Written questions

247 written questions tabled, most recent first.

3 Dec 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Sexual Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of outstanding (a) rape and (b) sexual offences court cases in (a) England and (b) Wales in each year since 2015.

3 Dec 2020 · Home Office

Sexual Offences: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that people who report (a) rape or (b) sexual assault to the police have access to specialist counselling and therapy (i) before trial and (ii) from the trial onward

2 Dec 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Cats: Tagging

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of making microchipping of domestic cats compulsory; and if he will make a statement.

2 Dec 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Animal Welfare: Prosecutions

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions have been made under Section 4 of the Animal Welfare Act each year since 2015.

2 Dec 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pest Control: Trapping

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent consultations he has had with stakeholders on the use of animal glue traps; and if he will make a statement.

2 Dec 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pest Control: Trapping

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Home Secretary on the legality of glue traps in capturing animals; and if he will make a statement.

2 Dec 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Animal Welfare: Prosecutions

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions were made under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 relating to the use of inhumane animal traps across (a) England and (b) Wales in each year since 2015.

1 Dec 2020 · Ministry of Justice

HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much and what proportion of the £80 million of additional covid-19-related funding for HM Courts & Tribunals Service announced on 6 September 2020 is planned to be spent on (a) criminal court services, (b) ci

24 Nov 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of people whose universal credit payments have incurred errors in (a) Wales, (b) England and (c) the UK, in each year since 2015.

3 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Contact Tracing: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what compassionate support training has been provided for contact tracers recruited through the national system.

3 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Serco: Contact Tracing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how trained and recruited contact tracing staff were notified of the news that Serco was to reduce the number of contact tracers it was employing.

30 Oct 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Poland: Abortion

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Polish counterpart on that country's abortion laws.

30 Oct 2020 · Cabinet Office

EU Exit Operations Committee

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, on how many occasions Ministers of devolved Governments have been invited to meetings of the EU Exit Operations Cabinet Committee to discuss preparedness for the end of t

19 Oct 2020 · Cabinet Office

EU Exit Operations Committee

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many times the EU Exit Operations Cabinet Committee met to discuss preparedness for the end of the transition period (a) from 1 February and 31 August 2020 and (b) si

15 Oct 2020 · Home Office

Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that Article 4(3) of the 2012 Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and girls is ratified into UK law.

15 Oct 2020 · Home Office

Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to publish the annual report on progress on UK ratification of the Istanbul Convention in line with the Government's responsibilities under section 2 of the Preventing and Combating Vio

15 Oct 2020 · Home Office

Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the 81 articles in the 2012 Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and girls have yet to be confirmed in UK law.

13 Oct 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fireworks: Air Pollution

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of fireworks on air pollution levels; and if he will make a statement.

13 Oct 2020 · Cabinet Office

Fireworks: Injuries

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many fatalities have been recorded in hospitals in England for injuries related to firework displays in each year since 2010.

13 Oct 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Fireworks: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many hospital admissions in England were classified as relating to injuries or accidents as a result of firework displays in each year since 2015.

7 Oct 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department has published on domestic abuse victims' rights to stay in their home; and what recent discussions he has with the specialist domestic abuse sector o

5 Oct 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average clearance time frame was for her Department to process a new personal independence payment claim in the period from March 2020 to August 2020; and what that average time taken was in th

5 Oct 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people claimed personal independence payments on the basis of a degenerative neurological condition in (a) Wales and (b) Pontypridd constituency in each year since 2010.

5 Oct 2020 · Attorney General

Domestic Abuse: Homosexuality

To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions made by the Crown Prosecution Service involved domestic abuse between individuals in same-sex relationships, by (a) gender and (b) county in England and Wales, in each year since 2010.

5 Oct 2020 · Attorney General

Domestic Abuse: Homosexuality

To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions made by the Crown Prosecution Service involved domestic abuse between individuals in a same-sex male relationship, in each year since 2010.

5 Oct 2020 · Attorney General

Domestic Abuse: Homosexuality

To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions made by the Crown Prosecution Service involved domestic abuse between individuals in a same-sex female relationship, in each year since 2010.

28 Sep 2020 · Department for Education

Pupils: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children have been sent home from school due to a covid-19 outbreak since March 2020; if he will publish the number of those children who have been sent home who have been counted in his Department's a

28 Sep 2020 · Department for Education

Pupils: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his Departments' policy is on measuring attendance rates at schools where children have been sent home from school due to a covid-19 outbreak.

28 Sep 2020 · Treasury

Self-employment Income Support Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 25 September 2020 to Question 93721 on Self-employment Income Support Scheme: Personal Care Services, which (a) industries and (b) businesses are included in the other service activities se

23 Sep 2020 · Treasury

Personal Care Services: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect on the economy of self-employed beauty industry workers being unable to carry out treatments as a result of covid-19 restrictions remaining in place for the next six months.

Source: official written-questions record.