Written questions
1,682 written questions tabled, most recent first.
15 Jul 2020 · Home Office
Visas: Sponsorship
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to (a) issue guidance and (b) change operating procedures to manage any increase in the number of sponsor licence applications before the implementation of the proposed new points-b
15 Jul 2020 · Home Office
Visas: Sponsorship
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to encourage employers to apply for sponsor licences before the end of free movement and the implementation of the proposed new points-based immigration system in 2021.
15 Jul 2020 · Home Office
Visas: Sponsorship
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of sponsor licence applications that will be required ahead of the implementation of the proposed new points-based immigration system; and what steps her Depar
15 Jul 2020 · Home Office
Immigration: EU Nationals
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether all 1,400 refused applications to the EU Settlement Scheme in June 2020 were approved by Ministers.
15 Jul 2020 · Home Office
Immigration: EU Nationals
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for Pre-Settled Status did UK Visas and Immigration refuse in June 2020; and what the main reasons were for those refusals.
15 Jul 2020 · Home Office
Immigration: EU Nationals
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the main reasons were for UK Visas and Immigration to refuse 1,400 applications to the EU Settlement Scheme in June 2020.
15 Jul 2020 · Home Office
Migrant Workers: Care Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to consult with local authorities on the potential effect of the proposed new points-based immigration system on the social care sector.
15 Jul 2020 · Home Office
Immigration Controls
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to consult with employers on the cost of applications under the proposed new points-based immigration system.
14 Jul 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Human Rights: Sanctions
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he plans to publish the process by which civil society organisations can share evidence of alleged human rights abuses with the Government for the purpose of the next round of Magnit
14 Jul 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
China: Human Rights
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he plans to make an assessment of the potential merits of including Chinese officials who have allegedly committed human rights abuses in the next round of Magnitsky sanctions des
14 Jul 2020 · Home Office
Immigration: British National (Overseas)
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to publish the immigration rules for British National (Overseas) passport holders.
13 Jul 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Telecommunications
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when he plans to issue updated guidance on valuation for site access agreements under the Electronic Communications Code for central government departments, arm’s length bodies and local
13 Jul 2020 · Treasury
Minimum Wage
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what additional steps his Department is taking to secure prosecutions for non-payment of the National Minimum Wage.
13 Jul 2020 · Treasury
Minimum Wage
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many prosecutions for non-payment of the National Minimum Wage there have been (a) in total since 2010 and (b) in each year since 2010.
8 Jul 2020 · Home Office
Asylum: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking with contractors to ensure that asylum seekers receive adequate accommodation.
8 Jul 2020 · Home Office
Asylum: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the implications for her policies of the July 2020 Refugee Action report entitled Wake Up Call and its finding that the transition from one set of Government asyl
2 Jul 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate she has made of the number of people waiting for an (a) online and (b) telephone benefit assessment as at 2 July 2020.
2 Jul 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what role (a) claimants, (b) work coaches and (c) assessment providers have in determining whether benefit assessments are conducted (i) online, (ii) by telephone and (iii) face to face.
2 Jul 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of retaining online and telephone assessments for benefit claimants as the covid-19 restrictions are eased.
2 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Local Government: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much of the £300 million provided to help local authorities deal with local lockdowns has been allocated; and which local authorities have received that funding.
29 Jun 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Jobcentres: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of Jobcentres will be operating with a full complement of staff from 6 July 2020 as the covid-19 lockdown restrictions are eased.
29 Jun 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Jobcentres: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of Jobcentres will be open at their usual operating times from 6 July 2020 as the covid-19 lockdown restrictions are eased..
29 Jun 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit: Disqualification
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance her Department has issued to Jobcentres on the reintroduction of benefit sanctions on universal credit claimants as the covid-19 lockdown restrictions are eased.
19 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to resume publishing data on the number of people tested each day for covid-19.
19 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were tested for covid-19 on each day from 23 May 2020 to 19 June 2020.
18 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has plans to make funding available to clinical research organisations who are able to offer free covid-19 tests to their local community.
17 Jun 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Wines: Imports
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June 2020 to Question 60862, what estimate he has made of the revenue to the Exchequer resulting from the decision to roll over EU import VI-1 certificates
15 Jun 2020 · Home Office
Counter-terrorism: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what due diligence her Department undertakes on projects that receive Prevent strategy funding.
15 Jun 2020 · Home Office
Counter-terrorism: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is a requirement for companies and civil society organisations who receive Prevent strategy funding to submit receipts and invoices to (a) her Department or (b) local authorities to account
15 Jun 2020 · Home Office
Counter-terrorism: Non-governmental Organisations
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how her Department defines a civil society organisation within the context of the Prevent strategy; and whether that definition includes private companies.
Source: official written-questions record.