Written questions

1,993 written questions tabled, most recent first.

3 Nov 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what disability-specific training personal independence payment assessors receive to enable them to adapt their communication and assessment methods so that claimants can better understand and take part

3 Nov 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Forms

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans the Government has to review the PIP2 form and the requirement that it be returned to his Department within four weeks.

30 Oct 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Government plans to review the grounds on which face-to-face interviews are required for a personal independence payment assessment.

30 Oct 2017 · Home Office

Religious Hatred

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's advertisement for a Lead Commissioner for Counter Extremism, published on 17 September 2017, when disaggregated hate crime data by victim religion will be published.

30 Oct 2017 · Home Office

Counter-terrorism: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's advertisement for a Lead Commissioner for Counter Extremism, published on 17 September 2017, who the 90 civil society groups are which are cited as having been funde

30 Oct 2017 · Home Office

Tapan Ghosh

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Extremism Analysis Unit conducted research into the views of Mr Tapan Ghosh prior to his arrival to the UK in October 2017.

30 Oct 2017 · Home Office

Tapan Ghosh

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of using an exclusion order on Mr Tapan Ghosh, prior to his arrival to the UK; and if she will make a statement.

17 Oct 2017 · Home Office

Immigration Controls: Airports

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average waiting times are at immigration control at the 10 busiest airports in the UK in peak morning and evening arrivals.

17 Oct 2017 · Home Office

Immigration Controls: Airports

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average waiting time was at immigration control at the 10 busiest airports in the summer months of each of the last five years.

17 Oct 2017 · Home Office

Visas: Married People

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) average and (b) longest waiting time was for non-straightforward spousal visa applications in each quarter of each of the last five years.

17 Oct 2017 · Home Office

Entry Clearances: Overseas Students

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) average and (b) longest waiting time was for non-straightforward Tier 4 visa applications in each quarter of each of the last five years.

17 Oct 2017 · Home Office

Visas: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) average and (b) longest waiting time was for non-straightforward Tier 5 visa applications in each quarter of the last five years.

12 Oct 2017 · Home Office

Migrants: Detainees

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce the length of time people are detained for immigration purposes.

12 Oct 2017 · Home Office

Migrants: Detainees

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will introduce a time limit on the period for which an individual can be detained for immigration purposes.

12 Oct 2017 · Attorney General

Hate Crime

To ask the Attorney General, with reference to page 11 of the Crown Prosecution Service's (CPS) 2016-17 annual report, on hate crime campaigns, what hate crime campaigns (a) have been delivered to date and (b) are to be delivered in future by region and p

12 Oct 2017 · Home Office

Detention Centres

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to reduce the size of the immigration detention estate.

12 Oct 2017 · Attorney General

Religious Hatred: Islam

To ask the Attorney General, with reference to page 11 of the Crown Prosecution Service's (CPS) 2016-17 annual report, on the appointment of inclusion and community engagement managers, whether the CPS consulted (a) Muslim community based organisations an

12 Oct 2017 · Home Office

Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) average and (b) longest waiting time was for non-straightforward settlement visa applications in each quarter of the last five years.

12 Oct 2017 · Home Office

Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) average and (b) longest waiting time was for non-straightforward Tier 1 visa applications in each quarter of the last five years.

12 Oct 2017 · Home Office

Visas: Skilled Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) average and (b) longest waiting time was for non-straightforward Tier 2 visa applications in each quarter of the last five years.

11 Oct 2017 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Discrimination

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of trends in the levels of incidents of discrimination on grounds of race or religion reported by prisoners.

11 Oct 2017 · Ministry of Justice

Administration of Justice

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans his Department has to record the religious identity of people subject to the courts system and the Crown Prosecution Service.

11 Oct 2017 · Home Office

Welfare in Detention of Vulnerable Persons Review

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the review of welfare in immigration detention conducted by Stephen Shaw will include an assessment of the potential benefits of a time limit on detention.

11 Oct 2017 · Home Office

Welfare in Detention of Vulnerable Persons Review

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the terms of reference for Stephen Shaw's follow-up review of the welfare of vulnerable people in immigration detention centres.

11 Oct 2017 · Home Office

Welfare in Detention of Vulnerable Persons Review

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the terms of reference for the follow-up review of welfare in immigration detention to be undertaken by Stephen Shaw will include the decision-making process and criteria for detention.

11 Oct 2017 · Cabinet Office

Public Sector: Equality

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which (a) groups and (b) organisations were involved in stakeholder consultation exercises as part of the Race Disparity Audit, broken down by (i) sector, (ii) race and (iii) ethnicity.

9 Oct 2017 · Home Office

Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the criteria are for a non-straightforward immigration application for each type of visa.

9 Oct 2017 · Home Office

Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has targets or standards for processing times for non-straightforward visa applications.

9 Oct 2017 · Home Office

UK Visas and Immigration: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of correspondence to UK Visas and Immigration was responded to within (a) 10 days, (b) 20 days, (c) 30 days and (d) in the latest period for which figures are available; and what propo

9 Oct 2017 · Home Office

Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of people waited (a) less than a week, (b) less than two weeks, (c) less than three months, (d) less than six months and (e) more than six months to have their documents and visa retur

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