Written questions

Rachael Maskell

9,475 written questions tabled, most recent first.

15 Sep 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Afghanistan: Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she is having with the Government of Qatar on (a) evacuation of LGBT+ people and (b) bringing LGBT+ people to the UK under the Afghan Citizens' Resettlement

15 Sep 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Afghanistan: Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she is having with the Government of Qatar on (a) evacuation of Hazara families and (b) bringing Hazara families to the UK under the Afghan Citizens' Resettl

15 Sep 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Afghanistan: Chevening Scholarships Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department is taking steps to provide safe passage out of Afghanistan to Afghan Chevening scholars; and what his Department's policy is on the level of priority A

15 Sep 2021 · Home Office

Chevening Scholarships Programme: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has been contacted by Afghan Chevening scholars in the last three weeks; and what her Department's policy is on eligibility of Afghan Chevening scholars for Government support.

15 Sep 2021 · Treasury

Health and Social Care Levy

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the Health and Social Care Levy on working people drawing their state pension.

15 Sep 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Health and Social Care Levy

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the impact of the Health and Social Care Levy on working people claiming (a) universal credit, (b) working tax credit or (c) other benefits.

15 Sep 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Standard of Living

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of (a) trends in the cost of living and (b) the impact that those trends are having on standards of living of people claiming social security support.

15 Sep 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Poverty: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Education on the impact of poverty on educational outcomes; and what fiscal steps the Government is taking to tackle that matter.

15 Sep 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Poverty: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish a strategy on lifting children out of all forms of poverty.

15 Sep 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Living Wage

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on increasing the National Living Wage for the purposes of reducing levels of in-work poverty.

15 Sep 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Evictions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on evictions of people who are unable to afford their rent.

15 Sep 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Fuel Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he plans to take to tackle fuel poverty before (a) the removal of the temporary £20 universal credit uplift and (b) winter 2021-22.

15 Sep 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she is taking steps to ensure that the removal of the £20 uplift to the standard allowance of universal credit does not result in a rise in levels of food poverty.

15 Sep 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the impact of the end of the universal credit £20 temporary uplift on people living in areas with relatively high consumer price levels of goods and services.

14 Sep 2021 · Home Office

Refugees: York

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of property prices in York on the ability to resettle refugees in that city.

14 Sep 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Refugees: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the family of young people who are in the UK under the Vulnerable Children Resettlement Scheme can join their children under (a) the Afghanistan Citizens Resettlement Scheme or (b) another route to allow

14 Sep 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Refugees: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what support she is giving to children resettled in the UK under the Vulnerable Children Resettlement Scheme who originate from Afghanistan and who have family in Afghanistan who are part of a religious minority.

14 Sep 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

South Asia: Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with NGOs working in (a) Pakistan and (b) other third countries about the humanitarian requirements of supporting large volumes of refugee

14 Sep 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Afghanistan: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with NGOs working in Afghanistan on the current humanitarian needs in that country.