Written questions
3,117 written questions tabled, most recent first.
26 Apr 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
World Bank: Climate Change
To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether he has had discussions with the World Bank Group on its commitment to fully align its non-sovereign operations since 1 January 2024.
26 Apr 2024 · Home Office
Asylum: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will have discussions with his Irish counterpart on the number of asylum seekers who arrived in Northern Ireland who have subsequently relocated to the Republic of Ireland in 2022-23.
26 Apr 2024 · Home Office
Asylum: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many hotels are in use as temporary accommodation for people seeking asylum in Northern Ireland; and what recent estimate he has made of the number that will be required by the end of 2024.
25 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Liver Cancer: Mortality Rates
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an estimate of expected liver cancer mortality rates by the end of 2025.
25 Apr 2024 · Northern Ireland Office
Victims' Payments Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will take steps to ensure that the public are aware of the deadline for backdating an application to the Troubles Permanent Disablement Payment Scheme.
25 Apr 2024 · Treasury
Motor Insurance
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will hold discussions with insurance companies on trends in the level of car insurance premia.
25 Apr 2024 · Home Office
Unmanned Air Systems: Crime
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions a person (a) was interviewed and (b) had charges brought against them in connection with controlling drones above an ongoing crime scene in 2023.
24 Apr 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy: Meters
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many and what proportion of householders declined the installation of a smart meter in 2023.
24 Apr 2024 · Treasury
Income Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an estimate of the number of people paying basic rate income tax in the financial years (a) 2022-23 and (b) 2023-24.
24 Apr 2024 · Ministry of Defence
NATO Countries: Defence
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will hold discussions with NATO allies on the potential merits of all member countries increasing defence spending to a minimum of 2.5% of their gross domestic product.
24 Apr 2024 · Department for Transport
Buses: Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that most zero-emission buses for use in the UK are built in the UK.
23 Apr 2024 · Department for Transport
Transport: Innovation
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects to receive the results of the evaluation of Future Transport Zones commissioned by his Department from the National Centre for Social Research.
23 Apr 2024 · Treasury
Cryptocurrencies: Fraud
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he plans to take in the 2024-25 financial year to help tackle crypto currency fraud.
23 Apr 2024 · Department for Transport
Paddington Station
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will have discussions with the Mayor of London on the (a) reasons for the duration of time during which an escalator at Paddington Station has been out of service and (b) impact of that on elderly and dis
23 Apr 2024 · Home Office
Asylum: Republic of Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will hold discussions with his Irish counterpart on the accuracy of figures for asylum-seekers who moved between the two countries in 2023.
23 Apr 2024 · Cabinet Office
Public Sector Fraud Authority
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will hold discussions with the Public Sector Fraud Authority on the setting of longer term targets for savings.
22 Apr 2024 · Ministry of Defence
Northern Ireland Security Guard Service: Medals
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy to include the Northern Ireland Security Guard Service in the issuing of the Wider Service medal.
22 Apr 2024 · Home Office
Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Ukrainian government has requested that boats used for illegal channel crossings be offered to that country.
22 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Biofuels: Vegetable Oils
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of the NHS using hydrotreated vegetable oil as an alternative to fossil fuels.
22 Apr 2024 · Ministry of Defence
Type 23 Frigates: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of the upkeep of Type 23 Frigates in the 2024-25 financial year.
19 Apr 2024 · Treasury
Financial Services: Environment Protection
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress he has made on the UK Green Taxonomy financial proposals.
19 Apr 2024 · Attorney General
Confucius Institutes: Criminal Investigation
To ask the Attorney General, how many cases have been forwarded to the Prosecution Service concerning people who are based in Confucius Institutes in the last two years.
19 Apr 2024 · Home Office
Knives: Amnesties
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a knife amnesty.
18 Apr 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Mobile Phones: Social Tariffs
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will hold discussions with Ofcom on changes in the number of mobile phone social tariff subscribers since July 2023.
18 Apr 2024 · Home Office
Asylum: Hotels
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many hotels were used to temporarily accommodate asylum seekers on 31 December (a) 2023 and (b) expected to be used by 2024.
18 Apr 2024 · Treasury
Bank Services: Post Offices
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to hold discussions with representatives of the main banks on the potential merits of agreeing a new banking framework with the Post Office for the period after 2025.
18 Apr 2024 · Department for Education
Electricians: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the lessons learned for her Department of the implementation of the skills electrification project element of the emerging skills projects.
17 Apr 2024 · Home Office
Cybercrime
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many major cyber crime incidents have been reported since the National Cyber Strategy was introduced.
17 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dementia: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether Northern Ireland will receive funding through the Dame Barbara Windsor Dementia mission; and what her planned timetable for delivery of the mission is.
17 Apr 2024 · Northern Ireland Office
Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he is taking steps to prepare for potential legal challenges to the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 after the commencement of part 3 of that Act.
Source: official written-questions record.