Written questions
873 written questions tabled, most recent first.
12 Dec 2022 · Home Office
Entry Clearances: El Salvador
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for entry clearance have been (a) received and (b) approved by the UK Visa Applications Centre in El Salvador since May 2022.
12 Dec 2022 · Home Office
Asylum: El Salvador
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the impact of the introduction in May 2022 of a visa requirement for all travel from El Salvador to the UK on the availability to Salvadorean nationals of safe a
12 Dec 2022 · Home Office
Deportation: EU Countries
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the joint statement on migration issues by Ministers from the UK, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium on 8 December 2022, what specific discussions she had with representati
12 Dec 2022 · Home Office
Frontex
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the joint statement on migration issues by Ministers from the UK, France, the Netherlands and Belgium on 8 December 2022, when discussions on a formal working arrangement between the
12 Dec 2022 · Ministry of Defence
Afghanistan: Refugees
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many applications for resettlement to the UK under the Ex-Gratia Scheme for Afghan former locally employed staff there were from 4 June 2013 to 30 November 2022; how many of those applications were approved;
8 Dec 2022 · Home Office
Asylum: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much and what proportion of Government spending classed as Official Development Assistance was spent by her Department on accommodation for asylum seekers in each year since 2013.
1 Dec 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what his Department's policy is on the UK's potential ratification of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their
1 Dec 2022 · Home Office
Asylum: Rwanda
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government has received (a) advice and (b) analysis from the (i) Third Country Unit and (ii) other Home Office experts, on (A) the potential impact of the Rwanda policy on tackling people
1 Dec 2022 · Treasury
Sanctions: Russia
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many applications for a licence to allow an activity or transaction that would otherwise be prohibited by the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, as amended, were (a) submitted to and (b) approved by
30 Nov 2022 · Home Office
Visas: Seasonal Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people granted seasonal work visas in the poultry production sector who have (a) arrived in and (b) departed from the UK since 18 October 2022.
30 Nov 2022 · Home Office
Visas: Seasonal Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many seasonal work visas have been issued to applicants sponsored under occupation codes (a) 5431; (b) 5433; (c) 8111; (d) 9111; (e) 9119 and (f) 9134 since 18 October 2022.
30 Nov 2022 · Home Office
Visas: Seasonal Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals have been sponsored by (a) ProForce Ltd and (b) RE Recruitment Ltd for seasonal work visas in the poultry production sector since 18 October 2022; and how many such individuals ha
30 Nov 2022 · Home Office
Home Office: Agency Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of staff currently working as asylum decision makers are agency staff; and what was the total cost to her Department of employing agency staff as asylum decision makers in
30 Nov 2022 · Home Office
Home Office: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of staff currently working as asylum decision makers are (a) permanently employed by her department as asylum decision makers, (b) on secondment from other roles within th
30 Nov 2022 · Home Office
Refugees: Families
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has received a report from the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration on her Department's management of family reunion applications between 1 January 2022 to 30 September 2
29 Nov 2022 · Home Office
Migrants: France
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of potential migrants that have been prevented from entering the UK through intelligence sharing and the policing agreement with France each month in 2022.
29 Nov 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
British National (Overseas): Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what his policy is on whether local authorities are expected to provide housing for individuals of Chagossian descent, who became eligible for British nationality on 23 November 2022
29 Nov 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
British National (Overseas): Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has had recent discussions with representatives of (a) Crawley Borough Council and (b) West Sussex County Council on making an assessment of the housing needs of people of
29 Nov 2022 · Home Office
Manston Asylum Processing Centre: Infectious Diseases
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department took to act on the findings of the report by the Chief Inspector of Prisons into conditions at Manston asylum centre published in July 2022 which indicated that the facilitie
29 Nov 2022 · Home Office
Asylum: Temporary Accommodation
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the oral contribution of 28 November 2022 by the Minister for Immigration on Manston Update, Official Report, column 687, which stately homes are being used to provide accommodation
29 Nov 2022 · Home Office
Refugees: Age
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential costs of using (a) x-rays, (b) MRI scans and (c) other medical technologies as part of her Department's proposed scientific methods to determine the age o
29 Nov 2022 · Home Office
Asylum: Age Assurance
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Age Estimation Science Advisory Committee will publish a report on proposed scientific measures to determine the age of asylum seekers.
28 Nov 2022 · Home Office
Visas
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people detained by Border Force upon entry to the UK were subsequently released on grounds that they held a valid (a) student and (b) other UK visa in the latest period for which data is avai
28 Nov 2022 · Home Office
Refugees: Afghanistan
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 29 September 2022 to Question 53566 on Refugees: Afghanistan, how he defines suitable accommodation.
22 Nov 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the Clean Steel Fund is allocated at the earliest opportunity.
21 Nov 2022 · Home Office
Asylum: Temporary Accommodation
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much and what proportion of the official development assistance budget has been spent on (a) Manston immigration centre and (b) temporary accommodation for asylum seekers in the 2022-23 financial
21 Nov 2022 · Home Office
Visas
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her planned timetable is for the publication of her Department's report on tier one investor visas; and for what reason the report has not yet been published.
21 Nov 2022 · Home Office
Asylum: Rwanda
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13 October 2022 to Question 60212 on Asylum: Rwanda, from which Departmental budget was the £20 million upfront payment to the Government of Rwanda made.
18 Nov 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Floating Offshore Wind Manufacturing Investment Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the £160 million funding for Floating Offshore Wind Manufacturing Investment Scheme will be maintained.
17 Nov 2022 · Ministry of Defence
Afghanistan: Resettlement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy applications are considered in date order; and whether applications that are lost by his Department and subsequently resubmitted would be considered according to t
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