Written questions
3,557 written questions tabled, most recent first.
19 Jul 2021 · Home Office
Unity Project
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her officials have to meet representatives of the Unity Project to discuss improving the Change of Conditions application process in response to their letters of 11 April and 11 June 2021;
19 Jul 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Online Harms Reduction Regulator (Report) Bill (HL)
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the statement of the Prime Minister to the Liaison Committee on 7 July 2021, Q79, that one of the key objectives of the Online Safety Bill is to tackle online fraud, what pla
19 Jul 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Online Harms Reduction Regulator (Report) Bill (HL)
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Prime Minister to the Liaison Committee on 7 July 2021, Q79, that one of the key objectives of the Online Safety Bill is to tackle online fraud,
19 Jul 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Flats: Fire Prevention
What estimate he has made of the number of multi-storey residential buildings with dangerous cladding or other fire defects that (a) will miss the deadline and (b) are not eligible for the Building Safety Fund.
14 Jul 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Israel: Palestinians
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the report of the UN Human Rights Office on business activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territories published on 28 February 2020, what steps his Depart
14 Jul 2021 · COP26
Climate Change
What plans he has to identify potential sources of finance to tackle climate-related loss and damage ahead of COP26.
13 Jul 2021 · Ministry of Defence
Israel: Arms Trade
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the accuracy of reports that Israeli (a) F-16 fighter jets and (b) Apache helicopters carrying out airstrikes on Gaza contain British-supplied components; and if he will
13 Jul 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Israeli Settlements
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the extent of UK firms operating in illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory.
13 Jul 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza: Israel
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policy of reports that British-made military components and hardware were used by Israeli forces carrying out airstrik
12 Jul 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of paying childcare costs within universal credit in advance, to support parents who cannot afford to pay upfront charges; and if she will
12 Jul 2021 · Treasury
Non-domestic Rating (Telecommunications Infrastructure Relief) (England) Regulations
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many certificates the Valuation Office Agency has issued to BT pursuant to The Non-Domestic Rating (Telecommunications Infrastructure Relief) (England) Regulations 2018; and what the total value of those certifi
12 Jul 2021 · Treasury
Non-domestic Rating (Telecommunications Infrastructure Relief) (England) Regulations
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many certificates the Valuation Office Agency has issued under the Non-Domestic Rating (Telecommunications Infrastructure Relief) (England) Regulations 2018; and what the value is of those certificates.
12 Jul 2021 · Home Office
Visas: Dependants
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to reports that fewer than one in 25 adult dependent visa applications were granted on the first attempt over a period of four years, whether her Department has made an assessment of th
12 Jul 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment Schemes: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure economically inactive disabled people are supported to find jobs; and if she will make a statement.
5 Jul 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions
Kickstart Scheme and Restart Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will extend eligibility for the Kickstart and Restart schemes to people in receipt of employment support allowance; and if she will make a statement.
5 Jul 2021 · Home Office
Migrants: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of the end of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme in September on the number of destitution change of conditions applications received by her depa
5 Jul 2021 · Home Office
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to support local authorities to assist additional families with no recourse to public funds once the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme ends in September; and if he will make a stateme
5 Jul 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions
Family Resources Survey
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will include whether a surveyed family has no recourse to public funds in the Family Resources Survey when the sample size is expanded in 2022; and if she will make a statement.
5 Jul 2021 · Home Office
Migrants
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to (a) raise awareness and (b) improve the accessibility of the Destitution Change of Conditions application process.
1 Jul 2021 · Home Office
Migrants: Free School Meals
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 2 November 2020 to Question 106891 on Windrush Lessons Learned Review, with reference to the review of how immigration status and no recourse to public funds interact w
1 Jul 2021 · Home Office
Migrants
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the principal reasons are for which Destitution Change of Conditions applications have been rejected since March 2020; and if she will make a statement.
30 Jun 2021 · Home Office
Migrants
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to applications for change of conditions for leave to remain as a result of imminent risk of destitution, how many and what proportion of those applicants have been support by an organi
30 Jun 2021 · Home Office
Migrants
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of the administrative reviews applied for, in cases where Destitution Change of Conditions Applications have been rejected, have succeeded in overturning the rejection in each quarter
30 Jun 2021 · Home Office
Migrants
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many administrative reviews have been applied for in cases where Destitution Change of Conditions Applications have been rejected, in each quarter since the third quarter of 2017.
22 Jun 2021 · Treasury
Financial Services: Fraud
What recent discussions he has had with the Financial Conduct Authority on tackling online financial crime.
21 Jun 2021 · Department for Education
Bletchley Park: Anniversaries
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans his Department has to mark the contribution of pure mathematics as part of the 80th anniversary of the breaking of the Enigma code.
21 Jun 2021 · Department for Education
Mathematics: Higher Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions his Department has had with Vice Chancellors on the promotion and protection of pure mathematics (a) teaching and (b) research at UK universities.
21 Jun 2021 · Department for Education
Mathematics: Higher Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support his Department is providing to universities on promoting and protecting the (a) teaching and (b) research of pure mathematics.
18 Jun 2021 · Treasury
PAYE
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of PAYE Real Time Information records received by HMRC cannot be matched to a taxpayer.
11 Jun 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza: Israel
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what enquiries he has made of the Government of Israel about whether arms purchased under export licences from the UK were used in the recent action against Gaza; and if he w
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