Suella Braverman MP: written questions
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Sebastien LaiForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57286More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to meet with Sebastien Lai.
Answer: The Foreign Secretary met with Sebastien Lai, Jimmy Lai's son, and his international legal team, on 7 November 2024. I met with Sebastien and Doughty Street Chambers on 28 April. The government is clear that Jimmy Lai's case is a priority and I raised it ...
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordJimmy LaiForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57285More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the merits of international measures to secure the release of Jimmy Lai.
Answer: Jimmy Lai's case is a priority for this government. The Prime Minister raised Mr Lai's case with President Xi on 18 November 2024 at the G20 Summit in Brazil. The Foreign Secretary raised it with China's Foreign Minister in April. During my visit to Hong ...
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordJimmy LaiForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57284More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps he is taking to secure the release of Jimmy Lai.
Answer: Jimmy Lai's case is a priority for this government. The Prime Minister raised Mr Lai's case with President Xi on 18 November 2024 at the G20 Summit in Brazil. The Foreign Secretary raised it with China's Foreign Minister in April. During my visit to Hong ...
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordJimmy LaiForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57283More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his Chinese counterpart on the detention of Jimmy Lai.
Answer: Jimmy Lai's case is a priority for this government. The Prime Minister raised Mr Lai's case with President Xi on 18 November 2024 at the G20 Summit in Brazil. The Foreign Secretary raised it with China's Foreign Minister in April. During my visit to Hong ...
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54996More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of disputed Child Maintenance Service cases on people's health.
Answer: When a client is dissatisfied, The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) tries to resolve the issue as quickly as possible, without the need for a formal complaint. If the client remains dissatisfied, the Department for Work and Pensions Complaints Team looks a...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54995More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to increase oversight of Child Maintenance Service enforcement via (a) independent bodies and (b) ombudsmen.
Answer: The Child Maintenance Service will do everything within its powers to make sure parents comply. Where parents fail to take responsibility for paying for their children, the CMS will not hesitate to use the range of enforcement powers available. The CMS is...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54994More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to conduct a full audit of Child Maintenance Service accounts and third-party payments in the last ten years.
Answer: Since 2012 the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) has been an operational directorate of the Department for Work and Pensions. The operational costs of running the CMS are included within the overall Departmental accounts that are published annually. These a...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDomestic Abuse: Prison SentencesMinistry of JusticeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54993More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of reducing prison sentences for domestic abusers on reoffending rates of assault.
Answer: The Independent Sentencing Review recommends a reduction in short prison sentences.There is a compelling case for doing so: in the most recent data, nearly 60% of those receiving a 12-month sentence reoffended within a year. It is important, however, to n...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' ReleaseMinistry of JusticeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54992More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department plans to release inmates who have served a third of their sentence in order to tackle overcrowding.
Answer: This Government was left an unconscionable inheritance with the prison system days from collapse. To prevent the risk of gridlock across the Criminal Justice System, we have had no choice but to take decisive action to stop our prisons overflowing and kee...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCrimes of Violence: Prison SentencesMinistry of JusticeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54991More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of shorter prison sentences for prisoners convicted of violent offences on reoffending rates.
Answer: The Independent Sentencing Review recommends a reduction in short prison sentences.There is a compelling case for doing so: in the most recent data, nearly 60% of those receiving a 12-month sentence reoffended within a year. It is important, however, to n...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordReoffendersMinistry of JusticeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54990More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department has made an estimate of the reoffending rate of prisoners released through the early release scheme in 2024.
Answer: This Government inherited prisons days from collapse. We have had no choice but to take decisive action to stop our prisons overflowing and keep the public safe.Reoffending rates are published regularly on an annual and quarterly basis. The most recent ra...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigrationHome OfficeTabled 21 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53927More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has an internal target for net migration in 2025.
Answer: In the Immigration White Paper published on 12 May, we set out our commitment to continue reducing net migration from the record highs that were reached when the Rt Hon Member was the Home Secretary in June 2023.
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAfter School ClubsDepartment for EducationTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53112More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will make an estimate of the number of families that are unable to reclaim prepaid fees when an after-school club ceases trading.
Answer: The department does not hold this information.The Childcare Act 2006 places a duty on local authorities to make sure that there are enough childcare places within its locality for working parents, or for parents who are studying or training for employment...
