Written questions

399 written questions tabled, most recent first.

8 Jul 2020 · Home Office

INTERPOL

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she had has with her (a) US, (b) Canadian, (c) New Zealand, (d) EU, Japanese and (e) South Korean counterparts on priorities for Interpol’s strategic framework for 2021-24.

7 Jul 2020 · Home Office

INTERPOL

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of recommending to Interpol that they include in their strategic framework for 2021-24 further reform of Red Notices and diffusions.

7 Jul 2020 · Home Office

INTERPOL

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which Minister in her Department has responsibility for issues relating to Interpol.

7 Jul 2020 · Home Office

INTERPOL

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary General of Interpol on the abuse of Red Notices and diffusions.

7 Jul 2020 · Home Office

INTERPOL

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the UK Government's policy is on the (a) appointment of officials and (b) election of officials to Interpol from countries that do not comply with the Red Notice and diffusion system.

7 Jul 2020 · Home Office

INTERPOL

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether a Minister in her Department has responsibility for matters in relation to Interpol.

3 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Gender Dysphoria: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Minister for Women and Equalities's answer to question 73 at the oral evidence session of the Women and Equalities Select Committee on 22 April 2020, what the Government's pol

22 Jun 2020 · Women and Equalities

Equality

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, which (a) organisations, (b) groups and (c) individuals she held meetings with on (i) women’s, (ii) children’s and (iii) LGBT issues from the date she assumed the role of Minister for Women and Equalities to 2

22 Jun 2020 · Home Office

Asylum: Interviews

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the recommendations of the report entitled Beyond Belief, published by Freedom from Torture on 16 June 2020, that caseworkers recei

4 Jun 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Culture and Sports: Coronavirus

What steps the Government is taking to support (a) Edinburgh West constituency and (b) other communities whose economies are reliant on (i) cultural and (ii) sporting events during the covid-19 outbreak.

24 Apr 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Domestic Abuse: Hotels

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if his Department will introduce a coordination system, developed in conjunction with specialist Violence Against Women and Girls providers and with local authorities, to allocat

24 Apr 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if his Department will allocate ring-fenced funding to local authorities for the housing of domestic abuse survivors.

24 Apr 2020 · Home Office

Domestic Abuse: LGBT+ People

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support her Department is providing to LGBTQ+ individuals who have experienced domestic abuse during the covid-19 outbreak.

24 Apr 2020 · Home Office

Domestic Abuse: Victim Support Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support her Department is providing to BAME women who have experienced domestic abuse during the covid-19 outbreak.

22 Apr 2020 · Home Office

Domestic Abuse: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support her Department is providing to migrant women who have experienced domestic abuse during the covid-19 outbreak.

22 Apr 2020 · Home Office

Domestic Abuse: Victim Support Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much of the £2 million in funding allocated to domestic abuse helplines and online support has been directly accessed by those support services to date.

22 Apr 2020 · Home Office

Domestic Abuse: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what languages the #YouAreNotAlone campaign communications are available in.

22 Apr 2020 · Home Office

Domestic Abuse: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has spent on communications for the (a) #YouAreNotAlone and (b) Stay Home Save Lives campaigns to date; and what her Department's total spend on covid-19-related communications

21 Apr 2020 · Treasury

Basic Income

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a universal basic income.

21 Apr 2020 · Home Office

Hate Crime: China

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of racially-motivated hate crimes recorded by the police in each week of 2020 to date were against people of Chinese ethnicity.

21 Apr 2020 · Treasury

Self-employment Income Support Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to use tax receipts held by the HMRC in parity with the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme to determine financial support for freelancers in the North Sea oil and gas supply industry

20 Apr 2020 · Home Office

Police: Re-employment

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made on relaxing tax and pensions rules which could deter (a) police officers nearing retirement from retiring and (b) recently retired police officers from returning to serve du

20 Apr 2020 · Home Office

Migrants: Detainees

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have entered detention under immigration legislation since 23 March 2020.

20 Apr 2020 · Home Office

Immigration Removal Centres: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on testing (a) staff and (b) detainees in immigration removal centres for covid-19.

20 Apr 2020 · Home Office

Immigration Removal Centres: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that all people in immigration removal centres have access to soap and sanitiser during the covid-19 outbreak.

20 Apr 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Arts: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to support freelancers in the creative industry affected by the cancellation of events due to the covid-19 outbreak.

20 Apr 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Leisure: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to mitigate the economic effect to (a) businesses and (b) the economy of the cancellation of major events such as the (i) the Edinburgh International Festival (ii

20 Apr 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people in each ethnic group have (a) been tested, (b) tested positive and (c) died following a positive test as a result of covid-19.

4 Mar 2020 · House of Commons Commission

House of Commons: Staff

To ask the hon. Member for Perth and North Perthshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, what the pay ranges are for House of Commons staff; and how many FTE equivalent staff are employed at each grade.

4 Mar 2020 · House of Commons Commission

House of Commons: Staff

To ask the hon. Member for Perth and North Perthshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, which nationalities are represented among House of Commons staff.

Source: official written-questions record.