Apsana Begum MP: written questions 2024
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Written questions
Asylum: DeportationHome OfficeTabled 19 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21383More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the UK has any agreements with countries under which asylum seekers could be sent to them as a safe third country.
Answer: The Government has been clear that it will be ending the Migration and Economic Partnership with Rwanda. The UK has no other such agreements.
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordMembers: CorrespondenceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 19 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21382More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when she plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Poplar and Limehouse dated 29 August 2024, reference number MC2024/19996, on support for a public inquiry into th
Answer: The Department provided a response on 6 January 2025.
Answered 10 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordIsrael: Arms TradeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 17 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20858More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the deals announced on 16 December 2024 between the Israel Ministry of Defence and Elbit Systems for the supply of advanced communication systems to the Israel Defence Force will include produc
Answer: We cannot comment on individual companies’ commercial plans. Elbit Systems UK Ltd, like all UK companies, would be required to apply for an export licence to export military or dual-use items from the UK. All such applications are assessed against the Str...
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordIraq: Women's RightsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20275More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Iraqi counterparts on the amendments proposed to the Personal Status Law No. 188 of 1959.
Answer: The UK is analysing the proposed amendments to Iraq's Personal Status Law and its implications for women and children's rights, which we note have not yet been passed through the House of Representatives. As we continue to privately engage with a range of...
Answered 24 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordIraq: Women's RightsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20274More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the amendments proposed to the Personal Status Law No. 188 of Iraq.
Answer: The UK is analysing the proposed amendments to Iraq's Personal Status Law and its implications for women and children's rights, which we note have not yet been passed through the House of Representatives. As we continue to privately engage with a range of...
Answered 24 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: ReformDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20273More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the impact of welfare reforms since 2010 on (a) poverty, (b) child poverty, (c) disabled people, (d) women, (e) people of Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds and
Answer: In 2022/23 there were 1.3 million more people in relative low income after housing costs than in 2010/11. The 1.3 million increase comprises 700,000 children, 300,000 working age individuals and 300,000 pensioners. During this period, there was a gradual ...
Answered 24 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSocial Security BenefitsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20272More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to conduct a public inquiry into (a) deaths and (b) serious harm linked to the social security system.
Answer: The department is fully supportive of the Work and Pensions Select Committee’s ‘safeguarding vulnerable claimants’ inquiry, which is examining how the department supports vulnerable benefit claimants and whether its approach to safeguarding needs to chang...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordWork Capability Assessment: HealthDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20271More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential link between the fitness for work test and (a) suicides, (b) other deaths and (c) harm.
Answer: DWP does not collect or record the cause of a customer’s death and will not usually be made aware of how a customer died. Cause of death is determined by a doctor or a coroner. There is no requirement for a Coroner to inform the department of the outcome ...
Answered 23 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPoverty: ChildrenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20270More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the impact of the two-child benefit cap on trends in the level of child poverty in (a) the UK and (b) Poplar and Limehouse constituency.
Answer: We published the framework ‘Tackling Child Poverty: Developing Our Strategy’ on 23 October and will explore all available levers to deliver an enduring reduction in child poverty in this parliament, as part of a 10-year strategy for lasting change. The Ch...
Answered 23 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPensioners: Poplar and LimehouseDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20269More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to the eligibility criteria for the Winter Fuel Payment on trends in the level of pensioners living in (a) relative and (b) absolute pover
Answer: It is not possible to provide poverty breakdowns at a constituency level. As such, no estimate has been made. On 19 November, Secretary of State wrote to the Work and Pensions Select Committee to share internal government modelling produced by the Departm...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordChildren: Poplar and LimehouseDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20268More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of extending access to benefits for families with children who have no recourse to public funds on levels of child poverty in Poplar and Limehouse co
Answer: In developing a Child Poverty Strategy, the Child Poverty Taskforce is considering all children across the United Kingdom. We recognise the distinct challenges of poverty faced by migrant children. The causes of child poverty are deep-rooted, with solutio...
Answered 23 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordOlder People: Poplar and LimehouseDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20267More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to help tackle poverty in older people in Poplar and Limehouse constituency in the context of changes to the eligibility criteria for the winter fuel payment.
Answer: The Government is honouring our commitment to the Triple Lock with a 4.1% increase to the basic State Pension and the new State Pension; and we are also increasing the standard minimum guarantee in Pension Credit by 4.1%. As such, according to the latest ...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordJudges: Conflict of InterestsMinistry of JusticeTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20266More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many judges have recused in England and Wales in 2023-24.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice does not hold this information. This is because a decision to recuse is a judicial responsibility. Whilst individual court and tribunal centres may hold records of recusals, the information requested could only be obtained at dispr...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordLaw ReportingMinistry of JusticeTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20265More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of making court transcripts available to (a) defendants and (b) plaintiffs both (i) during and (ii) after court hearings.
