Written questions
1,338 written questions tabled, most recent first.
6 Mar 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Nigeria: Asylum
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government has taken with EU officials on the negotiations with the Nigerian Government on an agreement to allow Italy and other EU member states to return Nigerian migrant
27 Feb 2017 · Department for International Development
Developing Countries: Abortion
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if her Department will contribute to the new, global fund to help women access abortion services launched by the Netherlands on 25 January 2017.
17 Feb 2017 · Department for International Development
Developing Countries: Older People
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether the absence of a reference to age in the Bilateral Development Review commitment to Leave No One Behind represents a change of policy to no longer include older people in the Government'
9 Feb 2017 · Department of Health
Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether women in Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre are tested for TB, HIV and malaria on arrival from (a) West Africa, (b) East Africa, (c) South Africa and (d) South-East Asia.
7 Feb 2017 · Home Office
Asylum
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum decisions were made in cases of applicants who were detained at the point of decision in each quarter since 1 January 2014.
11 Jan 2017 · Home Office
Slavery
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been identified as potential victims of modern slavery or trafficking as a result of Operation Magnify; and how many of those people have been detained due to lack of documentatio
10 Jan 2017 · Prime Minister
Seeta Kaur
To ask the Prime Minister, whether she raised the case of Seeta Kaur with Prime Minister Modi, as requested by the hon. Member for Edmonton in a letter to the Prime Minister ahead of her visit to India.
10 Jan 2017 · Home Office
Undocumented Workers: Detainees
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is government policy to detain undocumented workers who claim that they are victims of trafficking or modern slavery as part of Operation Magnify.
10 Jan 2017 · Home Office
Migrants: Detainees
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2016 to Question 56463, when in 2017 her Department will ask Stephen Shaw QC to carry out a review of the adults at risk guidance.
10 Jan 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Homelessness: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to Centrepoint's statement to The Independent newspaper of 9 January 2017, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of zero-hour contracts on the abi
20 Dec 2016 · Department of Health
Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre: Females
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many women have been held in isolation in Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre in the last month as a result of the recent outbreak of tuberculosis in that centre.
20 Dec 2016 · Ministry of Justice
Honour Based Abuse
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the Government's plans are for investigating allegations of honour-based violence which are transnational.
20 Dec 2016 · Ministry of Justice
Honour Based Abuse
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment the Government has made of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals on extra-territorial effects for offences related to honour-based violence
20 Dec 2016 · Ministry of Justice
Leasehold: Forfeiture
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate she has made of the number of lease forfeitures that have occurred in the last year.
7 Dec 2016 · Home Office
Migrants: Detainees
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to end the adults at risk in immigration detention policy.
5 Dec 2016 · Department for International Development
Government Departments: Overseas Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that other Departments' official development assistance expenditure is transparent.
4 Nov 2016 · Department for International Development
Developing Countries: HIV/AIDS
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of the link between gender-based violence and the increased risk of HIV infection in women overseas; and what steps her Department plans to take to addres
19 Oct 2016 · Department for International Development
Yemen: Humanitarian Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department is giving to aid organisations based in Yemen to deliver humanitarian assistance in that country.
19 Oct 2016 · Department for International Development
Nigeria: Life Expectancy
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations she has received on trends in life expectancy in Northern Nigeria; and if she will make a statement.
19 Oct 2016 · Department for International Development
Developing Countries: Poverty
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what contribution her Department has made to UN Sustainable Development Goal 1 on poverty eradication in the last six months; and if she will make a statement.
13 Oct 2016 · Home Office
Migrants: Detainees
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Rule 35 (1), Rule 35 (2) and Rule 35 (3) reports were submitted in the (a) first, (b) second and (c) third quarters of 2016.
13 Oct 2016 · Home Office
Migrants: Detainees
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of the new Adults at Risk guidelines on the number of Rule 35 (3) reports.
13 Oct 2016 · Home Office
Migrants: Detainees
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consultation process took place before the implementation of the new Adults at Risk guidelines.
13 Oct 2016 · Home Office
Migrants: Detainees
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government plans to monitor or re-evaluate the mechanisms in place under the new Adults at Risk guidelines.
13 Oct 2016 · Home Office
Migrants: Detainees
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what monitoring processes are in place to oversee the new Adults at Risk guidelines.
13 Oct 2016 · Home Office
Migrants: Detainees
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons gender-based violence has been included in the Adults at Risk guidelines to caseworkers under the category mental health conditions.
12 Oct 2016 · Department for International Development
Developing Countries: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the report by UNESCO, entitled Global Education Monitoring Report 2016; and what steps at (a) bilateral and (b) multilateral
12 Oct 2016 · Department for International Development
Department for International Development: Public Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of her Department's budget is planned to be allocated to projects administered by other Departments in 2017-18.
11 Oct 2016 · Department for International Development
Marriage: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking in co-operation with UN agencies to tackle the increase in child brides in refugee camps and conflict areas.
13 Sep 2016 · Home Office
Migrants: Detainees
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect of applying the narrower Article 1 definition of torture in the draft guidance on adults at risk on the task of medical practitioners in immigration removal
Source: official written-questions record.