Written questions

1,054 written questions tabled, most recent first.

13 Apr 2018 · Home Office

Visas: Politically Exposed Persons

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many politically exposed persons were successful under the Tier 1 Investor Visa scheme between 2008 and Q1 2015.

13 Apr 2018 · Home Office

Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much in total was invested in the UK under the Tier 1 Investor Visa scheme between 2008 and Q1 2015.

13 Apr 2018 · Home Office

Torture

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to (a) publish torture guidance protocols and (b) consult (i) human rights organisations and (ii) others on protocols and guidelines relating to the torture of detainees.

22 Mar 2018 · Department for Exiting the European Union

Department for Exiting the European Union: Secondment

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many staff of his Department are seconded from consultancy firms and other third party organisations; and what the cost to the public purse is of those secondments.

22 Mar 2018 · Department for International Development

Syria: Overseas Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to support people fleeing Eastern Ghoutta; and will she make a statement.

22 Mar 2018 · Department for International Development

Syria: International Assistance

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions her Department has had with organisations that work directly on the ground in Syria to support civilians in Eastern Ghouta.

21 Mar 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Foreign Companies: Property

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether any part of the draft Bill for a public register of the beneficial owners of overseas companies that own or buy UK property or bid for UK Government contracts is still to

21 Mar 2018 · Treasury

Money Laundering

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to prevent UK-registered companies being used in money laundering schemes.

21 Mar 2018 · Treasury

Money Laundering

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government is taking steps to ensure that all Trust and Company Service Providers setting up companies in the UK are overseen by an anti-money laundering supervisor; and if he will make a statement.

21 Mar 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

British Overseas Territories: Companies

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the review of beneficial ownership information sharing arrangements with the Overseas Territories will be complete; and whether he plans to publish it.

21 Mar 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Foreign Companies: Property

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he will publish the results of his call for evidence on a public register of the beneficial owners of overseas companies that own or buy UK property or bid for UK Government

19 Mar 2018 · Home Office

Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre: Mobile Phones

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the quality of mobile phone coverage at Yarl's Wood immigration detention centre.

19 Mar 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Energy: Meters

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the electromagnetic fields produced by smart meters are within the guidelines exposure levels set by his Department.

19 Mar 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water: Meters

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of households that use less than the average amount of water whose bills will increase as a result of the installation of a smart meter.

15 Mar 2018 · Home Office

Migrants: Detainees

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of people who have been unlawfully detained in immigration centres for (a) 1 week, (b) 1 month, (c) 3 months, (d) 6 months and (e) 1 year or more.

15 Mar 2018 · Home Office

Police National Database

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who have not been convicted of a criminal offence are recorded on the Police National Database.

15 Mar 2018 · Home Office

Police: Biometrics

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential for bias against people on the basis of (a) gender and (b) ethnicity of the automated facial recognition software used by the (i) Metropolitan

15 Mar 2018 · Home Office

Home Office: Secondment

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many full time equivalent MP account management staff are on secondment to her Department; and what the cost is to the public purse of those secondments.

15 Mar 2018 · Home Office

Migrants: Detainees

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 12 March 2018 to Question 131413, whether her Department requested legal advice on the legality of threatening accelerated deportation to detainees on hunger strike in immigr

15 Mar 2018 · Home Office

Asylum: Detainees

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 12 March 2018 to Question 131413, what assessment she has made of the legality of threats of expedited deportation and the compatibility of such threats with human rights and

15 Mar 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on how many occasions people resident in the UK for (a) 10 years, (b) 20 years, (c) 30 years and (d) 40 years have been refused access to healthcare as a result of disputed immigration status.

14 Mar 2018 · Home Office

Police: Biometrics

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the policy to enable individuals who did not receive a criminal conviction to request the deletion of their custody images from the National Police

14 Mar 2018 · Home Office

Police: Biometrics

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of people from each ethnic group have a custody image on the Police National Database.

13 Mar 2018 · Home Office

Notting Hill Carnival: Biometrics

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) white, (b) black, (c) Asian and (d) mixed race individuals were on the automated facial recognition watchlist for Notting Hill carnival in 2017.

13 Mar 2018 · Home Office

Notting Hill Carnival: Biometrics

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the operational justification for the decision made for the Metropolitan Police to use automated facial recognition at Notting Hill Carnival in 2016 and 2017.

13 Mar 2018 · Home Office

Notting Hill Carnival: Biometrics

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she received prior to the decision of the Metropolitan Police to use automated facial recognition at Notting Hill Carnival in 2016 and 2017.

13 Mar 2018 · Home Office

Immigration

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to increase the proportion of (a) leave to remain, (b) indefinite leave to remain and (c) naturalisation applications processed within her Department's service standards.

13 Mar 2018 · Home Office

Asylum: Accommodation Centres

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 2 March 2018 to Question 129628, how many financial reductions have been applied and at what total cost to providers as a result of inspected asylum accommodation not meeting

13 Mar 2018 · Home Office

Asylum: Accommodation Centres

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 2 March to Question 129628, what the strict time limits are on resolving defects where inspected asylum accommodation does not meet the required standards.

13 Mar 2018 · Home Office

Asylum: Accommodation Centres

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 2 March to Question 129628, what the strict time limits are on resolving defects where inspected asylum accommodation do not meet the required standards.

Source: official written-questions record.