Written questions

1,169 written questions tabled, most recent first.

1 Feb 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Social Rented Housing: Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to respond to his Department's consultation entitled Improving access to social housing for victims of domestic abuse, published on 30 October 2017.

1 Feb 2018 · Cabinet Office

Electoral Register

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to every Voice Matters: Building a democracy that works for everyone, published by the Government in December 2017, if his Department will take steps to collect official statistics on the registra

31 Jan 2018 · Cabinet Office

Electoral Register

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of encouraging local non-profit organisations to increase voter registration among minority groups.

31 Jan 2018 · Cabinet Office

Electoral Register

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans he has to expand the use of local non-profit organisations to increase voter registration among minority groups.

31 Jan 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Probation: Privatisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress has been made on the completion of the official review into privatisation of the probation service.

31 Jan 2018 · Home Office

Slavery: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Prime Minister's oral contribution of 17 January 2018, Official Report, column 882, what specific plans the Government has to work with those countries from which a majority of women a

30 Jan 2018 · Home Office

Slavery

To ask the Minister for the Home Department, pursuant to the oral contribution of 17 January 2018, what the evidential basis is for the statement that more victims are willing and able to come forward, and have the confidence to do so.

30 Jan 2018 · Home Office

Slavery: Prosecutions

To ask the Minister for the Home Department, pursuant to oral contribution of 17 January 2018, what the evidential basis is for the increase in the number of cases being brought to prosecution under modern sex slavery.

30 Jan 2018 · Home Office

Slavery

To ask the Minister for the Home Department, pursuant the oral contribution of 17 January 2008, what plans she has to coordinate with other countries to eliminate modern slavery.

30 Jan 2018 · Home Office

Deportation: Jamaica

To ask the Secretary of State will she place in the Library a copy of the Memorandum of Understanding between the British Government and Jamaican Government, signed in 2007, on deportations and forced removals from the UK to Jamaica.

29 Jan 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Railways: Exhaust Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2017 to Question 118503, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential effect of diesel particulates from bi-mode trains on the h

29 Jan 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Rolling Stock

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 6 December 2017 to Question 116533, on rolling stock, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effect on the environment of the development of bi-

29 Jan 2018 · Home Office

Asylum: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to release reliable, disaggregated data on unaccompanied minors entering and leaving the UK.

29 Jan 2018 · Home Office

Asylum: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department will commit to maintaining in law, the right of children fleeing conflict to seek sanctuary in the UK if they have family members currently living in our country, after the UK l

29 Jan 2018 · Home Office

Refugees: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to amend current legislation in order to fulfil the remaining unallocated spaces under Section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016.

5 Jan 2018 · Cabinet Office

Electoral Register

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2017 to Question 119260, whether his Department has a minimum acceptable level for the (a) accuracy and (b) completeness of the electoral register.

19 Dec 2017 · Department for Transport

Railways: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2017 to Question 118502, what the estimates used by his Department as determined by the Office of the Rail Regulator for the current control period are.

19 Dec 2017 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Sports: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2017 to Question 118752, on Sports: Children, how many children the (a) Families Fund and (b) Potentials Fund aims to support; and how many schools

18 Dec 2017 · Home Office

Public Spaces Protection Orders

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to publish updated guidance on the use of Public Spaces Protection Orders and Community Protection Notices.

13 Dec 2017 · Cabinet Office

Electoral Register

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the evidential basis is for the Government's position that individual electoral registration is the most effective method of voter registration.

11 Dec 2017 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Sports: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 7 December 2017 to Question 117380, what estimate he has made of the number of children who will take up organised sport as a result of that funding.

11 Dec 2017 · Department for Transport

Railways: Exhaust Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment has he made of the potential effect of diesel particulates from bi-mode trains on the health of (a) passengers, (b) railway workers and (c) people who live near to railway lines.

11 Dec 2017 · Department for Transport

Railways: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate has he made of the difference between the average maintenance cost per kilometre of track to Network Rail of franchises operating (a) dedicated intercity electric trains and (b) bi-mode trains.

5 Dec 2017 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Sports: Governing Bodies

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether powers to remove public funding from sports bodies due to non-compliance with the Sports Governance Code have been used to date; and if she will make a statement.

5 Dec 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Belarus: Trade Unions

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the state persecution and harassment of trades union activists in Belarus.

5 Dec 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Rough Sleeping

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when providers will be able to bid for capital funding for move-on accommodation to tackle rough sleeping outside London.

4 Dec 2017 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Sports: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to increase the provision of organised sport for children outside schools.

4 Dec 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Belarus: Forced Labour

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has assessed the extent to which forced labour is used in Belarus.

4 Dec 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Belarus: Human Trafficking

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the extent of human trafficking in Belarus.

4 Dec 2017 · Cabinet Office

Electoral Register

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has assessed the practicality of implementing an automatic voter registration system.

Source: official written-questions record.