Written questions
565 written questions tabled, most recent first.
25 Apr 2022 · Home Office
Asylum: Rwanda
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 25 April 2022 to Question 155600 on Asylum: Rwanda, what the evidential basis is for her statement that the cost to the public purse, per person, for transporting asylum seek
25 Apr 2022 · Cabinet Office
Cabinet Office: Social Media
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department is enrolled on any trusted flagger programmes with social media companies.
25 Apr 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Social Media
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department is enrolled on any trusted flagger programmes with social media companies.
19 Apr 2022 · Home Office
Asylum: Rwanda
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the costs to the public purse of removing asylum seekers to Rwanda and funding the processing costs for each person relocated.
31 Mar 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Duaa Alwadaei
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if the British Ambassador will attend the trial on 3 April 2022 in Bahrain of Duaa Alwadaei, the British-Bahraini wife of human rights defender, Sayed Ahmed Alwadaei.
29 Mar 2022 · Home Office
Migrant Workers: Visas
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the visa waiver for foreign workers on offshore windfarms will be extended beyond July 2022.
21 Mar 2022 · Cabinet Office
National Security Adviser: Afghanistan
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the National Security Advisor was empowered to direct FCDO officials in determining evacuation priorities during the pull-out from Afghanistan in August 2021 (b) in respect of Nowzad and (b) more widely.
21 Mar 2022 · Treasury
Fraud
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much money the FCA has spent on online advertising relating to fraud and scams, by company.
21 Mar 2022 · Home Office
Cybercrime: Pilot Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made on the pilot for a national cyber-crime force.
21 Mar 2022 · Home Office
Fraud
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Government will publish its Fraud Action Plan for 2022-25.
15 Mar 2022 · Treasury
Red Diesel
If he will make an assessment of the potential merits of postponing the planned changes to red diesel regulations following the increases in fuel prices.
4 Mar 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Uyghur Tribunal
To ask Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2022 to Question 128203, on Uyghur Tribunal, whether the Government declined to provide evidence to the Uyghur Tribunal.
2 Mar 2022 · Home Office
Asylum: Ukraine
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data the Government used to determine that 200,000 Ukrainian people would be eligible to seek asylum or residence to the UK.
23 Feb 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Uyghur Tribunal
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government declined to provide evidence to the Uyghur Tribunal.
10 Feb 2022 · Home Office
Cybercrime and Fraud
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of the impact of crimes of fraud and computer misuse on UK businesses and consumers.
10 Feb 2022 · Home Office
Police and Crime Commissioners: Elections
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to paragraph 41 of the Explanatory Notes for the Elections Bill as brought from the House of Commons on 18 January 2022, if she will publish the underlying polling and focus group data
9 Feb 2022 · Wales Office
Hill Farming: Wales
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of planned UK trade deals on Welsh hill farmers.
7 Feb 2022 · Cabinet Office
Forced Labour: Xinjiang
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he has taken to ensure that due diligence procedures for government procurement are adequate to prevent goods made from forced labour in Xinjiang from entering
31 Jan 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Peng Shuai
To ask the Secretary of State for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent representations officials in her Department have made to their Chinese counterparts on the (a) whereabouts and (b) health of professional tennis player Peng S
17 Jan 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Energy: Meters
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to help improve access to smart meters in areas with low take-up.
17 Jan 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Energy: Meters
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many households in (a) Orkney and (b) Shetland have had smart meters installed.
17 Jan 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Energy: Meters
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what data is available on the smart meter installation rate in Scotland.
17 Jan 2022 · Home Office
Slavery
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to extend section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 on transparency and supply chains to improve its effectiveness in governing the activities of financial services institutio
8 Dec 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Fisheries: Exports
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many applications have been made for compensation for lost sales under the Seafood Disruption Support Scheme; what proportion of applications to that scheme were accepted for payme
6 Dec 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza: Israel
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many investigations have been opened by Israeli authorities into potential serious violations of international law by its forces during its May 2021 offensive on Gaza.
2 Dec 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Israel: Palestinians
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the number of (a) instances of violence against Palestinians by Israeli settlers between 1 September and 30 November 2021, (b) invest
2 Dec 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Israel: UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether (a) she and (b) officials in her Department have made representations to their Israeli counterparts on encouraging that country to implement the 2019 recommendations
1 Dec 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
China: Uyghurs
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the accuracy of reports that subsidiaries of BGI Group companies conducted genetic analyses of China’s minority Uighurs; and if she
1 Dec 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: BGI Group
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department or its Arm's Length Bodies has a working relationship, including on (a) contractual or (b) commercial terms, with the Beijing Genomics Institute (BGI) or an
1 Dec 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
BGI Group: National Security
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government has made an assessment of the potential implications for national security of UK Universities undertaking research either funded by or in partnership with t
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