Written questions

3,117 written questions tabled, most recent first.

7 Dec 2018 · Northern Ireland Office

Business: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what role his Department played in (a) organising and (b) financing the visit to Parliament by Northern Ireland business representatives during the week commencing Monday 3 December 2018 to meet with hon

7 Dec 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

South Sudan: Peace Negotiations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his counterpart in the South Sudanese Government on ensuring adherence to the peace deal signed in September 2018.

7 Dec 2018 · Department for International Development

Overseas Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of UK Official development Assistance on low income countries in each of the last five years.

7 Dec 2018 · Ministry of Defence

EU Battlegroups

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether UK defence forces will participate in EU Battlegroups in 2019-20.

6 Dec 2018 · Ministry of Defence

EU Defence Policy

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the UK will continue to participate in the Coordinated Annual Review on Defence after the UK leaves the EU.

6 Dec 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dogs: Electronic Training Aids

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the change in the number of dogs with electronic collars has been in the last two years.

6 Dec 2018 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Internet: Disinformation

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with online media providers on preventing fake news from being placed on their platforms.

6 Dec 2018 · Treasury

Customs Declaration Services Programme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Customs Declaration Service will be fully operational by January 2019.

5 Dec 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

UK Rare Disease Policy Board

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, who the Northern Ireland representative is on the UK rare diseases policy board under the European Reference Networks.

5 Dec 2018 · Department for Transport

A75

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to ensure that the Borderlands Growth Deal will secure improvements to the A75 primary trunk road.

5 Dec 2018 · Treasury

National Productivity Investment Fund

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the amount of money the National Productivity Investment Fund will allocate in each of the next five years.

5 Dec 2018 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces Covenant

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times the Armed Forces Covenant Reference Group met in (a) 2017 and (b) 2018.

5 Dec 2018 · Treasury

Self-assessment

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent lessons his Department has learned to help increase the proportion of tax returns filed by 31 January 2019 deadline.

4 Dec 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Military Bases: South China Sea

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Chinese Government on reports that they plan to construct an underwater military facility in the disputed South China Sea territory.

4 Dec 2018 · Cabinet Office

Average Earnings

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the change was in average full-time salary levels in (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland and (d) Northern Ireland between 2007 and 2017.

4 Dec 2018 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Television Licences: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many people aged between 75 and 80 would be affected if the free licence age were raised to 80.

4 Dec 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Electricity Generation: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when his Department plans to complete its review of evidence on levelised costs of electricity generation.

4 Dec 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

World Conference on Tobacco or Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what initiatives the NHS has undertaken as a result of the March 2018 World Conference on Tobacco or Health.

4 Dec 2018 · Department for International Trade

US-Canada Regulatory Cooperation Council

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what preparations he is making for meeting with the US-Canada Regulatory Cooperation Council in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.

3 Dec 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Smoking

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department still plans to reduce adult smoking prevalence to 12 per cent by 2022.

3 Dec 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Television Licences: Non-payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the number of custodial sentences given for non-payment of the BBC licence fee in each of the last three years.

3 Dec 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Unmanned Air Systems

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) confiscated drones and (b) persons prosecuted for the illegal use of a drone in the vicinity of a prison in the last two years.

3 Dec 2018 · Cabinet Office

Older Workers

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people in the UK aged 70 or over were in (a) full-time and (b) part-time employment in 2017.

3 Dec 2018 · Ministry of Justice

HM Inspectorate of Prisons: Meetings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times Her Majesty's Prisons Inspectorates of England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland met in 2017.

30 Nov 2018 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Digital Broadcasting: Radio

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment his Department has made of whether the target for listening and coverage will be met for a switchover to digital radio in 2019.

30 Nov 2018 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Sports Competitors

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will hold discussions with (a) his counterparts in the devolved administration and (b) the relevant sporting bodies to ensure that sportspeople in all parts of the UK can represent

30 Nov 2018 · Home Office

Immigration Controls: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the status is of Operation Gull in Northern Ireland.

29 Nov 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

STEM Subjects: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions he has had with business representatives on potential barriers to recruiting women into the STEM workforce.

29 Nov 2018 · Treasury

Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to respond to the Office of Tax Simplification's November 2018 report on inheritance tax.

29 Nov 2018 · Ministry of Defence

Iraq: NATO

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to support the NATO training mission in Iraq.

Source: official written-questions record.