Written questions

6,533 written questions tabled, most recent first.

11 May 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Exercise and Performing Arts: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether there are limits on the number of people over 18 years old who can participate in an indoors (a) performing arts class and (b) exercise class from 17 May 2021.

11 May 2021 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Noise

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made on the trial of acoustic cameras, to reduce excessive noise pollution from illegally modified cars.

11 May 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy Supply

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent steps his Department has taken to progress the UK to energy independence.

11 May 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Electricity Interconnectors: Europe

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much of the energy the UK uses is provided by undersea cables from mainland Europe.

11 May 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Solar Power: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to ensure solar panels imported into the UK are not produced in unacceptable working conditions.

11 May 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Solar Power: Xinjiang

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of reports that UK solar farms have been built using panels made in Xinjiang province.

11 May 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Sports: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department is taking steps to make viewing professional sports live more affordable.

11 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Malaria: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of the malaria vaccine produced by research at Oxford University on the spread of the disease worldwide.

11 May 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Public Places: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people feel confident to return to public spaces as covid-19 restrictions are eased.

11 May 2021 · Treasury

Multinational Companies: Tax Avoidance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 20 April 2021 to Question 178895, whether his Department has conducted internally a detailed impact assessment of the potential effects of implementing Pillar 2 of the Organisation fo

11 May 2021 · Treasury

Multinational Companies: Tax Avoidance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to require Parliamentary approval prior to the UK ratifying or acceding to any agreement under Pillar 2 of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's Base Erosion and

11 May 2021 · Treasury

Multinational Companies: Tax Avoidance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 20 April 2021 to Question 178895, if he will make it his policy to publish a detailed impact assessment of the potential effect of proposals under Pillar 2 of the Organisation for Eco

11 May 2021 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Tax Avoidance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his Department has had with HMRC on the use by HMRC of contractors that utilised disguised remuneration schemes.

11 May 2021 · Treasury

Tax Avoidance: Prosecutions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many promoters and operators of disguised remuneration schemes now subject to the Loan Charge have been prosecuted for promoting and operating those schemes to date.

11 May 2021 · Ministry of Defence

Espionage: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for its policies of reports that British officials are being targeted for recruitment by hostile states using online recruitment platforms.

11 May 2021 · Home Office

Non-crime Hate Incidents

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an estimate of the number of people that are unaware that they have been recorded by the police for a non-crime hate incident.

11 May 2021 · Home Office

Non-crime Hate Incidents

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many non-crime hate incidences have been recorded by police since 2014.

11 May 2021 · Home Office

Visas: Commonwealth

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of simplifying visa arrangements for travel from small commonwealth countries.

11 May 2021 · Home Office

Visas: Commonwealth

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has had discussions with stakeholders on introducing an electronic visa for citizens of Commonwealth nations to improve the efficiency of the immigration procedure at airports.

11 May 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

China: Taiwan

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with its counterpart in Taiwan on recent incursions into their airspace by Chinese Military jets.

11 May 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Muslim Brotherhood

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of recent developments in Turkish-Egyptian relations on the influence of the Muslim Brotherhood in the (a) MENA region and

27 Apr 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: British Nationals Abroad

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress has been made on negotiations with Spain on extending the S1 healthcare scheme for pensioners who had not moved to Spain before the end of the transition period.

26 Apr 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Environment Protection: British Overseas Territories

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding his Department allocated to environmental projects in the UK Overseas Territories in each of the last five years.

22 Apr 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Childbirth: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce disparities in childbirth outcomes between different ethnic minority groups.

22 Apr 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dogs: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of banning the import of dogs with cropped ears.

22 Apr 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Zoo Animals Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the Zoo Animals fund is being effectively used to safeguard the future of British Zoos.

22 Apr 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Hong Kong: British National (Overseas)

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his German counterpart on that country's decision not to recognise the new BN(O) passport for Hong Kongers.

22 Apr 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Tigray: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussion his Department has had with its counterparts in Ethiopia on resolving the conflict in the Tigray region.

22 Apr 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Tigray: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that people living in the Tigray region of Ethiopia are not subject to sexual violence as a result of the conflict in that

22 Apr 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Tigray: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of reports that people living in the Tigray region are subject to starvation as a result of the war in that region.

Source: official written-questions record.