Written questions

3,117 written questions tabled, most recent first.

11 Oct 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Sudan: Christianity

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will raise with the Sudanese government reports of attacks on Christians and proposals by the Sudanese government to demolish church property in the Bahri region of Khartoum.

11 Oct 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Uzbekistan: Christianity

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Uzbekistan government on reports of (a) recent sentencing of Christians for possession of religious literature and (b) the deduction of the salaries

11 Oct 2016 · Ministry of Defence

Explosives: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times explosive ordinance officers were deployed to deal with incidents in Northern Ireland between 1 January 2016 and 1 July 2016.

11 Oct 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

BBC: Local Broadcasting

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had on the future of regional programming as part of the BBC Charter renewal process.

11 Oct 2016 · Home Office

Child Sexual Abuse Independent Panel Inquiry

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total cost to the public purse has been of all (a) salaries, (b) transport, (c) hotel stays, (d) redundancy payments, (e) pension entitlements and (f) all other associated costs since the ann

10 Oct 2016 · Department for Education

Students: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average amount of student loans outstanding for graduates has been in each of the last three years ending on 31 March 2016.

10 Oct 2016 · Department of Health

Palliative Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with the relevant departments in the devolved administrations on ensuring the maximisation of treatment for life limiting conditions under best practice across the UK.

10 Oct 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Kenya: Al Shabaab

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Kenyan government on the attack of 6 October 2016 carried out by Al-Shabaab militants in Mandera County.

10 Oct 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Asia Bibi

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make urgent representations to the Pakistani government on the case of Asia Bibi.

14 Sep 2016 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Innovate UK

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans Innovate UK has to develop a business plan across the UK for liaison with universities on the promotion of greater innovation in private sector small and medium-sized e

14 Sep 2016 · Department for Transport

Stansted Airport: Londonderry

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of offering Public Service Obligation Route status to the Londonderry to Stansted Airport service.

14 Sep 2016 · Department of Health

Dementia: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the benefits derived for people with dementia from recent increased expenditure on dementia research.

14 Sep 2016 · Department of Health

Prostate Cancer: Clinical Trials

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the outcome of the ProtecT randomised trials into prostate cancer among men.

14 Sep 2016 · Cabinet Office

Older People

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate has been made of the forecast change in the number of people aged 80 and over between 2015 and 2035.

13 Sep 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Syria: Religious Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the UN Security Council on the persecution of Christians and other minorities living in Syria in the last three months.

13 Sep 2016 · Ministry of Defence

Northern Ireland Universities Air Squadron

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 20 March 2015 to Question 227862 and pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2016 to Question 45109, on Northern Ireland Universities Air Squadron, what assessment he has made of th

13 Sep 2016 · HM Treasury

Public Sector Debt

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether public sector net debt will fall by the end of financial year 2016-17 in line with his Department's published estimates.

13 Sep 2016 · Cabinet Office

Pay

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people earning less than £11,000 per year are full-time employees.

13 Sep 2016 · Department for Education

Students: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the amount of student loans outstanding was as of 31 March in each of the last three years.

7 Sep 2016 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Innovate UK: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps Innovate UK has taken in the last 12 months to assist businesses in Northern Ireland build sustainable economic growth.

7 Sep 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Middle East and North Africa: Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information he holds on how many people fleeing persecution or extreme violence in (a) the Middle East and (b) North Africa have been offered temporary residence and respite in (a) t

7 Sep 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Tanzania: Christianity

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to his Tanzanian counterpart on steps to prosecute those responsible for the recent attack on the Sebastian Kolowa Memorial University in Lushoto.

7 Sep 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Nature Conservation: Africa

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what work the Government has undertaken with African governments on identifying and protecting endangered species.

7 Sep 2016 · Department of Health

Children: Autism

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many diagnoses there have been of autism among pre-school children in the last five years.

6 Sep 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Bovine Tuberculosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the number of badgers to be culled in the next 12 months.

6 Sep 2016 · Ministry of Defence

Northern Ireland Universities Air Squadron

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Northern Ireland University Air Squadron has reached its capacity of student places planned when it was set up.

6 Sep 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Digital Broadcasting: Radio

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when her Department estimates that digital radio will reach 50 per cent of listeners; and when she plans to publish a timetable for any switchover beyond that date.

6 Sep 2016 · HM Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average telephone waiting time was for members of the public trying to contact HM Revenue and Customs in the first six months of (a) 2015 and (b) 2016.

6 Sep 2016 · HM Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Northern Ireland

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many full-time and part-time staff HM Revenue and Customs employs in Northern Ireland; and how many such staff are planned to be employed there by 31 December 2017.

6 Jul 2016 · Department for International Development

Middle East: Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions she has had with her counterparts in the Middle East on steps to tackle the refugee crisis in that region.

Source: official written-questions record.