Written questions

6,533 written questions tabled, most recent first.

21 Oct 2019 · Department for International Development

Overseas Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the UK commitment to spend 0.7 per cent of GDP on development aid.

21 Oct 2019 · Department for International Development

Development Aid: Nature Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the use of Official Development Assistance to help communities in developing countries protect endangered species.

21 Oct 2019 · Department for International Development

Development Aid: Cost Effectiveness

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent steps he has taken to ensure value for money in Overseas Development Assistance.

21 Oct 2019 · Department for International Development

Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to provide humanitarian assistance to religious minority communities in conflict areas.

17 Oct 2019 · Treasury

Taxation (Cross Border Trade) Act 2018

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government plans to review the provisions of Part 6 of the Taxation (Cross Border) Trade Act 2018.

17 Oct 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Spain: Foreign Relations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he last met his Spanish counterpart; and what issues were discussed at that meeting.

17 Oct 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Official Cars

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many Government (a) cars and (b) drivers are allocated to Ministers in his Department.

17 Oct 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Embassies

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which embassies represent the UK in more than one state.

17 Oct 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Catalonia: Sovereignty

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his Spanish counterpart on the recent prison sentences for Catalan separatist leaders; and if he will make a statement.

17 Oct 2019 · Department for International Development

Developing Countries: HIV/AIDS

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's programmes in reducing the global incidence of HIV/AIDS; and what plans he has for the future of those programmes.

17 Oct 2019 · Department for International Development

Democratic Republic of Congo: HIV/AIDS

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the HIV epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

17 Oct 2019 · Department for International Development

Developing Countries: Insurance

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to support the provision of affordable micro-level insurance services in developing countries.

17 Oct 2019 · Department for International Development

Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa: Agriculture and Food Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding his Department has allocated to support (a) food aid programmes and (b) agricultural development in each country in (i) sub-Saharan Africa and (ii) Asia in each of the last five

17 Oct 2019 · Treasury

Taxation: Romford

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of total tax receipts from the Romford constituency in each year since 2010.

17 Oct 2019 · Treasury

Public Expenditure: Romford

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the total spent from the public purse in Romford constituency in each year since 2010.

17 Oct 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Public Buildings: Flags

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to replace the flag of Europe with the Union Flag on all public buildings after 31 October 2019.

17 Oct 2019 · Cabinet Office

Employment: Romford

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people were in employment in Romford constituency in each year since 2000.

17 Oct 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Unemployment: Romford

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of levels of literacy and numeracy on trends in unemployment in the Romford constituency in each of the last 10 years.

17 Oct 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Business: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps she is taking to reduce the regulatory burden on business after the UK leaves the EU.

17 Oct 2019 · Department for International Trade

Trade Missions

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many trade missions her Department has led to each country in each of the last five years.

17 Oct 2019 · Department for Education

School Leaving: Basic Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of (a) literacy and (b) numeracy of (i) primary school and (ii) secondary school leavers in Romford constituency in each of the last 10 years.

17 Oct 2019 · Department for Education

Apprentices: Romford

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many apprenticeship starts there were in Romford constituency in each year since 2010.

17 Oct 2019 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: International Cooperation

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to increase the UK's defence representation throughout the world.

17 Oct 2019 · Home Office

Fires: Romford

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fires in Romford were attributable to faults in electrical installations and products in the most recent 12 month period for which figures are available.

17 Oct 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Lobbying

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department's agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent from the public purse on influencing public policy through (a) employing external (i) public affairs companies

17 Oct 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Romford

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the change in the level of spending on NHS services in Romford constituency since 2015.

1 Oct 2019 · Department for Education

Out-of-school Education: Radicalism

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to protect students at Islamic education centres in the UK from being exposed to potentially radicalising ideology; and if he will make a statement.

1 Oct 2019 · Home Office

European Institute of Human Sciences: Proscribed Organisations

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has assessed potential links between the European Institute for Human Sciences and proscribed organisations.

5 Sep 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Iran: Guided Weapons

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of (a) Iran's attempts to produce precision guided munitions and (b) the accuracy of reports of Iran's provision of such weapons to Hezbollah in Lebanon

5 Sep 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Norfolk Island

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether Norfolk Island (a) was within the geographical boundaries of the Commonwealth of Australia or any State thereof when it was given to the Commonwealth of Australia in 1914 or (b) h

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