Written questions
327 written questions tabled, most recent first.
15 Oct 2021 · Home Office
Migrant Workers: Large Goods Vehicle Drivers
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on extending the additional HGV driver visas beyond Christmas 2021.
15 Oct 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Vacancies
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to improve the efficiency of export and import supply chains for UK-based food and drink business in the context of HGV driver shortages.
15 Oct 2021 · Cabinet Office
Procurement: Overseas Trade
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Supply Chain Advisory Group plan to report their recommendations to the Cabinet on resolving export/import supply chain issues.
15 Oct 2021 · Ministry of Justice
Secure Accommodation: Young Offenders
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his Department's policy is on the placement of young offenders into secure children's homes.
15 Oct 2021 · Ministry of Justice
Crime: Victims
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had with external relevant stakeholders on the introduction of a consultation on a victims law.
15 Oct 2021 · Ministry of Justice
Police Custody: Legal Opinion
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his policy is on the use continued use of Joint Interim Interview Protocol 4 with regard to access to remote legal assistance during police interviews.
15 Oct 2021 · Ministry of Justice
Youth Custody: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to (a) recruit and (b) retain prison officers and support staff in youth custody settings.
20 Sep 2021 · Ministry of Justice
Remand in Custody: Children and Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to publish his Department's review of youth custodial remand.
18 Aug 2021 · Ministry of Justice
Young Offender Institutions: Domestic Visits
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on what date he last visited a (a) secure training centre, (b) young offender institution and (c) secure children's home.
18 Aug 2021 · Ministry of Justice
Young Offenders: Reoffenders
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what percentage of children exiting youth custody reoffended within (a) one month, (b) six months and (c) 12 months in each of the last 10 years.
18 Aug 2021 · Ministry of Justice
Young Offenders: Sentencing
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average length of custodial sentence was for children and young people in (a) Secure Training Centres, (b) Young Offender Institutions and (c) Secure Children's Homes in each of the last 10 years.
21 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Accident and Emergency Departments: Offences against Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of girls aged (a) 11 to 14 and (b) 15 to 18 who have presented to A&E with sexual exploitation and/or sexual violence assessed as a factor in eac
21 Jul 2021 · Home Office
Offences against Children: Females
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of girls aged (a) 11 to 14 and (b) 15 to 18 who have been referred to the police with sexual exploitation and/or sexual violence assessed as a facto
21 Jul 2021 · Department for Education
Offences against Children: Females
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of girls aged (a) 11 to 14 and (b) 15 to 18 who have been taken into care with sexual exploitation and/or sexual violence assessed as a factor (i) in total in
21 Jul 2021 · Department for Education
Social Services: Females
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of girls aged (a) 11 to 14 and (b) 15 to 18 who have been referred to children’s services with sexual exploitation and/or sexual violence assessed as a factor
14 Jul 2021 · Ministry of Justice
Youth Custody: Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost was to the public purse of a child placed in youth custody (a) on remand and (b) for other reasons in (i) secure children's homes, (ii) secure training centres and (iii) young offenders' institutes
13 Jul 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Malta: Serum Institute of India
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Maltese counterparts on lifting restrictions on UK citizens vaccinated with AstraZeneca covid-19 vaccines manufactured by the Serum Insti
13 Jul 2021 · Ministry of Justice
Accidents: Compensation
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of bringing forward proposals to broaden the scope of claimants entitled to a bereavement award under the Fatal Accidents Act 1976.
12 Jul 2021 · Ministry of Justice
Coroners: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the potential need for his Department to provide additional funding to local authorities to help clear coroner inquest backlogs.
9 Jul 2021 · Department for Education
Education: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when his Department plans to publish a response to the Children Not In School consultation which closed on 24 June 2019.
17 Jun 2021 · Ministry of Justice
Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, where the 33 children removed from Rainsbrook secure training centre on 16 June 2021 have been placed.
11 Jun 2021 · Home Office
Domestic Abuse
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to publish the 2021 Domestic Abuse Strategy.
11 Jun 2021 · Ministry of Justice
Homicide: Sentencing
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to publish details of the independent review into the sentencing of domestic homicides.
11 Jun 2021 · Ministry of Justice
Crime: Victims
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to announce proposals for the consultation on a Victims' Bill.
4 Jun 2021 · Home Office
National Retail Crime Steering Group
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many meetings she has had with members of the National Retail Crime Steering Group since July 2020.
26 May 2021 · Home Office
Educational Visits: EU Countries
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect of leaving the List of Travellers visa scheme on educational and recreational school visits to mainland Europe; and if she will take steps with the Secretary
26 May 2021 · Home Office
Passports: Educational Visits
To ask the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect of the withdrawal of European countries from Collective Passports recognition scheme on educational and recreational school visits from the UK to Europe.
24 May 2021 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners' Release
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of offenders sentenced to custody served half or less than their full sentence term as a result of early release in each year from 2015 to date.
26 Apr 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Syria: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the delivery of covid-19 vaccines via the COVAX facility in Syria are not (a) disrupted and (b) manipulated by the Syrian G
23 Apr 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Egypt: Development Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of the 2021-22 reduction in Official Development Assistance funding on (a) the humanitarian response, (b) heal
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