Written questions

415 written questions tabled, most recent first.

9 May 2016 · Home Office

Deportation: Eritrea

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many adults from Eritrea who previously applied for asylum as unaccompanied children were served with removal directions in (a) 2013, (b) 2014 and (c) 2015.

9 May 2016 · Home Office

Detainees: Eritrea

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people from Eritrea are currently held in immigration detention centres in the UK.

9 May 2016 · Home Office

Asylum: Eritrea

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect of the findings of the Government's Human Rights and Democracy Report 2015, published on 21 April 2016, on her Department's country guidance on people from E

26 Apr 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Malawi: Oil

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions the Government has had with (a) UK companies and (b) the Malawian government on oil exploration around Lake Malawi.

26 Apr 2016 · HM Treasury

Taxation: Malawi

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress has been made in the renegotiation of the 1955 UK-Malawi taxation treaty and what matters have yet to be agreed during that renegotiation.

12 Apr 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Capital Punishment

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if his Department will re-introduce its strategy for abolition of the death penalty.

12 Apr 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Capital Punishment

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what projects his Department has funded in (a) 2015 and (b) 2016 to promote abolition of the death penalty.

12 Apr 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Commonwealth: Capital Punishment

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken through the Commonwealth to promote abolition of the death penalty in all Commonwealth States.

11 Apr 2016 · Department of Health

Mental Health Services and Social Services: Greater Manchester

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether NHS England has provided additional funds to cover redundancy costs associated with Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust service closures.

11 Apr 2016 · Department of Health

Mental Health Services and Social Services: Greater Manchester

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what requirements NHS England has placed on Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust to provide alternative services to replace services which are to be closed.

8 Apr 2016 · Department of Health

Mental Health Services and Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether NHS England requires mental health and social care trusts to monitor the effect on service users of service closures.

8 Apr 2016 · Department of Health

Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether NHS England has placed a requirement on Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust to pay off its deficit.

8 Apr 2016 · Cabinet Office

Anti-corruption Summit

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government plans to publish a draft agenda for the Anti-Corruption Summit to be held in May 2016.

8 Apr 2016 · Prime Minister

Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories

To ask the Prime Minister, which representatives of the UK's Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories the Prime Minister has met since August 2013.

8 Apr 2016 · Cabinet Office

Taxation

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether tax avoidance and the role of tax havens is expected to be discussed in plenary at the International Anti-Corruption Summit in London.

23 Mar 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Wythenshawe and Sale East

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Wythenshawe and Sale East constituency who are existing universal credit claimants and who are in work will have their universal credit decreased as a result of changes to the work al

23 Mar 2016 · Home Office

Asylum: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce the number of asylum seekers placed in hotels while awaiting decisions on asylum applications.

23 Mar 2016 · Home Office

Asylum: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what mechanisms her Department has in place to determine the geographic distribution of asylum seekers awaiting decisions on asylum applications.

22 Mar 2016 · Home Office

Compass Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the level of hotel use to house asylum seekers is in each local authority area.

22 Mar 2016 · Home Office

Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that local authorities have appropriate resources to support and deal with increased demand for their services by asylum seekers.

22 Mar 2016 · Home Office

Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that local authorities are properly informed and involved in decisions to distribute asylum seekers.

9 Mar 2016 · Department for International Development

Developing Countries: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how her Department plans to implement its Disability Framework.

9 Mar 2016 · Department for International Development

Developing Countries: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how her Department plans to review work under the Disability Framework and report its outcomes in 2018.

9 Mar 2016 · Department for International Development

Developing Countries: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how her Department plans to increase its engagement with people with disabilities and representative organisations in its priority countries.

23 Feb 2016 · Department for International Development

Eritrea: Overseas Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding her Department has allocated to projects which are primarily aimed at Eritrean nationals in the last three years; and in which countries such projects are based.

23 Feb 2016 · Department for International Development

Eritrea: EU Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department has made representations to the EU on its funding of aid and development projects in Eritrea.

19 Feb 2016 · Department for Education

Academies

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what procedures schools are required to follow in order to withdraw from an academy trust.

11 Feb 2016 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Greater Manchester

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what property and land assets his Department holds in Greater Manchester.

8 Feb 2016 · Department for International Development

Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development on the Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, 12 January 2016, O

20 Jan 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Mesothelioma: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the gross working premium of insurers which was required to fund the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payments Scheme in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16.

Source: official written-questions record.