Written questions

Kate Osamor

1,338 written questions tabled, most recent first.

4 Apr 2025 · Home Office

Refugees: Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the Public and Commercial Services Union and Care4Calais report entitled, Safe and Secure Routes: Refugee Visa-to-Trave

4 Apr 2025 · Home Office

Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had recent discussions with representatives of third sector organisations on support for refugees outside the UK.

4 Apr 2025 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had recent discussions with representatives of Border Force on the potential impact of channel crossings on staff wellbeing.

26 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Turkey: Press Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Turkish counterpart on media freedom in that country.

24 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme: Social Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of expanding the remit of legal aid to enable eligible individuals to receive advice on (a) social housing allocations and (b) disputes over the allocation o

24 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Mahmoud Khalil

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his American counterpart on the detention of Mahmoud Khalil.

10 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Said Ferjani

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Tunisian counterpart on the imprisonment of Said Ferjani.

21 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of expanding safe and legal routes available to asylum seekers on the numbers of small boats crossing the Channel.

21 Feb 2025 · Treasury

Bureaux de Change: Exchange Rates and Fees and Charges

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to require currency exchange services for consumers to display the (a) live exchange rates and (b) commission charged to consumers.

21 Feb 2025 · Treasury

Bureaux de Change: Fees and Charges

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing mandatory disclosure of commission rates for currency exchange brokers.

21 Feb 2025 · Treasury

Bureaux de Change: Regulation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of updating regulations on currency exchange brokers.

10 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Home Insurance: Landlords

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring landlords to hold buildings insurance for properties owned outright.

6 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

United Nations: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his international counterparts on the development of a UN Convention on the Rights of Older Persons.

6 Feb 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Miscarriage: Bereavement Leave and Bereavement Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending Paid Parental Bereavement Pay and Leave to those who experience a miscarriage before 24 weeks.

3 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Democratic Republic of Congo: Electricity and Water

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help increase supplies of (a) potable water and (b) electricity in North Kivu.

19 Dec 2024 · Department for Education

Educational Institutions: Labour Turnover

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of publishing an education staff retention strategy.

19 Dec 2024 · Department for Education

Teachers: Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the report entitled Teacher Wellbeing Index 2024, published by Education Support on 20 November 2024.

19 Dec 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ethiopia: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of allegations of serious human rights abuses and atrocities committed by the Ethiopian Government in

17 Dec 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Hong Kong: Official Secrets

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he is taking steps to declassify documents on Hong Kong dated prior to 1 July 1997.

17 Dec 2024 · Department for Education

Overseas Students: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of extending access to student finance to students from Hong Kong with a British National (Overseas) Visa.

17 Dec 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Taiwan

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to negotiate a reciprocal social security agreement with Taiwan.

17 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Taiwan

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to establish a reciprocal healthcare agreement with Taiwan.

10 Dec 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Poverty: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent progress the Child Poverty Taskforce has made on developing strategies to help reduce child poverty.

9 Dec 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of extending access to benefits for families with children who have no recourse to public funds on levels of child poverty.

9 Dec 2024 · Home Office

Migrants: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of families that have no recourse to public funds.