Written questions

2,582 written questions tabled, most recent first.

25 Apr 2019 · Department for Education

Pupil Exclusions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will set up an independent inquiry into school exclusions, pupil referral units and their links to serious violence.

25 Apr 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Criminal Injuries Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department has taken to implement Baroness Newlove's recommendations for the overhaul of Criminal Injuries Compensation Law.

25 Apr 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Knives: Sentencing

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has made recent representations to the Sentencing Council to ensure that (a) repeat weapons offenders who are found guilty of murder or manslaughter serve their full sentence and (b) sentencing guideli

25 Apr 2019 · Home Office

Knives: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has asked the Prime Minister to convene a COBRA meeting in response to the increase in knife attacks in the UK in the last 12 months.

25 Apr 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Knives: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will conduct a review of the existing protections for victims of serious violent crime which specifically consults those affected or bereaved by knife crime attacks.

24 Apr 2019 · Home Office

Armed Forces: Commonwealth

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if his Department will remove visa charges for Commonwealth UK Armed Forces personnel and their immediate families when applying for Indefinite Leave to Remain.

18 Apr 2019 · Home Office

Visas: Iran

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for visit visas his Department received from Iranian nationals in each of the last four years; and how many of those applications were refused.

18 Apr 2019 · Department for International Trade

Export Credit Guarantees: Iran

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether there are any outstanding export credit guarantees relating to Iran.

18 Apr 2019 · Department for International Trade

Export Credit Guarantees: Iran

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether any export credit guarantees relating to Iran have been written off in the past 10 years.

18 Apr 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Iran: Detainees

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made representations to (a) his counterpart in Iran and (b) the UN Security Council on the implications for international peace and security of the arbitrary detention of f

18 Apr 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what diplomatic options are available to his Department to escalate action against the Iranian Government should the UK continue to be denied consular access to Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe.

18 Apr 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he has taken to secure consular access for Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe following the announcement on 7 March 2019 to invoke diplomatic protection.

18 Apr 2019 · Ministry of Defence

Iran: International Military Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the date was of the most recent enforcement hearing for the court case between IMS Ltd and the Iranian Government on outstanding IMS debt.

18 Apr 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Syria: Islamic State

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of children of UK nationals associated with ISIS residing in north-east Syria.

8 Apr 2019 · Home Office

Visas: Innovation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Innovator Visas have been granted since the launch of the programme in March 2019.

8 Apr 2019 · Home Office

Visas: Innovation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether applicants to the Innovator Visa programme will be required to apply for the existing accelerator programmes of the listed endorsing bodies.

8 Apr 2019 · Home Office

Visas: Innovation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he has taken to ensure that all endorsing bodies for the Innovator Visa have published guidance that informs applicants of how to apply for an endorsement required for the Visa.

8 Apr 2019 · Home Office

Visas: Innovation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish the names of endorsing bodies for applications to the Innovator Visa programme.

8 Apr 2019 · Home Office

Visas: Innovation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Innovator Visa applicants were granted endorsements by official endorsing bodies since the introduction of the Innovator Visa.

8 Apr 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Syria: Islamic State

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department have requested the support of the International Committee of the Red Cross to repatriate children of UK nationals associated with ISIS in North-East Syria.

5 Apr 2019 · Department for Transport

Queen's Park Station

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Statement entitled, Access for All: 73 stations set to benefit from additional funding HCWS1484, when upgrades at Queen's Park Station are planned to commence; and what those upgrades will

27 Mar 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Ministerial Policy Advisers

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 27 March 2019 to Question 235371, if she will publish the number of alleged breaches of the Special Advisers Code of Conduct by her Department's Special Advisers in the last 12

27 Mar 2019 · Department for International Trade

Department for International Trade: Ministerial Policy Advisers

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the process for investigation of alleged breaches of the Special Adviser Code of Conduct is.

27 Mar 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Syria: British Nationals Abroad

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what diplomatic steps his Department has taken to help repatriate children of British nationals associated with ISIS in north-east Syria.

27 Mar 2019 · Department for Transport

High Speed 1 Line

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he will provide updated estimates of the forecast passenger numbers for High Speed One ahead of the Hybrid Bill for Phase 2a later this year.

27 Mar 2019 · Department for Transport

High Speed 2 Line

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to provide an updated business case for High Speed Two ahead of the introduction of the Hybrid Bill for Phase 2a later this year.

25 Mar 2019 · Department for Exiting the European Union

Chevening

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many times that Secretaries of State for his Department have used Chevening House for (a) departmental and (b) personal use during their respective times in office since the Department's es

21 Mar 2019 · Cabinet Office

Prime Minister: Ministerial Policy Advisers

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many alleged breaches of the Special Advisers’ Code of Conduct by the Prime Minister's Special Advisers have been investigated in the last 12 months.

21 Mar 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Ministerial Policy Advisers

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many alleged breaches of the Special Advisers’ Code of Conduct by his Department's Special Advisers have been investigated by the Minister responsible for the appointment in the last 12 months.

21 Mar 2019 · Department for International Trade

Department for International Trade: Ministerial Policy Advisers

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many alleged breaches of the Special Advisers’ Code of Conduct by his Department's Special Advisers have been investigated by the Minister responsible for the appointment in the last 12 months.

Source: official written-questions record.