Written questions

673 written questions tabled, most recent first.

11 Jan 2023 · Home Office

Slavery: Offences against Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2022 to Question 110727 on Slavery, if she will provide an example of what would be considered a piece of information or evidence that is based in fact in a case

11 Jan 2023 · Home Office

Slavery

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 14 December 2022 to Question 11027 on Slavery, in what way her Department's new guidance and policy on consideration of evidence differ from what happened previously.

14 Dec 2022 · Home Office

Slavery

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Written Statement by the Minister of State for Immigration of 13 December on Update to Modern Slavery Statutory Guidance, HCWS441, what her definition is of objective factors; an

28 Nov 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Child Maintenance Service: Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to publish the (a) Independent Review into the ways the Child Maintenance Service supports survivors of domestic abuse and (b) Government response to the review.

28 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Organs: Donors

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people are on the organ donation waiting list in the West Midlands as of 28 November 2022; what the average waiting time was for an organ donation in the West Midlands in the latest period

14 Nov 2022 · Home Office

Slavery

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is her Department's target timescale for making a Reasonable Grounds decision in the National Referral Mechanism; and what is the current average wait time for a victim of modern slavery to be gi

14 Nov 2022 · Home Office

Slavery

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is her Department's target timescale for making a Conclusive Grounds decision in the National Referral Mechanism; and what is the current average wait time for a victim of modern slavery to be gi

14 Nov 2022 · Home Office

Slavery

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 14 November 2022 to Question 80727 on Slavery, if she will publish a list of the National Referral Mechanism first responder agencies which referred people who were found to

7 Nov 2022 · Home Office

Slavery

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which National Referral Mechanism first responder agencies referred people who were found to be exploiting the modern slavery system in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022 as of 7 November 2022; and how m

7 Nov 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Domestic Abuse: Legal Representation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) accredited domestic abuse specialists and (b) other advocates his Department (i) has and (ii) plans to employ in the special advocates scheme provided for under section 65 of the Domestic Abuse Act 2

7 Nov 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the letter dated 27 June 2022 from Lorraine Harris, Area Coroner for Kingston Upon Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire, to the Secretary of State for Justice setting out the coroner's recommen

7 Nov 2022 · Home Office

Jessica Laverack

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the letter dated 27 June 2022 from Lorraine Harris, Area Coroner for Kingston Upon Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire, to the Secretary of State for the Home Department setting ou

3 Nov 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Domestic Abuse: Homicide

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to point 5 on Timing in the Domestic Homicide Sentencing Review: Terms of Reference, published on 2 November 2021, when he plans to publish (a) the review and (b) his Department's response to it.

3 Nov 2022 · Home Office

Domestic Abuse: Death

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Safeguarding on 5 September, Official Report, column 16, in response to the Question of the hon. Member for Jarrow on Deaths following Domes

21 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that people from ethnic minority communities are receiving timely dementia diagnoses.

21 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to improve the (a) identification and (b) referral process for dementia diagnosis.

21 Oct 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners serving a sentence for murder or manslaughter had an indictment for rape or sexual assault that has been ordered to lie on file.

12 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Eating Disorders: Birmingham Yardley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help support young people with eating disorders in Birmingham Yardley constituency.

12 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Birmingham Yardley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help increase the uptake of breast cancer screening in Birmingham Yardley constituency.

12 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Birmingham Yardley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the NHS dentist provision in Birmingham Yardley constituency.

12 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Birmingham Yardley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care what steps her Department is taking to help improve access to NHS dental services in Birmingham Yardley.

12 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Birmingham Yardley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help improve access to mental health services in Birmingham Yardley constituency.

11 Oct 2022 · Treasury

Mortgages: Interest Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support homeowners with rising mortgage rates.

10 Oct 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Digital Technology: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Government response to the consultation entitled A new pro-competition regime for digital markets, published on 6 May 2022, when she plans to bring forward legislat

6 Sep 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will take steps to ensure that investment in universal and comprehensive sexual and reproductive health and rights is prioritised within the upcoming Women and Girls s

5 Sep 2022 · Home Office

Sexual Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police forces in (a) England and (b) Wales contain operational rape and serious sexual offences units.

2 Sep 2022 · Home Office

Sexual Offences: Trials

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in the context of delays in cases coming to trial for sexual offences, whether extra police monitoring is currently in place for people accused of sexual offences while they are awaiting trial.

2 Sep 2022 · Home Office

Sexual Offences: Trials

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people awaiting trial for sexual offences charges have been (a) accused of and (ii) charged with further sexual offences during the waiting period in each year since 2018.

2 Sep 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Sexual Offences: Reoffenders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in the context of delays to cases of alleged sexual offences reaching trial, what recent estimate his Department has made of the rate of reoffending among people awaiting trial for those offences.

20 Jul 2022 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Violent and Sex Offender Register

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Zero Tolerance approach to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) policy and the screening process for Defence people who are on the Violent and Sex Offenders Register, how many Defence people are

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