Written questions

301 written questions tabled, most recent first.

22 Nov 2024 · Home Office

Entry Clearances: Palestinians

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Palestinians in Gaza seeking to reunite with family members in the UK have died while waiting for her Department to decide requests for (a) predetermination and (b) biometric excusal since 7

22 Nov 2024 · Home Office

Entry Clearances: Palestinians

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many requests for (a) predetermination and (b) biometric excusal have been granted to Palestinians in Gaza seeking to reunite with family members in the UK since 7 October 2023.

22 Nov 2024 · Home Office

Entry Clearances: Palestinians

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many entry clearance applications from Palestinians in Gaza have been approved since 7 October 2023.

22 Nov 2024 · Home Office

Immigration: Palestinians

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to collect biometric data from Palestinians seeking to reunite with family members in the UK in the absence of a functioning visa application centre in Gaza.

22 Nov 2024 · Home Office

Immigration: Palestinians

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to enable Palestinians from Gaza to be reunited with their family members in the UK.

22 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Tax Avoidance: British Overseas Territories

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to tackle tax avoidance in British Overseas Territories.

22 Nov 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Groceries Code Adjudicator: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of lowering the turnover threshold to £500,000 for businesses that are required to fund the Groceries Code Adjudicator.

22 Nov 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Middle East: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of conflict in (a) Gaza and (b) Lebanon on stability in Syria.

21 Nov 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Groceries Code Adjudicator

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has plans to widen the scope of the Groceries Code Adjudicator.

21 Nov 2024 · Home Office

Visas: Digital Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to issue any physical documents as part of the rollout of e-Visas.

21 Nov 2024 · Home Office

Visas: Digital Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to support people with the roll-out of e-Visas.

21 Nov 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Syria: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has held discussions with the Syrian opposition.

21 Nov 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Syria: Turkey

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of recent Turkish airstrikes in Northeastern Syria on the humanitarian situation in the area.

21 Nov 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Access to Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will increase funding for the Access to Work scheme.

21 Nov 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Access to Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to tackle delays in the Access to Work scheme.

21 Nov 2024 · Department for Education

Postgraduate Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to increase funding for postgraduate researchers.

21 Nov 2024 · Department for Education

Postgraduate Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support postgraduate students.

21 Nov 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Paternity Leave

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the level of statutory paternity leave on new families.

21 Nov 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Parental Leave

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when his Department will launch the review of the parental leave system.

21 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Marine Environment: International Cooperation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking with international counterparts to help protect marine environments.

21 Nov 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Israel: Palestinians

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what (a) briefings, (b) reports and (c) representations he has received from (i) Palestinian and (ii) Israeli human rights organisations.

21 Nov 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Israel: Palestinians

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what financial support his Department has provided to (a) Palestinian and (b) Israeli human rights organisations in the last three years.

21 Nov 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Israel: Palestinians

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 5 November 2024 to Question 10864 on Israel: Palestinians, whether the planned support from the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative wi

21 Nov 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Israel: Palestinians

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 5 November 2024 to Question 10864 on Israel: Palestinians, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of commissioning a delegation of (a

21 Nov 2024 · Women and Equalities

Assistance Animals: Business Premises

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to ensure that businesses comply with the Equality Act 2010 by allowing people with sight loss to enter their premises with an assistance dog.

21 Nov 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Multiple Births

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what financial support is available from her Department for women who have given birth to (a) twins and (b) other multiples.

11 Nov 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Football: Gambling

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of gambling sponsorship in football on (a) under-18 football players that have gambling sponsorship on their kits and (b) young fans.

4 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he takes to ensure joint defence projects are compatible with the UK’s (a) arms export control system and (b) international obligations.

4 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Defence

F-35 Aircraft: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he takes to trace the end-user of UK components delivered to the F-35 programme.

4 Nov 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Israel: F-35 Aircraft

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with F-35 programme partners on the risk of components supplied to Israel being used to commit violations of international law.

Source: official written-questions record.