Written questions

3,117 written questions tabled, most recent first.

22 Oct 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

UK Safer Internet Centre

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what role the UK Safer Internet Centre partnership has in bringing to justice people guilty of abusive online practices.

22 Oct 2020 · Treasury

Coronavirus: Northern Ireland

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the additional costs to the public purse incurred as a result of measures introduced in Northern Ireland due to the covid -19 outbreak between March and October 2020.

22 Oct 2020 · Cabinet Office

Borders: Northern Ireland

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the Border Operating Model on the movement of (a) urgent medical supplies and (b) other goods from Great Britain to

21 Oct 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prescription Drugs: Shortages

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps have been taken to prepare for the supply of medicine stocks from Great Britain to Northern Ireland (a) before and (b) after 1 January 2021.

19 Oct 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Children: Obesity

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has undertaken a ten year review of the outcomes of the Change4Life programme.

19 Oct 2020 · Cabinet Office

Coronavirus: Death

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 6 May 2020 to Question 41909 on Coronavirus: Death, what proportion of people that died from covid-19 were aged (a) up to 30, (b) 31 to 60 and

19 Oct 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

China: Embassies

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress has been made on attempting to resolve the dispute between the Chinese authorities and Belfast City Council on the unauthorised erection of perimeter fencing at

16 Oct 2020 · Treasury

Help to Save Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Help to Save accounts (a) have been opened and (b) have no deposits; and what steps he is taking to encourage account holders to actively utilise those accounts.

16 Oct 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Rare Diseases: European Reference Networks

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress the Government has made with the European Commission on the UK's relationship with the European Reference Network for rare diseases after the transition period.

16 Oct 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prostate Cancer: Ultrasonics

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to support the development of the evidence base for high-intensity focused ultrasound therapy for prostate cancer.

15 Oct 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it remains his policy increase diagnosis of the 10 most common cancers at stages 1 and 2 to 75 percent by 2028.

15 Oct 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

International Development Association: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate he has made of the contribution of the UK to the World Bank International Development Association for 2021.

15 Oct 2020 · Treasury

Funerals: Pre-payment

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to respond to the outcome of the consultation on the pre-paid funeral plan sector.

14 Oct 2020 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Working Conditions

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to review the outcomes achieved by the Defence Safety Authority in providing safe working environments for the armed forces.

14 Oct 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will provide an estimate of the volume of the reduction of illegal drugs smuggled into prisons he expects to be delivered through the implementation of the National Prison Drugs Strategy.

14 Oct 2020 · Treasury

Self-assessment

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has for the further roll out the comprehensive communications plan from October 2020 to the end of the 2020-21 tax year.

13 Oct 2020 · Treasury

Infrastructure: Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the status is of the Infrastructure Finance Review.

13 Oct 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Local Broadcasting: Radio

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will hold discussions with OFCOM on the need to retain FM licences for locally-based community radio stations where there is a demand.

13 Oct 2020 · Department for Transport

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to reply to the correspondence from the hon. Member for East Londonderry sent on 28 July 2020 regarding help for the travel industry.

12 Oct 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Gambling: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of children identified as problem gamblers between (a) 2010 and (b) 2020.

12 Oct 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Enterprise Zones

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the operation of Enterprise Zones to help those zones that have been less successful.

12 Oct 2020 · Treasury

Customs Declaration Services Programme: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on the transfer of businesses to the Customs Declaration Service model.

9 Oct 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food: Sugar

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will hold discussions with Public Health England on the voluntary target of a 20 per cent reduction in the sugar content of foods on sale to the public.

7 Oct 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Eritrea: Christianity

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make representations to his counterpart in Eritrea on the ongoing treatment of 27 Christians released on bail after being detained without trial for several years.

7 Oct 2020 · Treasury

Fuels: Tax Evasion

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 6 October 2020 to Question 98157, what the change in the number of prosecutions has been for fuel fraud in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years.

7 Oct 2020 · Treasury

Minimum Wage: Non-payment

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employers have been convicted of offences related to under-payment of the National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage in the last two years.

6 Oct 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Flats: Insulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will hold urgent discussions with representatives of financial institutions on their requirement for an EWS1 form in order to approve mortgage applications relating to low-

6 Oct 2020 · Treasury

Public Sector Debt

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the level of public sector net debt as a share of GDP, on 1 September 2020.

6 Oct 2020 · Cabinet Office

Border and Protocol Delivery Group: Northern Ireland

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 28 September 2020 to Question 92635, what the outcomes were of the Border and Protocol Delivery Group's meeting with airports and ports in Septe

6 Oct 2020 · Northern Ireland Office

Radio Telefis Eireann: Broadcasting Programmes

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will hold discussions with the Foreign Affairs Minister and the Justice Minister of the Northern Ireland Executive on the funding of a documentary called The Unquiet Graves broadcast on RTE Irish S

Source: official written-questions record.