Zarah Sultana MP: written questions
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AsylumHome OfficeTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81988More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of her Department's policies on (a) all people seeking asylum and (b) people seeking asylum whose age is disputed who arrived in
Answer: The impact of our policies on vulnerable individuals and equalities considerations are at the front and centre of our work. As required through the Public Sector Equality Duty, we consider equality impacts throughout the asylum policy development process,...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPregnancy: RedundancyDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81987More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending redundancy protection to 18 months for employees experiencing pregnancy loss at any stage of pregnancy.
Answer: If an employee experiences pregnancy loss within the first 24 weeks of pregnancy, the redundancy protected period ends two weeks from the end of the pregnancy. After a stillbirth from 24 weeks, the protected period ends 18 months from the date of birth.Th...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordLearning DisabilityDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78647More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that families of adults with learning disabilities are given a greater role in decisions on their (a) care and (b) support.
Answer: Under the Government’s 10-Year Health Plan, carers will be actively involved in the care planning of those they care for, mirroring the practices of family group conferencing.Additionally, we are increasing the information captured about unpaid carers thr...
Answered 16 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDiplomatic ImmunityForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69421More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many foreign officials have been granted special mission immunity to visit the UK since March 2024; and what the (a) names and (b) country of origin are of those official
Answer: The purpose of special missions is a 'temporary mission, representing a state, which is sent by one state to another with the consent of the latter, in order to carry out official engagements on behalf of the sending state'. All visitors granted a special...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordTomer BarForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69420More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether Tomer Bar was granted special mission immunity to visit the UK in July 2025.
Answer: Government officials from any country can apply for and be granted special mission certificates as part of official visits to the UK. As set out in a Written Ministerial Statement to the House on 4 March 2013, Official Report, volume 559, column 55WS, a s...
Answered 17 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordIsrael: Military AidMinistry of DefenceTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62712More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2025 to Question 50563 on Israel: Military Aid, what gifts of controlled military equipment were provided to Israel between 7 October 2023 and 17 July 2024.
Answer: While I am unable to comment on specific capabilities, equipment gifted to Israel by the UK Government since 7 October 2023 has been non-lethal.
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration Controls: SyriaHome OfficeTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59154More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made in reviewing the pause on decision-making for (a) asylum and (b) indefinite leave to remain applications from Syrian nationals; and what her planned timetable is
Answer: Following the fall of the Assad regime, the Home Office has withdrawn the Country Policy Information Notes and Guidance relating to Syria and has temporarily paused all asylum interviews and decisions. However, we continue to register new claims from Syri...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: Written QuestionsMinistry of DefenceTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58268More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to answer Question 50563, tabled by the hon. Member for Coventry South on 7 May 2025.
Answer: I will respond to the hon. Member shortly.
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordInternational Humanitarian LawForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 15 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52683More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has used contractors to provide (a) information and (b) analysis to the International Humanitarian Law Compliance Assessment Process Cell.
Answer: Our International Humanitarian Law (IHL) assessments include information from a wide range of sources, including a third-party contractor specialising in geolocation verification and consider analysis from a wide range of sources including the UN, Non-Gov...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: SurveillanceForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 15 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52682More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the International Humanitarian Law Compliance Assessment Process Cell has requested access to footage from the Royal Air Force's surveillance missions over Gaza.
Answer: Our International Humanitarian Law (IHL) assessments include information from a wide range of sources, including a third-party contractor specialising in geolocation verification and consider analysis from a wide range of sources including the UN, Non-Gov...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordIsrael: International Humanitarian LawForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 15 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52681More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many times the International Humanitarian Law Compliance Assessment Process Cell has submitted assessments on Israel's compliance with international humanitarian law sinc
Answer: The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has carried out regular International Humanitarian Law assessments since the beginning of the conflict on 7 October 2023. To date we have undertaken 14 assessments. Further information on the assessment pro...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: SurveillanceMinistry of DefenceTabled 15 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52680More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's letter dated 13 May 2025, reference MC2025/08064, how he decides whether intelligence collected by Royal Air Force surveillance missions over Gaza and shared with Israeli author
Answer: Defence activity with Israel, as with any other State, is subject to rigorous processes to ensure that it is compliant with domestic and international law.
