Written questions

3,117 written questions tabled, most recent first.

9 Nov 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Beef: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will hold discussions with the US Administration on the importation of American hormone-free beef products for when the UK leaves the EU.

9 Nov 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Pakistan: Religious Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his Pakistani counterpart on religious freedom in that country since the Pakistani Supreme Court ruling on Asia Bibi.

9 Nov 2018 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: North Africa

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of people who made an illegal sea crossing from north Africa to Europe between April and October 2018.

9 Nov 2018 · Ministry of Defence

Bomb Disposal: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions Army bomb disposal teams in Northern Ireland were called out between (a) 1 July 2014 and 30 June 2016 and (b) 1 July 2016 and 30 June 2018 as a result of (i) viable and (ii) hoax devices.

9 Nov 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Squirrels: Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to increase the red squirrel population over the next five years.

9 Nov 2018 · Home Office

Passports: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people living in Northern Ireland who were born in the Irish Republic after 1948 have been unable to obtain a UK passport.

9 Nov 2018 · Treasury

Help to Save Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to publicise the Help to Save scheme to working families.

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

Wind Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what proportion of UK energy consumption is provided by (a) onshore and (b) offshore wind farms.

6 Nov 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for legal aid in criminal cases were refused in each of the last five years.

6 Nov 2018 · Department for International Trade

Trade Agreements

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps the Government is taking to discuss with the devolved administrations the way in which future trade deals will apply to different parts of the UK.

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

Overseas Trade

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to support individual regions of the UK maximise opportunities in world markets once the UK leaves the EU.

5 Nov 2018 · Ministry of Defence

Army: Bomb Disposal

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions Army bomb disposal teams were called out between 1 July 2012 and 30 June 2014 as a result of (a) viable and (b) hoax devices.

5 Nov 2018 · Treasury

Minimum Wage: Fines

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the level of fine was for each successful prosecution of an employer paying an employee less than the minimum wage in the last 12 months.

5 Nov 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Young Offenders: Convictions

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children under the age of 15 were convicted in youth courts in each of the last five years.

5 Nov 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Unmanned Air Systems

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions the illegal use of drones in the vicinity of the prison estate has resulted in convictions in each of the last three years.

2 Nov 2018 · Cabinet Office

Average Earnings

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of people earning less than £8.21 per hour.

2 Nov 2018 · Home Office

National Crime Agency: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the workforce size of the National Crime Agency in Northern Ireland is expected to change in the next six months.

2 Nov 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Burma: Rohingya

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations his Department has made to the Myanmar authorities on the Rohingya crisis.

1 Nov 2018 · Department for Education

Secondary Education: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what changes there have been in the social background of children in secondary level education in the bottom quartile for educational attainment from 2007 to 2017.

1 Nov 2018 · Home Office

Road Traffic Offences: Speed Limits

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an estimate of (a) the amount of money raised for the public purse from fees paid by people undertaking speed awareness courses in the last five years and (b) the cost to the public pu

1 Nov 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fisheries

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support his Department has provided to the fishing sector to help it plan for the UK leaving the EU.

31 Oct 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 30 October 2018 to Question 183881 on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, what steps he is taking to tackle the increase in the number of people diagnosed with that dis

31 Oct 2018 · Department for Transport

Railways: Electrification

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 29 March 2018 to Question 134595 on Railways: Electrification, what the expected timetable is for introduction of new electric powered trains.

31 Oct 2018 · Department for Exiting the European Union

Police Service of Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many meetings (a) he, (b) Ministers and (c) officials of his Department have had with Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland in the past twelve months on cross border sec

31 Oct 2018 · Home Office

Emergency Calls: Hoaxes and False Alarms

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many 999 hoax phone calls have been made in each of the last ten years for which figures are available.

31 Oct 2018 · Attorney General

National Fund

To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 23rd July 2018 to Question 165033 on the National Fund, whether he has received a hearing date from the High Court on his application to release the money held by the National Fund.

30 Oct 2018 · Northern Ireland Office

Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, in the continued absence of a functioning Northern Ireland Government, if she will meet with the Permanent Secretaries of the Northern Ireland Executive to discuss the implementation of the recommendatio

29 Oct 2018 · Northern Ireland Office

City Deals: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the timetable is for each of the city deal projects based in Northern Ireland to become operational.

29 Oct 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Wills

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the timetable is for the Law Commission to submit its report on wills.

29 Oct 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

BSE: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what precautions have been taken to ensure there are no further outbreaks of BSE as a result of the recent incident in Aberdeenshire.

Source: official written-questions record.