Written questions
1,507 written questions tabled, most recent first.
26 Feb 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care
Social Services: Minimum Wage
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with local authorities in order to estimate the total sleep-in back pay liability for care providers.
26 Feb 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care
Social Services: Minimum Wage
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the total sleep-in back pay liability for care providers.
20 Feb 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care
Social Services: Minimum Wage
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the total sleep-in back pay liability for care providers in (a) the Rotherham constituency and (b) Rotherham Council.
20 Feb 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Kashmir: Politics and Government
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on the establishment of a mediation panel to engage with interested parties to work towards a long-term settlement of the Kashmir dispute during the Commonwealth Heads
20 Feb 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Kashmir: Politics and Government
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had on a long-term settlement of the Kashmir dispute ahead of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in April 2018.
19 Feb 2018 · Ministry of Justice
Sexual Offences: British Nationals Abroad
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times s72 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 has been invoked in each year since it gained Royal assent.
24 Jan 2018 · Home Office
Slavery
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's notice, entitled Expression of interest in providing legal services to victims of trafficking and modern slavery, published on 14 December 2017, whether the provider
24 Jan 2018 · Home Office
Slavery
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's notice, entitled Expression of interest in providing legal services to victims of trafficking and modern slavery, published on 14 December 2017, whether there will b
24 Jan 2018 · Home Office
Slavery
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's notice, entitled Expression of interest in providing legal services to victims of trafficking and modern slavery, published on 14 December 2017, what funding will be
24 Jan 2018 · Home Office
Slavery
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's notice, entitled Expression of interest in providing legal services to victims of trafficking and modern slavery, published on 14 December 2017, what steps her Depar
23 Jan 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
China: Aviation
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent representations he has made to the Government of China on its announcement on 4 January 2018 that it would activate four air routes along its southeast coast close to Taiwan’s
8 Jan 2018 · Department for International Trade
Overseas Investment: Burma
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what advice his Department gives to UK companies on investment in Burma.
8 Jan 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Burma: Rohingya
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the Government of Bangladesh on ensuring that no Rohingya refugees are forcibly returned to Burma.
8 Jan 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Burma: Rohingya
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the agreement between the Governments of Bangladesh and Burma on the ability of Rohingya refugees to return safely to Burma.
8 Jan 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Burma: Sanctions
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking on as penholder on Burma in the UN Security Council to pursue sanctions on senior military figures and businesses in Burma.
8 Jan 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Burma: Violence
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government has taken to make an assessment within the framework of international humanitarian law of the nature of the violence which is taking place in Burma.
8 Jan 2018 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Female Genital Mutilation
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps have been taken to work with faith leaders to increase the number of signatories to the declaration condemning female genital mutilation and to use that declaration to help dri
8 Jan 2018 · Home Office
Slavery
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether potential victims of trafficking who are destitute and who have consented to a referral into the National Referral Mechanism will be accommodated under the victim care contract.
8 Jan 2018 · Home Office
Slavery
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many copies of her Department's leaflet entitled Help for adult victims of Modern Slavery: Your immigration options if you’ve been trafficked into exploitation in the UK have been distributed; whe
8 Jan 2018 · Home Office
Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government has taken towards formal ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse.
8 Jan 2018 · Home Office
Female Genital Mutilation
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward proposals to hold collaborative discussions with victims and families affected by female genital mutilation in order to (a) gain insight into their perspectives on current fe
8 Jan 2018 · Home Office
Female Genital Mutilation and Forced Marriage
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps have been taken by the female genital mutilation unit and Forced Marriage Units to conduct outreach work among communities to highlight issues of female genital mutilation and forced marria
8 Jan 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Israel: Detainees
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he plans to make representations to the Government of Israel on the military detention of human rights defenders, Ahed Tamimi, and her mother, Nariman Tamimi.
27 Nov 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Bangladesh: Rohingya
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Government of Burma on ensuring that no Rohingya refugees are returned to Burma without guarantees about their (a) safety, (b) citizenship and (c)
22 Nov 2017 · Home Office
Slavery
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what additional funding she plans to provide to implement the National Referral Mechanism reforms announced on 17 and 26 October 2017.
22 Nov 2017 · Home Office
Slavery
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government has plans to protect the right to work for victims of modern slavery identified in the UK?
22 Nov 2017 · Home Office
Immigration
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment the Government has made of provision of discretionary leave to remain for survivors of modern slavery identified in the UK.
16 Nov 2017 · Department for Education
Schools: Sexual Offences
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the timetable is for the publication of interim guidance for schools on how to deal with sexual harassment and assault; and whether teachers will receive training on how to use that guidance.
1 Nov 2017 · Department for International Development
Developing Countries: Sustainable Development
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make it her policy to report against the Sustainable Development Goals to the UN's High Level Political Forum in 2018.
1 Nov 2017 · Department for International Development
Females: Equality
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress her Department is making on achieving Sustainable Development Goal number five to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.
Source: official written-questions record.