Written questions

3,557 written questions tabled, most recent first.

23 Nov 2017 · Home Office

Human Trafficking: Victims

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many confirmed victims of human trafficking have been granted discretionary leave to remain in each of the last three years?

23 Nov 2017 · HM Treasury

Financial Services: EU Law

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the extent to which the UK will be able to influence detailed regulation being developed from the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive; and if he will make a statement.

23 Nov 2017 · HM Treasury

Financial Services

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to promote the UK as a global financial centre?

23 Nov 2017 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Gaming Machines

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will place in the Library an estimate of the fiscal impact of each of the options in the Consultation on Changes to Gaming Machines and Social Responsibility Measures?

21 Nov 2017 · Home Office

Exploitation: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in how many cases involving British children exploited in (a) gang crime, (b) violence and (c) drug crime has the statutory defence set out in the Modern Slavery Act 2015 been invoked.

21 Nov 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment and Support Allowance: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what was the average waiting time is for mandatory reconsideration decisions to be processed for claimants of Employment and Support Allowance in the most recent year for which data is available in (a)

21 Nov 2017 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many victims of human trafficking have received Legal Aid in each of the last three years.

21 Nov 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Private Rented Housing: Newham

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions his Department has had with (a) HM Revenue and Customs, (b) Home Office Immigration Enforcement, (c) the Metropolitan Police and (d) London Fire Brigade on assessing the

21 Nov 2017 · Department for Exiting the European Union

UK Trade With EU

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of a future Association Agreement for the UK with the EU; and if he will make a statement.

16 Nov 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Revenue and Customs

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answers of 12 October and 13 November 2017 to Questions 106562 and 111438, for what reasons his Department no longer has a Later, Missing and Incorrect joint initiative.

16 Nov 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Self-employed

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether a self-employed claimant with fluctuating earnings, who earns more than the minimum income floor annually, receives less universal credit than an employed counterpart with the same level of annu

16 Nov 2017 · HM Treasury

PAYE

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to count how many employer PAYE schemes do not balance at the end of each financial year; and if he will make a statement.

15 Nov 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans his Department has to train staff about whether potentially vulnerable claimants should be placed in the all work requirements group.

15 Nov 2017 · Home Office

Slavery and Trafficking Reparation Orders

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reparation orders have been made under section 8 of the Modern Slavery Act in the last 12 months.

15 Nov 2017 · Home Office

Asylum: France

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions her Department has had with the French Human Rights Ombudsman on the treatment of unaccompanied minors in France.

15 Nov 2017 · Home Office

Slavery

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to respond to the report entitled Stolen Freedom, published in October 2017 by Her Majesty's Inspector of Constabulary.

14 Nov 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to amend universal credit rules to allow deduction of pension contributions in applying the minimum income floor; and if he will make a statement.

14 Nov 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to introduce a universal credit service to support vulnerable claimants analogous to HM Revenue and Customs' Needs Enhanced Support.

14 Nov 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to amend universal credit rules to allow deduction of unreimbursed work expenses as is the case in the tax credits system; and if he will make a statement.

14 Nov 2017 · HM Treasury

Department for Work and Pensions: Revenue and Customs

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 13 November 2017 to Question 111438, on Revenue and Customs, how many staff work in the joint initiative between HM Revenue and Customs and the Department for Work and Pensions referred to a

14 Nov 2017 · HM Treasury

Department for Work and Pensions: Revenue and Customs

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the remit and activities are of the joint initiatives between HM Revenue and Customs and the Department for Work and Pensions referred to as Late, Missing and Incorrect.

14 Nov 2017 · HM Treasury

Business: Digital Technology

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect on productivity of businesses adopting digital technology; and if he will make a statement.

13 Nov 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Complaints

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints his Department has received about online applications for universal credit being lost in the most recent month for which figures are available.

13 Nov 2017 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Gaming Machines

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the wider economic effect, other than on gambling industry revenue and player utility, of reducing B2 machine stakes; and if she will make a statement.

13 Nov 2017 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Gaming Machines

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 16 October 2016 to Question 107989, on gaming machines, what estimate she has made of the fiscal impact of each of the options set out in the Consultation on pr

13 Nov 2017 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Gaming Machines

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will place in the Library a copy of the KPMG report referenced in the Impact Report for her Department's Consultation on proposals for Changes to Gaming Machines and Social Respon

7 Nov 2017 · Department for Education

Teachers: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many non-UK EU nationals employed as teachers in state schools have left that employment since 23 June 2016.

7 Nov 2017 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Contracts

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to ensure that 33 per cent of government contracts are given to small and medium-sized businesses by the end of the 2017 Parliament.

7 Nov 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Business: Digital Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to increase the adoption of digital technologies by UK businesses.

7 Nov 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Business: ICT

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the readiness of UK businesses to adopt fourth industrial revolution technologies, in particular (a) machine learning and (b) the Internet of Things

Source: official written-questions record.