Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
201,802 questions
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the costs and benefits of introducing a unique application number for asylum applicants.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which units and headquarters are currently based at Prince William of Gloucester Barracks.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what use is made of the training area at Prince William of Gloucester Barracks; and what equivalent facilities will be available at receiving locations following the planned closure of that site.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of Prince William of Gloucester Barracks as a mobilisation and mounting centre for Reserve forces.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of proposed asylum accommodation sites on community tensions.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consideration her Department gives to the capacity of local health providers when determining the viability of asylum accommodation sites.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which UK police forces and law-enforcement bodies have (a) procured and (b) used (i) surveillance, (ii) digital forensics and (iii) facial-recognition technologies supplied by overseas companies since
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Israeli companies have supplied (a) surveillance, (b) digital forensics and (c) facial-recognition technology to UK police forces since 2020.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department assesses the (a) ethical and (b) human-rights context in which surveillance technologies developed by overseas companies were (i) developed and (ii) deployed before procuring su
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to ensure that UK Government public procurement does not contribute to serious human-rights (a) risks and (b) violations overseas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with the Minister for the Cabinet Office on mutual recognition agreements for a) the certification of aircraft parts and maintenance approvals, b) maintenance engineer licences and
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what oversight mechanisms she has introduced to monitor compliance with (a) data protection, (b) equalities and (c) human rights obligations in the use of facial recognition technology.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an estimate of the costs of not having mutual recognition agreements in place with the EU around a) the certification of aircraft parts and maintenance approvals and b) maintenan
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether a) the certification of aircraft parts and maintenance approvals and b) maintenance engineer licences are a priority outcome for the UK ahead of the upcoming UK-EU summit.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has advised any police forces not to activate facial recognition functions within surveillance software.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what safeguards she has introduced to help ensure that digital forensic tools cannot be used for (a) remote access and (b) bulk data collection beyond lawful investigations.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has issued UK-wide guidance on the ethical deployment of surveillance technologies by police forces.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether intelligence gathered from UK surveillance flights in the past 12 months over Lebanon has been shared with (a) the Government of Israel and (b) the Government of the United States.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to improve employment rates among blind and visually impaired people.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what safeguards are in place to ensure that intelligence gathered by UK assets in the Middle East is not used in operations that breach international humanitarian law.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of support available to employers recruiting and retaining blind and visually impaired employees.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to review the Access to Work scheme to ensure that blind and visually impaired people can access workplace adjustments and specialist support in a timely manner.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether UK military (a) drone and (b) surveillance flights were conducted over Lebanese territory on the days of reported airstrikes in the past months; and if he will publish details of UK surveillance flights c
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she plans to extend UK sanctions to include businesses operating in Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department is taking steps to implement a ban on the import of goods originating from Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory.