Written questions

3,117 written questions tabled, most recent first.

19 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Thalidomide Trust

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when discussions with the Thalidomide Trust on support for ongoing health needs beyond 2022-23 will conclude.

19 Jul 2021 · Department for Education

Apprenticeship Levy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to increase the effectiveness of the apprenticeship levy.

19 Jul 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Attendance Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the change has been in attendance allowance award success rates from 2012 to 2020.

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

Waste Management: Pollution Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the 2020 data on air pollutant emissions from waste plants will included on the Pollutant Release and Transfer Register.

16 Jul 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Retail Trade: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the long term viability of town centre retailing in response to changes in purchasing behaviour during the covid-19 restrictions.

16 Jul 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Offshore Industry: North Sea

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what progress he has made on the North Sea Transition Deal.

16 Jul 2021 · Department for Education

Pupils: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if his officials will discuss the National Tutoring Programme and other similar schemes in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland with officials in the devolved Administrations to ensure best practice for support

16 Jul 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Kickstart Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what methodology she uses to evaluate the effectiveness of the Kickstart scheme across the regions and nations of the UK.

15 Jul 2021 · Treasury

Freeports: Northern Ireland

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to inform port operators in Northern Ireland which locations are to be considered for free port status.

15 Jul 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people entitled to pension credit are not claiming pension credit; and what estimate she has made of the annual cost to the public purse of that benefit.

15 Jul 2021 · Department for Transport

Sea Cadet Corps

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what changes the Government plans for the organising and recruitment of Sea Cadets across the UK in response to the Maritime Skills Commission Cadet Review.

15 Jul 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Green Jobs Taskforce

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the budget is of the Green Jobs Taskforce in each of the next three years.

14 Jul 2021 · Treasury

Freezing of Assets: Myanmar

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation has made of the total amount of frozen assets held by UK institutions belonging to officials in the Myanmar military.

14 Jul 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Nursing and Midwifery Council: Insolvency

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what changes have been introduced as a result of the investigation by the Financial Reporting Council into NMC Health’s insolvency in 2020.

14 Jul 2021 · Treasury

Future Fund

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much investment support had been allocated via the Future Fund to businesses in (a) London and the South East, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland by 30 June 2021.

14 Jul 2021 · Home Office

Northern Ireland Protocol: Immigration Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he plans to review the Universal Permission to Travel requirements as a result of the Northern Ireland Protocol.

14 Jul 2021 · Treasury

Boats: Northern Ireland

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to announce his decision on the use of red diesel by private pleasure craft users in Northern Ireland, particularly those who travel to and from Great Britain.

13 Jul 2021 · Department for Education

Higher Education: Antisemitism

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the outcome was of the strategic guidance letter he issued to the Office of Students to identify higher education providers which have yet to adopt an internationally recognised definition of anti-semitism

13 Jul 2021 · Home Office

Immigration: Veterans

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many non-UK veterans who have served for four years or more and been discharged from the Armed Forces have settled in the UK in the last 10 years.

13 Jul 2021 · Ministry of Defence

Afghanistan: Interpreters

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of Afghan interpreters who have settled in the UK in the last ten years.

13 Jul 2021 · Department for International Trade

Agricultural Products: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what estimate her Department has made of the increase in trade in agri-food exports from Northern Ireland to Japan by 2024 under the terms of the UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement.

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

Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when he plans to make a decision on whether the UK will ratify the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage.

12 Jul 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Innovation: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much funding from the public purse the Government plans to disburse in Northern Ireland through the Net Zero Innovation Portfolio in each of the next three years.

12 Jul 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Minimum Wage: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the number of young people who will benefit from the increase in the national minimum wage announced in April 2021.

12 Jul 2021 · Treasury

Public Sector Debt

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of public sector net debt at the end of the 2021-22 financial year.

12 Jul 2021 · Treasury

Overseas Loans: Republic of Ireland

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total amount was that the Republic of Ireland received under the Loans to Ireland Act 2010; and how much in interest was paid on that loan.

12 Jul 2021 · Department for Transport

Imports: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will carry out an assessment of the reasons for the recent increases in shipping costs for products from overseas, including the Far East, for wholesalers and suppliers in the UK.

8 Jul 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Arab States: Israel

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will hold discussions with his US counterpart on helping to further improve relations in the Middle East between Israel and other Arab nations.

8 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will hold discussions with health ministers in (a) Scotland, (b) Wales and (c) Northern Ireland on reaching a consensus on having 75 per cent of cancers diagnosed within the first two stages

7 Jul 2021 · Northern Ireland Office

Northern Ireland Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he plans to publish the Government's proposals on tackling the legacy of Northern Ireland’s past.

Source: official written-questions record.