Written questions

6,533 written questions tabled, most recent first.

3 Feb 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Lebanon: Economic Situation

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the UK plans to provide additional assistance to Lebanon to tackle its financial crisis.

3 Feb 2020 · Treasury

Tax Avoidance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to stop the promotion of payroll loan schemes.

3 Feb 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Syria: Military Intervention

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent diplomatic steps he has taken to de-escalate the security situation in north-west Syria.

3 Feb 2020 · Home Office

Police: Counter-terrorism

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding her Department has allocated to police forces in England and Wales in relation to the Prevent strategy in each of the last five financial years.

3 Feb 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Israel: Palestinians

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made representations to the Palestinian Authority on accepting the peace plan recently proposed by Israel.

3 Feb 2020 · Home Office

Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the Director of Public Prosecutions on the prosecution of people subject to terrorism prevention and investigation measures.

3 Feb 2020 · Home Office

Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the criteria are for people subject to terrorism prevention and investigation measure to be charged for offences.

3 Feb 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Terrorism

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of removing entitlement to benefits from people convicted of terrorism offences.

3 Feb 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of expenditure on welfare benefits payments was classified as overpaid in each of the last 10 years.

29 Jan 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Busking: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to tackle the (a) import, (b) drugging and (c) trafficking within the UK of dogs for use by multiple street entertainers.

27 Jan 2020 · Department for International Development

Developing Countries: Water

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, in which countries her Department has awarded contracts for the drilling of water wells; and how many of those contracts were awarded in each country.

27 Jan 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Nigeria: Religious Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of religious freedom and tolerance in Nigeria.

27 Jan 2020 · Department for International Trade

Trade Agreements: Japan and South Korea

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the publication of the negotiation objectives for trade deals with (a) Japan and (b) South Korea.

27 Jan 2020 · Department for International Development

Developing Countries: Overseas Companies

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what weighting is given to bids made by British companies tendering for contracts from his Department for projects overseas.

27 Jan 2020 · Department for International Development

Developing Countries: Sustainable Development

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions he has had with the Minister for the Cabinet Office on a cross-governmental approach to the implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

27 Jan 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Pakistan: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Pakistani counterpart on (a) the human rights situation in Pakistan and (b) the arrest of Manzoor Ahmad Pashteen.

27 Jan 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Iraq: Foreign Relations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with (a) the Iraqi business community and (b) other Iraqi citizens living in the UK on Iraqi attitudes towards the West.

27 Jan 2020 · Department for International Trade

Trade Agreements: British Overseas Territories

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent assessment she has made of the potential advantages that the British Overseas Territories could provide when negotiating new free trade agreements.

27 Jan 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

British Nationals Abroad: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the safety of British citizens abroad at risk of coming into contact with the coronavirus.

27 Jan 2020 · Ministry of Defence

British Overseas Territories: Armed Forces

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the armed forces are stationed in each of the UK's overseas territories.

27 Jan 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Work Programme: Offenders

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of offenders who joined the Work Programme on leaving prison secured a sustained job outcome within two years of joining that program in each year since 2015.

27 Jan 2020 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to encourage people residing illegally long-term in the UK to (a) normalise their immigration status or (b) return to their homeland.

27 Jan 2020 · Home Office

Immigration

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of the number of people who have had their application for (a) leave to remain and (b) asylum refused but who remain in the UK.

27 Jan 2020 · Department for Education

Schools: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to increase (a) transparency and (b) accountability of spending by schools.

27 Jan 2020 · Department for Education

Overseas Territories: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of making the study of the Overseas Territories a mandatory part of the primary school curriculum.

27 Jan 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Owner Occupation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of households that owned their home in each year since 2015.

27 Jan 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Busking: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the animal welfare implications of the use of dogs by buskers.

27 Jan 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Palestinians: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the Fatah-led Palestinian Authority's pledge to renounce violence.

24 Jan 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Hong Kong: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the (a) Hong Kong Chief Executive and (b) representatives of the Chinese Government on breaches of human rights in Hong Kong by the Hong Kong police.

24 Jan 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Queen's Hospital Romford: Accident and Emergency Departments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time was in A&E at Queen's Hospital, Romford in 2019.

Source: official written-questions record.