Written questions

3,117 written questions tabled, most recent first.

29 Oct 2018 · Department for International Development

Gaza: Overseas Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether irregularities in UK official development assistance spending were discovered during programme audits and field visits to Gaza in each of the last two years; and if she will make a state

29 Oct 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average (a) prison population and (b) number of prison officers was in each of the last 10 years in England and Wales.

29 Oct 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Per Capita Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average cost per prisoner in England and Wales has been in each of the last 10 years.

29 Oct 2018 · Northern Ireland Office

Police: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent representations has she made to the Chancellor on the allocation of additional resources for policing in Northern Ireland in preparation for the UK leavings the EU.

29 Oct 2018 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

BBC: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will hold discussions with the National Audit Office on the potential merits on that Office undertaking a review of commissioning contracts within the BBC that are of a value of le

25 Oct 2018 · Department for International Trade

Overseas Trade: Saudi Arabia

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether the Government has entered into new trade discussions with the Saudi Arabian authorities since the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.

25 Oct 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people had COPD conditions in each year from 2007 to 2017.

25 Oct 2018 · Home Office

Entry Clearances: Overseas Students

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will introduce a Global Graduate Talent visa to allow international students sponsored by a UK university to work in the UK for a limited period following their graduation.

24 Oct 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prescription Drugs: Misuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to his Answer of 23 April 2018 to Question 136107 on Prescription Drugs: Misuse, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the increase in deaths caused by the consumption of an excess

24 Oct 2018 · Treasury

Self-assessment

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 11 May 2018 to Question 141715 on Taxation: Self-Assessment, how many of the 746,000 self-assessment tax returns that were outstanding and filed after 31 January 2018 were estimated not to

24 Oct 2018 · Cabinet Office

Cancer

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the top five cancer diagnoses were among (a) men and (b) women in (i) 2007 and (ii) 2017.

24 Oct 2018 · Northern Ireland Office

Fisheries: Lough Foyle

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will meet with the Irish Government to discuss (a) improvements to the management of and (b) tackling illegal activities on Lough Foyle.

24 Oct 2018 · Department for Transport

Shipping

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the outcome was of the Government's review of the National Maritime Single Window pilot exercise.

23 Oct 2018 · Home Office

Psychoactive Substances Act 2016

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he plans to review the Psychoactive Substances Act 2016.

23 Oct 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Religious Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will hold discussions with the EU Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief on UK cooperation with the EU on freedom of religion and belief after the UK leaves the EU.

23 Oct 2018 · Cabinet Office

Part-time Employment

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of people employed on a part-time basis in the last twelve months.

22 Oct 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Bureaucracy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the average proportion of the working week that social workers spend completing paperwork and other follow-up administrative procedures relating to the main part o

22 Oct 2018 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Arts: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will discuss with the Creative Industries Council its meeting in future in Northern Ireland to ensure that creative industries policies are developed in the Province.

22 Oct 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Bill of Rights: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he plans to have and with whom in the absence of the Northern Ireland Executive on a UK-wide Bill of Rights.

22 Oct 2018 · Department for International Development

Africa: Female Genital Mutilation

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, What recent discussions she has had with her counterparts in African Governments on legislation to end Female Genital Mutilation.

19 Oct 2018 · Treasury

Living Wage

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employers have been prosecuted for not paying employees the National Living Wage in the last two years.

19 Oct 2018 · Treasury

Royal Bank of Scotland

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much accrued to the public purse as a result of the Royal Bank of Scotland paying a dividend to shareholders on 12 October 2018.

19 Oct 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Obesity: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the measurement for assessing whether a child aged between two and 15 years is classified as obese has changed in the last 10 years.

19 Oct 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Credit Unions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the credit union expansion project.

18 Oct 2018 · Department for International Development

Overseas Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate she has made of the cost in cash terms of maintaining Official Development Assistance at 0.7 per cent of gross national income in the next financial year.

18 Oct 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Powers of Attorney

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of people who have made a lasting power of attorney since the choice not chance campaign ended.

18 Oct 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Workplace Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of employers who have not met their obligations to employees on automatic enrolment in pensions in the last three years.

18 Oct 2018 · Treasury

Financial Services: Fees and Charges

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will undertake a review of the operation of the Financial Conduct Authority rules to ensure a cap on excessive early exit charges since April 2017.

17 Oct 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

China: Organs

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to his Chinese counterpart on a reported increase in forced organ harvesting.

17 Oct 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

India: Prisoners

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to his Indian counterpart on the seven Indians in the Orissa region who have been in prison on murder charges for 10 years awaiting an appeal hearing.

Source: official written-questions record.