Written questions
963 written questions tabled, most recent first.
26 Jun 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Solicitors Regulation Authority
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Solicitor's Regulation Authority on ensuring good practice among immigration solicitors.
26 Jun 2020 · Department for Education
Secondary Education: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if guidance for the September 2020 reopening of secondary schools will be available to (a) local authorities and (b) other school providers by the end of this school term.
25 Jun 2020 · Home Office
Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to improve scrutiny of the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner; and what steps her Department takes to monitor the performance of immigration advisers.
22 Jun 2020 · Cabinet Office
Public Opinion
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that polling commissioned by Government or paid for with public funds is not (a) used for party political purposes or (b) accessed by a political party on preferenti
19 Jun 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Community Orders
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many breaches of community orders imposed by (a) youth, (b) family, and (c) all courts have (i) been processed and (i) are outstanding since 23 March 2020.
11 Jun 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Courts and Tribunals
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the level of the backlog in (a) courts and (b) tribunals in each region in each of the last six months.
11 Jun 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Trials: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of delays in trials as a result of the covid-19 outbreak, on justice outcomes.
10 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Overseas Visitors: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of allowing exemptions to the Government's 14 day quarantine requirement for visitors who have come to the UK to visit terminally ill relatives a
10 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Overseas Visitors: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of allowing exemptions to the Government's 14 day quarantine requirement for visitors to the UK who can prove that they have tested negative for
8 Jun 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 2 June 2020 to Question HL4637 on Universal Credit: Coronavirus, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of enabling claimants of universal credit to be granted
1 Jun 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Probation: Civil Society
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to eliminate barriers to third sector provision of probation services.
18 May 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Criminal Proceedings: Victims
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals to give victims of crime enforceable rights in the criminal justice system.
18 May 2020 · Home Office
Social Distancing: Enforcement
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance has been issued to police on the criteria that frontline officers may use to determine if a person is sufficiently alert for the purposes of Government covid-19 guidelines.
18 May 2020 · Home Office
Immigration: EU Nationals
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 21 June 2019 to Question 266278, what plans her Department has to review the decision to not provide EU citizens with physical documentation confirming their settled st
15 May 2020 · Home Office
British Nationality: Assessments
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will extend leave to remain visas until October 2020 for people that are applying for indefinite leave to remain but are unable to take a life in the UK test during the covid-19 outbreak.
13 May 2020 · Department for Transport
Public Transport: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the introduction of flexible season tickets as part of his Department's covid-19 recovery plan for passengers.
12 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Care Homes: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many contact tracing operations there were following risk assessments undertaken by Public Health England in response to outbreaks of covid-19 in care homes in March and April 2020.
5 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Social Services: Coronavirus
What steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of deaths in the social care sector as a result of covid-19.
4 May 2020 · Department for Transport
Airlines: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what support is available for the airline industry during the covid-19 outbreak; and what steps his Department is taking to encourage airlines to take that support rather than make staff redundant.
4 May 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of prisoners newly admitted from courts have been tested for covid-19 before arrival at prison, since 4 March 2020.
4 May 2020 · Department for Education
Free School Meals: Voucher Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking in response to reported failures in the service offered by Edenred on free school meals vouchers to ensure that any schools affected have adequate food provision to offer vul
1 May 2020 · Attorney General
Crime: Victims
To ask the Attorney General, what steps his Department is taking to protect victims of crime from the suspects of those crimes that have been released from remand following delays to their trial as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
1 May 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners' Release: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of suspects that have been released on remand as a result of delays in court proceedings during the covid-19 outbreak.
28 Apr 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Children: Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of the covid-19 outbreak on child maintenance payments.
28 Apr 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been admitted to prison since the start of the covid-19 lockdown on 23 March 2020; and how many of those prisoners were tested for covid-19 as part of the prison admission process.
22 Apr 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress he has made on installing temporary sleeper pods in prisons to aid the isolating of covid-19 prisoners; how many pods have been ordered; and how long those pods are planned to be used.
22 Apr 2020 · Department for Education
Students: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to support online learning for disadvantaged university students.
21 Apr 2020 · Department for Education
Children: Day Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will enable childcare providers that receive early years entitlement funding to access the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.
21 Apr 2020 · Home Office
Visas: Foreign Nationals
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will allow the extension of visas for foreign nationals who are unable to re-enter the country before their visa expiration date due to global travel restrictions.
21 Apr 2020 · Home Office
Visas: Married People
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will extend spousals visas where one spouse is unable to re-enter the country before their visa expiration date due to global travel restrictions.
Source: official written-questions record.