Written questions

793 written questions tabled, most recent first.

22 Nov 2017 · Home Office

Slavery

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many positive conclusive grounds decisions were made in relation to modern slavery and human trafficking in (a) 2016 and (b) 2017.

21 Nov 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Telephone Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the MP hotline will be available over the Christmas period for urgent universal credit casework inquiries.

21 Nov 2017 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Gambling: Prizes

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what data source her Department used to inform the recent consultation on stakes and prizes on the percentage of problem and at-risk gamblers for various different stakes.

21 Nov 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Telephone Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether an emergency telephone line will be available over the Christmas period to allow new universal credit claimants to apply for an advance before their first payment.

13 Nov 2017 · Women and Equalities

Employment: Menopause

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will make it her policy to issue guidance on supporting the needs of menopausal women in the workplace.

13 Nov 2017 · Women and Equalities

Employment: Menopause

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will make it her policy to issue guidance on training for staff to support working women who are living through the menopause.

13 Nov 2017 · Home Office

Prostitution: Criminal Records

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the effect of Disclosure and Barring Service regulations on prostitution-related offences on the prospects of women who want to leave prostitution.

3 Nov 2017 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to improve the transitional process from prison to release for women.

3 Nov 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Homelessness: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to make an assessment of the provision of homeless accommodation specifically designed for women experiencing multi-disadvantages such as domestic violence and mental ill

1 Nov 2017 · Home Office

Human Trafficking: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of how the changes to the National Referral Mechanism announced on 17 October 2017 will affect children; and whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of

31 Oct 2017 · Home Office

Human Trafficking: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the National Referral Mechanism in respect of child victims of trafficking; and whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits o

23 Oct 2017 · Department for Education

Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the number of women who have experienced domestic abuse who have had their children temporarily removed from their care by local authorities in each of the last three ye

23 Oct 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Government has made an assessment of the potential merits of lifting the freeze on benefits on account of changes to the level of inflation after the UK leaves the EU.

18 Oct 2017 · Home Office

Prostitution: Criminal Records

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of erasing prostitution-specific criminal records.

16 Oct 2017 · Home Office

Prostitution

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to fund specialist services to prevent women entering prostitution.

16 Oct 2017 · Home Office

Prostitution

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to adopt a strategy on prostitution which emphasises preventing women and girls entering prostitution and support women wishing to exit prostitution; what steps she plans to take to

11 Oct 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Payments

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure prompt and accurate payments of universal credit for people being transferred to that benefit in the run-up to Christmas.

6 Oct 2017 · Home Office

Immigration: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether children and young people resident in the UK are able to apply for settled status in their own right.

6 Oct 2017 · Department for Exiting the European Union

Children: Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that the UK can maintain access to EU data, intelligence, training, research and security infrastructure for the purposes of child protection.

6 Oct 2017 · HM Treasury

Disadvantaged: EU Grants and Loans

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if the Government will guarantee a six year funding period for the Shared Prosperity Fund to provide disadvantaged communities with funding equivalent in real-terms to that currently provided by means of the European

6 Oct 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Electricity: Consumption

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much electricity was consumed in each month in 2015-16.

6 Oct 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Secondhand Goods: Electrical Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that suppliers of second-hand electrical goods do not sell unsafe electrical goods.

6 Oct 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, at what time of the day the main use of electricity in domestic homes was by (a) day and (b) month in 2015-16.

6 Oct 2017 · Home Office

Human Trafficking: Prostitution

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps she has taken to tackle the involvement of sex trafficking in the sex and prostitution industries; what assessment she has made of regional disparities in the quantom of that involve

6 Oct 2017 · Ministry of Justice

Sexual Offences: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government is taking to monitor proper and effective implementation of section 41 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 in sexual violence cases.

6 Oct 2017 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Transgender People

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications made by transgender prisoners for transfer to a prison of their chosen gender have been approved since the provisions of the Equality Act 2010 relating to gender reassignment came into force

6 Oct 2017 · Home Office

Human Trafficking: Swansea

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures are currently in place to combat sex trafficking in the Swansea area.

13 Sep 2017 · Home Office

Slavery

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, from which public authorities her Department has received notifications under section 52 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015.

7 Sep 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Electrical Safety: Fires

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with the Home Secretary on the potential correlation between periods of high electricity usage and electrical fires in the home.

6 Sep 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Tumble Dryers: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what progress he has made on addressing concerns relating to tumble dryer safety; and what recent discussions he has had with manufacturers on that matter.

Source: official written-questions record.