Written questions

2,568 written questions tabled, most recent first.

25 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: Norfolk

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many irregular migrants have landed in (a) Norfolk and (b) Great Yarmouth constituency since 2018.

25 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport

Roads

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of trends in the level of immigration on the road system.

25 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Habitual Residence Test

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many habitual residence tests have been granted in each year of the last five years.

25 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release: Reoffenders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prisoners released under the early release scheme have been rearrested since September 2024.

25 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what proportion of staff employed by his Department work exclusively on farming issues.

25 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what proportion of staff employed by his Department have experience in farming.

25 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Translation Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department has spent on (a) external tenders and (b) contracts for (i) translation and (ii) interpretation services in the NHS in each of the last five years.

25 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS staff (a) were dismissed and (b) resigned due to mandatory Covid-19 vaccination regulations.

25 Oct 2024 · Treasury

Monetary Policy: Inflation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of quantitative easing on inflation.

25 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Transport: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish a breakdown of crimes committed on the transport network by (a) nationality and (b) category of crime in each of the last five years.

25 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether each of the armed forces has diversity targets.

25 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: Hotels

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish a list of the hotels housing irregular migrants, broken down by star rating; and if he will provide the number of irregular migrants in each hotel.

25 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate his Department has made of the number of irregular migrants that entered the UK via the English Channel whose whereabouts are no longer known.

24 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how often her Department reviews the eligibility of foreign nationals for (a) Universal Credit and (b) other benefits.

24 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Crime: Undocumented Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes were committed by undocumented migrants by each crime committed in each year since 2018.

24 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Telephone Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) average waiting time for people calling and (b) time people spent on hold for the DVLA was in each of the last five years.

24 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Telephone Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) average waiting time for people calling and (b) time people spent on hold for her Department was in each of the last five years.

24 Oct 2024 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) average waiting time for people calling and (b) time people spent on hold for HMRC was in each of the last five years.

24 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Social Rented Housing: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information her Department holds on the number of people who are not UK citizens that are on a waiting list for (a) social and (b) council housing (i) in the UK and (ii) for

24 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: Age

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of irregular migrants who claim to be under 18 have undergone age assessments since 2018; and how many and what proportion of those assessed were found to be 18 or over.

24 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are claiming the enhanced mobility component of the personal independence payment by each eligible health condition.

24 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance is available to Local Planning Authorities on lowering house building targets.

24 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Labour Turnover

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the staff turnover rate in his Department was in each of the last five years.

24 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Unemployment: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with local authorities on tackling youth unemployment in Great Yarmouth constituency.

24 Oct 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Broadband: Great Yarmouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to help improve internet connections in Great Yarmouth constituency.

24 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS Trusts: Translation Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much has been spent on (a) translation and (b) interpretation by (i) all NHS Trusts, (ii) James Paget University Hospitals Trust and (iii) the Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust in each o

24 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Translation Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent on (a) translation and (b) interpretation costs in (i) all courts and (ii) Great Yarmouth Magistrates court in each of the last five years.

24 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Terrorism

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many terrorist plots there have been by the ideology of the perpetrators in each of the last five years.

24 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Police: Translation Services

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of (a) translation and (b) interpretation services provided by (a) all police forces and (b) Norfolk Constabulary each year for the previous

24 Oct 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Slavery: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the Government's policy is on paying reparations to countries impacted by the UK's historic involvement in slavery.

Source: official written-questions record.