Written questions

793 written questions tabled, most recent first.

14 Jul 2020 · Home Office

Slavery: Victim Support Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the implications of the FCA's freezing of Wire Card for her emergency response policy on payment card freezes to ensure that future victims of trafficking are support

8 Jul 2020 · Treasury

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to reply to the urgent letter from the hon. Member for Swansea East and other hon. Members, dated 19 June 2020 on the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on food and drink wholesalers.

8 Jul 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the End of Custody Temporary Release scheme for (a) pregnant women and (b) women.

7 Jul 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Offenders

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether Jobcentre Plus work coaches receive specific training to support and provide employment advice to women prison leavers.

7 Jul 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her Department will take steps with representatives of local authorities to ensure that universal credit is able to cover the costs of women in supported or temporary housing so that those women can

7 Jul 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Offenders

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that prison leavers (a) with and (b) without internet access are aware of the (i) alternative payment arrangements and (ii) other easements for payment of u

7 Jul 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in the event that covid-19 lockdown restrictions in prisons are maintained or re-imposed, what steps the HM Prison and Probation Service is taking to ensure that women in prisons are able to access support, educa

7 Jul 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Offenders: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to implement the Female Offender Strategy 2018 and support women’s transition back into the community through securing employment.

7 Jul 2020 · Ministry of Justice

New Futures Network

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department plans to publish a report on the work of the New Futures Network including the (a) number and (b) location of job placements, by gender, achieved under that initiative.

7 Jul 2020 · Ministry of Justice

New Futures Network

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the New Futures Network has staff working specifically on the employment of women in and leaving prison; and whether it works with employers in women’s resettlement areas.

2 Jul 2020 · Treasury

Food: Wholesale Trade

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost of extending business rates relief to food and drink wholesalers.

2 Jul 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Business: Insurance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when the Government’s trade credit reinsurance scheme will be ratified by the EU; and what steps the Government is taking to expedite that process.

30 Jun 2020 · Home Office

Human Trafficking: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason people in the National Referral Mechanism who are in outreach support have been treated differently from people in that mechanism who are in safe house accommodation during the covid-1

26 Jun 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Gambling: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of Gamstop in enabling people to put in place controls to restrict online gambling activity; and what steps his Department is

26 Jun 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Gambling: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of whether the Betting and Gaming Council trade body should permit members to profit from online gambling in jurisdictions where gambling is not permitted.

26 Jun 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Gambling Commission: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Gambling Commission exercises quality controls over its list of entities which are entitled to receive research, education, prevention and treatment funding.

26 Jun 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Gambling: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, for what reasons the (a) Gambling Commission and (b) Betting and Gaming Council trade body do not maintain a public list of jurisdictions which permit remote gambling; and if he will tak

26 Jun 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Gambling: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether UK licensees operate remote gambling in grey or black market jurisdictions where gambling is prohibited.

26 Jun 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Gambling: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Gambling Commission investigates the oversees activities of its remote gambling licensees where there is suspected wrong doing.

26 Jun 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Gambling: Suicide

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Advisory Board for Safer Gambling report, Progress Report on the National Strategy to Reduce Gambling Harms, published on 26 June 2020, what steps he is taking to

26 Jun 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Gambling: Advertising

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with (a) the Betting and Gaming Council and (b) sports clubs on reducing the level of gambling advertising in sport in the last 12 months.

26 Jun 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Gambling: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will take steps to restrict gambling advertising in children’s computer games.

26 Jun 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Gambling: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government is taking to reduce the exposure of children to gambling advertising.

26 Jun 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Gambling: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment the Government has made of the effect of gambling advertising on children and young people.

25 Jun 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Consumer Goods: Counterfeit Manufacturing

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with online platforms on preventing sales of counterfeit and substandard electrical goods on their websites.

25 Jun 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Consumer Goods: Electrical Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent steps his Department has taken to prevent the sale of unsafe electrical goods on online platforms.

25 Jun 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Consumer Goods: Electrical Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on (a) new online harms legislation and (b) the inclusion of the sale of unsafe elect

25 Jun 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Consumer Goods: Electrical Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the (a) Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and (b) Office for Product Safety and Standards on including the sale of unsafe e

25 Jun 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Consumer Goods: Electrical Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending the scope of the online harms legislation to include the sale of unsafe electrical goods online.

24 Jun 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Personal Care Services: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when his Department plans to review the guidelines on restrictions in place for close contact services during the covid-19 outbreak.

Source: official written-questions record.