Written questions

1,682 written questions tabled, most recent first.

9 Mar 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Disinformation: Russia

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support (a) Facebook and (b) other social media companies to prevent the spread of Russian disinformation through their platforms.

9 Mar 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Disinformation: Russia

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has evidence of Russian disinformation efforts aimed at disrupting UK society, including through (a) RT and (b) other front organisations such as the Internet Rese

9 Mar 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Capital Letters: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will take steps to ensure that Capital Letters, a not-for-profit organisation that procures accommodation for homeless households on behalf of London boroughs, will continue to

9 Mar 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Capital Letters: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the £2 billion funding to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping announced in the Autumn 2021 Spending Review, what steps he is taking to ensure that grant funding

10 Feb 2022 · Home Office

Asylum: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to involve more women who have first-hand experience of seeking asylum in future reforms to the UK’s asylum system.

10 Feb 2022 · Home Office

Asylum: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the implications for its policies of responses to the consultation on the New Plan for Immigration that expressed concerns about the impact that plan could h

10 Feb 2022 · Home Office

Asylum: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Nationality and Borders Bill on women and girls seeking asylum in the UK.

10 Feb 2022 · Home Office

Asylum: Interviews

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to take steps in response to finding in the 2022 report by the British Red Cross and VOICES Network, entitled We want to be strong but we don’t have the chance, that her D

10 Feb 2022 · Home Office

Asylum: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to take steps in response to the finding in the 2022 report by the British Red Cross and the VOICES Network, entitled We want to be strong, but we don’t have the chance, t

10 Feb 2022 · Home Office

Asylum: Families

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals and families did not receive Section 95 support but were granted refugee status in 2021.

10 Feb 2022 · Home Office

Windrush Lessons Learned Review

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department is considering Group 2 refugees as part of its Public Funds Review as set out in the Government’s response to Recommendation 7 of the Windrush lessons learned review.

10 Feb 2022 · Home Office

Refugees: English Language

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January 2022 to Question 98220 on English language support for refugees, whether the Operation Warm Welcome programme for Afghan arrivals in the UK following the Taliban t

10 Feb 2022 · Home Office

Asylum: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people seeking asylum were in employment in 2021.

10 Feb 2022 · Home Office

Asylum: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applicants were granted permission to work in the UK in 2021.

10 Feb 2022 · Home Office

Asylum: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to case reference NC24802, what recent steps her Department has taken to make support available to British citizens to be reunited with family who remain in Afghanistan.

10 Feb 2022 · Cabinet Office

Brexit

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what opportunities from the UK's withdrawal from the EU the Minister for Brexit Opportunities has identified to date.

9 Feb 2022 · Home Office

Mentally Disordered Offenders: Police Custody

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an estimate of the amount of police time that is spent dealing with cases involving someone with a mental health condition where other agencies may be better placed to

9 Feb 2022 · Home Office

Mentally Disordered Offenders: Police Custody

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an estimate of the amount of police time that is spent dealing with cases that involve taking someone to a mental health setting where other agencies may be better plac

9 Feb 2022 · Home Office

Mentally Disordered Offenders: Police Custody

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the potential effect of improved healthcare support or earlier interventions for people with mental health conditions on demand on police resources.

9 Feb 2022 · Treasury

Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of reducing the differences between tax rates for different categories of alcohol and applying one basic rate per litre of pure alcohol to all ca

9 Feb 2022 · Treasury

Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of whether the 27 new bands of taxation on wine in the proposed alcohol duty reforms will result in a simplification of the existing alcohol duty system.

9 Feb 2022 · Treasury

Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on the impact of the proposed alcohol duty reforms on wine businesses and consumers, as compared to bee

8 Feb 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Tunisia: Administration of Justice

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she is taking steps to ensure that the Government's diplomatic position is fully aligned with G7 condemnation of the Tunisian dissolution of the judicial council.

8 Feb 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Tunisia: Administration of Justice

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations she has made to her Tunisian counterpart about the dissolution of the judicial council in Tunisia.

8 Feb 2022 · Home Office

Biometric Residence Permits: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Biometric Residence Permit cards have been issued to individuals who have been granted leave to remain in the UK under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy scheme to date.

8 Feb 2022 · Home Office

Resettlement: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Afghan nationals have been granted leave to remain in the UK under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy scheme to date.

1 Feb 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions her Department has had with the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to encourage employers to improve support for applicants and employees with complex disabil

1 Feb 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Access to Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department will take to raise awareness of the Access to Work scheme among (a) employers and (b) employees.

1 Feb 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobcentres: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department plans to take to ensure that every jobcentre is equipped with the assistive technology disabled claimants need to apply for jobs.

1 Feb 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment Schemes: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department will take to ensure that the intensive one-on-one support as part of the Way to Work campaign will be tailored to the individual needs of any person with complex disabilities w

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