Written questions

6,533 written questions tabled, most recent first.

12 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has included provision for extenuating circumstances in the implementation of compulsory covid-19 vaccination for NHS staff.

12 Nov 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Animals: Exports

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential harm to animal welfare as a result of the export of live animals to countries with poor animal welfare records.

2 Nov 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Turkey: Muslim Brotherhood

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when she last had discussions with her Turkish counterpart on Turkish support for the Muslim Brotherhood in (a) Europe and (b) the UK.

2 Nov 2021 · Home Office

Muslim Brotherhood

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will commission a new review of the Muslim Brotherhood to update the 2015 review; and if she will make a statement.

2 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: Commonwealth

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with Commonwealth countries on their policy position ahead of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Conference of the Parties (COP9).

1 Nov 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a method to assess whether a benefit claimant has permanently left the UK.

1 Nov 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Chagossians: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what future expenditure is planned from the £40 million Chagossian Support Package; and in which countries that spending is planned.

1 Nov 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Chagossians: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what projects have been funded from the £40 million Chagossian Support Package in the last five years since 16 November 2016; and what effect that funding has had on the live

1 Nov 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Chagossians: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much of the 10 year £40 million Chagossian Support Package, announced by the Government on 16 November 2016 has been spent in total; and how much of that funding has been

27 Oct 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Buildings: Insulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an estimate of the number of buildings under 18 metres where a third-party is demanding an ESW1 certificate in contravention of Government requirements.

26 Oct 2021 · Department for Education

Schools: Assessments

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has made assessment of the steps that will be required to help ensure that examinations in 2022 happen in the normal school setting, in the event of rising covid-19 cases.

26 Oct 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Taiwan: People's Liberation Army

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department has made assessment of the steps that the Government would take in the event that the People’s Liberation Army launched a military assault on Taiwan.

25 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nutrition: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Taskforce on Innovation, Growth and Regulatory Reform independent report, published on 16 June 2021, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of making regulatory r

25 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Malnutrition: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the NHS of malnutrition treatment, in the latest period for which data is available.

25 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dietetics: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of increasing the number of dieticians working in primary care networks to provide integrated and nutritional care for patients with

25 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that vaccination data is accurate for people who have had covid-19 vaccines at different sites.

25 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of allowing people to request to have the Oxford-AstraZeneca covid-19 vaccine as a booster.

21 Oct 2021 · Treasury

Air Passenger Duty

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to make a decision on changes to Air Passenger Duty in respect of flights (a) between UK airports and (b) from UK airports to airports in the Crown Dependencies.

20 Oct 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Fathers: Discrimination

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department has taken to ensure sexual discrimination does not disadvantage fathers in family courts.

20 Oct 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Wind Power: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) onshore wind needed to reach the new target for decarbonising the electricity by 2035, and (b) implications of that matter for l

20 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to recruit more GPs in England.

20 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help GPs reduce the backlog of patient appointments.

20 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Harassment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that GPs do not face abuse from the public.

20 Oct 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Resettlement: Hong Kong

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of BN(O) arrivals in the UK who have found full time employment.

19 Oct 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Resettlement: Hong Kong

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps has his Department taken to support into employment Hong Kongers with BN(O) passports who are struggling to find jobs.

19 Oct 2021 · Treasury

Corporation Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to proposals for a global minimum rate of corporation tax under Pillar 2 of the OECD’s Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) Framework, what position the Government has put forward on the use of def

19 Oct 2021 · Treasury

Financial Services

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it was his policy to support the inclusion of a carve-out for financial services under Pillar 1 of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s Base Erosion and Profit Shifting framework; and

19 Oct 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

China: Taiwan

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her Department's policies of recent reports that China will be able to invade Taiwan by 2025.

19 Oct 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Tunisia: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the safeguarding of human rights and democratic progress in Tunisia.

19 Oct 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Tunisia: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the current political situation in Tunisia.

Source: official written-questions record.