Written questions
3,117 written questions tabled, most recent first.
20 Oct 2014 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Nigeria
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will hold discussions with African authorities on ensuring there is no further kidnapping by Boko Haram in Nigeria.
20 Oct 2014 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Himalayas
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what guidelines his Department offers to UK nationals who climb and trek in the Himalayas.
17 Oct 2014 · Department for International Development
South Sudan
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will discuss food security, health and nutrition in South Sudan with the government of that country.
17 Oct 2014 · Department for International Development
South Sudan
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps are being taken to ensure better capacity building programmes in South Sudan to help address the food crisis in that country.
17 Oct 2014 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Pakistan
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Pakistan authorities on the case of Asia Bibi.
15 Oct 2014 · Northern Ireland Office
Northern Ireland Government
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of the Northern Ireland political talks due to start in the week commencing 13 October 2014.
15 Oct 2014 · Home Office
National Crime Agency: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions she or Ministers in her Department have visited Northern Ireland in the last 12 months to discuss the full implementation of the operations of the National Crime Agency in Northe
15 Oct 2014 · HM Treasury
Debts
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total household debt was in the UK on 1 April 2014.
15 Oct 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions
Workplace Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have been enrolled under automatic enrolment into workplace pensions scheme since the inception of that scheme.
15 Oct 2014 · Cabinet Office
Public Sector: Employment
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the change in proportion of the working age population employed by the public sector in (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland and (d) Northern Ireland between 1 January 2012 and 2014.
14 Oct 2014 · Home Office
City of Derry Airport
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the time taken for the disembarkation of passengers at Londonderry Airport on 27 August 2014 as a result of the unavailability of Border Force person
14 Oct 2014 · Ministry of Defence
Bomb Disposal: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions bomb disposal units have been deployed to an incident in Northern Ireland in each of the last three years where the incident was more than 40 miles from their usual base.
26 Sep 2014 · Department for International Development
West Africa
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to increase the number of isolation centres with sustained support to deal with the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.
26 Sep 2014 · Department for International Development
West Africa
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many dedicated air bridges her Department has established for the movement of personnel and equipment for the Ebola crisis within West Africa.
26 Sep 2014 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Islamic State
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what personnel and frontline fighter aircraft from Middle Eastern States will participate in the coalition against ISIL.
26 Sep 2014 · HM Treasury
Income Tax: Northern Ireland
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what change there has been in the number of people paying income tax at the (a) basic and (b) higher rate in each constituency in Northern Ireland between January 2009 and January 2014.
26 Sep 2014 · HM Treasury
Child Benefit: Northern Ireland
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what changes there have been in the number of households in each constituency in Northern Ireland in receipt of child benefit between January 2009 and January 2014.
10 Sep 2014 · Northern Ireland Office
Special EU Programmes Body
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment she has made of the performance of the Special EU Programmes Body in administering the PEACE 111 Programme.
10 Sep 2014 · Northern Ireland Office
Special EU Programmes Body
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will assess how the Special EU Programmes Body has assisted in the promotion of women's involvement in PEACE 111 funding projects.
10 Sep 2014 · Northern Ireland Office
Special EU Programmes Body
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment she has made of how the Special EU Programmes Body is meeting its UNSCR 1325 and CEDAW obligations.
10 Sep 2014 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Business: Billing
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what guidance he has issued on how the amended Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 should comply with Directive 2011/7/EU in helping to combat late payments in commercial transactions.
9 Sep 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of (a) capital cost and (b) maintenance and upgrading costs of a new IT system which would be required by the Northern Ireland Assembly's Department of Social Devel
9 Sep 2014 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Somalia
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will raise with her Somali counterpart allegations of sexual exploitation and rape including against young children by African Union soldiers who were on peacekeeping duties during
8 Sep 2014 · Department of Health
Diabetes: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what change there has been in the number of children diagnosed with diabetes between 2005 and 2013.
8 Sep 2014 · Department for Education
Schools: ICT
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the significance is of the award of an ICT Mark to a school; and how many schools received such an award in 2013.
3 Sep 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on how many occasions his Department has had discussions with the Social Development Department in Northern Ireland on the implementation of the welfare reforms in Northern Ireland.
3 Sep 2014 · Department for Transport
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many complaints his Department has received from people in Northern Ireland about the DVLA since July 2014.
3 Sep 2014 · Northern Ireland Office
Royal Ulster Constabulary
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will undertake a review of the condition of the RUC George Cross Association memorial at the National Memorial in Staffordshire; and if she will takes steps to ensure that resources are allocated
3 Sep 2014 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Ebola: West Africa
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will have discussions with UEFA and FIFA on the Ebola infection risk arising from the decision to stage the Ivory Coast versus Sierra Leone football match on 6 September 2014.
2 Sep 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security: Reform
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress has been made in the implementation of his overall welfare reforms in the last six months; and what progress he expects to be made in the next six months.
Source: official written-questions record.