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.