Written questions

Catherine West

3,797 written questions tabled, most recent first.

21 Jul 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Turkey: Academic Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has raised with his Turkish counterpart the issue of Turkish academics being banned from international travel.

19 Jul 2016 · Home Office

Migrants: Detainees

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what mechanisms are in place to monitor the application of section 60 of the Immigration Act 2016, on limitation on detention of pregnant women.

19 Jul 2016 · Home Office

Migrants: Detainees

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will introduce community-based alternatives to immigration detention for pregnant women released from immigration removal centres under section 60 of the Immigration Act 2016.

19 Jul 2016 · Home Office

Asylum: Families

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to speed up the application process for refugee family reunion.

19 Jul 2016 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Teachers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how she plans to ensure that the early years workforce strategy encourages the recruitment and retention of early years teachers.

15 Jul 2016 · Home Office

National Security

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the consequences are for the security situation in the UK of the attack in Nice on 14 July 2016; and if she will make a statement.

15 Jul 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

France: Terrorism

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his French counterpart about the attack in Nice on 14 July 2016.

15 Jul 2016 · Home Office

Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made on the ratification of the Istanbul Convention.

13 Jul 2016 · HM Treasury

Minimum Wage

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many prosecutions have been brought against companies which have failed to pay the national minimum wage in each of the last five years.

13 Jul 2016 · Home Office

Refugees: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many child refugees have been accepted by the UK under the Immigration Act 2016.

12 Jul 2016 · Department of Health

Autism

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to (a) issue the local authority self-assessment questionnaire on implementation of the adult autism strategy, (b) receive all responses from local authorities and (c) publish the results of the qu

11 Jul 2016 · Home Office

Vetting

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's target waiting time is for a Disclosure and Barring Service local intelligence check to be completed by the police.

11 Jul 2016 · Home Office

Vetting

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average waiting time is for a Disclosure and Barring Service local intelligence check to be completed by the police.

11 Jul 2016 · Home Office

Vetting

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average waiting time is for a Disclosure and Barring Service local intelligence check to be completed by the Metropolitan Police Service.

11 Jul 2016 · Home Office

Vetting

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's target waiting time is for a Disclosure and Barring Service local intelligence check to be completed by the Metropolitan Police Service.

11 Jul 2016 · Department for Education

Relationships and Sex Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary academies and free schools teach sex and relationships education.

5 Jul 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

British Virgin Islands

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he last met the leader of the British Virgin Islands; what the aim of that meeting was; what was discussed at that meeting; and if he will make a statement.

5 Jul 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Cayman Islands

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he last met the leader of the Cayman Islands; what the aim of that meeting was; what was discussed at that meeting; and if he will make a statement.

4 Jul 2016 · Home Office

Immigration: EU Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will set up a website to provide up-to-date advice for EU citizens who are resident in the UK on their status following the vote for the UK to leave the EU.

27 Jun 2016 · Home Office

Hate Crime: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many instances of (a) religious and (b) hate crime were reported to the police in London in each of the last five years.