Written questions

3,117 written questions tabled, most recent first.

3 Sep 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Credit Unions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the recent talks between the Minister for Pensions and Financial Inclusion and credit unions in Northern Ireland, what lessons have been learned by his Department on the expansion of c

3 Sep 2019 · Treasury

Customs Declaration Services Programme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects all businesses to have migrated to the Customs Declaration Service model.

24 Jul 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

World Conference on Tobacco or Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to attend the next World Health Organization World Conference on Tobacco or Health in the Irish Republic.

24 Jul 2019 · Home Office

Arrests: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many National Crime Agency-led arrests there have been in Northern Ireland in the last 12 months; and how many convictions there have been as a result of those arrests.

23 Jul 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce instances of (a) breast cancer among women and (b) prostate cancer.

22 Jul 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Enterprise Zones: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding allocated to enterprise zones.

22 Jul 2019 · Northern Ireland Office

Investment and Tourism: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to the recent golf open at Royal Portrush, if her Department will hold discussions with Invest Northern Ireland to promote Northern Ireland as a tourist and investment destination.

22 Jul 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Diabetes: Orthopaedics

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle the recent increase in diabetes-related amputations.

22 Jul 2019 · Church Commissioners

Churches: Grants

To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps are being taken to promote the new four year Grant Programme through the Churches Trust.

17 Jul 2019 · Church Commissioners

Gambling

To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church of England is taking to tackle problem gambling.

17 Jul 2019 · Northern Ireland Office

Equality Commission for Northern Ireland: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment she has made of the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland's recruitment criteria as a result of the composition of new commissioners announced in June 2019.

17 Jul 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

North Macedonia: NATO

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to hold discussions with his North Macedonian counterpart on that country's application to join NATO.

17 Jul 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

South Africa: Crimes of Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his South African counterpart on potentially changing the travel advice for UK nationals in the Cape Town area due to recent violence.

17 Jul 2019 · Cabinet Office

Overseas Trade: Republic of Ireland

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the value of trade (a) exports and (b) imports between the UK and the Irish Republic in each of the last three years.

16 Jul 2019 · Northern Ireland Office

Offences against Children: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether she plans to table legislative proposals to implement payments to victims of historical and institutional abuse in Northern Ireland.

16 Jul 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

South Africa: Crimes of Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to his South African counterpart in the (a) recent trends in the level of violence and murder in Cape Town and (b) the potential consequences for visitors

16 Jul 2019 · Treasury

National Productivity Investment Fund

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding was allocated to (a) Northern Ireland, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales from the National Productivity Investment Fund in (i) 2017-18, and (ii) 2018-19.

16 Jul 2019 · Treasury

Roads: Northern Ireland

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much and what proportion of UK Guarantees Scheme guarantees issued to date have been allocated to road projects in Northern Ireland.

15 Jul 2019 · Home Office

Domestic Abuse: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of changes in the number of children at school reporting domestic abuse since the launch of the operation encompass scheme.

15 Jul 2019 · Treasury

Personal Savings

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will meet with (a) banks and (b) other financial institutions on recent reports of personal savings accounts with £170 billion and for which no interest is paid.

10 Jul 2019 · Department for International Development

Sub-Saharan Africa: Water

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether the Millennium Development Goal targets on access to clean water by 2020 will be met in sub-Saharan Africa.

10 Jul 2019 · Home Office

Immigration Controls: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been (a) charged and (b) convicted as a result of Operation Gull in Northern Ireland in the last two years.

10 Jul 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pregnancy: Smoking

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the projected change in smoking rates among pregnant women is over the next two years.

9 Jul 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Rockall: Fisheries

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Irish counterpart on international fishing fleets' access to waters around Rockall.

9 Jul 2019 · Department for International Trade

Trade Agreements: Canada

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether his Department has set performance targets for the increase in bilateral trade between Canada and the UK through a comprehensive free trade agreement after the UK leaves the EU.

9 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Tooth Whitening: Convictions

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted for illegally administering teeth whitening processes in the past three years.

9 Jul 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Influenza: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the level of (a) preparedness and (b) stocks of medicine for the administration of the winter flu jab in each of the last three years.

8 Jul 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Bovine Tuberculosis: Testing

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations he has made to his EU counterparts on the EU's proposed movement of testing for TB on all cattle that are over six months from their previous test date.

8 Jul 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Republic of Ireland: Brexit

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the 8 July 2019 Irish Times article entitled Dublin and Berlin move closer as Brexit barney continues, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in the Irish Gove

5 Jul 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Business: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in April 2018 in Belfast, what progress he has made in developing a business strategy for Northern Ireland after the

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