Written questions

2,222 written questions tabled, most recent first.

7 Jul 2022 · Home Office

Cammell Laird: Strikes

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department holds documents on the 1984 Camell Laird dispute; and whether she will make a statement.

7 Jul 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Cammell Laird: Strikes

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department holds documents on the 1984 Camell Laird dispute; and whether he will make a statement.

7 Jul 2022 · Cabinet Office

Cammell Laird: Strikes

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department holds documents on the 1984 Camell Laird dispute; and whether he will make a statement.

6 Jul 2022 · Treasury

Social Security Benefits: Russia

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HM Revenue and Customs is taking steps to prevent benefits payments made to a UK bank account from transfer into a Russian bank account.

6 Jul 2022 · Treasury

Social Security Benefits: Russia

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information his Department holds on whether any benefits payments the Government has made in the last 12 months into a UK bank account have then been transferred into a Russian bank account.

6 Jul 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on how many occasions her Department has continued to pay other benefits to people who have had their Child Maintenance Service payments ended as a result of information gained from the Central Informat

6 Jul 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Russia

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department is taking steps to prevent benefit payments made to a UK bank account from transfer into a Russian bank account.

6 Jul 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Russia

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether any benefit payments made by her Department into a UK bank account have been transferred into a Russian bank account in the last six months.

5 Jul 2022 · Home Office

Visas: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made on processing the visa applications for family members of the constituent of the hon. Member for Harrow West, reference GT52722; and if she will make a statement.

5 Jul 2022 · Home Office

Visas: India

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average waiting time was for a Standard Visitor visa application to be processed for applicants from Mumbai in the latest period for which data is available; whether her Department is taking

1 Jul 2022 · Home Office

Passports: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what further support she plans to put in place to provide responses to the large number of constituent enquiries that hon. Members and their staff are making via the Home Office hub in Westminster as

1 Jul 2022 · Home Office

Passports: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff in her Department have been (a) redeployed and (b) hired since March 2022 to alleviate delays in processing passport applications; and if she will make a statement.

1 Jul 2022 · Home Office

Passports: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to (a) recruit more staff, (b) offer more upgrade appointments, (c) increase the responsiveness of the helpline for hon. Members and (d) put in place other resources to mitigate dela

30 Jun 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Kuwait: Religious Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her Kuwaiti counterpart on (a) the rights of Shia Muslims in Kuwait and (b) the Government's assessment of the legality of sentences against

30 Jun 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Kuwait: Detainees

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made representations to the Government of Kuwait on the imprisonment in absentia of the Kuwaiti Shia dissident Mohamad al-Mail; and if she will make a stateme

29 Jun 2022 · Department for International Trade

Trade Agreements: India

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what estimate she has made of when text based negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement between the UK and India will take place; and if she will make a statement.

24 Jun 2022 · Home Office

Refugees: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to allow Ukrainian refugees who travelled to the UK through the Ukraine Family Scheme following the Russian invasion to transfer to the Homes for Ukraine scheme so they

24 Jun 2022 · Department for International Trade

Trade Agreements: Australia

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will publish representations she has received on the level of protection for personal information in digital trade between the UK and Australia following publication of the UK-Australia and UK-

23 Jun 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Trade Agreements: Australia

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of adopting the UNICTRAL Model Law 2017 for UK-Australia trade; and if she will make a statement.

23 Jun 2022 · Department for International Trade

Trade Agreements: Australia and New Zealand

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether she received advice from the Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum on trade negotiations with (a) Australia and (b) New Zealand; and if she will make a statement.

14 Jun 2022 · Department for International Trade

Developing Countries Trading Scheme: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether her Department's proposed Developing Countries Trading Scheme will include (a) equivalent or (b) improved human rights protections in comparison to the Generalised Scheme of Preferences; and i

14 Jun 2022 · Department for International Trade

Developing Countries Trading Scheme: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether her Department plans to include human rights safeguards in its proposed Developing Countries Trading Scheme; and if she will make statement.

9 Jun 2022 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of holiday flights cancelled in an average year out of (a) Manchester, (b) Stanstead, (c) Gatwick and (d) Heathrow airport; and if he will make a statement.

9 Jun 2022 · Department for Transport

Aviation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of flights cancelled by each airline operating out of (a) Manchester, (b) Gatwick, (c) Stanstead and (d) Heathrow airport during the period from 26 May to 7 June 2022; an

9 Jun 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Offenders: Deportation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's press release, Plan to reform Human Rights Act, published 14 December 2021, which states that if he will provide the (a) source, (b) method by which the information was obtained

8 Jun 2022 · Department for Transport

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to help ensure that the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency webchat facility is always available to the public; and if he will make a statement.

8 Jun 2022 · Department for Transport

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Telephone Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will make an estimate of the average time it took to answer calls to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency contact centre in the last 12 months; whether he plans to take steps to reduce call

1 Jun 2022 · Department for International Trade

TRIPS Agreement

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment she has made of the (a) outcome of the most recent discussion at the World Trade Organisation on a comprehensive temporary waiver on the provisions of the Trade-Related Intellectual Pr

1 Jun 2022 · Treasury

Housing: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) a VAT exemption for materials purchased for mandatory fire safety repairs for residential buildings and (b) making VAT recoverable on materials purchased

30 May 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Social Rented Housing: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing financial support to not-for-profit social housing providers to assist with the funding of mandatory fire safet

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