Written questions

1,993 written questions tabled, most recent first.

16 Oct 2020 · Department for Education

Students: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding for (a) student support services and (b) mental health support.

16 Oct 2020 · Department for Education

Sixth Form Colleges: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to increase the rate for funding for sixth form educational institutions.

15 Oct 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

China: Detainees

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has made to his Chinese counterpart on returning the twelve Hong Kong youths detained in China to Hong Kong.

13 Oct 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

China: Human Rights

What steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help UK businesses to ensure their supply chains do not include workers subject to human rights violations in Xinjiang and Tibet.

8 Oct 2020 · Home Office

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton dated 6 August 2020 on Mr Ismail Mehdi Taib Chalabi.

5 Oct 2020 · Home Office

Refugees: Resettlement

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consultation her Department has undertaken with representatives of (a) local authorities and (b) voluntary organisations on their preparedness to accommodate refugee resettlement arrivals in resp

5 Oct 2020 · Treasury

Financial Conduct Authority

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department takes to ensure that the Financial Conduct Authority is in receipt of adequate funding from the public purse to effectively discharge its responsibilities.

5 Oct 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Horizon IT System

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has suspended (a) archival and (b) destruction of (i) files and (ii) other records on Post Office’s Horizon computer system.

30 Sep 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ethiopia: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representation he has made to his Ethiopian counterpart on human rights violations against the Oromo people in Ethiopia.

28 Sep 2020 · Department for Transport

Public Transport: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to enforce the wearing of face coverings on public transport.

28 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has been made of the accuracy of covid-19 test results; and what steps he is taking to audit the covid-19 testing procedures.

22 Sep 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

China: Uyghurs

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to (a) establish a relationship with and (b) provide evidence to the Uyghur Tribunal.

22 Sep 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

China: Uyghurs

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the treatment of Uyghur children in special orphanages for Uyghur children in China.

22 Sep 2020 · 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 accuracy of reports of (a) forced abortions and (b) removal of wombs among Uyghur Muslim women.

21 Sep 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit: Asbestosis and Diffuse Pleural Thickening

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when her Department plans to resume assessing Industrial Injuries' Disablement Benefit claims for (a) asbestosis and (b) diffuse pleural thickening.

21 Sep 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit: Medical Examinations

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when her Department plans to resume face-to-face medical assessments for Industrial Injuries' Disablement Benefit.

16 Sep 2020 · Department for International Trade

Trade Agreements: China

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of inserting clauses on human rights in future trade deals with China in order to help tackle forced Uyghar labour in that country.

11 Sep 2020 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2020 to Question 81866 on on Driving Tests: Coronavirus, what evidence was used to inform the decision not lay further legislation to extend the validity period of the theo

8 Sep 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

China: Uyghurs

If he will extend the list of people designated for Magnitsky sanctions to include senior Chinese Communist Party officials responsible for human rights violations against the Uyghur people in Xinjiang.

3 Sep 2020 · Department for International Trade

Trade Agreements: Israeli Settlements

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether she has had discussions with her Israeli counterpart on illegal annexation; and if she will take steps to reconsider UK trade deals with settlement territories.

1 Sep 2020 · 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 new infrastructure built in Xinjiang to imprison Uyghur Muslims; and what steps he is taking to help support the human rights of Uy

1 Sep 2020 · Department for Education

Students: Employment and Higher Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) private candidates and (b) home schooled students who are missing out on a place at college or university, or employment, as a result of not having a c

1 Sep 2020 · Department for Education

Students: Employment and Higher Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that (a) private candidates and (b) home-schooled students do not miss out on a place at college or university, or employment, as a result of not having a centre as

28 Aug 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Obesity: Exercise

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what provisions will be included in the new obesity strategy to increase opportunities for exercise.

28 Aug 2020 · Treasury

Leisure: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what financial support he has made available to public leisure services during their closure as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.

28 Aug 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Leicester

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the medical and scientific advice that he received which informed the decision to shut the schools in Leicester during the local covid-19 lockdown.

28 Aug 2020 · Home Office

UK Visas and Immigration

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of appointments (a) on offer and (b) booked at UKVCAS centres were free appointments from 29 June to 20 July 2020.

28 Aug 2020 · Home Office

UK Visas and Immigration: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure people who need to apply to UKVCAS as a result of the covid-19 pandemic are not bearing the financial costs of doing so instead of the commercial partners of UK Visa

28 Aug 2020 · Home Office

UK Visas and Immigration: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to monitor the level of free appointments provided at UKVCAS centres.

28 Aug 2020 · Home Office

UK Visas and Immigration: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether there is a target proportion of free appointments provided at UKVCAS centres.

Source: official written-questions record.