Written questions

1,113 written questions tabled, most recent first.

4 Jun 2018 · Department for Transport

Railways: Overcrowding

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the potential effects on passenger safety of overcrowding on trains.

22 May 2018 · Home Office

Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that dependent children are included on the register of death of a parent.

22 May 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Bereavement Support Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many families have claimed bereavement support since 6 April 2017.

22 May 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Bereavement Support Payment Regulations 2017

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the savings to the Exchequer since the introduction of the Bereavement Support Payment Regulations 2017.

22 May 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Bereavement Support Payment Regulations 2017

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment the Government has made of the effectiveness of the Bereavement Support Payments Regulation 2017.

13 Mar 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Islam: Religious Hatred

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government is taking to prevent the growth of extreme anti-Muslim views in (a) print, (b) broadcast and (c) social media.

13 Mar 2018 · Home Office

Hate Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the Hate crime action plan 2016.

13 Mar 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Discrimination: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding his Department has allocated to tackle (a) Islamophobia, (b) sexual orientation discrimination and (c) antisemitism in each year since 2010.

7 Mar 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Endometriosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of classifying endometriosis as an incurable disability.

8 Feb 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Video Conferencing

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effect of virtual court processes on the court experience of defendants.

8 Feb 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Video Conferencing

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how may people have appeared in court proceedings via video link from (a) police stations and (b) prisons since 2000; and what the demographic breakdown was of the defendants involved.

8 Feb 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Video Conferencing

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps his Department has taken to increase the use of virtual courts in criminal proceedings.

1 Nov 2017 · Home Office

Crimes of Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will collect data on violent crimes that includes (a) the sex and age of the perpetrator and the victim, (b) the relationship between those people and (c) whether those crimes involve repeat vi

1 Nov 2017 · Home Office

Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what form of consultation her Department is undertaking with (a) civil society organisations and (b) academics and experts on the new definition of domestic violence and abuse to be included in the pr

1 Nov 2017 · Home Office

Crimes of Violence: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how each department responsible for the Government's Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy are contributing to her Department's development of (a) the Domestic Violence and Abuse Bill and (b) the

13 Sep 2017 · Ministry of Justice

Debt Collection

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has made an estimate of the potential number of civilian enforcement officers who will transfer to the private sector as a result of its decision to outsource the work of such officers.

13 Sep 2017 · Ministry of Justice

Debt Collection: Arrest Warrants

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment the Government has made of the ability of debt enforcement companies to fulfil the new warrants of arrest function that is being outsourced.

13 Sep 2017 · Ministry of Justice

Debt Collection

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions his Department has had with the National Police Chiefs' Council on its decision to tender the work of civilian enforcement officers.

13 Sep 2017 · Ministry of Justice

Debt Collection: Arrest Warrants

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether more than one debt enforcement company can provide the warrants of arrest function in an individual case.

15 Mar 2017 · Home Office

Migrants: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in (a) the UK and (b) Bolton South East constituency have been affected by the changes made in 2014 to the right to work rules which mean that an expired travel document with a valid v

15 Mar 2017 · Home Office

Biometric Residence Permits

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether exemptions exist for fees for biometric residence permits for people affected by changes to the right to work rules made in 2014 which mean that an expired travel document with a valid visa is

14 Mar 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobcentres: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobcentres were closed in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16.

14 Mar 2017 · Ministry of Justice

Police Custody: Courts

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many custody suites in courts were closed in 2015-16.

14 Mar 2017 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: Mental Illness

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers were on leave of absence due to mental illness in 2015-16; and for how many days each such absence lasted.

14 Mar 2017 · Home Office

Police Custody: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many custody suites in police stations were closed in 2015-16.

7 Mar 2017 · Home Office

Police Custody: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many custody suites have been closed since 2010.

6 Mar 2017 · Home Office

Counter-terrorism

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects to publish the latest review of the Government's CONTEST strategy.

6 Mar 2017 · Home Office

Counter-terrorism

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many referrals have been made under the Prevent strategy since 2015, by (a) age, (b) gender, (c) location by region, (d) ethnicity, (e) type of referring authority and (f) type of extremism; and w

6 Mar 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Non-domestic Rates: Nurseries

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities require private day care nurseries to pay full business rates.

24 Feb 2017 · Department for Exiting the European Union

Exports: Origin Marking

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what assessment he has made of the potential costs to British manufacturers of being subject to non-preferential rules of origin on exports to the EU after the UK has left the EU.

Source: official written-questions record.