Written questions

3,117 written questions tabled, most recent first.

16 Jan 2018 · Northern Ireland Office

Fraud: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many arrests there have been in connection with fuel fraud in Northern Ireland between 1 April 2017 and 31 December 2017.

11 Jan 2018 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Nuisance Calls

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether an estimate been made of the extent to which companies are not complying with regulations on preventing nuisance calls for telephone users who subscribe to the Telephone Preferen

11 Jan 2018 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Digital Broadcasting: Radio

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when he plans to make a decision on the timing of a possible switchover to digital radio.

11 Jan 2018 · HM Treasury

Insurance: Equality

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how he plans to enact the principle of equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services in respect of insurance services.

10 Jan 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

UK Shared Prosperity Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that the UK Shared Prosperity Fund will offer assistance across the whole of the UK.

10 Jan 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Egypt: Islamic State

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will he make representations to the Egyptian Government on the attack on Mar Mina Church in Helwan on 29 December 2017 by IS terrorists in order to establish what steps are being ta

9 Jan 2018 · HM Treasury

Employment: Older People

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people aged 65 and over that will still be in employment in each year between 2018 and 2023.

9 Jan 2018 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Cadets

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to visit cadet detachments in Northern Ireland during 2018; and if he will make a statement.

9 Jan 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Hungary and Poland: EU Immigration

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will hold discussions with his Hungarian and Polish counterparts on the acceptance of migrants under the EU quota scheme; and how that scheme will work in the period up to March 201

21 Dec 2017 · Cabinet Office

Prescription Drugs: Death

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for how many deaths was consumption of an excess of prescription drugs the primary cause between 2014 and 2017.

21 Dec 2017 · Department of Health

Obesity: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to review and amend the Government's childhood obesity strategy over time to account for developments in the causes and extent of such obesity.

21 Dec 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Electric Vehicles and Hybrid Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on energy supplies of the estimated numbers of electric and hybrid vehicles on UK roads by 2020.

20 Dec 2017 · HM Treasury

Public Sector Debt

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether Public Sector Net Debt is scheduled to change in the way set out by the Office for Budget Responsibility in November 2015.

20 Dec 2017 · Cabinet Office

Prostate Cancer: Mortality Rates

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what change there has been in survival rates for men who are diagnosed with prostate cancer in the last ten years.

20 Dec 2017 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces Day: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans are in place for Regional Armed Forces' Day events in Northern Ireland in 2018.

20 Dec 2017 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Television Licences: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what savings will accrue to the public purse on account of the BBC bearing the cost of free licensing for people aged over 75 for each of the next five years.

19 Dec 2017 · Department of Health

Health: Males

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has made an assessment of behavioural changes among adult males in reporting their own medical health issues over the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.

19 Dec 2017 · Ministry of Justice

HM Inspectorate of Prisons

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if his Department will conduct an assessment of the range of reports issued by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Prisons in England and Wales compared with the reports issued by its counterpart bodies in Scotland and

19 Dec 2017 · HM Treasury

Credit Unions: Financial Services Compensation Scheme

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many credit unions were subject to intervention by the financial services compensation scheme to protect savers in 2016.

19 Dec 2017 · Cabinet Office

Older Workers

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the change in numbers has been of people aged 65 and over in (a) full-time and (b) part-time work over the last five years.

19 Dec 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Turkey: Islamic State

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on suspected IS terrorists using Turkey as a route to enter the EU; and if he will discuss those reports with the Turkish Government.

18 Dec 2017 · Department for International Development

Developing Countries: Pneumonia

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to help end childhood deaths from pneumonia globally by 2030.

18 Dec 2017 · Department for Education

Young People: Unemployment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the change has been in the number of young people aged 18 to 25 who are not in education, employment or training in the last five years.

18 Dec 2017 · Cabinet Office

Engineers and Technicians: Females

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the change has been in the proportion of females among full-time technicians and engineers in the engineering industry over the last ten years.

14 Dec 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Workplace Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the average monthly total amount per person, comprising employee employer and tax relief contributions, paid into pensions under the compulsory workplace pension scheme in 2

14 Dec 2017 · Department for Education

Apprenticeship Levy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps during the absence of a devolved administration to hold discussions with the Permanent Secretary on the best way to allocate the apprenticeship levy to maximum effect for promoting skills

13 Dec 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Egypt: Religious Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to his Egyptian counterpart on encouraging (a) the re-opening of churches and (b) freedom of religious expression in that country.

13 Dec 2017 · Northern Ireland Office

HMP Magilligan

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will take steps during the absence of a devolved administration to discuss with the Department of Justice the rebuilding of the Prison at Magilligan in County Londonderry.

13 Dec 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Christianity

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations at the UN on the recent increase in the persecution of Christians worldwide.

13 Dec 2017 · HM Treasury

Tax Evasion

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the change in levels of tax evasion in the last 10 years.

Source: official written-questions record.