Written questions

3,117 written questions tabled, most recent first.

11 Jan 2016 · Northern Ireland Office

Northern Ireland Office: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people aged 50 and over were recruited by her Department in the last two years.

11 Jan 2016 · Department for International Development

Sub-Saharan Africa: Water

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress has been made to further develop clean water programmes in sub-Saharan Africa in the last 12 months.

11 Jan 2016 · HM Treasury

Multinational Companies: Tax Avoidance

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of progress in implementing the OECD Base Erosion and Profit Shifting Action Plan.

11 Jan 2016 · HM Treasury

National Savings Bonds: Pensioners

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to introduce a further savings bond for people over 65.

11 Jan 2016 · Cabinet Office

Civil Contingencies Secretariat

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will direct the civil contingencies secretariat to ensure there is liaison with the devolved nations on best practice procedures in its area of practice.

11 Jan 2016 · Home Office

Sham Marriage

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of trends in the numbers of sham (a) marriages and (b) civil partnerships since March 2015.

11 Jan 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

North Korea: Nuclear Weapons

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he plans to take to establish the veracity of recent reports that the North Korean government has capacity for a hydrogen bomb making facility.

11 Jan 2016 · Department of Health

Suicide: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people aged between 15 and 18 took their own lives in each of the last three years.

7 Jan 2016 · Home Office

National Crime Agency: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to make an assessment of the performance of the National Crime Agency in its first year of full operation in Northern Ireland.

7 Jan 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Laos: Christianity

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the government of Laos on the treatment of the Christian minority in that country.

7 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the outcome was of the recruitment campaign organised by the Reserve Forces and Cadet Association of Northern Ireland in Summer 2015.

7 Jan 2016 · HM Treasury

Credit Unions

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many credit unions were subject to intervention by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme in 2014 and 2015.

6 Jan 2016 · Department of Health

Children: Obesity

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the change has been in average levels of individual obesity of children between 2005 and 2010.

6 Jan 2016 · HM Treasury

Individual Savings Accounts

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the change has been in the numbers of people contributing to stock and share ISAs in the last three years.

6 Jan 2016 · HM Treasury

Self-assessment

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the change has been in the numbers of people who missed the 31 January deadline for making their tax return between 2010 and 2015.

6 Jan 2016 · Cabinet Office

Public Sector: Employment

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the change in the proportion of the working age population employed by the public sector in (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland and (d) Northern Ireland between 2010 and 2015.

5 Jan 2016 · Department for International Development

Sub-Saharan Africa: Life Expectancy

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what information her Department holds on the average life expectancy for girls aged 15 in sub-Saharan Africa between 2005 and 2015.

5 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the change has been in the amount of illegal drugs seized in prisons between 2000 and 2015.

5 Jan 2016 · Home Office

Passports

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passports were processed by each Passport Office in the UK between 2010 and 2015.

5 Jan 2016 · HM Treasury

Self-assessment

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps are being taken to ensure the maximum number of people meet the 31 January 2016 deadline for providing their tax returns.

5 Jan 2016 · HM Treasury

Personal Savings: Interest Rates

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will discuss with the Financial Conduct Authority the effect of the savings products offered by providers with almost zero interest rates on people with savings.

4 Jan 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Iran: Saudi Arabia

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Saudi Arabian government on future relationships with Iran following recent developments in relations between those countries.

4 Jan 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Former Ministers: Visits Abroad

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on how many occasions former Ministers stayed overnight at official residences overseas for (a) one night, (b) two nights and (c) more than two nights since 8 May 2015.

4 Jan 2016 · HM Treasury

Fuels: Tax Evasion

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in Northern Ireland were (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted for their part in offences connected with fuel laundering between 1 January and 30 June 2015.

4 Jan 2016 · HM Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Northern Ireland

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what account his Department plans to take of the need to ensure religious balance when decisions are reached regarding potential forthcoming closures and staff redundancies in HM Revenue and Customs' offices in North

4 Jan 2016 · HM Treasury

Individual Savings Accounts

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people invested the maximum ISA amount in the financial year ending 31 March 2015.

16 Dec 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

National Insurance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people did not have a National Insurance number on 31 March 2015.

16 Dec 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Nuisance Calls

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will hold discussions with regulators and consumer groups on ensuring that nuisance telephone calls (a) in general and (b) to elderly citizens are eliminated.

15 Dec 2015 · Department for Transport

Driver and Vehicle Licencing Agency: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many complaints his Department has received about the DVLA from people resident in Northern Ireland since 1 July 2014.

15 Dec 2015 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release: Republic of Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will consider the proximity of the Irish Republic to the UK when developing his policy on early release of prisoners domiciled outside the UK which is contingent on returning to their country of origin.

Source: official written-questions record.