Written questions
3,117 written questions tabled, most recent first.
22 May 2018 · Treasury
National Fund
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of appointing a small group of fund managers to oversee the National Fund to ascertain its growth potential over the next 25 years.
16 May 2018 · Department for International Development
Gaza: Overseas Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that money supplied to the Gaza region is used only for humanitarian purposes.
16 May 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions
Part-time Employment: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people between 16 and 24 years old were in part-time employment in (a) 2012 and (b) 2017.
16 May 2018 · Department for International Development
Iraq: Internally Displaced People
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department provides to internally displaced Christians who wish to return to the Nineveh Plains area of Iraq.
15 May 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care
Obesity: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what change has been recorded in rates of childhood obesity in each year from 2011 to 2017.
14 May 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Burma: Christianity
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Government of Myanmar on recent attacks on Christians in Kachin in that country.
10 May 2018 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Television Licences: Non-payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the loss of revenue to the public purse as a result of television licence fee evasion in (a) 2012 and (b) 2017.
10 May 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Squirrels
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the change in the (a) grey and (b) red squirrel populations between 2007 and 2017.
10 May 2018 · Cabinet Office
Cancer
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the five most common cancer diagnoses were among (a) men and (b) women in (i) 2007 and (ii) 2017.
10 May 2018 · Northern Ireland Office
City Deals: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the timescale is for the Belfast and Londonderry city deals to become fully operational.
9 May 2018 · Home Office
Proscribed Organisations: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted of offences relating to their previous membership of a proscribed organisation in Northern Ireland between 1969 and 1994 in the last twelve m
8 May 2018 · Treasury
Self-assessment
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that the level of tax returns submitted (a) on and (b) before the 31 January deadline is greater than 93 per cent.
8 May 2018 · Treasury
Taxation: Self-assessment
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people submitting tax returns missed the 31st January 2018 deadline; and how much money was accrued to the public purse through fines as a result of late payments.
2 May 2018 · Home Office
UK Border Force: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the criteria are for recruitment of Border Force personnel; and whether those criteria are applied consistently throughout the UK.
2 May 2018 · Ministry of Defence
Army: Females
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many women have been recruited to the Army in each of the last three years.
2 May 2018 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
BBC
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will hold discussions with the BBC on increasing the level of transparency of its commissioning processes.
1 May 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care
Smoking
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have died as a result of smoking related conditions in each of the last three years.
1 May 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Turkey: Christianity
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterpart in the Turkish Government on the treatment of Christians in that country.
1 May 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
North Africa: Refugees
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of people who have made an illegal sea crossing between North Africa and Europe in the last six months.
1 May 2018 · Cabinet Office
Fuels: Tax Evasion
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 23 April 2018 to Question 136367 on Fuels: Tax Evasion, whether any legal action followed those arrests.
1 May 2018 · Department for Exiting the European Union
Borders: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what recent assessment he has made of the potential economic effect of a hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland after the UK leaves the EU.
24 Apr 2018 · Cabinet Office
Average Earnings
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average full-time salary was in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales, and (d) Northern Ireland in 2017.
24 Apr 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Algeria: Churches
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2017 to Question 119188, what response he has received from the Algerian authorities on the closure of that church.
24 Apr 2018 · Treasury
Workplace Pensions
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of firms that operate self-invested personal pension schemes for individuals which have ceased operating within the past two years.
18 Apr 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions
Workplace Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the timescale is for completing the automatic enrolment review that commenced in 2017.
18 Apr 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Vietnam: Christianity
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to his Vietnamese counterpart on recent reports of people in the North West Province who have converted to Christianity having been subjected to an attack
18 Apr 2018 · Treasury
Fuels: Tax Evasion
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many arrests have been made in connection with fuel fraud in Northern Ireland between 1 January 2017 and 31 March 2018.
18 Apr 2018 · Home Office
Passports: Republic of Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 16 April 2018 to Question 134403 and the Answer 26 March 2018 to Question 133389 on Passports: British Embassy Dublin, since the repatriation of passport processing into the
18 Apr 2018 · Treasury
Financial Services
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to ensure that Asset Fund Managers automatically switch small investors' funds into less costly management options in compliance with Financial Conduct Authority guidance.
17 Apr 2018 · Treasury
Taxation: Northern Ireland
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the Government's timetable is for setting out its plans arising from its consultation on the impact of VAT and air passenger duty on tourism in Northern Ireland.
Source: official written-questions record.