Written questions

3,117 written questions tabled, most recent first.

13 Sep 2017 · Home Office

Passports: Republic of Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passport applications from residents of the Republic of Ireland were processed through the Belfast Passport Office in each year since 2012.

13 Sep 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

China: Christianity

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to his Chinese counterpart on the harassment and surveillance faced by the growing Chinese Protestant population in that country.

13 Sep 2017 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Television Licences: Non-payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many households were demonstrated to own a television set but did not have a television license in each of the last three years.

12 Sep 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Energy: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what comparative assessment has been made of the energy efficiency of traditionally-built new homes with maximum wall and cavity insulation and that of timber-framed homes.

12 Sep 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Supermarkets: Food

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has held with representatives of large supermarkets in their stocking of locally produced food and vegetables in 2017.

12 Sep 2017 · Department of Health

Anorexia

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many diagnosed cases of anorexia there have been among people aged under 30 in the last three years.

12 Sep 2017 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

BBC: Business Interests

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the BBC on its publishing declarations of interests made by presenters and other employees.

12 Sep 2017 · HM Treasury

Private Rented Housing

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of homes bought as buy to let in January to June (a) 2016 and (b) 2017.

6 Sep 2017 · Department for International Trade

Foreign Investment in UK

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what plans he has to ensure that each nation and region can take advantage of the opportunities for trade and inward investment after the UK leaves the EU.

6 Sep 2017 · Department for International Development

Overseas Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse in cash terms of meeting the target to spend 0.7 per cent of gross national income as development assistance in 2018.

6 Sep 2017 · Home Office

Undocumented Workers: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many firms have been prosecuted on more than one separate occasion in Northern Ireland for employing staff who did not have a legal right to be in the UK in each of the last five years.

6 Sep 2017 · HM Treasury

Public Sector: Pay

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will remove the pay cap for public sector workers and ensure that the Barnett formula for the devolved institutions is reflected in that decision.

5 Sep 2017 · Northern Ireland Office

Enterprise Zones: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps the Government is taking to ensure the effectiveness of Enterprise Zones in promoting job creation and innovation in (a) Coleraine and (b) elsewhere in Northern Ireland.

5 Sep 2017 · Northern Ireland Office

Flood Control: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what additional steps the Government plans to take in Northern Ireland to mitigate the risk of flooding as a result of recent flooding in the north-west of Northern Ireland.

5 Sep 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Nepal: Religious Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to his Nepalese counterpart on freedom of religious conscience and people who wish to convert from one religion to another in that country.

5 Sep 2017 · HM Treasury

Tourism: Northern Ireland

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress the Government has made on its consultation report on the effect of VAT on tourism in Northern Ireland.

18 Jul 2017 · Northern Ireland Office

Administration of Justice: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Written Statement of 17 July 2017, HCWS54, National Security Arrangements in Northern Ireland, what plans he has to streamline judicial processes in Northern Ireland in the absence of a f

18 Jul 2017 · Ministry of Justice

Reoffenders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he has taken to reduce re-offending rates for those convicted of serious offences.

18 Jul 2017 · Home Office

Passports: Republic of Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passport applications from residents of the Republic of Ireland were processed through the Belfast Passport Office between 31 March 2016 and 31 March 2017.

18 Jul 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Turkey: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will raise with his Turkish counterpart the issue of human rights violations against those peacefully protesting against the Turkish Government.

18 Jul 2017 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Cadets

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will meet the hon. Member for East Londonderry on visiting cadet detachments in Northern Ireland in 2017.

17 Jul 2017 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of an increase in numbers of electric cars by 2020 on the capacity of the National Grid.

17 Jul 2017 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

BBC: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what representations she has made to the BBC to ensure that the levels of pay awarded to its presenters are published before the summer recess.

17 Jul 2017 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to expedite the roll-out of high speed broadband provision in rural areas of Northern Ireland.

17 Jul 2017 · HM Treasury

Public Finance

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect on the public finances in 2016-17 of (a) raising the personal tax allowance to £15,000 per annum and (b) increasing the basic rate of income tax to 25 per cent.

11 Jul 2017 · Northern Ireland Office

Michael Hayes

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will discuss with the Irish Government the whereabouts of Michael Christopher Hayes in connection with his involvement in the Birmingham pub bombings of 1974; and whether that person received an on

11 Jul 2017 · Department for Transport

Airports: Unmanned Air Systems

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing legislative proposals on the control and use of drones in the immediate vicinity of airports.

11 Jul 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Eritrea: Christianity

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the UN on the cases of Eritrean Christians who are subject to alleged persecution and harassment in that country.

11 Jul 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Iran: Prisoners

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Iranian Government on the treatment of Pastor Victor Bet Tamraz, Amin Afshar Naderi and Hadi Asgari in prison in that country.

11 Jul 2017 · HM Treasury

Self-assessment

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what changes there have been to the number of tax returns submitted on time in the last 10 years.

Source: official written-questions record.