Written questions
1,190 written questions tabled, most recent first.
22 May 2018 · Cabinet Office
British Nationality
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) British subjects and (b) British protected persons are currently resident in the UK.
22 May 2018 · Home Office
Detainees: Compensation
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the minimum compensation payment made was to an individual wrongly detained by the Home Office in each of the last three years.
21 May 2018 · Department for International Development
Somaliland: Storms
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to support the people and Government of Somaliland in the aftermath of Cyclone Sagar.
21 May 2018 · Home Office
Detainees: Compensation
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the maximum compensation made to a person wrongly detained by the Home Office was in each of the last three years.
21 May 2018 · Home Office
Home Office: Telephone Services
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) phone calls and (b) other inquiries the Windrush taskforce has received from outside the UK, by country, to date.
21 May 2018 · Home Office
Immigration: Biometrics
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the average waiting time for the issuing a biometric permit by immigration status.
21 May 2018 · Home Office
Windrush Generation: Biometrics
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of new biometric permits that have been issued to people from the Windrush generation to date.
21 May 2018 · Home Office
Immigration: Windrush Generation
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average wait time is for (a) appointments and (b) final decision for Windrush cases at each of the Home Office premium service location.
18 May 2018 · Home Office
Detainees: Compensation
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average compensation payment was to people wrongly detained by the Home Office in each of the last three years.
18 May 2018 · Home Office
Home Office: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff from the Home Office in Liverpool have been transferred to work on the Windrush taskforce in another Home Office location; and what each of those locations is.
18 May 2018 · Home Office
Home Office: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the limits for (a) overnight accommodation, (b) travel expenses and (c) per diem entitlements are for staff on the Windrush taskforce who have been redeployed from their normal place of work.
18 May 2018 · Home Office
Home Office: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the overtime accrued by staff in his Department working on the Windrush task force in each of the last four weeks.
18 May 2018 · Home Office
Home Office: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff in his Department have been transferred to work on the Windrush task force by (a) team, (b) geographic workplace location and (c) grade.
14 May 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Hinkley Point C Power Station
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether (a) he, (b) Ministers and (c) officials of his Department have discussed the relocation of sediment from the Hinkley C project site to Cardiff Grounds with (a) the Welsh Govern
14 May 2018 · Department for Transport
Great Western Railway: Rolling Stock
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what testing period was agreed with Hitachi for the new rolling stock for Great Western Railway.
14 May 2018 · Home Office
Passports: Armed Forces
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people born outside of the UK to active UK armed forces personnel from 1970 to 2016 were (a) issued British passports and (b) denied British passports at first application in (i) 2016, (ii) 2
14 May 2018 · Home Office
Ports: Wales
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many additional (a) Border Force personnel and (b) customs officials the Government plans to assign to Welsh ports of entry in (i) 2018, (ii) 2019 and (iii) 2020.
14 May 2018 · Home Office
Passports
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passports were wrongly issued and subsequently cancelled or suspended in the last year.
2 May 2018 · Home Office
Home Office: Senior Civil Servants
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the performance related bonuses paid to senior civil servants in his Department by grade and in each of the last six years; and what were the justifications for each of those payments.
2 May 2018 · Home Office
Home Office: Complaints
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints his Department received relating to the (a) loss of passports (b) loss of identity documents and (c) issuance of incorrect biometric permits in each of the last six years.
2 May 2018 · Home Office
Passports
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passports were issued in error and subsequently cancelled or superseded by his Department in each of the last six years.
2 May 2018 · Home Office
Undocumented Migrants: Deportation
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he plans to abolish net targets for the removal of illegal migrants at (a) national and (b) regional level.
2 May 2018 · Home Office
Immigration
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been wrongfully (a) detained, (b) deported, (c) denied British citizenship and (d) denied a passport on application in each of the last six years.
23 Apr 2018 · Home Office
Immigration: Windrush Generation
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many inquiries about issues relating to the immigration status of members of the Windrush generation have been received by her Department (a) on the Windrush helpline and (b) from people in Wales
23 Apr 2018 · Department for Transport
Great Western Main Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to support commuters on the Great Western line who will be affected by planned closures and alterations to services in summer 2018.
23 Apr 2018 · Department for International Development
Somaliland: Overseas Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much aid her Department provided aid to Somaliland which was delivered by multilateral agencies in each of the last three years.
23 Apr 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Somaliland: Diplomatic Service
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing enhanced consular services in Hargeisa, Somaliland.
23 Apr 2018 · Ministry of Justice
Solicitors: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with the Solicitors Regulation Authority on the conduct of Blackstones and BW Legal in their work on behalf of private parking companies.
6 Mar 2018 · Treasury
Business Premises: Tax Allowances
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value was of reliefs provided under the Business Premises Renovation Allowance scheme in each of the 24 months prior to its closure in April 2017.
5 Mar 2018 · Treasury
Signature Living: Tax Allowances
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many claims for relief under the Business Premises Renovation Allowance scheme were granted to Signature Living Ltd in (a) 2015-16 (b) 2016-17; and what the value of each of those claims was.
Source: official written-questions record.