Dame Chi Onwurah

15 Sep 2021 · Home Office

Asylum: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the accommodation for refugees and asylum seekers arriving from Afghanistan.

15 Sep 2021 · Home Office

Asylum: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to process the claims of Afghan asylum seekers and refugees who have been waiting for more than six months for a decision on their applications.

15 Sep 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Afghanistan: Repatriation

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions her predecessor had with his counterparts in Pakistan and other neighbouring countries to establish safe routes out of Afghanistan, prior to August 2021.

15 Sep 2021 · Home Office

Afghanistan: Immigration

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) funding and (b) staff resources have been allocated to the 44 (0)2475 389980 number for non-UK passport holders in Afghanistan since it opened.

15 Sep 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

OneWeb: Satellites

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has for Oneweb to provide the UK’s own sovereign satellite navigation system; and what assessment he has made of the adequacy of a low-earth orbit system to provide

15 Sep 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with Ofcom on progress towards securing cheaper broadband tariffs for low income households.

14 Sep 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Resettlement: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will set out the eligibility criteria for resettlement under the (a) Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy and (b) Afghan citizens resettlement programme; when the Afghan citizens resettlement programme

14 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on defining a national access and waiting times standard for child and adolescent mental health services.

14 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of children referred to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) by (a) Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust and (b) Cumbria Northumberland Tyne and Wear

14 Sep 2021 · Women and Equalities

Biometrics: Equality

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the Centre for Data and Ethics Investigations report of November 2020, Review into bias in Algorithmic Decision-making, what steps the Government has taken to clarify the Equality Act respons

14 Sep 2021 · Women and Equalities

Biometrics: Equality

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Centre for Data and Ethics Investigations report of November 2020, Review into bias in Algorithmic decision-making, what steps the Government has taken to develop cross-cutting guidance on the

14 Sep 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Artificial Intelligence: Competition and Consumers

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions his Department has had with the (a) Equality and Human Rights Commission and (b) Information Commissioner’s Office on the publications of the CMA’s report, Algori

14 Sep 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Made Smarter: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to maximise the awareness of the Made Smarter Adoption North East scheme among SMEs in the manufacturing sector; and what progress he has made on establish

14 Sep 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Made Smarter: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much funding will be allocated to the Made Smarter Adoption North East scheme; and how many (a) small and (b) medium sized businesses that scheme will support.

14 Sep 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Post Office: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to help protect the income of postmasters under the pay structure of the new Mails Distribution Agreement, due to come into effect on 1 April 2022.

14 Sep 2021 · Department for Education

Education: Digital Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to (a) promote digital education in secondary schools and (b) embed digital skills across all subject areas within formal education.

14 Sep 2021 · Department for Education

Students: Finance

19. To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of how many students have been rejected for student finance in the 2021-22 applications due to not meeting the three year ordinary residency criteria; and what steps his Department

14 Sep 2021 · Department for Education

Free School Meals

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that schools receiving pupil premium are not adversely affected by the administrative change of calculations based on Free School Meals eligibility in October rather than Janua

14 Sep 2021 · Department for Education

Students: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress the Government has made on introducing a Takaful-based university fee funding structure.

14 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to include young people in efforts to tackle the mental health challenges for young people, which have been exacerbated by the covid-19 outbreak.

14 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health and Suicide: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of the covid-19 outbreak and associated lockdowns on the (a) mental health and (b) suicide rates of young people.

14 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Records: Data Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June 2021 to Question 10377 on Medical Records: Data Protection, what proportion of the registered addresses for the organisations with which his Department shares NHS

14 Sep 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Broadband

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the recommendations from the Institute for Public Policy Research of September 2021, to include the cost of broadband in (a) social s

14 Sep 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Help to Grow Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the value for money for the taxpayer in the Help To Grow Digital programme; and what steps he has taken to help ensure that the suppliers of the tec

14 Sep 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Help to Grow Schemes: Digital Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the benefits to business of the digital technology provided in the Help to Grow Digital programme; and what steps his Department is taking to commun

13 Sep 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Help to Grow Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what criteria he plans to use to assess the effectiveness of the Help to Grow scheme; and whether those criteria include regional targets.

13 Sep 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Help to Grow Schemes: Marketing

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the marketing costs are for the Help to Grow scheme; and from what budget those costs have been met.

13 Sep 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Help to Grow Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many (a) small and (b) medium sized businesses will be helped by the Help to Grow scheme.

13 Sep 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Help to Grow Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much funding has been disbursed under the Help to Grow scheme to date; and how much will be disbursed in total.

8 Sep 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Courier Services: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the application of consumer protection regulations to couriers' disbursement fees; and what discussions he has had with representati