Written questions

1,190 written questions tabled, most recent first.

24 Jan 2019 · Department for International Development

Somaliland: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department is providing to the House of Representatives of Somaliland to ensure that the planned 2019 Somaliland parliamentary elections take place.

24 Jan 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Chechnya: LGBT+ People

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Russian counterpart on the ongoing persecution of LGBT+ individuals in Chechnya.

24 Jan 2019 · Home Office

Slavery: Victims

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions he has had with Police and Crime Commissioners across the country on protecting the rights of victims of modern slavery against criminal conviction.

23 Jan 2019 · Home Office

Modern Slavery Act 2015: Convictions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he has taken to improve the process of securing a conviction under the Modern Slavery Act 2015.

23 Jan 2019 · Home Office

Asylum: Chechnya

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department has taken to expediate asylum claims by LGBT+ people fleeing persecution in Chechnya.

23 Jan 2019 · Home Office

Asylum: Chechnya

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum claims his Department has received from LGBT+ people fleeing persecution in Chechnya in each year since 2015.

19 Dec 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of mixed-age couples who have been negatively affected by changes to universal credit.

19 Dec 2018 · Department for International Development

UNAIDS

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the Report on the work of the Independent Expert Panel on prevention of and response to harassment, including sexual harassment, bullying and abuse of power at UNAIDS Secretari

19 Dec 2018 · Home Office

Asylum: Interviews

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many occasions his Department has invited home-country officials to interview asylum seekers; and what the nationality of those officials was in each year since 2010.

6 Dec 2018 · Home Office

Immigration: EU Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to plan for processing new residence documents as outlined in Article 18 of the EU Withdrawal Agreement.

6 Dec 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: South Glamorgan

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Cardiff and (b) Vale of Glamorgan have made successful claims for underpayments of universal credit since the beginning of the roll-out; and what the average value is of each such

6 Dec 2018 · Home Office

Asylum: Cardiff South and Penarth

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers (a) with children and (b) without children resided in the Cardiff South and Penarth constituency and were subsequently held in detention centres each year since 2010.

4 Dec 2018 · Home Office

Immigration

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the (a) number of (i) EU and (ii) EEA nationals that will have the right to reside permanently in the UK; and (b) number UK citizens that will have the right to reside per

4 Dec 2018 · Home Office

Immigration: EEA Nationals and EU Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what procedures his Department have established to ensure the accurate calculation of the length of time that (a) non-UK EU and (b) EEA nationals have continuously and lawfully lived in the UK.

4 Dec 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Sign Language

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Department's response to the consultation entitled, Market review of British Sign Language and communications provision for people who are deaf or have hearing loss, published in J

4 Dec 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Sign Language: Public Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Department's response to the consultation entitled, Market review of British Sign Language and communications provision for people who are deaf or have hearing loss, published in J

4 Dec 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Sign Language

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Department's response to the consultation entitled, Market review of British Sign Language and communications provision for people who are deaf or have hearing loss, published in J

26 Nov 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Iran: Detainees

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many UK dual nationals have been detained in Iran in each year since 2010.

26 Nov 2018 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Proscribed Organisations and Radicalism

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the British armed forces have been (a) subject to service discipline at any level, (b) dismissed and (c) prosecuted for having links to far-right extremist groups or proscribed organisations.

26 Nov 2018 · Home Office

Asylum: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many local authorities have signed up to participate in the asylum dispersal scheme but have not had accommodation procured within their boundaries in each year since 2010.

26 Nov 2018 · Home Office

Proscribed Organisations: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on the responsibility of social media and internet companies to proactively search for content prom

26 Nov 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to the public purse has been of correcting underpayments for universal credit to date; and what proportion of the Government’s total expenditure on universal credit has been spent on meeti

22 Nov 2018 · Department for International Development

Development Aid: Fossil Fuels

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much and what proportion of Official Development Assistance funding has been allocated to fossil fuel projects in each year since 2010.

22 Nov 2018 · Department for International Development

Burma: Rohingya

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent steps her Department has taking to tackle gender-based violence against Rohingya women and girls.

22 Nov 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Sexual Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of funding available for the UN Trust Fund for victims of sexual violence; and for what reason the UK has not contributed to that fund.

22 Nov 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Bangladesh: Sexual Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many UK sexual violence experts are currently deployed in refugee camps in Bangladesh.

22 Nov 2018 · Home Office

Police

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish the technical advice his Department has issued to Chief Constables on the effect on policing and security cooperation in the the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal; and

31 Oct 2018 · Department for Transport

Speed Limits

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions his Department has had since 2014 with (a) Atkins, (b) Aecom and (c) Professor Mike Maher on the research it commissioned on the effectiveness of 20mph speed limit (signed only) schemes.

31 Oct 2018 · Department for Transport

Speed Limits

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons the Atkins report on the effectiveness of 20mph speed limit (signed only) schemes has not yet been published.

31 Oct 2018 · Department for Transport

Speed Limits

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2017 to Question 120798 on Speed Limits, when he plans to publish the final Atkins report on 20mph limit (signed only) zones; and if he will make a statement.

Source: official written-questions record.