Written questions

2,582 written questions tabled, most recent first.

29 Feb 2016 · Home Office

Slavery

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding the Government has allocated to the NSPCC's Modern Slavery helpline in financial year (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16; how many full-time equivalent staff have been employed by that helpl

29 Feb 2016 · Home Office

Female Genital Mutilation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how the Government plans to enforce the reporting duties for female genital mutilation for professionals under Section 5B of the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003, as amended.

29 Feb 2016 · Home Office

Female Genital Mutilation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the female genital mutilation reporting duties under Section 5B of the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003 apply to professionals who (a) are members of any of the professional bodies on the Ac

29 Feb 2016 · Home Office

Visas: Overseas Students

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 21 September 2015 to Question HL1937, on visas: overseas students, to provide the data by quarter from 2009-10 to quarter 1 2013; and how many Tier 4 applicants did not under

29 Feb 2016 · Home Office

Extradition

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) import extradition requests her Department received from non-Category 1 and 2 countries and (b) export extradition requests her Department made to non-category 1 and 2 countries in each y

29 Feb 2016 · Home Office

Extradition

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many export extradition requests her Department received from Category 2 territories in each year since 2009-10; how many such requests she certified; how many of those requests were approved by d

29 Feb 2016 · Home Office

Immigration: Advisory Services

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many immigration advisers were registered with the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC) in each year since 2009-10; how many complaints the OISC received about immigration advise

29 Feb 2016 · Home Office

Extradition

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many import extradition requests from Category 2 territories were passed to the International Criminality Unit of the Home Office in each year since 2009-10; how many such requests were authorised

29 Feb 2016 · Home Office

Forced Marriage Unit: Telephone Services

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the average length of (a) domestic and (b) international calls to the Forced Marriage Unit; and what the cost of these calls were to (i) domestic and (ii) international

29 Feb 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Immigration: Advisory Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many immigration advisers were registered with each of the professional bodies approved as registers of immigration advisers in each year since 2009-10; how many complaints the Legal Ombudsman received about

29 Feb 2016 · Home Office

Detainees: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many referrals her Department has made to the children's section of the Refugee Council related to detainees in immigration removal centres who her Department believed to be children in each year

29 Feb 2016 · Department for Transport

Taxis: Vetting

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which local authorities do not require Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks for taxis and private hire vehicles; and what representations his Department has made to those local authorities to encourage t

29 Feb 2016 · Home Office

Forced Marriage Unit: Telephone Services

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many telephone calls from (a) domestic and (b) international locations the Forced Marriage Unit received in (i) each financial year since 2005 and (ii) 2015-16 to date.

29 Feb 2016 · Home Office

Female Genital Mutilation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding the Government provided to the Female Genital Mutilation Helpline in (a) 2013-14, (b) 2014-15 and (c) 2015-16; how many full-time equivalent staff have been employed by that helpline;

29 Feb 2016 · Home Office

Female Genital Mutilation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2016 to Questions 26129 and 26130, how many and which organisations applied for funding for community projects to tackle female genital mutilation through schemes

29 Feb 2016 · Home Office

Asylum: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2016 to Questions 20212, 20253, 20254 and 20256, how many age disputes were (a) raised, (b) resolved when the person was under 18 when first raised and (c) resolved

29 Feb 2016 · Home Office

Crimes of Violence: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2016 to Question 24958, how much funding the Government allocated for the provision of (a) domestic abuse services, (b) female rape support centres, (c) independen

29 Feb 2016 · Home Office

Female Genital Mutilation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2016 to Questions 26129 and 26130, how much community engagement funding to tackle female genital mutilation (a) was allocated in 2013-14 and (b) has been allocat

29 Feb 2016 · Department of Health

Stem Cells: Donors

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of (a) people from black and minority ethnic backgrounds, (b) white northern Europeans, (c) mixed race people and (d) people from other ethnic backgrounds found a matching stem cell donor in each y

29 Feb 2016 · Department of Health

Female Genital Mutilation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many medical professionals have completed each of Health Education England's e-learning training sessions on female genital mutilation in (a) 2013-14, (b) 2014-15 and (c) 2015-16 to date; and which e-learning

29 Feb 2016 · Department of Health

Stem Cells: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much public funding for stem cell research was allocated to the British Society of Blood and Marrow Transplantation in each year since 2003-04.

29 Feb 2016 · Department of Health

Stem Cells: Transplant Surgery

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS transplant centres there are for the transplantation of stem cells for people with blood cancer or blood disorders; how much funding has NHS England provided to such centres in each year since 2009-10

29 Feb 2016 · Department of Health

Stem Cells: Donors

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on (i) the number of people who were registered as stem cell donors with (a) NHS Blood and Transplant, (b) the Welsh Bone Marrow Registry and (c) The Anthony Nolan registry in

29 Feb 2016 · Department of Health

Stem Cells: Donors

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent on securing stem cell donations from abroad for patients in the UK who have blood disorders or blood cancer in each year since 2003-04; and (a) how many and (b) what proportion of pat

29 Feb 2016 · Department of Health

Stem Cells: Transplant Surgery

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much public funding has been allocated in each year since 2003-04 to improve post-transplant outcomes for people with blood cancer or blood disorders after they receive a successful stem cell donation.

29 Feb 2016 · Department of Health

Female Genital Mutilation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which (a) GPs, (b) acute trusts and (c) mental health trusts failed to submit data to the Female Genital Mutilation Enhanced Dataset via the Health and Social Care Information Centre by (i) the 31 July submission

29 Feb 2016 · Department of Health

Stem Cells: Transplant Surgery

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the geographic variation in the effectiveness of each of the UK's NHS transplant centres for the transplantation of stem cells; and what steps NHS England is taking to re

29 Feb 2016 · Department of Health

Stem Cells: Donors

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much public funding has been provided to (a) NHS Blood and Transplant, (b) Anthony Nolan, (c) NHS England and (d) other bodies for stem cell donation purposes in each year since 2003-04.

29 Feb 2016 · Department for Education

Association of Independent LSCB Chairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding her Department has provided to the Association of Independent Local Safeguarding Children's Board Chairs in each financial year since its establishment.

29 Feb 2016 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many local authority maintained nurseries there were in (a) London, (b) Brent, (c) Camden and (d) Hampstead and Kilburn constituency in each year since 2009-10; how many staff were employed in those nurseri

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