Written questions

1,682 written questions tabled, most recent first.

17 Jul 2023 · Home Office

Migrant Workers: Hospitality Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will accept the Migration Advisory Committee’s recommendation that roles in hospitality should be added to the Shortage of Occupation List.

17 Jul 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will waive the requirement for asylum seekers to seek employment from the shortage occupations list for those asylum seekers who have waited for a decision on asylum claims for more

17 Jul 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential effect of asylum seekers being granted permission to work three months after commencing an asylum claim on the economy.

10 Jul 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sierra Leone: Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the security situation in Sierra Leone following the recent election.

4 Jul 2023 · Home Office

Chevening Scholarships Programme: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to offer eligibility to Pathway 3 of the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme to future Chevening Alumni from Afghanistan.

4 Jul 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Chevening Scholarships Programme: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the criteria for granting indefinite leave to remain to the Afghan Chevening scholar cohort have changed since 2022.

4 Jul 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Chevening Scholarships Programme: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps ensure that Afghan Chevening scholars are not forced to live in refugee camps in other countries after their UK visas expire.

4 Jul 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Chevening Scholarships Programme: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure Afghan Chevening scholars are not forced to leave the UK to go to third countries where they either have (a) no visa or (b) a

30 Jun 2023 · Home Office

Biometric Residence Permits: ICT

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what IT problems are causing delays in issuing biometric resident permit cards; and when they expect those IT problems to be fixed.

29 Jun 2023 · Department for Education

Teachers: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to meet with the National Education Union on teachers pay.

29 Jun 2023 · Department for Education

School Teachers' Review Body

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to publish the School Teachers’ Review Body report.

27 Jun 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Citizens Advice: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has made provision for (a) familiarisation costs and (b) other transition costs to help ensure Citizens Advice can answer queries on the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill.

27 Jun 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sierra Leone: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) fairness and (b) ease of access to (i) polling and (ii) political information in Sierra Leone; and what reports he has rece

27 Jun 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sierra Leone: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has made representations to the authorities in Sierra Leone on verification of the results of the presidential election in that country.

27 Jun 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sierra Leone: Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential implications for his Department's policies of the security situation in Sierra Leone.

22 Jun 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Trading Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps her Department is taking to ensure trading standards representatives can access the information from (a) companies and (b) individuals they need.

22 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

HIV/AIDS: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plan to publish the pre-exposure prophylaxis action plan prior to Parliament’s 2023 summer recess.

22 Jun 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sierra Leone: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to help (a) prevent intimidation and (b) encourage free and fair political campaigning in Sierra Leone.

19 Jun 2023 · Home Office

Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients: Accident and Emergency Departments

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many hours on average police officers spend in Accident and Emergency each month waiting for sectioned people to receive treatment.

19 Jun 2023 · Home Office

Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people the police have detained under section 1365 of the Mental Health Act 1983 in each of the last 24 months.

12 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Versus Arthritis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she plans to meet with representatives of Versus Arthritis.

12 Jun 2023 · Home Office

Immigration: Chevening Scholarships Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will grant indefinite leave to remain to (a) Ahmad Abdul Tawfiq and (b) other Afghan Chevening scholars studying in the UK.

23 May 2023 · Home Office

Refugees: Sudan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to support Sudanese (a) refugees arriving in the UK and (b) students and other visitors in the UK at the onset of the crisis.

23 May 2023 · Home Office

Refugees: Sudan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of Sudanese refugees in Bermondsey and Old Southwark constituency.

23 May 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Sudan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to establish a Sudanese resettlement scheme to provide a safe and legal route for Sudanese citizens seeking asylum in the UK.

23 May 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Hong Kong

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the asylum processing system for Hong Kong citizens.

17 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Musculoskeletal Disorders: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to implement the framework on reducing waiting times for musculoskeletal treatments set out in the report by NHS England entitled An improvement framework to

17 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Surgery: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of surgeries were cancelled by speciality in the latest period for which data is available.

16 May 2023 · Home Office

Deportation: Hong Kong

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has made an estimate of the number of people from Hong Kong who have been deported from the UK in each of the last five years.

16 May 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Hong Kong

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Hong Kong citizens in the UK are awaiting a decision on their asylum application as of 16 May 2023.

Source: official written-questions record.