Written questions
3,117 written questions tabled, most recent first.
25 Mar 2020 · Department for Transport
Government Assistance: Regional Airports
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans the Government has to provide financial assistance to regional airports in response to the outbreak of covid-19.
24 Mar 2020 · Treasury
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people who will be eligible to receive 80 per cent of their salaries under the terms of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme during the covid-19 outbreak.
24 Mar 2020 · Treasury
Pensions: Coronavirus
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the covid-19 outbreak, whether he has plans to extend the deadline by which single premium pension payments may be made into existing personal pension plans in the current year beyond 5 April 2020.
23 Mar 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will include (a) the self employed and (b) non-business rate businesses in the coronavirus business interruption scheme.
19 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
MMR Vaccine
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps is he taking to improve take-up of the MMR vaccine for five year old children.
19 Mar 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to halt drug supplies into prisons.
17 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Alcoholic Drinks
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what preparations he is making to tackle the potential increase in domestic alcohol abuse as a result of reduced social interaction during the covid-19 outbreak.
11 Mar 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Statutory Sick Pay: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people claimed statutory sick pay in Northern Ireland in each year since 2014.
10 Mar 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 by March 2022.
10 Mar 2020 · Department for Transport
Cycling and Walking: Infrastructure
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the progress that will be made by the end of the 2019 Parliament on the ambitions set out in the Government's Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plans.
9 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Pregnancy: Smoking
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the current prevalence rate of women smoking during pregnancy; and what assessment he has made of the likelihood of reducing that prevalence to 6 per cent by the end of
9 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to facilitate the temporary return to work of recently retired NHS staff in the event of an outbreak of covid-19.
5 Mar 2020 · Cabinet Office
Foreign Investment in UK
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the level of foreign direct investment into the UK was in (a) 2018 and (b) 2019.
4 Mar 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Consumers: Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many Friends have been trained through the National Trading Standards' Friends Against Scams initiative in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland in 201
4 Mar 2020 · Cabinet Office
Older People
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of centenarians in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland in 2019.
4 Mar 2020 · Cabinet Office
Exports and Imports: Republic of Ireland
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2020 to Question 13946 on Exports and Imports: Republic of Ireland, what proportion of GDP the import figures for (a) 2009 and (b) 2019.
3 Mar 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Horizon Europe
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to make a decision on the UK's association with Horizon Europe.
3 Mar 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Loneliness
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether the ministerial group on loneliness plans to publish a report in 2020.
3 Mar 2020 · Cabinet Office
Civil Service: Veterans
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the policy to guarantee interviews for veterans seeking Civil Service jobs applies throughout the UK.
2 Mar 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Israel: Educational Exchanges
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the benefits to (a) the UK and (b) Israel of the Britain Israel Research and Academic Exchange Partnership in each of the last eight years.
2 Mar 2020 · Department for Education
Music: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of funding for music in schools between 2014 and 2019.
28 Feb 2020 · Cabinet Office
Cybersecurity: Northern Ireland
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans he has to meet the Northern Ireland Executive to discuss the National Cyber Security Strategy.
28 Feb 2020 · Treasury
Infrastructure
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to review the effectiveness of the UK Guarantees Scheme for infrastructure investment across the UK.
28 Feb 2020 · Department for Transport
Heathrow Airport: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the effect of the judgment in relation to R (Friends of the Earth) v Secretary of State for Transport and others on the sustainability of the Heathrow Logistics Hubs initiative.
27 Feb 2020 · Ministry of Defence
EU Defence Policy
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to discuss with his EU counterparts changes to Third Country involvement in their Coordinated Annual Review on Defence.
25 Feb 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Fossil Fuels
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will take steps to ensure that the forthcoming oil and gas sector deal has the potential to provide benefits for energy sector companies across the UK.
25 Feb 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Armed Conflict: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress he has made through the United Nations Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict in tackling the use of child soldiers in conflict zones.
25 Feb 2020 · Treasury
Self-assessment: Fines
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was paid in fines by people who submitted tax returns after the deadline of 31 January in (a) 2017, (b) 2018 and (c) 2019.
25 Feb 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Prostate Cancer: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the timetable is for the National Screening Committee to conduct the next review of the evidence on screening for prostate cancer.
25 Feb 2020 · Treasury
Capital Gains Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2020 to Question 11458 on Capital Gains Tax on what date the comprehensive communications plan began.
Source: official written-questions record.