To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the timeliness of the Information Commissioner's Office in investigating complaints concerning the handling of special categor...
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers are currently housed in Northern Ireland in hotels, initial accommodation, dispersal accommodation and contingency accommodation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the clinical independence and impartiality of occupational health assessments commissioned from external providers by employers, including public sector bodies...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that occupational health providers acting for employers respect an individual's right to withdraw consent during an assessment, and do not disclose informat...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the delivery of education on (a) relationships, (b) consent and (c) behaviour across different key stages.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has considered (a) lessons from road safety education, and (b) circumstances where (i) sustained education and (ii) meaningful consequences for offenders reduced harm, in developing its a...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that deaths connected to sexual violence and abuse, including suicides amongst those who have experienced prolonged abuse, are properly recorded and reflected in Gov...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps she has taken to help tackle sexual offences; and what plans she has to update her Department's approach.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what criteria are used to determine when prisoners may be prohibited from communicating with the media.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has issued on the storage, security, sharing, and deletion of data generated through the use of live facial recognition technology.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data are collected through the use of live facial recognition technology by police forces in England and Wales, where those data are stored, and how long they are retained.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what safeguards are in place to ensure (a) lawful and (b) proportionate use of live facial recognition technology by police forces in England and Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with Transport for London regarding the 1,435 hours of lift closures across 244 incidents at Wimbledon Park station in 2025 due solely to a lack of trained staff, including a contin...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with TfL on the increase in lift closures due solely to a lack of trained staff on the London Underground to 6,365 hours in 2025, compared with 6,197 hours in 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers are housed in contingency accommodation; and what assessment she has made of trends in the level of the use of that accommodation.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum cases were awaiting an initial decision in January (a) 2025 and (b) 2026.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time taken to make an initial decision on an asylum claim was in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children and young people were waiting for an Education, Health and Care Plan decision in January (a) 2025 and (b) 2026.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average time taken was to complete an Education, Health and Care Plan assessment in England in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many sitting days each (a) court and (b) tribunal in England and Wales has been allocated in the 2025–26 financial year.