Written questions

738 written questions tabled, most recent first.

31 Oct 2022 · Home Office

Migrants: Albania

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate with Cabinet colleagues of the total cost of providing housing for Albanian migrants in each of the last five years.

31 Oct 2022 · Home Office

Migrants: Albania

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the National Crime Agency has had recent discussions with law enforcement agencies in Europe on the potential impact that Albanian migrants have had on levels of organised crime in Europe.

31 Oct 2022 · Home Office

Migrants: Albania

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions her Department has had with police forces on the potential impact of Albanian migrants on crime rates in the UK.

28 Oct 2022 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: Albania

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the arrival of illegal Albanian migrants on organised crime in the UK.

28 Oct 2022 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: Albania

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how her Department plans to return Albanian migrants who are in the UK illegally when the movements of those migrants are not limited or tracked while in the UK.

28 Oct 2022 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: Albania

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has had recent discussions with their Albanian counterparts on the return of Albanian illegal migrants to Albania.

28 Oct 2022 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: Albania

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions her Department has had with its French counterparts on the increasing number of Albanian migrants crossing the Channel.

28 Oct 2022 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: Albania

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department considers Albania to be a safe country for the return of illegal migrants.

26 Oct 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Technology: Competition

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has made an assessment with the Competition and Markets Authority of the implications for their policies of mobile phone policies that (a) remove functional

18 Oct 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Social Media: Disinformation

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the answer of 11 October to Question 53272 on Social Media: Disinformation, how many times the Counter Disinformation Unit team has referred content to social media platforms

10 Oct 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Syria: Detention Centres

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made an assessment under the Overseas Security and Justice Assistance guidance of the funding his Department provided for detention facilities in North East Sy

10 Oct 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Syria: Detention Centres

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much funding his Department will provide for detention facilities in North East Syria in the 2022-23 financial year.

10 Oct 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Syria: Detainees

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether any (a) children with UK nationality and (b) other UK nationals are being detained in facilities other than Camp Roj and Camp Al Hol in North East Syria as on 10 Octo

21 Sep 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Social Media: Disinformation

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will publish a list of the occasions when her Department's Counter Disinformation Cell has requested social media platforms remove posts from their platforms and what the grounds

20 Sep 2022 · Department for Transport

Regional Airports

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department is taking steps to help keep (a) Doncaster Sheffield Airport and (b) other regional transport hubs open.

6 Sep 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ukraine: Reconstruction

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential level of support required by Ukraine to rebuild and recover from Russia's invasion.

5 Sep 2022 · Cabinet Office

Coronavirus: Surveys

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 21 April 2022 to Question 153746, on Coronavirus: Surveys, if he will publish the timetable for sharing information on polling commissioned by the Government at the start of the covid-1

29 Jun 2022 · Home Office

Extradition: USA

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been extradited from the (a) UK to the US and (b) US to the UK in each year since 2003.

13 Jun 2022 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the nationalities of individuals attempting to illegally cross the English Channel in each month since January 2022 to date.

13 Jun 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Powers of Attorney

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of lasting power of attorney applications initiated with the Office of the Public Guardian were resolved within (a) two weeks, (b) four weeks, (c) eight weeks, (d) 12 weeks and (e) more than 12 we

13 Jun 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Powers of Attorney

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of lasting power of attorney applications initiated with the Office of the Public Guardian were resolved within (a) two weeks, (b) four weeks, (c) eight weeks, (d) 12 weeks and (e) more than 12 we

13 Jun 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Powers of Attorney

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time is for the Office of the Public Guardian to approve a lasting power of attorney.

13 Jun 2022 · Department for Transport

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of driving licence applications initiated with the DVLA were resolved within (a) two weeks, (b) four weeks, (c) eight weeks, (d) 12 weeks and (e) more than 12 weeks in the calendar year 2022.

13 Jun 2022 · Department for Transport

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of driving licence applications initiated with the DVLA were resolved within (a) two weeks, (b) four weeks, (c) eight weeks, (d) 12 weeks and (e) more than 12 weeks in each year between 2018 and

13 Jun 2022 · Department for Transport

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average time taken was for the DVLA to process a driving licence application in each of the last three years.

13 Jun 2022 · Home Office

Visas: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of visa applications initiated with UK Visas and Immigration were resolved within (a) two weeks, (b) four weeks, (c) eight weeks, (d) 12 weeks and (e) more than 12 weeks in the calenda

13 Jun 2022 · Home Office

Passports: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of passport applications initiated with the Passport Office were resolved within (a) two weeks, (b) four weeks, (c) eight weeks, (d) 12 weeks and (e) more than 12 weeks in the calendar

13 Jun 2022 · Home Office

Visas: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of visa applications initiated with UK Visas and Immigration were resolved within (a) two weeks, (b) four weeks, (c) eight weeks, (d) 12 weeks and (e) more than 12 weeks in each year b

13 Jun 2022 · Home Office

HM Passport Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of cases initiated with the Passport Office were resolved within (a) two weeks, (b) four weeks, (c) eight weeks, (d) 12 weeks and (e) more than 12 weeks in each year between 2018 and 2

13 Jun 2022 · Home Office

Visas: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time taken is for UK Visas and Immigration to process a visa application.

Source: official written-questions record.