Written questions

9,475 written questions tabled, most recent first.

11 Mar 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobcentres: Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will take steps to help ensure that every job centre has a staff member trained to support Ukrainian refugees.

11 Mar 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment and Training: Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she plans to take to ensure that Ukrainian refugees can (a) use their existing skills to work and (b) undertake further skills training if needed to obtain available work.

11 Mar 2022 · Department for Education

Apprentices: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will ensure that Ukrainian refugees are able to access apprenticeships on arrival in the UK.

11 Mar 2022 · Department for Education

Universities: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to help ensure that people arriving from Ukraine and due to go to university from September 2022 will have access to a university place.

11 Mar 2022 · Department for Education

English Language: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to help support people arriving from Ukraine to receive English for Speakers of Other Languages courses.

11 Mar 2022 · Department for Education

Overseas Students: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is putting in place to help ensure that Ukrainian students who have been studying in the UK are able to continue with a degree or FE course at a university or college.

11 Mar 2022 · Department for Education

Overseas Students: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will provide universities additional funding to support (a) existing Ukrainian students and (b) students arriving in the UK from Ukraine to continue their studies.

11 Mar 2022 · Department for Education

Overseas Students: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will ensure that students from Ukraine studying in the UK will be able to complete those Further and Higher Education which they have begun.

11 Mar 2022 · Department for Education

Overseas Students: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make funding available for Ukrainian sponsored students studying in the UK to assist with accommodation costs.

10 Mar 2022 · Home Office

Refugees: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of building homes for the resettlement of refugees.

10 Mar 2022 · Home Office

Refugees: Hotels

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to support people who are accommodated in bridging hotels.

10 Mar 2022 · Home Office

Refugees: Temporary Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people are currently in bridging accommodation.

10 Mar 2022 · Home Office

Refugees: Hotels

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will ensure that all future designated bridging accommodation is located in communities.

10 Mar 2022 · Home Office

Refugees: Hotels

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many rooms in bridging hotels are unoccupied as of 10 March 2022.

10 Mar 2022 · Home Office

Refugees: Hotels

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many bridging hotels are being used for refugee resettlement.

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

Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to rising household costs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of local authority funding for support for residents in poverty.

10 Mar 2022 · Home Office

Home Office: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in her Department (a) were working on the passage of Ukrainian refugees to the UK on (i) 28 February and (i) 7 March 2022 and (b) will be working on that area on (A) 14 and (B) 21 Marc

10 Mar 2022 · Home Office

Visas: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if great aunts and uncles will be able to come to the UK under the family scheme from Ukraine.

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

Refugees: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if local authorities will be able to sponsor refugees from Ukraine under the humanitarian sponsorship scheme.

10 Mar 2022 · Home Office

Emergency Travel Documents: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will enable children under the age of 18 to travel from Ukraine to the UK without documentation in either the (a) family resettlement or (b) the humanitarian community schemes.

10 Mar 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Overseas Trade: Russia

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy to support workers that may block imports or exports of goods from or to Russia including those via a third country.

10 Mar 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Overseas Trade: Russia

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy to support workers that may take industrial action as a result of their employer trading with Russia.

10 Mar 2022 · Department for International Trade

Trade: Russia

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether she is taking steps to encourage a global boycott of trading with Russia.

10 Mar 2022 · Department for International Trade

Exports: Russia

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps she is taking to encourage British and international companies that are exporting to Russia to stop their trade in that country.

9 Mar 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Housing: Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he has taken to invest in the skills required for retrofitting homes; and what estimate he has made of the number of people supporting retrofitting programmes.

9 Mar 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Housing: Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many homes will be retrofitted to reduce fuel consumption by the end of (a) 2022 and (b) 2023.

9 Mar 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Tidal Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to develop tidal power as a significant alternative source of energy in light of the energy security situation caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

9 Mar 2022 · Department for International Trade

Fossil Fuels: Russia

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment has he made of the potential (a) merits and (b) prospects of the UK increasing future exports of renewable energy technologies and manufacturing to countries pursing divestment from Ru

9 Mar 2022 · Department for International Trade

Fossil Fuels: Russia

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what plans she has to help accelerate the ambition of other countries to divest in Russian fossil fuels; and if he will make an assessment of the potential (a) merits and (b) prospects of the UK being

9 Mar 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will have discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of investing in retrofitting homes to reduce energy use.

Source: official written-questions record.