Written questions

1,338 written questions tabled, most recent first.

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State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect of narrowing the definition of torture in the draft guidance on adults at risk on people who have been subjected to (a) discriminatory treatment in their com

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State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect of narrowing the defintion of torture in the draft guidance on adults at risk on the ability of her Department to meet Stephen Shaw's recommendation to adopt

13 Sep 2016 · Home Office

Migrants: Detainees

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consideration she has given to the UNHCR Guidelines on the Applicable Criteria and Standards relating to the Detention of Asylum-Seekers and Alternatives to Detention when deciding to narrow the

13 Sep 2016 · Home Office

Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many women detained in Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre have children who are British citizens.

13 Sep 2016 · Home Office

Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many detainees currently in Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre who claim to have suffered persecution in their home country claim to have suffered (a) state and (b) non-state violence.

13 Sep 2016 · Home Office

Welfare in Detention of Vulnerable Persons Review

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the finding of the Review into the Welfare in Detention of Vulnerable Persons, A report to the Home Office by Stephen Shaw, publish

13 Sep 2016 · Home Office

Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre detainees were held in the Kingfisher Isolation Unit on the weekend of 10 September 2016.

13 Sep 2016 · Home Office

Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many detainees were threatened with the Kingfisher Isolation Unit as a result of peaceful protest activities in conjunction with the demonstration outside Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre on

13 Sep 2016 · Home Office

Migrants: Detainees

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of whether there are contradictions in applying the Article 1 definition of torture alongside implementing Shaw Recommendation 9, the presumption against the detention for

13 Sep 2016 · Home Office

Migrants: Detainees

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many detainees who have medical evidence that they are vulnerable persons have suffered (a) state and (b) non-state violence.

6 Sep 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Somalia: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many women's organisations the Minister for Middle East and Africa met during his recent visit to Somalia.

2 Sep 2016 · Department for International Development

Developing Countries: Economic Growth

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how her Department plans to fund support for economic development in developing countries.

2 Sep 2016 · Department for International Development

Overseas Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the Government's policy is on maintaining its commitment to spending 0.7 per cent of gross national income on overseas aid.

12 Apr 2016 · Northern Ireland Office

Economic Situation: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps the Government is taking to strengthen the Northern Ireland economy.

11 Apr 2016 · Home Office

Refugees: Turkey

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has been made of the effect of the EU-Turkey refugee deal on her Department's policy on family reunification for refugees.

8 Apr 2016 · Department of Health

Pharmacy: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will carry out an assessment of the potential (a) health, (b) economic and (c) social effects of its proposals to reduce community pharmacy funding.

16 Mar 2016 · Department of Health

North Middlesex University Hospital: Accident and Emergency Departments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the safety of care provided by North Middlesex Hospital's A&E department since its receipt of a notification of a risk summit.

16 Mar 2016 · Home Office

Human Trafficking

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps she has taken to tackle human trafficking into the UK at source.

15 Mar 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to tackle economic inequality among black and minority ethnic communities.

15 Mar 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Housing Benefits: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of changes to housing benefit on black and minority ethnic communities.

15 Mar 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Post Offices: Franchises

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of the Post Office's franchising plans on local communities.

22 Feb 2016 · Department of Health

Accident and Emergency Departments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what record his Department maintains on morale amongst A&E staff.

2 Feb 2016 · Scotland Office

Abortion: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent discussions he has had with ministers of the Scottish Government and women's organisations on devolving competence for abortion legislation to Scotland.

1 Feb 2016 · Home Office

Human Trafficking

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the correlation between smuggling rings which bring people into the EU and human trafficking gangs which exploit migrants for sex and slavery.

13 Jan 2016 · HM Treasury

HSBC

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the Financial Conduct Authority's decision to end its review into HSBC.

8 Dec 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Turkey: PKK

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to his Turkish counterpart on negotiating a ceasefire with the Kurdistan Workers' Party; and if he will make a statement.

8 Dec 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Turkey: Military Intervention

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on Turkish military action against (a) the Kurdistan Workers' Party in northern Iraq and (b) ISIS since July 2015; and if he will make a statement.

8 Dec 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Turkey: Military Intervention

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on Turkish military action in Kobane; and if he will make a statement.

8 Dec 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Turkey: Arrests

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on recent arrests by the Turkish government of members of the (a) Kurdish political opposition and (b) Daesh in that country; and if he will make a statement.

7 Dec 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Turkey: Kurds

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Turkish government about the use of curfew, martial law and the deployment of the military in (a) Cizre and Silvan and (b) other mainly Kurdish town

Source: official written-questions record.