Written questions
810 written questions tabled, most recent first.
12 Apr 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners: Carers
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the oral contribution by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice on 15 December 2021, Official Report, House of Lords, column 401, if he will publish the data his Department has c
12 Apr 2024 · Department for Business and Trade
Graduates: Visas
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of changes to the graduate visa route on export earnings.
12 Apr 2024 · Home Office
Visas: Graduates
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to Professor Brian Bell's letter, published by his Department on 12 March 2024, what assessment he has made of Migration Advisory Committee's concerns on the timescales for its review o
12 Apr 2024 · Department for Education
Children in Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is taking steps to support local authorities to prioritise the provision of high-quality reunification support for children in care to return home.
12 Apr 2024 · Home Office
Bibby Stockholm
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data his Department holds on the number and proportion of berths on the Bibby Stockholm that are reserved for staff to live on board; and whether the accommodation offset is applied to the pay of
12 Apr 2024 · Home Office
Bibby Stockholm
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to ensure that all staff employed on the Bibby Stockholm (a) by his Department and (b) through sub-contracts are paid at least the national minimum wage.
26 Mar 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
STEM Subjects: Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to increase diversity and inclusion in the STEM workforce.
20 Mar 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Luis Carlos Pineda
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the murder of Luis Carlos Pineda in Caquetá on 9 March 2024.
8 Mar 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Colombia: Homicide
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the alleged murders of (a) José Roa, (b) Luis Eduardo Sterling and (c) Yilber Silva in Colombia on
5 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2024 to Question 14706 on Cancer: Young People, whether the Children and Young People Cancer Taskforce will study the impact of cancer treatment on young peopl
28 Feb 2024 · Department for Education
Culture: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress she has made on the cultural education plan.
28 Feb 2024 · Department for Education
History: Curriculum
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress she has made on the model history curriculum.
22 Feb 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Morocco: Western Sahara
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2024 to Question 12870 on Morocco: Western Sahara, whether the Government has made representations to the UN Security Council on the imprison
22 Feb 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Legal Profession: Trade Unions
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to require law firms to recognise trade unions.
20 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Paramedical Staff: Sexual Offences
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department is taking steps to tackle sexual abuse of female paramedics.
20 Feb 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Pensions: Gender
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to close the gender pension gap.
19 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of commissioning and independent review into the impact of cancer treatment on a young person's (a) cognitive function and (b) ability to lear
16 Feb 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Electoral Register: EU Nationals
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate he has made of the potential number of EU citizens resident in the UK who will be removed from the electoral roll after May 2024.
16 Feb 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Voting Rights: EU Nationals
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what progress he has made in discussions with his counterparts in EU states on bilateral voting rights to ensure that EU citizens who arrive in the UK after 2021 can vote in local
16 Feb 2024 · Attorney General
Prosecutions: Slavery
To ask the Attorney General, how many and what proportion of (a) children and (b) adults prosecuted for (i) homicide, (ii) attempted homicide and (iii) other offences had been assessed under the modern slavery national referral mechanism in each of the la
16 Feb 2024 · Attorney General
Prosecutions
To ask the Attorney General, how many and what proportion of charges that used the threshold test subsequently recorded an application of the full code test in each of the last 10 years.
16 Feb 2024 · Attorney General
Homicide
To ask the Attorney General, how many and what proportion of (a) homicide and (b) attempted homicide cases was the threshold test applied in each of the last 10 years.
16 Feb 2024 · Attorney General
Aiding and Abetting: Slavery
To ask the Attorney General, how many and what proportion of (a) children and (b) adults prosecuted under joint enterprise provisions in the Crown Prosecution Service Joint Enterprise Pilot 2023 for (i) homicide, (ii) attempted homicide and (iii) other of
5 Feb 2024 · Attorney General
Homicide: Aiding and Abetting
To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the Code for Crown Prosecutors, how many and what proportion of joint enterprise (a) homicide, and (b) attempted homicide charges in the Crown Prosecution Service Joint Enterprise Pilot 2023 that used the Thr
5 Feb 2024 · Attorney General
Homicide: Aiding and Abetting
To ask the Attorney General, in how many and what proportion of the joint enterprise (a) homicide and (b) attempted homicide cases in the Crown Prosecution Service Joint Enterprise Pilot 2023 was the threshold test applied.
2 Feb 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Morocco: Western Sahara
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, pursuant to the Answer of 31 January 2024 to Question 11223 on Morocco: Western Sahara, whether he has had discussions with his Moroccan counterpart on the imprisonment of Saharaw
23 Jan 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Morocco: Western Sahara
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has provided funding to Saharawi human rights defenders in Western Sahara in the last five years.
23 Jan 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Morocco: Western Sahara
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will make representations to the UN Security Council to press for the release of Saharawi civilian prisoners in Moroccan prisons.
23 Jan 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Morocco: Western Sahara
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will ask the UN Secretary General to investigate (a) how many allegations of human rights abuses have been made to the Moroccan National Human Rights Council in Western Saha
15 Jan 2024 · Attorney General
Aiding and Abetting
To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January 2024 to Question 8608 on Aiding and Abetting, what consideration the Crown Prosecution Service gives to a suspect’s level of (a) intention to assist or encourage and (b) contribution to the
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