Written questions

1,507 written questions tabled, most recent first.

10 Jul 2019 · Home Office

Prostitution

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July to Question 269826, what data his Department collects on the number of sexually exploited people supported by his Department to exit prostitution.

3 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Criminal Injuries Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether a cap is placed on compensation for lost earnings paid as part of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme.

3 Jul 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what account is taken of income from compensation payments under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme in disability benefit calculations.

3 Jul 2019 · Women and Equalities

Assistance Animals

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her Department's policies of the recommendations in the report by the charity Guide Dogs entitled, Access denied: a report into the frequency and impact o

2 Jul 2019 · Women and Equalities

Assistance Animals

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will take steps to amend the definition for assistance dog to ensure that it applies to the Equality Act 2010.

2 Jul 2019 · Women and Equalities

Assistance Animals

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the Equality Act 2010 in relation to assistance dogs.

2 Jul 2019 · Women and Equalities

Assistance Animals

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the Equality Act 2010, what steps the Government is taking to inform businesses and the service sector of the rights of assistance dogs.

26 Jun 2019 · Home Office

Prostitution

To ask the Secretary of State for Home Department, what steps he has taken to commission specialist services that aim to support women to exit prostitution and enter the workplace.

26 Jun 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobcentres: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training and guidance her Department provides to Jobcentre Plus Work Coaches and other staff in her Department on (a) the specific vulnerabilities of women at risk of, or experiencing, sexual explo

19 Jun 2019 · Home Office

Slavery: Victim Support Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the six local authorities where National Referral Mechanism pilots are taking place are offering access to (a) English-language learning and (b) provision with specialist, non-statutory se

19 Jun 2019 · Home Office

Human Trafficking: Victim Support Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the ability of survivors of trafficking who enter the National Referral Mechanism with little or no English language proficiency to learn sufficient English in 45 days t

19 Jun 2019 · Home Office

Slavery: Victim Support Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of people that re-enter the National Referral Mechanism having been re-trafficked cannot communicate in English.

19 Jun 2019 · Home Office

Slavery: Victim Support Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of people entering the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) are offered English language learning as part of their package of move-on support; and whether that support is provided by (a)

19 Jun 2019 · Home Office

Slavery: Victim Support Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of people entering the national referral mechanism in England that require translation support in the last 12 months.

4 Jun 2019 · Department for Transport

Taxis: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he has taken stop private hire cab drivers operating in areas in which they do not have a licence.

3 Jun 2019 · Department for Transport

Taxis: Offences against Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to reduce the risk of child sexual abuse in the taxi and private hire sector.

8 May 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much money was accrued to the public purse under the pharmaceutical price regulation scheme and (b) what proportion of that money was allocated to clinical commissioning groups between 2014 and

27 Mar 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Brunei: LGBT+ People

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he has taken to ensure that the UK meet its special responsibility to address laws discriminating against LGBT people in the Commonwealth with specific reference to Brunei.

27 Mar 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Brunei: LGBT+ People

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Government of Brunei on whipping and stoning to death being added to punishments potentially facing LGBT+ people in that country if they are found

11 Mar 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Sexual Offences: Victim Support Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of their budget CCGs have spent on therapeutic services for survivors of sexual abuse.

11 Mar 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Sexual Offences: Victim Support Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of CCGs in commissioning therapeutic services for survivors of sexual abuse.

6 Mar 2019 · Department for International Development

Developing Countries: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is planning to take to implement her Department's Youth Agenda, published in April 2016.

6 Mar 2019 · Department for International Development

Developing Countries: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress her Department has made on implementing its Youth Agenda, published in April 2016.

6 Mar 2019 · Attorney General

Offences against Children: Plea Bargaining

To ask the Attorney General, in how many cases prosecuted under sections (a) 5 to 9, (b) 16 and (c) 25 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 the CPS accepted a defendant's guilty plea to lesser charges in 2017.

6 Mar 2019 · Attorney General

Offences against Children: Plea Bargaining

To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of prosecutions for child sexual abuse involved the CPS accepting a defendant's guilty plea to lesser charges in 2017.

27 Feb 2019 · Home Office

Offences against Children: Victims

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the cost to the individual of becoming a victim of childhood sexual abuse.

26 Feb 2019 · Attorney General

Offences against Children: Plea Bargaining

To ask the Attorney General, how many plea bargains were (a) offered to and (b) accepted by defendants prosecuted under sections 5-9, section 16 and section 25 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 in 2017.

26 Feb 2019 · Attorney General

Offences against Children: Plea Bargaining

To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of prosecutions for child sexual abuse involved a defendant who accepted charges prior to trial due to a plea bargain initiated by the CPS in 2017.

26 Feb 2019 · Home Office

Independent Sexual Violence Advisers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has targets for the number of independent sexual violence advisers in England and Wales per head of the population; and if he will make a statement.

26 Feb 2019 · Home Office

Independent Sexual Violence Advisers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many independent sexual violence advisers there are in each region of England and Wales.

Source: official written-questions record.