Written questions

873 written questions tabled, most recent first.

4 Mar 2024 · Home Office

Immigration Controls: EU Countries

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department has plans to establish a fund to facilitate the (a) purchase and (b) installation of infrastructure required to commence checks as part of the EU’s Entry Exit System at juxtapos

28 Feb 2024 · Home Office

Visas: Skilled Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of Skilled Worker visas were issued to people classified as new entrants eligible for employment at reduced minimum salary thresholds in the most recent 12 months for whic

28 Feb 2024 · Home Office

Electronic Travel Authorisations

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have entered the UK with an Electronic Travel Authorisation since 22 February 2024.

28 Feb 2024 · Home Office

Electronic Travel Authorisations: Middle East

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many nationals from (a) Bahrain, (b) Kuwait, (c) Oman, (d) the United Arab Emirates, (e) Saudi Arabia, (f) Jordan and (g) Qatar have (i) applied for and (ii) been granted an Electronic Travel Auth

26 Feb 2024 · Home Office

Asylum: Rwanda

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of its policy on removing asylum seekers from the UK to Rwanda on the number of (a) English Channel crossings in small boats by as

26 Feb 2024 · Home Office

Asylum: Rwanda

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department has prepared contingency plans for relocating asylum seekers to Rwanda if a commercial airline cannot be found to operate flights.

26 Feb 2024 · Home Office

Asylum: Rwanda

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January 2024 to Question 7579 on Asylum:Rwanda, if he will publish his plans for future flights between the UK and Rwanda for the purposes of relocating asylum seekers und

21 Feb 2024 · Home Office

Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13 February 2024 to Question 13119 on Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority: Finance, what the total budget for the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority is for the financi

19 Feb 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

British Indian Ocean Territory: Asylum

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps the Government is taking to safeguard asylum seekers in the British Indian Ocean Territory at risk of (a) sexual assault, (b) harassment, (c) self-harm, (d) suicide and

19 Feb 2024 · Home Office

Visas: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 19 February 2024, HCWS258, on changes to the Immigration Rules, for what reasons the Government closed the Ukraine Family Scheme to new applications wi

19 Feb 2024 · Home Office

Visas: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what information his Department holds on how many people admitted to the UK as care workers under the Health and Care Worker visa scheme took up employment outside the social care sector without prior

19 Feb 2024 · Home Office

Immigration Controls: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the reason is for the time taken to publish reports by the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration on (a) illegal working enforcement activity and (b) immigration in the social car

19 Feb 2024 · Home Office

Visas: Horticulture

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guarantees are in place to ensure that workers on the horticultural Seasonal Worker visa are (a) transferred to a different Scheme Operator and (b) supported to access work in the event that the

7 Feb 2024 · Wales Office

Iron and Steel: Port Talbot

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, with reference to his oral contribution of 23 January 2024 during the debate on Protecting Steel in the UK, Official Report, column 265, whether his Department has undertaken or commissioned an independent assessme

5 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to (a) increase capacity and (b) improve infrastructure in the NHS to help tackle dementia.

5 Feb 2024 · Home Office

Horticulture: Seasonal Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether workers in the UK on the horticultural seasonal worker visa have access to employment law remedies; what information his Department provides to workers in the UK on the horticultural seasonal

5 Feb 2024 · Home Office

Horticulture: Seasonal Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many workers who entered the UK on the horticultural Seasonal Worker visa worked for fewer than 20 weeks, in the most latest period for which data is available.

5 Feb 2024 · Home Office

Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total budget of the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority was in each financial year since 2010-11.

5 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

ADHD: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will create a long-term strategy to help prevent misdiagnosis of ADHD amongst women and young girls.

5 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

ADHD: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will create a long-term strategy to help people with ADHD to access medication they need.

5 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

ADHD: Health Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will create a long-term strategy for raising awareness of ADHD in women and young girls.

5 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

ADHD: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will create a long-term strategy to ensure supply of key medication for ADHD.

31 Jan 2024 · Home Office

Cross border Cooperation: Belgium

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the press release entitled PM meeting with the Prime Minister of Belgium, published by the Prime Minister's office on 23 January 2024, when he expects to finalise the UK-Belgium Law

9 Jan 2024 · Home Office

Migrant Workers: Teachers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions he has had with the Department for Education on using migrant labour to fill teaching vacancies.

5 Jan 2024 · Home Office

Asylum: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have had their asylum claims (a) removed and (b) withdrawn from the legacy asylum backlog and then gone on to submit new asylum claims.

19 Dec 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent discussions he has had with his Rwandan counterpart on potential threats to the personal safety of Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza.

19 Dec 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Rwanda

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department has had discussions with commercial airlines on the potential provision of flights between the UK and Rwanda for the purposes of relocating asylum seekers in line with (a) the M

18 Dec 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to paragraph 56(d) of the judgement of 28 November 2023 of Mr. Justice Chamberlain, in the case of R (on the application of Kent County Council) v Secretary of State for the Home Depart

28 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Surrogacy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans she has to implement the recommendations of the Law Commission's report Building families through surrogacy: a new law, HC1236, on (a) establishing a new pathway for surrogacy in which i

27 Nov 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Rwanda

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in Rwanda on the number of Home Office officials that will be sent to help Rwanda upgrade its asylum processing capabilities.

Source: official written-questions record.