Answered 3 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordIran: WomenForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53111More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with exiled Iranian opposition leaders on women’s freedom in Iran.
Answer: We continue to stand with Iranian women and girls in their daily fight for equal rights. The UK was instrumental in delivering the Iran human rights resolution, adopted by the UN Third Committee in November 2024, which called on Iran to release women huma...
Answered 3 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordIran: WomenForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53110More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of taking legislative steps to help encourage Iran to improve the freedom of women and girls in that country.
Answer: We have not taken legal action regarding Iran's abhorrent repression of women and girls. However, we continue to stand with Iranian women and girls in their daily fight for equal rights. The UK was instrumental in delivering the Iran human rights resoluti...
Answered 3 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordIran: WomenForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53109More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential implications for his Department's policies of trends in levels of women and girls in Iran imprisoned for participation in w
Answer: We continue to stand with Iranian women and girls in their daily fight for equal rights. The UK was instrumental in delivering the Iran human rights resolution, adopted by the UN Third Committee in November 2024, which called on Iran to release women huma...
Answered 3 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordIran: WomenForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53108More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with international counterparts on improving women’s freedom in Iran.
Answer: We continue to stand with Iranian women and girls in their daily fight for equal rights. The UK was instrumental in delivering the Iran human rights resolution, adopted by the UN Third Committee in November 2024, which called on Iran to release women huma...
Answered 3 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitality Industry: Minimum WageDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53107More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the increase in the minimum wage on the trends in levels of hospitality workers.
Answer: The Government published an Impact Assessment (IA) for the 2025 National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage (NLW) rates, which includes a breakdown of the expected impacts by sector. The IA also sets out the economic literature to date, which shows tha...
Answered 23 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Houses: Employers' ContributionsTreasuryTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53106More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the increase in employer National Insurance contributions on pubs.
Answer: A Tax Information and Impact Note (TIIN) was published alongside the introduction of the Bill containing the changes to employer NICs. The TIIN sets out the impact of the policy on the exchequer, the economic impacts of the policy, and the impacts on indi...
Answered 28 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Houses: Minimum WageDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53105More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of minimum wage rises on hiring practices of pub chains.
Answer: The Government published an Impact Assessment (IA) for the 2025 National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage (NLW) rates, which includes a breakdown of the expected impacts by sector. The IA also sets out the economic literature to date, which shows tha...
Answered 23 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Houses: Employers' ContributionsTreasuryTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53104More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an estimate of the potential impact of the increase in employer National Insurance contributions on the average cost of operation of pub chains.
Answer: A Tax Information and Impact Note (TIIN) was published alongside the introduction of the Bill containing the changes to employer NICs. The TIIN sets out the impact of the policy on the exchequer, the economic impacts of the policy, and the impacts on indi...
Answered 28 May 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish NationalityHome OfficeTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53103More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an estimate of the number of foreign nationals who would be fast-tracked to citizenship under the Restoring control over the immigration system: white paper.
Answer: The Immigration White Paper, published on 12 May 2025, announced new measures on a wide range of issues, including the rules on citizenship and refugee settlement, further details of which will be set out in due course.
Answered 28 May 2025
Original Parliament recordRefugees: ResettlementHome OfficeTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53102More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an estimate of the proportion of UNHCR recognised refugees by country that would be resettled in the UK under the Restoring control over the immigration system: white p
Answer: The Immigration White Paper, published on 12 May 2025, announced new measures on a wide range of issues, including the rules on citizenship and refugee settlement, further details of which will be set out in due course.
Answered 28 May 2025
Original Parliament recordVisas: Skilled WorkersHome OfficeTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53101More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of raising the salary threshold to £45,000 for work visas; and if she will make an assessment of the impact of this on net migrati
Answer: The Immigration White Paper, published on 12 May 2025, announced new measures on a wide range of issues, including the rules on citizenship and refugee settlement, further details of which will be set out in due course.
Answered 28 May 2025
Original Parliament recordAfter School ClubsDepartment for EducationTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53100More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has any plans to tackle after-school clubs that are required to register with Ofsted that fail to do so.
Answer: Ofsted’s enforcement powers are set out in the Childcare Act 2006. The law gives Ofsted a range of powers to deal with persons providing childcare without appropriate registration and registered providers that fail to meet the legal requirements for early...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
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