Written questions

2,198 written questions tabled, most recent first.

4 Sep 2017 · Department for Exiting the European Union

EU Nationals: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, if he will make it his policy to allow EU27 citizens to continue to be able to vote and to stand as candidates in local government elections after the UK leaves the EU.

4 Sep 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Access to Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to promote the Access to Work scheme to people with musculoskeletal conditions.

4 Sep 2017 · Women and Equalities

Equal Pay

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the Equality and Human Rights Commission's Fair opportunities for all: A strategy to reduce pay gaps in Britain report, what steps she is taking to tackle gender, ethnicity and disability pay

4 Sep 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Motor Neurone Disease: Disability Aids

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that people with motor neurone disease receive (a) home adaptations, (b) specialised wheelchairs and (c) adapted vehicles.

4 Sep 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with the Prime Minister on implementing pension transitional protection arrangements for women born in the 1950s.

4 Sep 2017 · Department for Exiting the European Union

EU Nationals: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what assessment he has made of the effect of changes to the status of EU citizens after the UK has left the EU on the rights of citizens of (a) Ireland, (b) Malta and (c) Cyprus to vote in elec

4 Sep 2017 · Department for Exiting the European Union

Refugees: Families

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether the Government will continue to apply the family reunification Dublin III Regulation when the UK leaves the EU.

4 Sep 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Helium

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure a secure supply of helium for use in the British science, manufacturing and defence industries.

4 Sep 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Companies: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy to require staff representation on company remuneration committees.

4 Sep 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Directors: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy to give employees of a listed company the right to be represented on the board.

4 Sep 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Social Services: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, under what provisions enforcement activity on the payment of sleep-in shifts by social care providers was temporarily suspended until 2 October 2017.

4 Sep 2017 · Department of Health

Care Workers: Minimum Wage

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of claims made by care providers that paying historical minimum wage arrears owed to care workers who have carried out sleep-in shifts would compromise the financial viabili

4 Sep 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to assist young cancer patients to access welfare benefits.

4 Sep 2017 · Women and Equalities

Abortion: Finance

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what the timetable is for delivering funding for abortions for Northern Irish women in England; and if she will make a statement.

4 Sep 2017 · Home Office

Campsfield House Immigration Removal Centre

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what safeguards are in place to ensure that human rights legislation is complied with in respect of detainees at Campsfield House Immigration Removal Centre.

4 Sep 2017 · Home Office

Police: Biometrics

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has issued to police forces on the use of mobile facial recognition software.

4 Sep 2017 · Home Office

Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to support torture victims seeking asylum in the UK.

4 Sep 2017 · Home Office

Police: Biometrics

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward proposals to extend the remit of the Biometrics Commissioner to include oversight of the use of mobile facial recognition software by police forces.

4 Sep 2017 · Home Office

Metropolitan Police: Biometrics

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the Metropolitan Police on the use of mobile facial recognition software.

4 Sep 2017 · Home Office

CCTV

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of current legislation regulating the use of CCTV cameras with facial recognition and biometric tracking capabilities.

4 Sep 2017 · Home Office

Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that asylum assessment standards comply with her Department's guidelines.

4 Sep 2017 · Home Office

Burglary

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police forces do not collect finger prints for break-ins.

4 Sep 2017 · Home Office

Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that expert medical opinions are taken into account as part of the application process for victims of torture seeking asylum.

4 Sep 2017 · Home Office

Police: Biometrics

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of people whose information has been recorded by mobile facial recognition software by police forces in each of the last three years.

4 Sep 2017 · Home Office

CCTV

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she has received from civil liberties campaign groups on the operation of and use of data from CCTV cameras with facial recognition and biometric tracking capabilities.

4 Sep 2017 · Northern Ireland Office

Northern Ireland Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress has been made on the formation of an executive in Northern Ireland since the start of the summer recess; and if he will make a statement.

4 Sep 2017 · Northern Ireland Office

Abortion: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions he has had with the (a) Police Service of Northern Ireland, (b) Department of Justice, Northern Ireland and (c) Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland on individuals charged und

4 Sep 2017 · Department for International Development

Burma: Rohingya

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to provide humanitarian aid to Rohingya refugees fleeing from Rakhine state; and if she will make a statement.

4 Sep 2017 · HM Treasury

Debt Relief (Developing Countries) Act 2010

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what post-legislative scrutiny his Department has carried out on the effectiveness of the Debt Relief (Developing Countries) Act 2010.

4 Sep 2017 · Ministry of Justice

National Probation Service for England and Wales: Oxfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect of the relative cost of housing compared with wages in (a) Oxford and (b) Oxfordshire on the ability of the Probation Service to recruit and retain staff.

Source: official written-questions record.