Written questions

873 written questions tabled, most recent first.

3 Mar 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Carer's Allowance: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average length of time was to determine mandatory reconsiderations for carers allowance as of 1 March 2023.

3 Mar 2023 · Home Office

Vetting

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average waiting time was for Disclosure and Barring Service checks in each year since 2020.

27 Feb 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

UK Shared Prosperity Fund: Universities

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund on (a) research, (b) innovation and (c) skills in universities.

27 Feb 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

UK Shared Prosperity Fund: Universities

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment with the Secretary of State for Education of the potential impact of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund on replacing EU funding for universities.

27 Feb 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the value was of Universal Credit (a) underpayments and (b) overpayments made due to errors by his Department in each year since 2019.

27 Feb 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Universal Credit (a) underpayments and (b) overpayments were made due to errors by his Department in each year since 2019.

21 Feb 2023 · Home Office

UK Border Force: Shipping

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to replace the present fleet of Border Force cutters; and whether her Department has made a recent estimate of the cost of replacing that fleet.

17 Feb 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Conditions of Employment: Enforcement

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when she expects the labour market enforcement strategy for 2023-2024 to be (a) completed and (b) published.

7 Feb 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of the finding in the report by the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, entitled An inspection of the use of hot

7 Feb 2023 · Department for Education

Children: Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions her Department has had with charities on support for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.

7 Feb 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Floating Offshore Wind Manufacturing Investment Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the answer of 23 November 2022 to Question 86656 on Floating Offshore Wind Manufacturing Investment Scheme, what progress his Department has made on the Floating Offshore Wind Man

3 Feb 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing an inquiry team to investigate the potential links between (a) organised crime, (b) trafficking and (c) unaccompanied asylum-seek

3 Feb 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to improve the National Crime Agency's ability to tackle criminal gangs operating around hotels housing unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.

3 Feb 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a single co-ordinated unit involving (a) the National Crime Agency, (b) Border Force, (c) the South East regional organised crime

3 Feb 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of moving unaccompanied children from hotels and placing them in alternative safe accommodation.

3 Feb 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to reduce the use of hotels to house unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.

3 Feb 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will take steps to publish regular data on (a) the length of time unaccompanied asylum-seeking children have been missing, (b) whether they are still missing and (c) when they went m

3 Feb 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Children’s Commissioner has duties in connection with the running of hotels housing unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.

3 Feb 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to require Ofsted to regularly inspect hotels housing unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.

3 Feb 2023 · Department for Education

Children: Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of local authorities' capacity to place unaccompanied asylum-seeking children with foster carers.

3 Feb 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Meters

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure energy firms exhaust all other options before forcibly installing prepayment metres in homes.

3 Feb 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Meters

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the rules governing the forcible installation of prepayment metres in homes by energy companies.

3 Feb 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Attendance Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure those eligible for attendance allowance are receiving it.

3 Feb 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Attendance Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who are eligible for attendance allowance are not claiming that benefit.

3 Feb 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Cold Weather Payments: South Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of reviewing how postcodes are allocated to weather stations for the purpose of determining the temperature for cold weather payments.

3 Feb 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Cold Weather Payments: South Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cold weather payments have been issued in the SA13 postcode in each since 2019.

31 Jan 2023 · Home Office

British Nationality: British Indian Ocean Territory

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for the new British nationality route for people of Chagossian descent have been (a) received and (b) approved by her Department since 23 November 2022.

30 Jan 2023 · Home Office

HM Passport Office: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much compensation HM Passport Office paid in each calendar year since 2015.

26 Jan 2023 · Home Office

Visas: Temporary Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total amount received by her Department from (a) application fees and (b) health surcharge payments in relation to applications for an International Agreement visa (Temporary Work) was in (i)

26 Jan 2023 · Home Office

Visas: Temporary Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of applications for an International Agreement visa (Temporary Work) were from nationals of (a) EU member states and (b) non-EU member states in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021 and (i

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