Written questions
3,117 written questions tabled, most recent first.
20 Apr 2016 · Department for International Development
Developing Countries: Water
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of UK development assistance on the availability of clean water in the last 10 years in (a) sub-Saharan African countries and (b) other countries.
20 Apr 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
BBC: Royal Charters
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to make announcements on progress on his plans for the next BBC Charter.
20 Apr 2016 · HM Treasury
National Savings Bonds: Pensioners
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to introduce further Pensioner Bonds with a higher interest rate than is available commercially.
12 Apr 2016 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the statistical trends set out in the Answer of 11 January 2016 to Question 20933, what plans he has to tackle drug use in prison.
12 Apr 2016 · Department of Health
Diabetes: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of trends in diabetes incidence on changes in medical provision for people with diabetes.
12 Apr 2016 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Discrimination
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to protect serving and former members of the armed forces from discrimination in obtaining goods and services.
12 Apr 2016 · Ministry of Defence
Bomb Disposal: 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 July 2015 and 1 January 2016.
12 Apr 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
European Championship: Security
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions his Department has held with football associations and police forces on ensuring security and protection for fans travelling abroad for the European Championships.
8 Mar 2016 · Ministry of Justice
Wills
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how he plans to assess the effectiveness of the recent campaign to encourage people to make a will.
8 Mar 2016 · 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 2014 and 31 March 2015.
8 Mar 2016 · Home Office
Refugees: Visas
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many refugees have (a) applied for and (b) been successful in obtaining a visa to enter the UK from the Republic of Ireland in the last 12 months.
8 Mar 2016 · HM Treasury
Enterprise Zones: Coleraine
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects to announce the designation of the Enterprise Zone status for the Coleraine area.
8 Mar 2016 · HM Treasury
Off-payroll Working
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to announce the next step in the process to reform the IR35 investigations.
2 Mar 2016 · Department for International Development
India: Christianity
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make representations to the Indian government on the incidence of attacks on Christian property and families in parts of that country.
2 Mar 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Football: Corruption
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will seek a meeting with the new President of FIFA, Gianni Infantino, on reducing corruption in international football.
2 Mar 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Public Lending Right
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress his Department has made in extending the Public Lending Right scheme to e-lending (a) in local libraries and (b) at home.
2 Mar 2016 · HM Treasury
Personal Savings: Interest Rates
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received on financial institutions' plans to offer negative or zero rates of interest to savers.
2 Mar 2016 · HM Treasury
Public Sector Debt
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress he is making on his plans to begin to reduce public sector net debt as a share of gross domestic product in 2016-17.
29 Feb 2016 · 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 the UK maintaining Official Development Assistance at 0.7 per cent of gross national income in financial year 2016-17.
29 Feb 2016 · Department of Health
Smoking
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government plans to take during the present Parliament to reduce the number of people dying as a result of smoking.
29 Feb 2016 · Department of Health
Soft Drinks: Sugar
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the Kantar Worldpanel 2014 dataset on sales-weighted average sugar content in soft drinks; and whether he plans to review the Government's volunt
29 Feb 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Royal Mail: Shareholders
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people owned shares in Royal Mail at (a) the launch of the share offer and (b) 1 January 2016.
23 Feb 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions
Workplace Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that employees who initially opted out of the automatic enrolment into pension provision are informed of the importance of revising of their individual
23 Feb 2016 · Department for International Development
Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of donations to the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisations she expects the UK's share to be at the end of the 2016 to 2020 funding period.
23 Feb 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Broadband
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what further assistance his Department plans to give the devolved legislatures for providing access to higher speed broadband services.
23 Feb 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions
Workplace Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people automatically enrolled into workplace pensions between October 2012 and October 2013 have since withdrawn from that scheme.
23 Feb 2016 · HM Treasury
Off-payroll Working
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many investigations have been opened by HM Revenue and Customs under IR35 in the last two years.
22 Feb 2016 · Northern Ireland Office
Borders: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment she has made of the implications for border security arrangements of recent gangland-related murders in the Irish Republic.
22 Feb 2016 · Home Office
Passports: Applications
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that applications for passports are processed without delays over the peak summer period.
22 Feb 2016 · Department of Health
General Practitioners: Older Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of GPs working in the NHS were over 50 in (a) 2012 and (b) 2015.
Source: official written-questions record.