Written questions

Mr Mark Francois

1,091 written questions tabled, most recent first.

6 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Strategic Defence Review: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any of the contracts for the three external reviewers conducting the Strategic Defence Review have been extended.

6 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Ukraine: Typhoon Aircraft

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of Tranche 1 Typhoon jets being repurposed for deployment in Ukraine.

3 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

British Nationals Abroad: Detainees

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will take steps to bring forward legislative proposals to provide a legal right to consular assistance to all British nationals facing arbitrary detention overseas.

3 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

British Nationals Abroad: Detainees

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to provide consular assistance for British nationals who are arbitrarily detained abroad.

3 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Journalism: Detainees

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to protect British journalists who have been arbitrarily detained abroad.

3 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Diego Garcia: Radio Frequencies

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the proposed agreement with Mauritius on the Chagos Islands contains a clause allowing other States to use the allocated electromagnetic spectrum in the British Indian Ocean Territory; and what steps his

27 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: British Indian Ocean Territory

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who claimed asylum in the British Indian Ocean Territory and subsequently transferred to the UK (a) has been or (b) are the subject of an investigation into foreign espionage activitie

27 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Diego Garcia: Military Bases

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential threat to Naval Support Facility, Diego Garcia from saboteurs.

27 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

British Indian Ocean Territory: Espionage

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many and what proportion of all people (a) intercepted and (b) detained in the British Indian Ocean Territory were (i) questioned and (ii) charged on espionage-related of

27 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government of Mauritius will assume responsibility for asylum seekers arriving in the Chagos Islands once the agreement has been ratified by Parliament.

27 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Fleet Solid Support Ships: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost increase has been for the Fleet Solid Support Ship contract since initial agreement.

27 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Fleet Solid Support Ships: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his timeline is for the delivery of the first Fleet Solid Support Ship.