Answer: Proceedings in the civil, family and crown courts are audio recorded, and HM Courts and Tribunals Service have processes in place which allow individuals, including defendants and plaintiffs, to request access to transcripts.Where requested after the hear...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordClimate Change: DemonstrationsAttorney GeneralTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19857More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, how many people have been charged with offences relating to protests on climate change in the last year.
Answer: From 1 October 2023 to 30 June 2024 the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) authorised charges in respect of 104,696 suspects for all criminal offences. Of these charges, the CPS is unable to identify which offences involved defendants who were taking part in...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordClimate Change: DemonstrationsHome OfficeTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19856More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been arrested using counter terrorism powers for activity relating to protests against climate change in the last year.
Answer: The Home Office publishes information and statistics relating to the number of arrests and outcomes (such as charges and convictions) for terrorist-related activity each quarter.However, this data is provided to the Home Office by Counter Terrorism Polici...
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordClimate Change: DemonstrationsHome OfficeTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19855More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been arrested using powers in the (a) the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2023 and (b) Public Order Act 2023 for activity relating to protests against climate change in t
Answer: The information requested could not be obtained without disproportionate cost. While the Home Office does hold data around protest-related arrests, this information is not categorised in a way that would enable to identification of arrests specifically ma...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordArms Trade: IsraelHome OfficeTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19853More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been arrested using powers in the (a) Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2023 and (b) Public Order Act 2023 for activity relating to protests against arms sales to Israel si
Answer: The information requested could not be obtained without disproportionate cost. While the Home Office does hold data around protest-related arrests, this information is not categorised in a way that would enable to identification of arrests specifically ma...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordArms Trade: IsraelHome OfficeTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19852More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been arrested using powers in the (a) Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2023 and (b) Public Order Act 2023 for activity relating to protests against Elbit Systems UK's arms
Answer: The information requested could not be obtained without disproportionate cost. While the Home Office does hold data around protest-related arrests, this information is not categorised in a way that would enable to identification of arrests specifically ma...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordArms Trade: IsraelHome OfficeTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19850More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been arrested under counter terrorism powers for activity relating to protests against Elbit Systems UK's arms sales to Israel since (a) 8 October 2023, (b) 26 January 2024 and (c
Answer: The Home Office publishes information and statistics relating to the number of arrests and outcomes (such as charges and convictions) for terrorist-related activity each quarter.However, this data is provided to the Home Office by Counter Terrorism Polici...
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordArms Trade: IsraelHome OfficeTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19849More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been arrested for activity relating to protests against Elbit Systems UK's arms sales to Israel since (a) 8 October 2023, (b) 26 January 2024 and (c) 2 September 2024.
Answer: According to data provided by the National Police Coordination Centre, the number of people arrested for activity relating to protests against Elbit Systems UK is as follows:From 8 October 2023 to 25 January 2024: 44 arrestsFrom 26 January 2024 to 1 Septe...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordArms Trade: IsraelAttorney GeneralTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19848More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, how many people have been charged with offenses relating to protests against Elbit Systems UK's arms sales to Israel since (a) 8 October 2023, (b) 26 January 2024 and (c) 2 September 2024.
Answer: From 1 October 2023 to 30 June 2024 the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) authorised charges in respect of 104,696 suspects for all criminal offences. Of these charges, the CPS is unable to identify which offences involved defendants who were taking part in...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordArms Trade: IsraelHome OfficeTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19847More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been arrested using counter terrorism powers for activity relating to protests on arms sales to Israel since (a) 8 October 2023, (b) 26 January 2024 and (c) 2 September 2024.
Answer: The Home Office publishes information and statistics relating to the number of arrests and outcomes (such as charges and convictions) for terrorist-related activity each quarter.However, this data is provided to the Home Office by Counter Terrorism Polici...
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordArms Trade: IsraelHome OfficeTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19789More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of people who have been arrested in relation to protests against arms sales to Israel since (a) 8 October 2023, (b) 26 January 2024 and (c) 2 Septem
Answer: According to data provided by the National Police Coordination Centre, the number of people arrested in relation to protests against arms sales to Israel is as follows:From 8 October 2023 to 25 January 2024: 126 arrestsFrom 26 January 2024 to 1 September ...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordArms Trade: IsraelAttorney GeneralTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19405More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, how many people have been charged with alleged offenses relating to protests on arms sales to Israel since (a) 8 October 2023, (b) 26 January 2024 and (c) 2 September 2024.
Answer: From 1 October 2023 to 30 June 2024 the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) authorised charges in respect of 104,696 suspects for all criminal offences. Of these charges, the CPS is unable to identify which offences involved defendants who were taking part in...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
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