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordUnmanned Air Systems: ExportsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52328More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether any types of unmanned aerial vehicle engines have been removed from (a) ML10d and (b) 9A001 of the UK Strategic Export Control Lists since 2020.
Answer: Since 2020 the only changes made to the ML10d & 9A001 control entries were, respectively, to exclude aero engines originally manufactured prior to 1946 and to delete the control on aero gas turbine engines for aircraft able to cruise above Mach 1. It ...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordArms Trade: Export ControlsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52327More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will publish a list of all previously controlled goods removed from the UK Strategic Export Control Lists in the last 10 years.
Answer: The Export Control Act 2002 and the Export Control Order 2008 provide the legal framework for the UK’s strategic export controls.Through this, HM Government controls the export of a range of military and “dual-use” items in the UK Strategic Export Control...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordRCV Engines: ExportsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52326More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has exempted the company RCV Engines Ltd from applying for arms export licenses for the sale of (a) engines and (b) engine parts.
Answer: The requirement for an export licence for military and dual-use goods is set out in the Export Control Order 2008. Export licence applications for all controlled goods are rigorously assessed on a case-by-case basis against strict assessment criteria, the...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordWorkplace PensionsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51439More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to increase (a) transparency and (b) control for consumers in the defined contribution pension transfer process, in relation to the inability of Independent Financial
Answer: The Department is working with regulatory bodies, the pensions industry and other stakeholders to identify and explore potential changes to pension transfer processes that will enable greater efficiency, whilst providing savers with effective consumer pro...
Answered 16 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: IsraelForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50565More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many and what proportion of the potential violations of international humanitarian law that have been assessed by the Government in relation to Israel’s actions in Gaza i
Answer: On 2 September 2024 we suspended export licences to Israel for use in military operations in Gaza, following a review into Israel's compliance with International Humanitarian Law (IHL) which concluded there was a clear risk that some UK exports might be u...
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: IsraelForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50564More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to make an assessment of Israel's compliance with international humanitarian law in the context of its airstrikes in the Israeli-designated safe zone in Al-M
Answer: On 2 September 2024 we suspended export licences to Israel for use in military operations in Gaza, following a review into Israel's compliance with International Humanitarian Law (IHL) which concluded there was a clear risk that some UK exports might be u...
Answered 14 May 2025
Original Parliament recordIsrael: Military AidMinistry of DefenceTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50563More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Government has made any gifts of controlled military equipment to Israel since 7 October 2023.
Answer: In the aftermath of 7 October 2023 the UK Government has provided non-lethal military equipment including medical equipment; nothing has been gifted in this Parliamentary session.
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: Artificial IntelligenceHome OfficeTabled 6 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36140More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of predictive policing methods on freedom of association.
Answer: AI, and other technologies, can provide a wide range of benefits to improve efficiency and productivity in policing, as well as boosting public confidence by improving the prevention, detection and investigation of crime. However, the procurement and depl...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDriver and Vehicle Standards Agency: Government AssistanceDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35373More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what support she is providing to the DVSA to improve the recruitment of driving instructors and reduce driving test waiting times.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA) main priority is upholding road safety standards while it works hard to reduce car practical driving test waiting times. On the 18 December, DVSA set out further plans to reduce driving test waiting times a...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving TestsDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35372More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to prevent (a) the bulk buying of driving tests by bot accounts and (b) the reselling of driving slots.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA) main priority is upholding road safety standards while it works hard to reduce car practical driving test waiting times. On the 18 December, DVSA set out further plans to reduce driving test waiting times a...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving Tests: Coventry SouthDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35371More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to increase the availability of practical driving tests in Coventry South constituency.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA) main priority is upholding road safety standards while it works hard to reduce car practical driving test waiting times. On the 18 December, DVSA set out further plans to reduce driving test waiting times a...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSlavery: VictimsHome OfficeTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31545More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to (a) identify and (b) protect survivors of modern slavery in the context of immigration enforcement raids.
Answer: I refer the Honourable Member to the Answer given on 19 February to Question 30592.
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: Mental HealthDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30818More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of mental health and wellbeing support for children with special educational needs in primary education.
Answer: Schools are required to identify and address the special educational needs (SEN) of the pupils they support and, in the case of mainstream settings, to use their best endeavours to make sure that a child or young person who has SEN gets the support they n...
Answered 19 Feb 2025
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