Written questions

Priti Patel

1,155 written questions tabled, most recent first.

11 Jul 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Accommodation Centres

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will place in the Library the dispersal plans for each of the asylum accommodation centres announced on 29 March 2023; and if she will provide details on which local authorities asylum seekers

11 Jul 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Temporary Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Statement made by the Minister for Immigration on 29 March 2023, Official Report, column 1017, what recent progress her Department has made on establishing sites at which asylum

26 Jun 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: MOD Wethersfield

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has for undertaking age verification checks for asylum seekers to be accommodated at the MOD Wethersfield site; and if she will publish details of the age verification process.

26 Jun 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: MOD Wethersfield

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to paragraph 1(b) of Class Q on development by the Crown relating to an emergency in Part 19 of Schedule 2 to the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Ord

26 Jun 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: MOD Wethersfield

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to provide (a) local authorities, (b) police and (c) NHS services in Essex details of the funding they will receive in connection with the use of the MOD Wethersfield site for asylum ac

20 Jun 2023 · Ministry of Defence

Veterans: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps Veterans UK is taking to support veterans into employment.

7 Jun 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: MOD Wethersfield

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether additional funding will be provided to (a) local authorities, (b) the NHS and (c) the police in connection with the operation of the Wethersfield asylum site.

6 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of (a) the continued impact of covid-19 on people at higher risk of ill health through contracting covid-19 and (b) the risks such people continue to face from c

6 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Preventive Medicine

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will review the adequacy of processes to expedite new preventative treatments for covid-19 in order to support people who are at higher risk of ill health through contracting that disease.

6 Jun 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Leasehold: Service Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what action he is taking to help support leaseholders to contest charges levied by property management companies.

6 Jun 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Land: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the performance standards of HM Land Registry in providing the service for the registration of land for the first time.

6 Jun 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Land

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to protect agricultural land from development that reduces the availability of land for food production.

6 Jun 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food: Exports

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to support food producers from (a) Essex and (b) the UK to increase exports of produce.

6 Jun 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: MOD Wethersfield

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Wethersfield site being used as asylum accommodation on local services.

6 Jun 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: MOD Wethersfield

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what detailed (a) health and (b) security checks and screening processes will be in place before persons are located to the Wethersfield site.

6 Jun 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: MOD Wethersfield

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the annual cost to the public purse of (a) setting up and (b) running the Wethersfield asylum site.

6 Jun 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: MOD Wethersfield

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date she expects the Wethersfield asylum site to (a) start receiving asylum seekers and (b) cease to be used as asylum accommodation.

14 Apr 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Avian Influenza: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing compensation to businesses that can demonstrate that they have (a) been unable to trade as normal and (b) had th

14 Apr 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Control: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which flood alleviation schemes her Department has provided funding to in (a) full and (b) part in the latest period for which data is available; what the total cost is of each scheme;

14 Apr 2023 · Department for Transport

Roads: Litter

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to help improve the collection of litter from trunk roads.

14 Apr 2023 · Department for Transport

Roads: Litter

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his policy is on the frequency with which trunk roads should be cleared of litter.

14 Apr 2023 · Department for Transport

Roads: Litter

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance his Department has issued to National Highways to support local authorities in clearing trunk roads of litter.

14 Apr 2023 · Department for Transport

Roads: Litter

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of local authorities in discharging their responsibilities under Section 89 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 to keep trunk roads clear of litter.

14 Apr 2023 · Department for Transport

Roads: Litter

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria his Department uses to classify a trunk road as special for the purposes of holding responsibilities to keep the highway clear of litter under Section 89 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990;