Written questions

3,117 written questions tabled, most recent first.

21 Sep 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sub-Saharan Africa: Water

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of whether the Millennium Development Goal targets on access to clean water by the end of 2020 will be met in sub-Saharan Africa.

21 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were tested for covid-19 from 2 September to 9 September 2020; and how many of those who tested positive were aged between four and 16 years old.

15 Sep 2020 · Home Office

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to reply to the letter from the hon Member for East Londonderry dated 8 June 2020 regarding British National (Overseas) passport holders.

8 Sep 2020 · Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office

Children

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many children of (a) primary and (b) secondary school age there are in England.

7 Sep 2020 · Treasury

Eat Out to Help Out Scheme: Northern Ireland

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many eating establishments registered for the Eat out to Help out Scheme in Northern Ireland, by constituency.

7 Sep 2020 · Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office

Death

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people died from (a) coronary heart disease, (b) stroke, (c) prostate cancer, (d) breast cancer and (e) bowel cancer from 1 April to 1 August in (i) 2016, (ii) 2

28 Aug 2020 · Treasury

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to respond to the correspondence of 23 June, 21 July and 3 August 2020 from the hon. Member for East Londonderry, on extending maternity pay.

9 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

ME/CFS

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policy on ME funding of trends in the level of post-viral fatigue syndrome.

9 Jul 2020 · Treasury

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he has taken to prevent abuse of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme since 1 July 2020.

2 Jul 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Aviation: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will ensure that Portugal is included on the air bridge destinations list for UK tourists.

19 Jun 2020 · Department for International Development

Yemen: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make representations to the World Health Organisation on publishing a detailed analysis of the covid 19 outbreak in Yemen.

17 Jun 2020 · Treasury

VAT: Tax Rates and Bands

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an urgent assessment of the potential merits of reducing the VAT rate for on street retail shopping.

16 Jun 2020 · Department for International Development

Yemen: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that (a) food, (b) water and (c) medicines are supplied to people in Yemen.

15 Jun 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

China: Embassies

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Chinese authorities on the need for planning permission for any perimeter fencing at the grounds of the Chinese Consulate buildings in Belfast.

12 Jun 2020 · Treasury

Government Assistance: Northern Ireland

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and Self-Employment Income Support Scheme, what the average furlough payments were to (a) employees and (b) self-employed people in Northern Ireland in the firs

2 Jun 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

BBC Northern Ireland: Bullying

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will hold urgent discussions with representatives of the BBC on investigating internal allegations of bullying by BBC Northern Ireland employees.

1 Jun 2020 · Treasury

Public Works Loan Board: Northern Ireland

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the remit of the Public Works Loan Board to include local councils in Northern Ireland.

1 Jun 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Churches: Radio

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will take steps with the OFCOM to waive the temporary licence fee required for churches to use radio wavelengths for drive in church services.

15 May 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Television Licences: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will hold further discussions with the BBC on their decision to remove the free television licence concession for people aged over 75.

13 May 2020 · Home Office

Immigration Controls: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Operation Gull is still operating in Northern Ireland.

13 May 2020 · Treasury

Border Delivery Group

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Border Delivery Group next plans to meet.

13 May 2020 · Treasury

Self-employment Income Support Scheme: Northern Ireland

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will review the required identification documents for the Self Employed Income Support Scheme to allow people in Northern Ireland, whose only identification is a Northern Ireland Driving Licence, to use the sc

12 May 2020 · Department for International Trade

Overseas Trade: China and Taiwan

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps her Department is taking to promote trade that was previously undertaken with China with Taiwan.

6 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Babies: Pulse Oximetry

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to include pulse oximetry as an additional test to the Newborn and Infant Physical Examination programme.

1 May 2020 · Ministry of Defence

Bomb Disposal: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions Army bomb disposal units were called out in Northern Ireland between 1 July 2019 and 1 January 2020.

30 Apr 2020 · Cabinet Office

Coronavirus: Death

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of people that died from covid-19 were aged (a) up to 30, (b) 31 to 60 and (c) over 60 between 1 March 2020 and 10 April 2020.

27 Apr 2020 · Treasury

Cash Dispensing: Fees and Charges

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure the longer term availability of free to use ATM's (a) in rural areas and (b) throughout the UK.

27 Apr 2020 · Treasury

Customs Declaration Services Programme: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what effect the covid-19 outbreak will have on traders being transferred to the Customs Declaration Service by late 2020.

27 Apr 2020 · Home Office

Child Sexual Abuse Material: Netherlands

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking in co-operation with the Netherlands Government to ensure the prosecution of people posting online child sexual abuse material that is held in, and distributed from

24 Apr 2020 · Cabinet Office

Health Education: Coronavirus

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much was spent from the public purse on advertising aimed at warning the public of the dangers of covid-19 between 23 March 2020 and 23 April 2020 in (a) newspapers, (b) commercial radio, (c) internet advert

Source: official written-questions record.