Preet Kaur Gill MP: written questions

Written questions

• Visas: Married PeopleHome OfficeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6414More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of allowing spousal visa applications to be submitted prior to the wedding date.

  Answer: Fiancés, fiancées or proposed civil partners can apply for a six-month Entry Clearance to enable a marriage or civil partnership to take place in the UK. Once the ceremony has taken place, the spouse or civil partner will be eligible to apply for permissi...

  Answered 14 Oct 2024

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• Dangerous Driving: FinesDepartment for TransportTabled 5 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4405More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of penalties for dangerous driving.

  Answer: The Department for Transport has not recently assessed the adequacy of penalties for dangerous driving. The Government is committed to delivering a new Road Safety Strategy, the first in over a decade. We will set out next steps on this in due course.

  Answered 11 Sept 2024

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• Sexual Assault Referral CentresDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4404More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the performance of for-profit providers of sexual assault referral centres.

  Answer: All Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC) services are commissioned through an open and transparent procurement process. The quality of the service provision is a key consideration in any contract awardAll SARC services are subject to Care Quality Commiss...

  Answered 7 Oct 2024

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• Sexual Offences: Victim Support SchemesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4403More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether him Department has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of using voluntary organisations to support victims of sexual assault.

  Answer: Voluntary organisations are important providers of specialist services to adults and children who have experienced sexual assault or abuse. They are major providers of specialist advocacy, sexual trauma counselling, pre-trial therapy, and support services...

  Answered 11 Sept 2024

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• Sexual Offences: Victim Support SchemesMinistry of JusticeTabled 5 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4402More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to support victims of sexual assault.

  Answer: This Government is deeply committed to supporting victims of sexual assault. To do so, we must improve the justice system’s response to these crimes. We must relentlessly target the most prolific and harmful perpetrators; better support victims and surviv...

  Answered 12 Sept 2024

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