the UK have waited more than two years for a review of their immigration status.

14 Mar 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Farouk Hamadalla

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps they will take to escalate engagement with the Libyan authorities on securing justice for the descendents of Major Farouk Hamadalla who was forced off the British Overseas Airw

14 Mar 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Sayed Alwadaei

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterpart in Bahrain on the case of the family members Sayed Ahmed Alwadaei.

14 Mar 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Sayed Alwadaei

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether officials from his Department attended the proceedings in Bahrain on 25 February 2019 in which the three-year prison sentences against family members of Sayed Alwadaei were upheld

14 Mar 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Sayed Alwadaei

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, further to the Answer of 4 February 2019 to Question HL13127, whether his Department relies on the assurances provided by the Bahraini Government in assessing the case of Sayed Ahmed Alwa

13 Mar 2019 · Department for Education

Students: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of alternative funding arrangements for student finance that is compatible with sharia law for individuals of Muslim faith.

13 Mar 2019 · Department for Education

Students: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what equalities assessment his Department has undertaken on access to student finance for individuals of Muslim faith.

6 Mar 2019 · Women and Equalities

Equal Pay

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that the Government portal for gender pay gap reporting contains accurate and up to date information.

5 Mar 2019 · Women and Equalities

Equal Pay

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether there are companies that have not filed their gender pay gap data for 2017-18.

5 Mar 2019 · Women and Equalities

Equal Pay

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many companies were asked to refile their gender pay gap data for 2017-18 due to inaccurate or missing data.

5 Mar 2019 · Women and Equalities

Equal Pay

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the Guardian article of 28 February 2019 entitled Lack of sanctions makes a mockery of gender pay gap reports, if she will make an estimate of the number of companies that have provided mathe

5 Mar 2019 · Women and Equalities

Equal Pay

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will make an estimate of the number of companies that have not yet filed accurate gender pay gap data for 2017-18.

5 Mar 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice: Equal Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reasons his Department missed the deadline or refiled its gender pay gap data for 2017-18.

22 Jan 2019 · Home Office

Immigration: EU Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to ensure that women are not disproportionately and negatively impacted in applying for the EU Settlement Scheme and (b) what adjustments will be made for vulnerable women to a

21 Jan 2019 · Home Office

Immigration: EU Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to ensure it is able to process large numbers of applications from EU citizens applying for settled status under the EU settlement scheme.

6 Dec 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that universal credit claimants without internet access in (a) Brent Central and (b) England are supported in submitting their claims.

Source: official written-questions record.