Written questions

299 written questions tabled, most recent first.

28 Nov 2024 · Home Office

Migrant Workers: Arts

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department is taking steps to (a) issue guidance to and (b) deliver training on temporary admission procedures for entry to the UK for creative workers to Border Force officers.

25 Nov 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Welfare Assistance Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans she has to develop a long-term strategy and funding settlement for local welfare after the Household Support Fund ends in March 2026; and whether she has made an assessment of the potential m

25 Nov 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of setting out a roadmap for ending the two-child limit in the Child Poverty Strategy.

25 Nov 2024 · Department for Education

Holiday Activities and Food Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Child Poverty Strategy will include the Holiday Activities and Food Programme.

18 Nov 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Independent Football Regulator

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps to ensure that (a) the Independent Football Regulator plays an integral role in the process to settle the distribution deal and (b) the distribution deal must pass paramete

18 Nov 2024 · Department for Education

Music and Dance Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to reinstate the Music and Dance Scheme.

18 Nov 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Young Audiences Content Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to re-introduce the Young Audience Content Fund.

4 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Sentences

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department takes to ensure that recall decisions are (a) fair and (b) proportionate to public safety concerns.

4 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Offenders: Rehabilitation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department takes to support the reintegration of released prisoners.

4 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to provide adequate mental health support for prisoners serving Imprisonment for Public Protection sentences.

4 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Sentences

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she plans to reform Imprisonment for Public Protection sentences.

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Education

Schools: Bury North

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make new capital funding available for school buildings in Bury North constituency; and if she will meet with (a) the hon. Member for Bury North, (b) representatives from The Derby High School and (

4 Oct 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Imran Khan

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make representations to his Pakistani counterpart for the release of Imran Khan.

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport

Taxis: Alternative Fuels

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she is taking steps to help taxi drivers wanting to transition to cleaner-fuel vehicles.

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport

Taxis: Electric Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he plans to take to help ensure taxi drivers can access affordable loans to support the transition from petrol and diesel cars to electric vehicles.

4 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Surgery: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to assess waiting lists for elective surgery on the basis of average wait times rather than longest possible wait time.

4 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospices: Social and Community Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to increase the use of hospices in social and community care.

26 Sep 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Musicians: British Nationals Abroad

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she has taken to ensure that British musicians will be able to apply for work permits that will be valid from 1 November 2019 in the event that an agreement is not reached before the U

26 Sep 2019 · Department for Exiting the European Union

Musicians: British Nationals Abroad

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on work permits for British musicians living and working in the EU on 1 November 2019.

26 Sep 2019 · Home Office

Immigration Controls: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether there will be a transition immigration system in place from 1 November 2019 for people working in the UK and not under visiting or settled status.

26 Sep 2019 · Home Office

Immigration Controls: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether a new immigration system will be in place from 1 November 2019 for people working in the UK and not under visiting or settled status.

26 Sep 2019 · Home Office

Migrant Workers: Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that visa-free travel is maintained between the UK and the EU for short visits to work in the UK after the UK leaves the EU.

26 Sep 2019 · Department for Education

School Exclusions Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Timpson review of school exclusions, when his Department plans to issue updated guidance on school exclusions to schools.

26 Sep 2019 · Department for Education

School Exclusions Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Timpson review of school exclusion: Government response, published in May 2019, what progress his Department has made on providing guidance on the use of in-school units and managed moves;

26 Sep 2019 · Department for Education

School Exclusions Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Timpson review of school exclusion: Government response, published in May 2019, what progress his Department has made on establishing the practice programme to embed effective partnership

2 Sep 2019 · Department for Education

School Exclusions Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Timpson review of school exclusions, when his Department plans to issue updated guidance on school exclusions to schools.

2 Sep 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

India: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what diplomatic steps his Department is taking to help tackle alleged human rights violations of Dalits and tribal people in India.

2 Sep 2019 · Department for Education

School Exclusions Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Timpson review of school exclusion: Government response, published in May 2019, what progress his Department has made on establishing the practice programme to embed effective partnership

2 Sep 2019 · Department for Education

School Exclusions Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Timpson review of school exclusion: Government response, published in May 2019, what progress his Department has made on providing guidance on the use of in-school units and managed moves;

15 Jul 2019 · Department for Education

Students: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether part-time students studying undergraduate courses using distance learning will be eligible to apply for maintenance loans for the 2019-20 academic year.

Source: official written-questions record.