Written questions

2,252 written questions tabled, most recent first.

24 Nov 2020 · Home Office

Asylum: Penally Camp

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish details of the scoping exercise which identified the Penally training camp in Pembrokeshire as a suitable site for temporary accommodation for asylum seekers.

23 Nov 2020 · Home Office

Asylum: Penally Camp

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of (a) the health of asylum seekers housed at the Penally training camp site and (b) the effect of that site on their health; and what steps she will take with the Welsh G

23 Nov 2020 · Home Office

Penally Camp: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect of the conditions at Penally training camp on the potential for an outbreak of covid-19 in that facility.

23 Nov 2020 · Home Office

Asylum: Napier Barracks and Penally Camp

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of accommodation at (a) Napier Barracks in Folkestone and (b) Penally Training Camp in Pembrokeshire.

23 Nov 2020 · Home Office

Penally Camp: Heating

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what type of heating facilities are in place at the Penally training camp in Pembrokeshire; and what assessment her Department has made of their adequacy.

23 Nov 2020 · Home Office

Asylum: Penally Camp

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has discussed with the Secretary of State for Defence whether the Penally training camp in Pembrokeshire had been regularly used as accommodation continuously during the winter months prio

19 Nov 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's guidance, COVID-19: National Framework for Prison Regimes and Services, which prisons are permitted to run classroom-based education while operating under Exceptional Delivery M

19 Nov 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department’s press release of 4 November 2020, Coronavirus preparedness in prisons, whether classroom-based education is permitted in the adult estate under the new guidance; and if he will

18 Nov 2020 · Ministry of Justice

CAFCASS

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of moving responsibility for the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service to the Department for Education on the effectiveness of that service.

18 Nov 2020 · Ministry of Justice

CAFCASS

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had with the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (a) management, (b) staff, (c) trade union representatives, (d) users and (e) other stakeholders on maintaining t

18 Nov 2020 · Ministry of Justice

CAFCASS: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the amount of funding required to maintain the effectiveness of the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service over the next 12 months.

18 Nov 2020 · Ministry of Justice

CAFCASS: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what additional resources he has allocated to the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service during the covid-19 outbreak.

18 Nov 2020 · Ministry of Justice

CAFCASS: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on the effectiveness of the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service.

17 Nov 2020 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many electric cars have been purchased in each NUTS region in 2020.

12 Nov 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Remand in Custody: Community Orders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 9 November 2020 to Question 111584 on Remand in Custody: Community Orders, how many people are on remand for breach of community orders, by nationality.

12 Nov 2020 · Home Office

NHS: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she has received on Farrukh Sair and his application for indefinite leave to remain; and what estimate she has made of the number of NHS workers who have been refused indefinite l

11 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help enable the unhindered movement of medicinal drugs from EU countries into the UK after the end of the transition period.

6 Nov 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Consumer Goods: Electrical Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on the number of people buying unsafe electrical products online of introducing regulations to require online sales platforms t

6 Nov 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Counterfeit Manufacturing: Electronic Equipment

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the merits of a public information campaign aimed at raising awareness about the risks posed by counterfeit electrical products.

4 Nov 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Remand in Custody: Community Orders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people (a) are currently on remand and (b) have been remanded into custody in each of the last six months for breach of community orders, by (i) ethnicity and (ii) nationality.

2 Nov 2020 · Home Office

Law Enforcement Data Service

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much additional funding will be allocated in the next Spending Review to the National Law Enforcement Data Programme (NLEDP); what the overspend is on the programme to date; how many deadlines the

2 Nov 2020 · Home Office

Biometrics

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of her Department's biometric programme; what (a) overspend and (b) underspend that programme generated in the latest period for which figures

2 Nov 2020 · Home Office

Automatic Number Plate Recognition

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much additional funding will be allocated in the next Spending Review to the National Automatic Number Plate Recognition Service (NAS); how much overspend has occurred in the programme to date; ho

30 Oct 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Anoosheh Ashoori

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Iranian counterpart on the return of the detained British national Anoosheh Ashoori to the UK.

30 Oct 2020 · Home Office

Emergency Services Network

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much additional technology funding will be made available in the next Spending Review for the Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme (ESMCP); how much the overspend is on that programm

30 Oct 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) cases of covid-19 and (b) covid-19 related deaths there have been in each prison in England and Wales as of 23 October 2020; and if he will publish that data on a weekly basis.

22 Oct 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Football Association of Wales: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions his Department has had with (a) the Welsh Government and (b) the Welsh Football Association on providing additional funding for the Welsh Football Association.

20 Oct 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Welsh Government on preparations for the deployment of a covid-19 vaccine.

15 Oct 2020 · Women and Equalities

Equality Act 2010

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Equality Act 2010 in preventing discrimination (a) on the ground of religion or belief or (b) because of a lack a religion or belief.

15 Oct 2020 · Treasury

Debts: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to protect people who have accrued debt as a result of the covid-19 outbreak from losing their homes.

Source: official written-questions record.