Written questions

1,054 written questions tabled, most recent first.

23 Jan 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many people live in tower blocks which have been declared unsafe after failing fire safety safety tests.

23 Jan 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what funding his Department is providing for essential fire safety work in tower blocks identified as unsafe due to flammable cladding.

22 Jan 2018 · Department for Education

Office for Students: Public Appointments

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what consideration she gave to appointing a representative of the National Union of Students to the board of the Office of Students; and for what reasons she decided against doing so.

22 Jan 2018 · Home Office

Police: Emergency Calls

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure operational efficiency at call centres handling 999 calls to the police which will enable resources to be dispatched quickly and without delay.

17 Jan 2018 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

BBC: Legal Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what information he holds on the amount and proportion of monies from the public purse received by the BBC which it has spent on legal fees and out of court settlements and associated co

17 Jan 2018 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: Bank Services

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the ICIBI annual report 2016 to 2017, published on 13 July 2017, what plans she has to improve the accuracy of the data in her Department's disqualified persons list.

17 Jan 2018 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the second report of the Home Affairs Committee, Immigration policy: basis for building consensus, published on 15 January 2018, HC 500, what assessment she has made of the accuracy

17 Jan 2018 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the second report of the Home Affairs Committee, Immigration policy: basis for building consensus, published on 15 January 2018, HC 500, what plans she has to re-evaluate the hostile

17 Jan 2018 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the second report of the Home Affairs Committee, Immigration policy: basis for building consensus, published on 15 January 2018, HC 500, what steps her Department plans to take to pu

17 Jan 2018 · Home Office

Immigration

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what impact assessments were carried out ahead of the proposed 22.5 per cent fee increase for leave to remain applications.

17 Jan 2018 · Home Office

Immigration

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much it costs her Department to process a leave to remain application; how many such applications it has processed in each of the last five years; and how much revenue has been generated from fees

17 Jan 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to his letter to the hon. Member for Tottenham of 9 January 2018, when he is planning to review the effect of upfront charging in the NHS and extending charges to out-of-hospital care and

17 Jan 2018 · Department for Education

Office for Students

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that students' views are represented on the board of the Office for Students.

17 Jan 2018 · Cabinet Office

Ethnic Groups: Equality

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what resources he has dedicated to working on the Government's policy response to the findings of the race disparity audit, published on 10 October 2017.

17 Jan 2018 · Cabinet Office

Ethnic Groups: Equality

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to address the disparities and inequalities revealed by the race disparity audit, published on 10 October 2017.

8 Jan 2018 · Department for Education

Office for Students

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what consideration was given to statements on the public record made by candidates and the effect of those statements on the (a) operation and (b) standing of the Office for Students during the recruitment proc

8 Jan 2018 · Department for Education

Office for Students

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria were used to assess the suitability of candidates for the board of the Office for Students.

8 Jan 2018 · Department for Education

Office for Students

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many candidates were (a) considered, (b) shortlisted and (c) interviewed for positions on the board of the Office for Students; and if she will make a statement.

15 Dec 2017 · HM Treasury

Children: Day Care

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of the replacement of Childcare Vouchers with Tax-free Childcare on basic rate tax payers with child-care costs of £4000 or less per annum.

15 Dec 2017 · HM Treasury

Children: Day Care

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what reports he has received on the number of people who have experienced technical problems with the Childcare Service site in accessing Tax-Free Childcare.

15 Dec 2017 · HM Treasury

Children: Day Care

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to provide support to parents who benefit from the Childcare Voucher scheme but who are not eligible for the Tax-Free Childcare scheme.

15 Dec 2017 · HM Treasury

Children: Day Care

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of parents under the Childcare Voucher scheme who will not be eligible for Tax-Free Childcare.

1 Dec 2017 · Home Office

Knives: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce knife crime

30 Nov 2017 · Home Office

Drugs: Organised Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle the (a) organised crime, (b) gang activity and (c) drug dealing across county operating across county boundaries.

30 Nov 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Turkey: Freedom of Expression

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his counterpart in Turkey on repression of independent media and the right to free speech in that country.

29 Nov 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Libya: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his Libyan counterpart on reports of gross human rights abuses, human trafficking and slavery involving migrants in that country.

28 Nov 2017 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: Private Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many households have been subject to landlords' immigration checks in each year since 2014.

28 Nov 2017 · Home Office

Migrants: Private Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the effect of landlords' rights to immigration checks on discrimination and anti-immigrant sentiment.

28 Nov 2017 · Home Office

Migrants: Private Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect of landlords' right to immigration checks on the ability of immigrant families to secure accommodation.

28 Nov 2017 · Department of Health

Health Services: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on how many occasions information regarding the immigration status of NHS patients has been shared with the Home Office in each year since 2010.

Source: official written-questions record.