Written questions

653 written questions tabled, most recent first.

13 Oct 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Developing Countries: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has taken steps to help ensure that older people are included in commitments made at the high-level meeting of the United Nations General Assembly on u

19 Sep 2023 · Home Office

Bibby Stockholm

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to allow asylum seekers housed in the Bibby Stockholm barge to enter and leave during the day and night.

1 Sep 2023 · Home Office

Police: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to conduct a review of the funding formula for Police Forces.

1 Sep 2023 · Home Office

Bibby Stockholm: Fire Extinguishers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether there is a functioning sprinkler system on the Bibby Stockholm.

1 Sep 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Boats

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's factsheet: asylum accommodation on a vessel in Portland Port, updated on 25 August 2023, what fire safety standards she has applied to the Bibby Stockholm; and to wh

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Buildings: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department plans to issue guidance for properties under 18 meters on the requirements for completing Cladding External Wall System forms.

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Climate Change: Inland Waterways

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of climate change on (a) inland waterways and (b) the costs of maintaining inland waterways.

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Hate Crime: Sikhs

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate he has made of the level of hate crime committed against the Sikh community; and what steps her Department is taking to tackle such crime.

1 Sep 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Boats

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 25 July 2023 to Question 194955 on Asylum: Boats, if her Department will publish the Equality Impact Assessment completed for the Bibby Stockholm.

19 Jul 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Portland Port

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to allow people seeking asylum housed in the Bibby Stockholm barge to enter and leave the barge (a) during the day and (b) at night.

19 Jul 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Portland Port

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 5 July 2023 to Question 191863 on Asylum: Falmouth, if her Department will publish the results of the statutory inspection.

18 Jul 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Asylum: Portland Port

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department had discussions with the Home Department on the suitability of the Bibby Stockholm as accommodation.

18 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Asylum: Portland Port

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department had discussions with the Home Department on the suitability of the Bibby Stockholm as accommodation.

18 Jul 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Portland Port

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the suitability of the Bibby Stockholm to berth at Portland Port as accommodation for up to 506 adults.

18 Jul 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Boats

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department conducted an Environmental Impact Assessment on the use of (a) the Bibby Stockholm and (b) other barges to accommodate people seeking asylum.

18 Jul 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Boats

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department conducted an impact assessment on the use of (a) the Bibby Stockholm and (b) other barges to accommodate people seeking asylum.

18 Jul 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Boats

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department made an (a) equality impact assessment and (b) policy equality statement on the use of the (i) Bibby Stockholm to accommodate people seeking asylum and (ii) barges and other flo

18 Jul 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Boats

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department undertook a consultation before deciding (a) to use barges and other floating vessels to accommodate people seeking asylum and (b) locating the Bibby Stockholm in Portland Port.

17 Jul 2023 · Home Office

Migrants: Sudan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to provide indefinite leave to remain to Sudanese families in Coventry who were recently granted six-months leave to enter the UK.

17 Jul 2023 · Home Office

Migrants: Sudan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of people who were evacuated from Sudan and granted six-months leave to enter the UK are residing in Coventry.

12 Jul 2023 · Department for Transport

Railways: Ticket Offices

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of closing train station ticket offices in Coventry South constituency on the (a) safety and (b) accessibility of passenger rail travel in the West Midlands.

2 Jun 2023 · Department for Education

Multiple Births

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support parents of twins and other multiples with the cost of (a) childcare and (b) other costs associated with raising children.

25 May 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Bahrain: Press Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the level of press freedom in Bahrain.

25 May 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Abdulhadi al-Khawaja

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what information his Department holds on the treatment of Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja in Bahrain.

25 May 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Bahrain: Counter-terrorism

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the implications for (a) his policies and (b) human rights defenders of the letter sent to the Bahraini government by six UN Special Rapporte

25 May 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Bahrain: Prisons

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department plans to provide (a) training and (b) project funding to prisons in Bahrain in the 2023-24 financial year.

25 May 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Bahrain: Prisoners

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what information his Department holds on the treatment of death row inmates in Jau Prison in Bahrain; and whether he plans to make representations to his Bahraini counterpart

25 Apr 2023 · Home Office

Migrants: Albania

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the impact of her Department's policies on Albanian people in (a) Coventry South constituency and (b) nationally, and what steps she is taking to help ensure they feel

24 Apr 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Iran: Baha'i Faith

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the persecution of Bahá'ís in Iran; and what diplomatic steps he has taken to urge the Iranian authorities

14 Mar 2023 · Department for Education

Overseas Students: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of making people who are not British citizens but are resident in the UK eligible for home fee status for the payment of tuition fees.

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