Written questions
3,117 written questions tabled, most recent first.
2 May 2023 · Home Office
Asylum: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people sought asylum in Northern Ireland in (a) 2021 and (b) 2023 to date; and if she will publish a breakdown of those applicants by (i) gender, (ii) age, (iii) marital status and (iv) numbe
2 May 2023 · Home Office
Asylum: Hotels
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department takes to consult with local communities before it signs a contract to use a hotel as temporary accommodation for asylum seekers.
24 Apr 2023 · Department for Education
Confucius Institutes
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of Confucius Institutes in the UK.
18 Apr 2023 · Home Office
Aviation: Immigration Controls
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of to Question 176575 on Aviation: Immigration Controls, what were the UK regional differences in the submission of General Aviation Reports for (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) W
18 Apr 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
USA: Official Visits
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will have discussions with his US counterpart on protocols for the flying of hosting nation's flags on the motor vehicle of the President of that country when visting t
29 Mar 2023 · Home Office
Aviation: Immigration Controls
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department last reviewed the criteria under which general aviation reports are required.
29 Mar 2023 · Home Office
Aviation: Immigration Controls
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many general aviation reports were submitted in each region in 2022.
27 Mar 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Members: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to reply to the correspondence from the hon. Member for East Londonderry of 2 March 2023 on non-disclosure of legal aid costs.
21 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Smoking
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it remains his Department's policy to have a national target to be smokefree by 2030.
21 Mar 2023 · Department for Transport
Shipping: Exhaust Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to publish the Clean Maritime Plan 2023.
21 Mar 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Kickstart Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to (a) conduct and (b) publish an evaluation of the longer-term outcomes for participants of the Kickstart Scheme.
15 Mar 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Technology: Competition
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 13 March 2023 to Question 161241 on Broadband, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the 90.6% figure on the international competitiveness
15 Mar 2023 · Department for Business and Trade
Small Businesses: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 13 March 2023 to Question 161242 on Small Businesses: Finance, if he will provide a breakdown of how the £70 million for a Northern Ireland Investment Fund is being allocated.
15 Mar 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Broadband: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 13 March 2023 to Question 161241 on Broadband, if she will hold discussions with Innovate UK on taking steps to highlight the access of Northern Ireland busine
13 Mar 2023 · House of Commons Commission
New Palace Yard: Flags
To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, whether the Commission has had discussions on the flying of the St Patrick’s Cross on 17 March in New Palace Yard.
8 Mar 2023 · Department for Business and Trade
Small Businesses: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to page 65 of the Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021, how much and what proportion of the £1.6 billion for the British Business Bank’s regional funds has been allocated to each of th
8 Mar 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Broadband
To ask Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent estimate she has made of when at least 85 per cent of households in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland will have access to gigabit-capable broadband.
8 Mar 2023 · Department for Transport
Cycling and Walking
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will undertake a future review of the effectiveness of the cycling and walking plan for England.
7 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Diabetes: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will hold discussions with the National Diabetes Audit group on that group's decision not to include the rate of diabetes among children on their database.
7 Mar 2023 · House of Commons Commission
Parliamentary Estate: Local Broadcasting
To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, whether the Commission is taking steps to increase access to BBC regional channels on the parliamentary estate television network.
7 Mar 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Freeports
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Answer of 23 March 2021 to Question 171526, on Freeports, if he will publish the locations of proposed Freeports by each (a) region and (b) nation of the UK as
22 Feb 2023 · Home Office
Passports: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to significantly reduce the cost of (a) an initial and (b) a renewal application for a child's passport.
20 Feb 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Freeports: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to his Department's correspondence to the hon. Member for East Londonderry of 27 September 2021, reference 9099/G/21, when he plans to announce the freeport location i
17 Feb 2023 · Home Office
Asylum: Food
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the quantity of food provided to asylum seekers in temporary accommodation.
17 Feb 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Northern Ireland Protocol and Trader Support Service: Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 23 November 2022 to Question 90759 on Trader Support Service, what the cost to the public purse was of (a) Trader Support Services operations
17 Feb 2023 · Northern Ireland Office
Apprentices: Taxation
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans has he to review how funds from the Apprenticeship levy are distributed in the absence of a Northern Ireland Executive.
8 Feb 2023 · Home Office
Passports: Applications
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of enabling passport renewal applications to be processed before the old passports for those applications have been returned.
7 Feb 2023 · Department for Business and Trade
Trade
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will take steps to help ensure her Department (a) promotes investment and (b) champions free trade in (i) all parts of the UK and (ii) Northern Ireland.
7 Feb 2023 · Department for Transport
Regional Airports
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with operators of regional airports on their viability.
7 Feb 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Pensions: Self-employed
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to hold a consultation on extending the automatic pension scheme enrolment of people who are self-employed.
Source: official written-questions record.