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Written Question
EU Nationals
Monday 10th December 2018

Asked by: Keith Vaz (Labour - Leicester East)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate he has made of the number of non-UK EU citizens residing in the UK.

Answered by Chloe Smith

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.


Written Question
Older People
Wednesday 4th July 2018

Asked by: Keith Vaz (Labour - Leicester East)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of the population is (a) over 65 years old and (b) is projected to be over 65 years old in 2028.

Answered by Chloe Smith

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.


Written Question
Knives: Crime
Wednesday 13th June 2018

Asked by: Keith Vaz (Labour - Leicester East)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people died as a result of knife crime in 2017.

Answered by Chloe Smith

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.


Written Question
China: Visits Abroad
Tuesday 27th February 2018

Asked by: Keith Vaz (Labour - Leicester East)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Prime Minister, how many members of the UK delegation were of UK-Chinese origin during her recent visit to China.

Answered by Theresa May

A list of the UK delegation is available on the gov.uk website.


Written Question
Public Sector: Cybercrime
Monday 16th October 2017

Asked by: Keith Vaz (Labour - Leicester East)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government is taking to protect public services against cyber attacks.

Answered by Caroline Nokes

The Government takes the threat of cyber attacks against public services very seriously. We support Health and Local Government sectors in improving their cyber resilience and encourage all organisations to implement the National Cyber Security Centre’s advice: to keep software patches up to date, to run antivirus and to back up their data.

In addition to this, the NCSC is developing Active Cyber Defence initiatives which will lead national efforts to block, disrupt and neutralise malicious cyber activity before it reaches our public services.


Written Question
Civil Servants
Monday 16th October 2017

Asked by: Keith Vaz (Labour - Leicester East)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU on the size of the Civil Service workforce.

Answered by Caroline Nokes

Workforce planning is primarily the responsibility of each department. The Civil Service
constantly reviews its capabilities in order to deliver the Government's commitment to
leave the EU and get the best deal for the UK. Civil Service HR is working with all
departments across the Civil Service to better understand their capacity and capability
requirements.


Written Question
Yemen: Military Intervention
Tuesday 12th September 2017

Asked by: Keith Vaz (Labour - Leicester East)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Prime Minister, whether she has had recent discussions with the Saudi Foreign Minister on ending the blockade of Yemen.

Answered by Theresa May

I refer the right hon. Member to the press release issued on 4 September following my meeting with Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir and which is available on the gov.uk website: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/pm-meeting-with-saudi-foreign-minister-adel-al-jubeir-4-september-2017


Written Question
Overseas Students
Thursday 13th July 2017

Asked by: Keith Vaz (Labour - Leicester East)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many overseas students were in the UK on 1 June 2017; and how many such students there were by country of origin.

Answered by Chris Skidmore

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.


Written Question
EU Nationals
Tuesday 11th July 2017

Asked by: Keith Vaz (Labour - Leicester East)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many non-UK EU citizens, by country of origin are currently living in the UK.

Answered by Chris Skidmore

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.


Written Question
British Nationals Abroad: EU Countries
Tuesday 14th February 2017

Asked by: Keith Vaz (Labour - Leicester East)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many British citizens live in (a) the EU and (b) each EU country other than the UK.

Answered by Ben Gummer

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.