Written questions
3,117 written questions tabled, most recent first.
10 Jan 2024 · Treasury
Orchestras: Tax Allowances
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of orchestras that will benefit from the extension of the higher rates of relief for the Orchestra Tax Relief announced in the Spring Budget.
10 Jan 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress her Department has made towards reducing PFAS emissions through UK REACH restrictions; and what assessment she has made of the impact of restrictions on PFAS in fire-figh
10 Jan 2024 · Home Office
Antisemitism
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding his Department plans to allocate to the Jewish Community Police, Crime and Security Taskforce in 2024.
9 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Defence
Ukraine: Military Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 8 January 2024 to Question 6765, what steps he is taking to increase the number of countries participating the International Fund for Ukraine.
9 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Knives: Crime
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions there have been for (a) selling and (b) supplying knives to those aged under 18 in (i) 2021 and (ii) 2022.
9 Jan 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Fuels: Prices
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to require fuel retailers to publish price information.
9 Jan 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy: Social Tariffs
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of reintroducing social energy tariffs in the context of trends in the level of energy costs.
9 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dementia: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what changes have been made to the provision of services for people with dementia in the period since the publication of the guidance by the NHS and the Alzheimer’s Society entitled The dementia gu
8 Jan 2024 · Northern Ireland Office
Banking Hubs: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make representations to financial institutions in Northern Ireland to press for the establishment of more banking hubs.
8 Jan 2024 · Department for Transport
Blue Badge Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Blue Badges were issued in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales, and (d) Northern Ireland in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021, (iii) 2022 and (iv) 2023.
8 Jan 2024 · Department for Transport
Road Traffic: Noise
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what was the outcome of the noise-detecting traffic camera trials.
8 Jan 2024 · Department for Transport
Sanctions: Russia
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many UK-flagged vessels have been prosecuted for the transportation of Russian oil in the last two years.
8 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Probation Service: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 18 September 2023 to Question 199877 on Probation Service: Recruitment, whether 843 full time equivalent staff were recruited by 31 December 2023.
5 Jan 2024 · Treasury
Duty Free Allowances
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of rules on duty-free shopping on demand for flights (a) to and (b) from EU destinations at airports in (i) Northern Ireland and (ii) the rest of the UK.
5 Jan 2024 · Treasury
Royal Mint: Fraud
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 5 September 2023 to Question 197760 on Royal Mint: Fraud, what information his Department holds on whether the investigation by law enforcement agencies into fraudulent transactions m
5 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 14 September 2023 to Question 198320 on Ipsos MORI: Prisons, when he expects to receive the results of the research project on the retributive benefit of prison.
18 Dec 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Written Questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he plans to respond to Question 4924 on Arts and Culture: Disability tabled by the hon. Member for East Londonderry on 1 December 2023.
18 Dec 2023 · Treasury
Duty Free Allowances: Northern Ireland
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to permit the sale of duty free goods to people on flights between Northern Ireland and EU airports.
15 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Osteoporosis: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the UK National Screening Committee plans to publish a review of its recommendations on screening for osteoporosis in postmenopausal women.
15 Dec 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Chelsea Football Club: Sales
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent progress the Financial Sanctions Implementation Office has made on the dispersal of the proceeds from the sale of Chelsea FC.
15 Dec 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Nigeria: Development Aid
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of trends in the level of the population of Nigeria on the UK's aid budget in the next 10 years.
14 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Defence
Puma Helicopters: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to replace Puma helicopters.
14 Dec 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Freeports and Investment Zones
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 16 November 2023 to Question 1461 on Enterprise Zones, when he expects to receive the results of the next monitoring and evaluation of Freeports and Investm
14 Dec 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Organic Farming
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the proportion of farming land that will be organic by the end of 2024.
14 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Defence
Chinook Helicopters: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the first new Chinook CH47 to be delivered.
13 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Defence
Ukraine: Unmanned Air Systems
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many uncrewed aerial systems the UK supplied to Ukraine in (a) December 2022 to May 2023 and (b) June to November 2023.
13 Dec 2023 · Northern Ireland Office
Northern Ireland Office: Motor Vehicles
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many vehicles (a) owned and (b) contracted by his Department are (i) petrol, (ii) diesel, (iii) electric and (iv) hybrid.
13 Dec 2023 · Home Office
Safer Streets Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what lessons his Department has learned from the most recent independent evaluation of the Safer Streets Fund.
13 Dec 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Innovation: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what plans Innovate UK has to help (a) promote and (b) develop new technologies in the Northern Ireland private sector in 2024.
13 Dec 2023 · Treasury
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation: Annual Reports
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will commission an independent investigation into the annual review issued by the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation.
Source: official written-questions record.