Written questions

565 written questions tabled, most recent first.

2 Sep 2016 · Home Office

Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with which countries the UK has a visa waiver agreement.

2 Sep 2016 · Home Office

Visas: Uganda

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to make an assessment of the potential merits of extending visa-free access to the UK to Ugandan citizens.

2 Sep 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Diego Garcia

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 15 July 2014 to Question 205172, what assessment his Department carried out prior to July 2014 of the suitability for storing hard copy records in the buil

2 Sep 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Diego Garcia: USA

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government has refused any request for a US administration flight to land on Diego Garcia.

2 Sep 2016 · Cabinet Office

Rendition and Torture: Libya

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions his Department has had with the Crown Prosecution Service on Operation Lydd.

19 Jul 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Diego Garcia: Detainees

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the latest arrangements are between the UK and US governments on holding detainees in Diego Garcia.

19 Jul 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

British Indian Ocean Territory: Military Bases

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with the US administration on the extension of the use of British Indian Ocean Territory by the US for defence and other purposes in accorda

19 Jul 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Diego Garcia: Aviation

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the status is of the monthly log of flights which passed through Diego Garcia between January 2002 and January 2009; and whether those logs are available to be published.

18 Jul 2016 · Home Office

Refugees: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she intends to allow children with refugee status to sponsor their parents for the purposes of refugee family renunion.

18 Jul 2016 · Home Office

Migrants: Detainees

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to introduce a maximum limit on the length of time a person can be detained under immigration law.

18 Jul 2016 · Home Office

Asylum: Families

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to speed up the application process for refugee family reunion.

11 Jul 2016 · Department for Energy and Climate Change

Electricity Generation: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when the application for state aid clearance for the remote Scottish islands will be submitted to the European Commission.

8 Jun 2016 · HM Treasury

Financial Services: Education

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what role the new money guidance body will play in coordinating financial capability initiatives.

3 Jun 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Egypt: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the number of people defending human rights in Egypt who are under arrest or subject to travel bans, asset freezes or intimidation.

3 Jun 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Egypt: National Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to his Egyptian counterpart on the charging of Mr Mina Thabet with undermining national security.

3 Jun 2016 · Ministry of Defence

HMS Queen Mary: Salvage

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if the Government has been made aware of involvement of any British nationals in looting of HMS Queen Mary which was sunk in the Battle of Jutland.

3 Jun 2016 · Ministry of Defence

HMS Queen Mary: Salvage

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what reports he has received of looting by salvage teams of the wreck of HMS Queen Mary which was sunk in the Battle of Jutland; and whether his Department has been presented with any evidence of such looting.

26 May 2016 · Northern Ireland Office

Human Rights Act 1998: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions she has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on proposals to repeal the Human Rights Act 1998 and the potential effect of such a repeal on the Good Friday Agreement; and if she will m

25 May 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Funds

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Pensions Regulator will now update its rules on defined benefit (DB) schemes to clarify the legal responsibilities of DB trustees.

19 May 2016 · Department of Health

Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy that when revised UK Chief Medical Officers' Guidelines on keeping health risks from drinking alcohol to a low level, published in January 2016, are communicated to the public they ar

9 May 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release: Homicide

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects the Parole Board to complete its review of the rules on releasing convicted murderers from prison if they refuse to reveal the locations of their victims' bodies.

27 Apr 2016 · Department for Energy and Climate Change

Electricity Generation: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether the application for state aid clearance for the remote Scottish islands has been submitted to the European Commission.

27 Apr 2016 · Department for Energy and Climate Change

Wind Power: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate her Department has made of the potential economic benefits of the remote Scottish islands onshore wind projects for the (a) regional economies of the islands and (b) wider UK suppl

27 Apr 2016 · Department for Energy and Climate Change

Wind Power: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether the remote Scottish islands projects will be eligible to compete in the forthcoming Contracts for Difference auction process.

10 Mar 2016 · Home Office

Emergency Services Network: Aerials

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to announce new mast sites for the Emergency Service Mobile Communications Programme's Extended Areas Service project.

10 Mar 2016 · Home Office

Emergency Services Network: EE

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions the Government has had with mobile operator EE on the Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme's Extended Areas Services project.

10 Mar 2016 · Home Office

Emergency Services Network: Aerials

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions her Department has had with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport on the tendering process for masts for the Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme's Extended Areas

4 Mar 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Infrastructure: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which infrastructure projects in Scotland have received European Commission funding in each of the last five years; and how much each project received in each year.

3 Mar 2016 · Home Office

Biometric Residence Permits

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether there is a maximum time her Department expects a person to travel for in order to enrol biometrics for a biometric residence permit.

2 Mar 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Television Licences: Enforcement

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what guidance his Department gives to TV Licensing on how it deals with people who do not own a television.

Source: official written-questions record.