Seema Malhotra

27 Feb 2023 · Home Office

Refugees: English Language

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish (a) reports published by and (b) minutes of any meetings since January 2019 of the Migration and Border Analysis Home Office Science Group which relate to the investigation into th

27 Feb 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Publications

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his Department's policy to publish online editions of its Touchbase newsletter.

24 Feb 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Help to Grow Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the cost to the public purse was of RSM UK Consulting's independent evaluation of the Help to Grow: Digital scheme.

24 Feb 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Publications

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many subscribers there are to Touchbase; how many and what proportion of subscribers work for his Department; and what proportion of his Department's staff subscribe to Touchbase.

24 Feb 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to advertise the Recoverable Hardship Payment repayment waiver scheme to people entitled to it.

24 Feb 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications have been received as of 24 February 2023 to waive Recoverable Hardship Payment repayments issued between 1 January 2014 and 11 January 2021.

23 Feb 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason his Department is closing applications for waiving Recoverable Hardship Payment repayments between 1 January 2014 and 11 January 2021 on 19 June 2023.

23 Feb 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason the scheme for waiving recoverable hardship payment repayments only applies to payments made in the period between 1 January 2014 and 11 January 2021.

23 Feb 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department are taking steps to review internally decisions on waiving hardship payments.

23 Feb 2023 · Department for Education

English Language: Education

To the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made to the potential merits of publishing an ESOL Strategy for England.

23 Feb 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Overpayments

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 22 November 2022 to Question 88884 on Universal Credit: Overpayments, how much was waived in each of the 25 instances of a discretionary waiver being applied.

23 Feb 2023 · Home Office

Anti-social Behaviour

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for community trigger anti-social behaviour case reviews were (a) received, (b) accepted and (c) rejected in each year since 2015.

23 Feb 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Consumer Goods: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the Office for Product Safety and Standards will be responsible for enforcing the EU’s General Product Safety Regulation in Northern Ireland.

23 Feb 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Consumer Goods: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment she has made of potential effect of the EU’s proposed General Product Safety Regulation on creating a divergence in product safety between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK.

23 Feb 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the number and proportion of asylum-seekers from (a) Afghanistan, (b) Eritrea, (c) Libya, (d) Syria and (e) Yemen who are able to write English to an A2 standard in the

23 Feb 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Carbon Capture and Storage

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the findings of the report by the Climate Change Committee entitled Sixth Carbon Budget, published on 9 December 2020, on

23 Feb 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Applications

To the Secretary of State for the Home Office, if she will publish a copy of her Department's questionnaire to be completed by refugees from (a) Afghanistan, (b) Eritrea, (c) Libya, (d) Syria and (e) Yemen as an alternative to being interviewed.

23 Feb 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Carbon Capture and Storage

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what progress he has made on the Track 1 Power BECCS selection process; and he will make a statement.

22 Feb 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food Supply

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to organise a summit on food security.

22 Feb 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Afghanistan: Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 24 January 2023 to Question 126658 on Refugees: Afghanistan, when her Department began reviewing expressions of interest.

22 Feb 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Afghanistan: Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 24 January 2023 to Question 126658 on Refugees: Afghanistan, how many expressions of interest have yet to be reviewed.

22 Feb 2023 · Home Office

Refugees: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18 January 2023 to Question 126658 on Refugees: Afghanistan, if she will place in the library guidance on the security undertaken for individuals who were informed of being e

22 Feb 2023 · Home Office

Refugees: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 24 January to Question 126658 on Refugees: Afghanistan, whether the entire cohort of an applicant will be rejected if one family member fails security checks .

22 Feb 2023 · Home Office

Refugees: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to Answer of 24 January 2023 to Question 126658 on Refugees: Afghanistan, whether further individuals will be invited to apply for resettlement as a consequence of applicants being rejected d

22 Feb 2023 · Home Office

Refugees: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18 January 2023 to Question 126658, how many of the remaining places on Pathway 3 in Year one will be (a) filled and (b) carried over to Year Two.

22 Feb 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Refugees: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to Answer of 24 January 2023 to Question 126658 on Refugees: Afghanistan, how many of the 11,400 expressions of interest were rejected because of (a) ineligibility a

20 Feb 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

UK Tradeshow Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment she has made of the (a) awareness of and (b) satisfaction with the UK Tradeshow Programme among small and medium-sized enterprises.

20 Feb 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Tradeshow Access Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many small and medium-sized businesses made use of the UK Tradeshow Access Programme in each year of that programme's existence; and what was the cost of that programme in each year.

20 Feb 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Trade Promotion

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2023 to Question 134004 on Trade Promotion, when she will publish the findings of the Export Client Survey for financial years (a) 2019-20, (b) 2020-21, (c) 2021-22

20 Feb 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Help to Grow Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many businesses made use of the Help To Grow: Digital scheme during its lifespan.