Written questions

1,993 written questions tabled, most recent first.

23 Mar 2021 · Home Office

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Manchester Gorton dated 16 February 2021 regarding Ismail Tarig Ismail Mohamed.

23 Mar 2021 · Treasury

Immigration: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps HMRC has taken to share Highly Skilled Tier 1 (General) migrant data with the Home Office for indefinite leave to remain decisions.

23 Mar 2021 · Home Office

Migrants: Taxation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to provide Highly Skilled Tier 1 (General) migrant tax return data to HMRC for indefinite leave to remain decisions.

18 Mar 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will publish the gender breakdown of the number of (a) white or white British, (b) other white background, (c) Irish, (d) gypsy, Roma or traveller, (e) Indian, (f) Chinese, (g) Ot

18 Mar 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will publish a breakdown of the covid-19 vaccination data by gender.

17 Mar 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Abduction: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many international parental abduction cases had been raised with his Department between (a) March 2018 and March 2019, (b) March 2019 to March 2020 and (c) March 2020 to

16 Mar 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Hong Kong: Administration of Justice

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Chinese Government on its proposed reforms of the judicial system in Hong Kong; and if he will make a statement.

15 Mar 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Myanmar: Health Professions

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of reports of attacks on medical professionals and first-aiders by the military in Myanmar; and steps he plans to take in response to such reports

15 Mar 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Myanmar: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to urge the (a) UN Secretary-General and (b) Security Council to intensify diplomatic pressure on the regime in Myanmar, including with a high-level v

15 Mar 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

China: Judges

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much funding his Department has provided for the training of Chinese judges through the work of the Great-Britain China Centre since 2015; and how many Chinese judges the

9 Mar 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Internet: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of using the forthcoming Online Safety Bill to legislate for what constitutes harmful but legal online content following engagem

9 Mar 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Social Media: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether he plans to require an independent auditor to assess the steps taken by social media firms to tackle online harms as part of the forthcoming Online Safety Bill.

9 Mar 2021 · Department for Education

Outdoor Education: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support his Department plans to provide to outdoor learning providers as part of the covid-19 catch-up provision.

8 Mar 2021 · Treasury

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Disability

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if his Department will provide information on the number of disabled recipients supported by the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.

8 Mar 2021 · Treasury

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 8 March 2021 to Question 160786, on Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Ethnic Groups, whether his Department has plans to collect information on the ethnic breakdown of recipients supported

4 Mar 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Developing Countries: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Government’s goal of ensuring 12 years of quality education for every girl and boy, what steps he has taken to help remove barriers to education, includ

3 Mar 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Myanmar: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representation he has made to his Myanmar counterpart on clashes between protesters and security forces in that country.

3 Mar 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Myanmar: Military Coups

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, in light of the recent military coup in Myanmar, what (a) consular support the UK Government is offering to UK citizens in Myanmar and (b) what preparations he has made for r

3 Mar 2021 · Department for International Trade

Forced Labour: Uyghurs

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps she is taking to ensure that UK companies are not complicit in the use of Uyghur forced labour in the (a) manufacture of products of (b) chains of supply.

3 Mar 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

China: Uyghurs

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of sending dignitaries to the 2022 Beijing Olympics in light of the human rights abuses being perpetrated by the Chinese Gove

3 Mar 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

China: Uyghurs

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has made to the Chinese Government in response to recent reports of that government trying to silence Uyghur witnesses through intimidation.

2 Mar 2021 · Home Office

Visas: Families

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applicants were granted a visa via the adult dependency rule in each year since 2017.

2 Mar 2021 · Home Office

Visas: Families

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for visas subject to the adult dependent relative rule were granted a visa on appeal in (a) 2017, (b) 2018, (c) 2019 and (d) 2020.

2 Mar 2021 · Home Office

Visas: Families

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for visas subject to the adult dependent relative rule were granted visas on first application in (a) 2017, (b) 2018, (c) 2019 and (d) 2020.

2 Mar 2021 · Home Office

Visas: Families

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for visas under the adult dependent relative rule were (a) received, (b) granted and (c) rejected in (i) 2017, (ii) 2018, (iii) 2019 and (iv) 2020.

1 Mar 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme: Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many requests for legal assistance by asylum applicants during first instance procedure resulted in a grant of legal assistance in 2019.

1 Mar 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme: Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many requests were made for legal assistance by asylum applicants during the first instance procedure in the UK by type (a) regular procedure, (b) accelerated procedure, (c) border procedure and (d) Dublin pr

1 Mar 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme: Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many requests for legal assistance were made by asylum applicants during the first instance procedure in 2019.

1 Mar 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Asylum: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average duration was of the appeal procedure against first instance decisions on asylum applications in the latest period for which figures are available.

1 Mar 2021 · Treasury

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many workers from (a) white, (b) Black, (c) Asian, (d) other minority ethnic backgrounds have been furloughed (a) in total and (b) as a proportion of the working population of that group.

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