Written questions

3,117 written questions tabled, most recent first.

9 May 2019 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Bullying

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many instances of alleged bullying have been made in Northern Ireland (a) in Army Cadet Force units and (b) where the complainant at the time of the complaint held the rank of Lieutenant or above in each of t

10 Apr 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Crohn's Disease

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the change in the number of people diagnosed with Crohn's disease between 2008 and 2018.

9 Apr 2019 · Treasury

Cash Dispensing: Rural Areas

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps is he taking to seek to ensure that ATM operators maintain no charge access to machines in rural areas throughout the UK.

8 Apr 2019 · Northern Ireland Office

Local Government: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of removing provisions in local government electoral legislation that prevents people standing those elections that have legitimate reasons for not

4 Apr 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the proportion of households that will have high speed broadband by the scheduled end of this Parliament.

2 Apr 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Consumers: Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will ensure that the Friends against Scams training tools and workshops operated under National Trading Standards are offered to people throughout the United Kingdom.

2 Apr 2019 · Ministry of Defence

Bomb Disposal: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, On how many occasions Army Bomb Disposal teams were called out in Northern Ireland between (a) 1 January 2014 and 1 July 2016 and (b) 1 July 2016 and 1 January 2019 as a result of (i) viable devices and (ii) hoa

2 Apr 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Offences against Children: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many adults were convicted of offences involving the online grooming of children in 2018.

1 Apr 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Suicide: Relatives

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department takes to support the close relatives of suicide victims.

28 Mar 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Malta: Hijacking

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Maltese authorities on preventing additional occurrences of hijacking such as the recent incident of a Turkish-registered oil tanker which was detai

21 Mar 2019 · Department for International Development

North Korea: Malnutrition

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make representations at the UN on (a) the increasing level of malnutrition among (i) young children and (ii) other people in North Korea and (b) reports that about 40 per cent of the

19 Mar 2019 · Northern Ireland Office

City Deals: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the timetable is for finalising the (a) Londonderry Strabane City Deal and (b) other Northern Ireland City Deals.

19 Mar 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Philippines: Terrorism

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to his counterpart in the Philippines on apprehending those responsible for bombing a church in that country in January 2019.

19 Mar 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

BBC Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether he plans to speak to BBC NI on its commissioning process and independent accountability during his visit to Northern Ireland this month.

18 Mar 2019 · Department for Education

Overseas Students

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of (a) the 10 countries supplying the most overseas students and (b) the numbers of students from each of those countries who were studying at further and higher education facilities i

18 Mar 2019 · Department for Education

Overseas Students

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of overseas students who were studying at further and higher education facilities in the UK in 2018.

18 Mar 2019 · Department for International Trade

Overseas Investment: China

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps the Government is taking to help companies in the UK to take advantage of the recent decision by the Chinese Government to introduce it's foreign investment law.

13 Mar 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Coastal Areas: Sea Level

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the risk to those coastal areas likely to be worst affected by rising sea levels.

5 Mar 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

North Korea: Sanctions

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will hold discussions with his US counterpart on future sanctions on North Korea following the recent discussions between the US and North Korea.

5 Mar 2019 · Cabinet Office

Cancer: Diagnosis

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the change has been in the ratio per thousand of population of (a) male and (b) female children diagnosed with cancer in the UK between (a) 2008 and (b) 2018.

27 Feb 2019 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the number of (a) vessels and (b) personnel patrolling the English Channel in relation to people attempting to enter the country illegally.

27 Feb 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Influenza: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made a comparative assessment of the level of up-take of the winter flu jab in 2018 among people in (a) lower and (b) higher income groups.

27 Feb 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Obesity: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has put in place a target for the national average rate of childhood obesity by the end of the current Parliament; and if he will make a statement.

27 Feb 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Kashmir: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to his counterparts in India and Pakistan on immediately reducing tensions in that region.

27 Feb 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prostate Cancer: Focal Therapy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to introduce high-intensity focused ultrasound therapy for prostate cancer more widely through the NHS.

25 Feb 2019 · Treasury

Taxation: Electronic Government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he increase the Making Tax Digital threshold of £85,000 turnover per annum from 1 April 2019 to help support sole traders.

25 Feb 2019 · Treasury

Funerals: Pre-payment

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of urgently bringing forward legislative proposals for the regulation of the sale of pre-paid funeral plans under the remit of the Financial Conduct Authority.

15 Feb 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Motor Neurone Disease

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the next planned review date is for the assessment and management of motor neurone disease.

15 Feb 2019 · Northern Ireland Office

Passports: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will meet with the Home Secretary to discuss the long-standing anomaly whereby Northern Ireland residents born in the Irish Republic since 1949 continue to face restrictions on obtaining UK passpo

14 Feb 2019 · Department for Transport

Heathrow Airport: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an estimate of the number of private sector jobs that would be created in Northern Ireland as a result of a successful bid from Northern Ireland under the Heathrow Logistics Hub bidding process.

Source: official written-questions record.