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
Source: official written-questions record.