Written questions

181 written questions tabled, most recent first.

21 Oct 2019 · Department for International Development

Pakistan: Religious Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the report of the Pakistani Minorities and Freedom of Religion or Belief All-Party Parliamentary Group entitled, Religious Mi

18 Oct 2019 · Department for International Development

Pakistan: Textbooks

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he is taking to (a) ensure that schools in Pakistan supported by his Department do not use textbooks with content that stigmatises religious minorities and (b) encourage provincial go

18 Oct 2019 · Department for International Development

Pakistan: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if his Department will provide specific training courses for religious minority candidates under the Punjab Skills Development Fund in coordination with the Punjab Government.

18 Oct 2019 · Department for International Development

Pakistan: Minority Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will include the category of religious minorities to the data that his Department collects on vulnerable populations in Pakistan.

18 Oct 2019 · Department for International Development

Developing Countries: Religious Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will include modules on freedom of religion or belief in his Department's capacity building programmes in Pakistan and other countries with reported violations of the right to freedom of r

17 Oct 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: Older Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the implications for his policy on prison officer pensions of the ability of those officers to continue frontline work beyond the age of 60.

1 Nov 2018 · Department for International Development

Pakistan: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of people enrolled on training courses provided by the Punjab skills development fund are (a) from minority communities and (b) on nursing courses.

30 Oct 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

China: Uyghurs

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the accuracy of reports that Uighur Muslims in China have been detained for unwanted blood, tissue and DNA tests.

29 Oct 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

China: Organs

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make it his policy to support the development of an independent international tribunal to investigate claims of forced organ harvesting in China.

29 Oct 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

China: Organs

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to evaluate the credibility of the evidence of forced organ harvesting of religious prisoners of conscience in China.

10 Oct 2018 · Department for International Development

Overseas Aid: Private Sector

What steps she is taking to ensure that private contractors in receipt of aid spending are held to the same safeguarding standards as charity and non-governmental organisation contractors.

18 Jul 2018 · Home Office

Police

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the implications for policing in (a) Merseyside and (b) England and Wales of an increase in crimes recorded and a fall in criminal charges brought since 2014-15.

17 Jul 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Disability Living Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans she has to abolish the minimum age of eligibility for the mobility component of disability living allowance.

17 Jul 2018 · Department for Transport

Northern: Timetables

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the (a) societal and (b) economic effect of the Northern rail timetable changes made in May.

14 Mar 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Sentencing: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women received custodial sentences of less than (a) three and (b) six months in each of the last three years.

14 Mar 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Childbirth

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children were born to women in custody in each of the last three years.

14 Mar 2018 · Department for Education

Children in Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children under the age of (a) 11 and (b) 18 were taken into care in each of the last three years as a result of their mother being imprisoned; and if he will make a statement.

14 Mar 2018 · Treasury

Carer's Allowance

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 27th February 2018 to Question 129366, what financial support he plans to provide to working parents of disabled children in full-time education aged 16 to 20 and whose earnings status makes

8 Mar 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) names of providers and (b) value of each of the bids was of tenders submitted for (a) lot 1, (b) lot 2, (c) lot 3 and (d) lot 4 for the prison facilities management contracts awarded in 2014.

8 Mar 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what scoping of the state of the prison estate was conducted prior to the formulation of (a) lot 1, (b) lot 2, (c) lot 3 and (d) lot 4 and before the declaration of preferred bidders for the prison facilities man

8 Mar 2018 · Department for Education

Teachers: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the financial effect of the new national funding formula on the salaries of teachers in schools in England.

7 Mar 2018 · Department for Education

Kinship Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to support kinship carers.

7 Mar 2018 · Department for Education

Apprenticeship Levy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of apprenticeship starts since the introduction of the apprenticeship levy in April 2017.

7 Mar 2018 · Department for Education

Education: Admissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to improve participation of students from under-represented areas in further or higher education.

7 Mar 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Miscarriage: Prisoners

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many women prisoners had miscarriages in 2017; and if he will make a statement.

7 Mar 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prisoners: Abortion

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many women prisoners had terminations in 2017; and if he will make a statement.

7 Mar 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Pregnancy

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women were known to be pregnant while on remand or serving a sentence in prison in 2017.

7 Mar 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Mothers

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women who had babies or infants resident with them in prison had those children taken away from them in 2017.

7 Mar 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Mother and Baby Units

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women in custody of each ethnic group were given a place in a mother and baby unit in 2017.

7 Mar 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Mother and Baby Units

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women in custody were refused a place in a mother and baby unit in 2017; and if he will make a statement.

Source: official written-questions record.