Written questions
814 written questions tabled, most recent first.
9 Nov 2021 · Home Office
Police: Workplace Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that police officers are not discriminated against within the new Police Pension Scheme.
18 Oct 2021 · COP26
Developing Countries: Debts
To ask the President of COP26, what plans he has to take forward discussions on debt from the March 2021 Climate and Development Ministerial meeting as part of the programme for COP26.
15 Oct 2021 · Home Office
Seasonal Workers: Pilot Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps are taken when a worker employed under the Seasonal Worker Pilot scheme requests a transfer to a different employer.
15 Oct 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Seasonal Workers: Pilot Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many complaints operators of the Seasonal Worker Pilot have received from workers employed as part of that scheme.
15 Oct 2021 · Home Office
Employment: Inspections
o ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a firewall between labour inspection teams and immigration enforcement.
15 Oct 2021 · Home Office
Seasonal Workers: Pilot Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of the budget for the Seasonal Worker Pilot is allocated to international agents working with the providers of that scheme.
15 Oct 2021 · Home Office
Seasonal Workers: Pilot Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what financial penalties have been levied against providers of the Seasonal Worker Pilot relating to failure to fulfil the terms of the contract; and what was the level of those penalties.
15 Oct 2021 · Home Office
Seasonal Workers: Pilot Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions workers employed as part of the Seasonal Worker Pilot scheme have requested transfer to a different employer.
15 Oct 2021 · Home Office
Seasonal Workers: Pilot Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish a full evaluation of the Seasonal Workers Pilot scheme before taking any steps to further extending that scheme.
15 Oct 2021 · Home Office
Seasonal Workers: Pilot Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department will publish its evaluation of the Seasonal Workers Pilot scheme.
22 Sep 2021 · Home Office
Chevening Scholarships Programme: Afghanistan
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to ensure the safe passage of Chevening scholars’ families to the UK who were not evacuated from Afghanistan.
22 Sep 2021 · Home Office
Chevening Scholarships Programme: Afghanistan
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Afghan Chevening scholars who were due to return to Afghanistan following their studies, but now cannot due to the situation in the country, will be included in the Afghan Citizens Resettlemen
13 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Social Services: Private Sector
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing conditions on the receipt of any new funding for social care by private care providers, to require that funds are spent only on ca
13 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many doses of covid-19 vaccines have been destroyed as a result of expiring before their use.
10 Sep 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: East of England Energy Group and Oil and Gas Authority
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will publish the details of any sponsorship agreements which exist between the East of England Energy Group and (a) his Department and (b) the Oil and Gas Authority.
10 Sep 2021 · COP26
UN Climate Conference 2021: Civil Servants
To ask the President of COP26, whether there are plans for UK civil servants to travel to Glasgow for COP26 by air.
10 Sep 2021 · Home Office
Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish legal advice her Department has received on the compliance of the policy of turning certain boats back in the Channel with international maritime law.
5 Jul 2021 · Department for International Trade
TRIPS Agreement
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment the Government has made of the implications for its policies of the European Commission communication to the World Trade Organization Council for Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual
5 Jul 2021 · Department for International Trade
TRIPS Agreement
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if the Government will publish its statements made on the proposed TRIPS Waiver during the open-ended negotiations on (a) 30 June and (b) 6 July 2021.
5 Jul 2021 · Department for International Trade
TRIPS Agreement
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to the World Trade Organisation's Agreement for the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), what the Government's policy is on (a) the proposed WTO TRIPS Waiver a
1 Jul 2021 · Ministry of Justice
Marriage: Humanism
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2021 to Question 20609, on Marriage: Humanism, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of granting legal recognition to humanist marriages on the sa
30 Jun 2021 · Home Office
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill: International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the compatibility of the provisions of Part 3 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing, and Courts Bill with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Articles
25 Jun 2021 · Treasury
Migrant Workers: Data Protection
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what processes are in place to protect the data protection rights of migrants in the event that their personal tax data is used to determine (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful applications for indefinite leave to r
24 Jun 2021 · Ministry of Justice
Marriage: Humanism
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance his Department has made available for people who (a) want to have a legally recognised humanist marriage and (b) must also have a civil marriage to gain legal recognition but are unable to do so as
22 Jun 2021 · Ministry of Justice
Marriage: Humanism
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of granting legal recognition to humanist marriages on the same time-limited basis as proposed for outdoor civil marriages.
14 Jun 2021 · Home Office
Immigration: EU Nationals
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department plans to provide to (a) care workers and (b) other EU citizens who fail to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme by 30 June 2021; and if she will publish that guidance.
4 Jun 2021 · Treasury
English Language: Education
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government plans to extend full business rates relief to all English Language Teaching (ELT) schools in (a) 2020-21 and (b) 2021-22.
13 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason he has not published the internal review conducted by civil servants on lessons learned from the covid-19 pandemic.
13 May 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Coronavirus: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many new manufacturing facilities the Government has funded in order to facilitate contracts involving the transfer of covid-19 vaccine technology to UK based manufacturers; a
13 May 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Coronavirus: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many contractual commitments the Government has made with pharmaceutical companies involving the transfer of covid-19 vaccine technology to UK based manufacturers; and if he w
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