Written questions
2,252 written questions tabled, most recent first.
3 Sep 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions
Maternity Allowance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the reasons for the change in the number of maternity allowance starts between 2016-17 and the second half of 2020-21.
3 Sep 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions
Self-employed: Mothers
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of self-employed mothers who have had a child through a surrogacy arrangement who have not been eligible for either (a) Statutory Adoption Pay or (b) Maternity A
22 Jul 2021 · Ministry of Justice
Marriage: Humanism
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps his Department has taken towards granting legal recognition to humanist marriages; and whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of enabling Senedd Cymru to legalise humanist mar
12 Jul 2021 · Ministry of Justice
Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre: Novus
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Government Response to the Justice Select Committee’s Seventeenth Report of Session 2019–2021: Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre, paragraph 11, for what reason the decision was made to chang
12 Jul 2021 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Industrial Disputes
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to help resolve the industrial dispute between the University and College Union and Novus at custodial establishments.
12 Jul 2021 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Industrial Disputes
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of whether financial penalties could potentially be invoked against Novus in the event that prison education is disrupted as a result of strike action.
12 Jul 2021 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Industrial Disputes
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect of strike action on prison education in respect of the industrial dispute between the University and College Union and Novus at custodial establishments.
8 Jul 2021 · Ministry of Justice
Secure Training Centres
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's press release of 16 June 2021 entitled Lord Chancellor takes immediate action to move children from Rainsbrook, which establishments the children previously living in Rainsbrook
8 Jul 2021 · Ministry of Justice
Reoffenders: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of trends in the levels of reoffending rates of children released from custodial establishments over the last 10 years.
8 Jul 2021 · Ministry of Justice
Reoffenders: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the reoffending rate of children released from custodial establishments.
8 Jul 2021 · Ministry of Justice
Young Offenders: Location
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of English child prisoners are living in custodial establishments in (a) Wales and (b) Scotland.
8 Jul 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions
Bereavement Benefits
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 17 May 2021 to Question 704 on Bereavement Benefits, what his timescale is for bringing forward a draft Remedial Order to extend eligibility for Widowed Parent’s Allowance and
7 Jul 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Seafood Exports Working Group
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish an update on the progress of the work of the Seafood Exports Working Group.
7 Jul 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Seafood Exports Working Group
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Seafood Exports Working Group last met.
1 Jul 2021 · Home Office
Immigration: EU Nationals
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions her Department has had with the Welsh Government to identify and encourage applications from eligible individuals in Wales to the EU Settlement Scheme who did not apply by 30 June 202
1 Jul 2021 · Home Office
Immigration: EU Nationals
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number and proportion of eligible people in Wales who did not apply to the EU Settlement Scheme by the 30 June 2021 deadline.
1 Jul 2021 · Home Office
Immigration: EU Nationals
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of pending applications to the EU Settlement Scheme are from applicants in Wales.
15 Jun 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Renewable Energy: Wales
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the transmission electricity network in Wales in facilitating renewable energy generation.
14 Jun 2021 · Ministry of Justice
HMP Berwyn: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the availability of illegal substances at HMP Berwyn.
14 Jun 2021 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Wales
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many inmates have completed accredited rehabilitation programmes at (a) HMP Berwyn and (b) all other Welsh prisons, in each year since 2017.
14 Jun 2021 · Ministry of Justice
HMP Berwyn: Prison Officers
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers in positions as frontline operational staff at HMP Berwyn deployed in (a) each prison block and (b) the care and separation unit have (i) less than two year's experience and (ii) less th
9 Jun 2021 · Ministry of Justice
HMP Berwyn: Crimes of Violence
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the number of violent incidences by type of incident that have occurred at HMP Berwyn in each month since March 2020.
9 Jun 2021 · Ministry of Justice
HMP Berwyn: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of adequacy of levels of physical safety among (a) prisoners and (b) staff at HMP Berwyn.
27 May 2021 · Ministry of Justice
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill: Wales
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the 2018 Memorandum of Understanding agreed with the Welsh Government requiring his Department to consider the interests and responsibilities of the Welsh Government when designing and implement
27 May 2021 · Ministry of Justice
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill: Wales
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions have officials in his Department met or spoken to representatives from the Welsh Government to (a) discuss and (b) consult on the development and effect of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and
27 May 2021 · Ministry of Justice
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill: Wales
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent (a) discussions and (b) consultations officials in his Department have held with representatives from the Welsh Government on the development of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill.
25 May 2021 · Ministry of Justice
Rape: Criminal Proceedings
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) reported cases, (b) prosecutions and (c) convictions of rape there have been in Wales since March 2020.
20 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Overseas Students: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with (a) the Welsh Government and (b) Cabinet colleagues on developing alternatives to the hotel quarantine system for international students travelling to W
20 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Travel: Quarantine
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with the Welsh Government on the expected capacity constraints of the hotel quarantine system and international students from red-list countries who will be
20 May 2021 · Treasury
Self-employment Income Support Scheme: Appeals
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a right to appeal for Self-Employment Income Support Scheme grant decisions.
Source: official written-questions record.