Written questions

963 written questions tabled, most recent first.

27 May 2021 · Department for Education

Schools: Sexual Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the Ofsted review on sexual abuse in schools will be published.

27 May 2021 · Department for Education

Department for Education: Complaints

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many complaints he has received about his Department from (a) parents and (b) teachers since (i) March 2020 and (ii) March 2015.

27 May 2021 · Department for Education

Assessments

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to prevent the teacher-assessed grading process in the 2020-21 academic year leading to legal disputes.

27 May 2021 · Department for Education

School Exclusions Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress his Department has made on implementing the recommendations of the Timpson Review of School Exclusion, published in May 2019.

19 May 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Emergency Services: Crimes of Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has plans to amend the equality impact assessment for assaults on emergency workers in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill to include information on the impact on disabled people.

26 Apr 2021 · Attorney General

Sentencing: Appeals

To ask the Attorney General, how many victims contacted the CPS to make a referral under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme in the most recent time period for which figures are available; whether his Department holds data on the number of referrals by typ

23 Apr 2021 · Attorney General

Sentencing: Appeals

To ask the Attorney General, how many and what proportion of victims that contacted the CPS to make a unduly lenient sentence referral had that referral rejected for being outside the 28 day time limit from the point of sentencing.

21 Apr 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Payments

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer on 20 April 2021 to Question 179299 on Social Security Benefits: Payments, how many cases her Department's Serious Organised Crime team has (a) investigated and (b) prosecuted ful

19 Apr 2021 · Home Office

Drugs: Organised Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the (a) scale and (b) nature of the criminal practice known as cuckooing in (i) England and (ii) Wales; what steps her Department has taken to tackle that practice; and

14 Apr 2021 · Home Office

Weddings: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to provide support for local authorities to waive the fee for a further notice of intention to marry for couples whose wedding ceremonies have been cancelled as a result of covid-19

12 Apr 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

HIV/AIDS: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the notional PrEP allocation of £577,957 in the Public Health Grant 2021-2022 for Brighton and Hove Council was calculated.

12 Apr 2021 · Department for Transport

Public Transport: Season Tickets

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 May 2020 to Question 46749, on Public Transport: Coronavirus, what progress he has made on introducing flexible season tickets; and when passengers will be able to access those tick

12 Apr 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Payments

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has plans to reform benefits payments in order to protect recipients with complex needs from criminal exploitation.

12 Apr 2021 · Home Office

Drugs: Organised Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to page five of the National Crime Agency's report entitled County Lines Drug Supply, Vulnerability and Harm 2018, what recent assessment she has made of the prevalence of concealing dr

12 Apr 2021 · Home Office

Biometric Residence Permits

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of Biometric Residence Permit cards are produced by the DVLA within 10 working days of a notification of the decision to grant leave being sent out.

12 Apr 2021 · Home Office

Exploitation: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of existing modern slavery legislation in tackling child criminal exploitation.

12 Apr 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Youth Offending Teams: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to publish the Covid Recovery Plans submitted by youth offending teams to the Youth Justice Board.

12 Apr 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Bail

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many suspects in (a) murder and (b) rape cases received bail in each of the last five calendar years.

12 Apr 2021 · Home Office

Forensic Science: Laboratories

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress the Government has made on establishing a National Crime Laboratory.

12 Apr 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Youth Courts

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the size of the case backlog in the youth court system.

12 Mar 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the proposed reduction in UK aid to Yemen, Syria and other countries where there is ongoing conflict on trends in the n

10 Mar 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Leasehold: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what progress he has made on removing onerous ground rents for existing leaseholders.

10 Mar 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Leasehold: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what progress his Department has made in bringing forward legislative proposals to protect leaseholders from unreasonable charges when they seek to extend the lease on their prop

1 Mar 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Attendance

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Failure to Appear warrants were issued by courts for (a) murder and (b) rape in each of the last five years up to March 2020.

25 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to issue guidance to clinicians working with clinically extremely vulnerable children on when it is appropriate to administer a covid-19 vaccine.

19 Feb 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Young Offenders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to improve the transition of individuals turning 18 years old from the youth justice system to the adult justice system.

19 Feb 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Young Offenders: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to improve the evidence base on the experience of girls in the youth justice system.

19 Feb 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Young Offenders: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the (a) needs and (b) characteristics of girls in the youth justice system.

19 Feb 2021 · Home Office

Exploitation: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the efficacy of the National Referral Mechanism process in supporting victims of child criminal exploitation.

19 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in each of the last five years, how many (a) referrals were made by youth offending teams to children and young people's mental health services (CYPMHS), and (b) children referred by youth offendin

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