Written questions
1,338 written questions tabled, most recent first.
8 Feb 2018 · Women and Equalities
Government Equalities Office: Visits Abroad
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what overseas visits officials in the Government Equalities Office have undertaken in 2017; how many officials took part in each such visit; and what the (a) cost, (b) purpose and (c) outcome of each such trip
8 Feb 2018 · Department for International Development
Bridge International Academies
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate her Department has made of the funds allocated to Bridge International Academies and its parent or subsidiary companies in each of the last three years.
8 Feb 2018 · Department for International Development
Bridge International Academies
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans her Department has to provide funding (a) directly and (b) indirectly to (i) Bridge International Academies and (ii) its parent or subsidiary companies.
7 Feb 2018 · Home Office
Visas
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February to Question 125811 on Administrative Mistakes, how many financial administrative mistakes her Department has made in relation to visa application renewals in each
7 Feb 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care
Nurses: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many student nurses from outside the UK have received bursaries in the last four years.
6 Feb 2018 · HM Treasury
Poverty: Children
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February to Question 125706, on Poverty: Children, if he will make an assessment of the effect of the freeze on (a) child benefit and (b) child tax credits on child poverty in the last sev
6 Feb 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Sri Lanka: Human Rights
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to monitor the delivery of commitments made by the Government of Sri Lanka under UN Human Rights Council Resolution 34/1.
31 Jan 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Syria: Armed Conflict
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Turkish counterpart on (a) Turkish air strikes on Afrin and (b) the effect of those air strikes on Kurdish communities.
30 Jan 2018 · Home Office
Visas
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will assess the number of financial administrative mistakes with regards to visa application renewals that have been made by her Department in each of the last seven years.
30 Jan 2018 · HM Treasury
Poverty: Children
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the effect of the freeze in child benefit and child tax credits on child poverty in the past seven years.
23 Jan 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Sayed Alwadaei
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department has discussed with the authorities of the Kingdom of Bahrain, the trial of relatives of UK-based human rights activist Sayed Ahmed al-Wadaei.
12 Jan 2018 · Home Office
Hate Crime
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of hate crimes that have been reported to police in each of the last five years.
11 Jan 2018 · Home Office
Hate Crime
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the rate of hate crime; and whether those steps vary depending on the group targeted by hate crime.
11 Jan 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Equality
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to close the life expectancy gap between poorer and wealthier areas and to improve health equality.
13 Dec 2017 · Department of Health
Patients: Transport
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effect of outsourcing patient transport services on the quality of service provided.
13 Dec 2017 · Department of Health
Patients: Transport
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has made an assessment of the implementation of the Eligibility Criteria for Patient Transport Services guide.
13 Dec 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Sleeping Rough
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) new houses have been built and (b) temporary accommodations have been made available for rough sleepers in each of the last three years.
13 Dec 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Sleeping Rough
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether there is a cross-departmental plan on housing, health, social security and work policies to ensure a coordinated approach to assist people who are sleeping rough.
7 Dec 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Overseas Aid: Terrorism
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what date the Government became aware that development assistance channelled through Adam Smith International and the Access to Justice and Community Services programme was potentially
6 Dec 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Syria: Administration of Justice
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he made an assessment of the case for suspending the Access to Justice and Community Services programme in Syria before 4 December 2017?
28 Nov 2017 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Game: Animal Welfare
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department takes to (a) enforce the Welfare Code for game birds and (b) ensure that cages used for breeding pheasants and partridges meet animal welfare standards.
23 Nov 2017 · Home Office
Human Trafficking: Prostitution
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to end sex trafficking in the UK.
15 Nov 2017 · Department for International Development
Caribbean: Hurricanes and Tornadoes
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much the British Red Cross' appeal for hurricane recovery efforts in the Caribbean has raised; and whether the Government has paid or transferred matching funds.
15 Nov 2017 · Department for International Development
Bangladesh: Rohingya
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, on what date her Department's Office in Bangladesh became aware of the possibility of an influx of Rohingya refugees to that country; and what steps it took in response to that awareness.
15 Nov 2017 · Department for International Development
Global Partnership for Education
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans her Department has to work with France and Senegal to replenish funds for the Global Partnership for Education to 2020.
15 Nov 2017 · Department for International Development
Developing Countries: Data Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether she plans to prioritise data disaggregation for all forms of exclusion, including by ethnic group, in advance of next year's Data Festival and the development of an SDG Data Disaggregati
15 Nov 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Adam Smith International: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department has provided to Adam Smith International in each year from 2012 to 2016.
15 Nov 2017 · Department for Education
Schools: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will carry out and publish an assessment of the effect of changes on levels of funding for schools on (a) well-being of teachers and and (b) school results.
7 Nov 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Temporary Accommodation
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he plans to take to ensure that people are not placed in temporary accommodation for more than the legal six weeks limit.
2 Nov 2017 · Home Office
Migrants: Detainees
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to ensure that survivors of sexual violence are not detained in immigration detention centres.
Source: official written-questions record.