Written questions
873 written questions tabled, most recent first.
26 Jan 2023 · Home Office
Visas: Temporary Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for an International Agreement visa (Temporary Work) were (a) received and (b) approved in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021 and (iii) 2022.
26 Jan 2023 · Home Office
Refugees: Afghanistan and Ukraine
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of applications for family reunion with a refugee or person with humanitarian protection which were submitted by (a) Afghan and (b) Ukrainian nationals in 2022 received a
26 Jan 2023 · Home Office
Immigration: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's news story entitled Immigration enforcement surge since pledge to tackle illegal working, published on 23 January 2023, what the timescales are for the planned recru
24 Jan 2023 · Home Office
Asylum: Myanmar
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Myanmar nationals claimed asylum in the UK in (a) 2021 and (b) 2022.
20 Jan 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Ground Rent
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to regulate the amount by which management companies can increase ground rents.
20 Jan 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Leasehold: Ground Rent
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of management companies increasing ground rent by the retail price index on leaseholders.
20 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Food: Advertising
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason he has delayed the introduction of a watershed of 9pm for television advertisements for food high in fat, salt and sugar.
19 Jan 2023 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Small Businesses: Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of high energy prices on small and medium size businesses.
19 Jan 2023 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Post Offices: Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to help support Post Offices with increased energy costs.
19 Jan 2023 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Post Offices: Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of higher energy prices on Post Offices.
19 Jan 2023 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Energy Bills Rebate: Meters
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans his Department has to help increase the uptake of support through the prepayment voucher scheme.
19 Jan 2023 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Energy Bills Rebate: Meters
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department are taking to increase the speed of issuing prepayment vouchers.
19 Jan 2023 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Energy Bills Rebate: Meters
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an estimate of the numbers of people who have successfully accessed support through the prepayment voucher scheme.
19 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Food: Advertising
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment the Government has made of the impact of postponing the implementation of the TV and online unhealthy food advertising restrictions to October 2025 on (a) rates of childhood obesity
19 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Food: Advertising
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason the Government made the decision to postpone the implementation of the TV and online unhealthy food advertising restrictions to October 2025; and whether new evidence was used to ma
18 Jan 2023 · Home Office
Immigration Controls: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the full-time equivalent workforce in her Department’s Immigration Enforcement directorate is working on (a) returns preparation, (b the National Returns Command, (c) immigration intelligence, (d
18 Jan 2023 · Home Office
Immigration Controls: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) resource budget of and (b) full-time equivalent workforce employed in her Department’s Immigration Enforcement directorate was in each financial year since 2015-16.
18 Jan 2023 · Home Office
Immigration Controls: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) Border Force personnel and (b) Immigration Liaison Officers were deployed overseas in each financial year since 2015-16.
18 Jan 2023 · Home Office
Immigration Controls: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) Border Force personnel and (b) Immigration Liaison Officers are deployed overseas; and in which countries those personnel are based.
16 Jan 2023 · Home Office
Asylum: Rwanda
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many commercial aviation companies her Department has had discussions with since 14 June 2022 on the potential provision of charter flights between the UK and Rwanda for the purposes of implementi
16 Jan 2023 · Home Office
Immigration: EU Nationals
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the Government has incurred for legal challenges on its policy on the EU Settlement Scheme since that scheme was announced.
11 Jan 2023 · Home Office
HM Passport Office: Refunds
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many requests for reimbursement were received by HM Passport Office in 2022; and how much was paid out in (a) December 2022 and (b) 2022.
9 Jan 2023 · Home Office
Refugees: Resettlement
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress her Department has made on the establishment of the emergency resettlement mechanism pilot; and what her planned timetable is for the completion of that pilot.
6 Jan 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Trust Fund for Victims
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made a recent assessment of potential merits of using the International Criminal Court's Trust Fund for Victims as a means of providing financial compensation
6 Jan 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Trust Fund for Victims
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what financial contributions the Government has made to the International Criminal Court's Trust Fund for Victims in each year since 2010.
14 Dec 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Care Homes and Sheltered Housing: Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department is taking fiscal steps with Cabinet colleagues to support (a) housing associations and (b) tenants with the cost of gas and electricity for communal spaces
14 Dec 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of floating offshore wind on the economy.
14 Dec 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an estimate of the number of (a) direct and (b) indirect jobs that could be created in floating offshore wind in (i) Wales and (ii) the UK in the next five years.
12 Dec 2022 · Home Office
Border Force: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to her Department has been of contracts for the use by Border Force of privately owned crew transfer vessels since May 2022.
12 Dec 2022 · Ministry of Defence
Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many migrants have been intercepted by the crew transfer vessels (a) Hurricane and (b) Typhoon while crossing the English Channel in small boats; and how many of those migrants were subsequently (i) brought t
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