Written questions

3,117 written questions tabled, most recent first.

20 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Perinatal Mortality

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he estimates publication will be of the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch examination of the reported recent increase in the number of stillbirths.

20 Oct 2021 · Treasury

Contactless Payments: Fraud

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he plans to take to monitor potential increased fraudulent use of contactless cards following the payment limit increase to £100.

20 Oct 2021 · Northern Ireland Office

UK Shared Prosperity Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he plans to announce proposals on how the UK Shared Prosperity Fund will be used to strengthen the Union.

19 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Smoking

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in the context of smoking prevalence among adults, what assessment he has made of the feasibility of delivering a smoke-free country by 2030.

19 Oct 2021 · Treasury

Air Passenger Duty

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to announce the outcome of the effect of Air Passenger Duty on regional air routes in the aviation tax reform proposals.

19 Oct 2021 · Department for Transport

Union Connectivity Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of when he will receive the outcome of the Union Connectivity Review by Sir Peter Hendy CBE.

15 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many of the three million reported positive covid-19 cases in the three months from 8 July 2021 to 8 October 2021 were (a) aged more than 12 years and (b) had not received a double vaccination.

15 Oct 2021 · Treasury

Hospitality Industry: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will extend the 12.5 per cent VAT rate for the hospitality sector beyond 31 March 2022.

23 Sep 2021 · Treasury

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for East Londonderry dated 4 August 2021 regarding preferred locations for the establishing of a Freeport facility in Northern Ireland.

22 Sep 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Lorenzo Rosales Fajardo

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make representations to the Cuban authorities on the detention of Christian Pastor Lorenzo Rosales Fajardo.

15 Sep 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

British National (Overseas): Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 26 April 2021 to Question 185295 on British National (Overseas): Northern Ireland, if he will hold discussions with the Home Secretary on the need

14 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

MMR Vaccine

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will hold discussions with representatives of GPs to establish a national assessment of the outcome of the measles, mumps and rubella catch-up programme for 10 and 11 year olds.

14 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Sugar: Consumption

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2021 to Question 22142 on Food: Sugar, what the outcome of discussions held with Public Health England was on the sugar reduction programme and the voluntary ambit

9 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the (a) net and (b) percentage change in total NHS funding has been in each of the ten years up until 31 March 2021.

9 Sep 2021 · House of Commons Commission

Parliamentary Estate: Access

To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, what estimate the Commission has made of the timetable for reopening exit three from Westminster tube station.

8 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Perinatal Mortality

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the outcome was of the national review by the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch into the reported increase in the number of still births.

8 Sep 2021 · Home Office

Cybersecurity

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has with the National Cyber Security Centre to tackle growing cyber crime in the next five years.

7 Sep 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Malta: Coronavirus Certificates

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when the Maltese authorities were informed of UK Government approval of the Northern Ireland covid-19 vaccine certificate for those travelling to Malta.

7 Sep 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Northern Ireland: Coronavirus Certificates

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when approval was given for the Northern Ireland covid-19 vaccine certificate to make it acceptable for international travel from UK airports during the summer of 2021.

6 Sep 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many drug finds in prisons there have been in the (a) two year before and (b) two years since the launch of the National Prison Drug Strategy in April 2019.

6 Sep 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many people (a) signed up to and (b) have been actively involved with the National Trading Standards' Friends Against Scams initiative in the past twelve months.

6 Sep 2021 · Treasury

Contactless Payments

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will hold urgent discussions with credit card companies on the possible increased potential for theft if companies proceed with plans to increase the contactless limit from £45 to £100 in October 2021.

6 Sep 2021 · Treasury

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Fraud

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many calls were made to the helpline established to report instances of potential fraud regarding the furlough scheme in the last twelve months; and how many of those calls related to cases in (a) England, (b) S

22 Jul 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Loneliness

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what progress his Department has made on tackling loneliness following the Let’s Talk Loneliness campaign and the covid-19 outbreak.

20 Jul 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Nigeria: Abduction

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make representations to his Nigerian counterpart on the kidnappings of students from Christian Schools and health centres in Kaduna State during 2021.

20 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Babies: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether research has been conducted on the use of pulse oximetry as an additional test in screening all babies in the context of the Newborn and Infant Physical Examination programme.

20 Jul 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Bees: Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential effect on maintenance of the bee population in the UK of proposals for a sugar tax.

20 Jul 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the implementation of the Government's policy to allocate £100 million funding to improve prison security and restrict the supply of drugs into prisons, as anno

20 Jul 2021 · Department for Transport

Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Recruitment and Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department is making on improving the (a) provision of training and (b) recruitment of large goods vehicle drivers to tackle the shortage of those drivers.

19 Jul 2021 · Department for International Trade

Agricultural Products: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what further overseas markets have been effectively opened up for Northern Ireland producers in the 12 months since the announcement of the Bounce Back Plan for the food, drink and agriculture industr

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