Written questions

6,533 written questions tabled, most recent first.

28 Jun 2016 · HM Treasury

Housing Market

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he has taken to ensure stability in the housing market and increase the confidence of property developers since the EU referendum of 23 June 2016.

20 Jun 2016 · Ministry of Defence

Type 45 Destroyers

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will outline the original intended purpose of the Type 45 destroyers, and the regions of the world where his Department originally intended to deploy those destroyers once completed.

15 Jun 2016 · Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission

UK Membership of EU: Referendums

To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what steps the Commission is taking to ensure that any non-UK EU nationals who were issued polling cards in error for the EU referendum will not

15 Jun 2016 · Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission

UK Membership of EU: Referendums

To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, whether any non-UK EU nationals were sent postal votes in error for the upcoming EU referendum.

15 Jun 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Libya: Islamic State

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of the retaking of Sirte on Daesh; and what steps his Department is taking to help restore stability to that city.

15 Jun 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

EU External Trade

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of trade negotiators employed by the EU are UK nationals.

15 Jun 2016 · Department for Education

Overseas Students: English Language

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department spent in the last five years on the provision of English language teachers for students recently arrived in the UK with little knowledge of that language.

15 Jun 2016 · Ministry of Defence

Type 45 Destroyers

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will eliminate the cost of adapting Type 45 destroyers to operate in warm waters.

15 Jun 2016 · Ministry of Defence

EU Battlegroups

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what involvement UK armed forces have had with EU battle groups in the last three years; and how many UK armed forces personnel the Government has pledged to commit to those groups.

15 Jun 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

EU External Trade

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what information his Department holds on how many free trade negotiations involving the EU have been both initiated and concluded in the last 10 years.

15 Jun 2016 · HM Treasury

Overseas Trade

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if his Department will prioritise the recruitment and training of trade negotiators in the event of the UK voting to leave the EU.

7 Jun 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: British Overseas Territories

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress he has made on implementing the request by the governments of British Overseas Territories during the December 2015 Joint Ministerial Council on establishing parity of treatment between al

7 Jun 2016 · Department for International Development

Angola: Yellow Fever

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make an assessment of the likelihood of the yellow fever outbreak in Angola spreading beyond Africa; and what support the Government is providing to tackle that outbreak.

7 Jun 2016 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: Private Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who were not granted entry clearance or temporary admission and were permitted to live in private accommodation absconded in (a) 2014 and (b) 2015.

7 Jun 2016 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: Private Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people not granted entry clearance or temporary admission were permitted to live in private accommodation before being deported in (a) 2014 and (b) 2015.

7 Jun 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Kenya: Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his Kenyan counterparts on the proposed demolition of the Dadaab and Kakuma refugee camps in that country; and what assessment he has made of the poten

7 Jun 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Belize: Guatemala

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports the Government has received on the territorial dispute between Belize and Guatemala over the area around the Sarstoon River.

7 Jun 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Central America: Borders

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to Belize and Guatemala on (a) adhering to the provisions established under the 2005 Confidence Building Measures related to the disputed border between th

7 Jun 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Birds: Tristan Da Cunha

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment his Department has made of the threats to the Tristan albatross and Gough bunting from invasive plants and mice; and if his Department will support the proposed initiative by the

7 Jun 2016 · Ministry of Defence

Syria: Military Intervention

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what reports he has received on the extent of the withdrawal of Russian forces from the conflict in Syria.

7 Jun 2016 · Ministry of Defence

Iraq: Islamic State

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what support the armed forces is providing to Iraqi forces related to the conflict with Daesh in Falujah.

7 Jun 2016 · Department for Transport

Air Traffic Control: Strikes

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will estimate the cost to the EU economy of strikes by air traffic controllers across Europe in 2014 and 2015.

24 May 2016 · Department of Health

Zika Virus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to prevent the spread of the Zika virus to the UK following travel to South America for the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

24 May 2016 · Department of Health

HIV/AIDS

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to advance the development of a cure for HIV; what assessment he has made of the development by the US government of HIV antibodies which bind to the target site and stop the vi

24 May 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Chagossians: Resettlement

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether during his recent visit to Mauritius the British Indian Ocean Territory Commissioner discussed prospects for resettlement with Oliver Bancoult, the Leader of the Chagos Refugees G

24 May 2016 · Ministry of Defence

Defence Equipment: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of military equipment procurement was from UK suppliers in each of the last 10 years.

24 May 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Far East: Nuclear Weapons

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his (a) Japanese and (b) South Korean counterparts on the development of nuclear weapons by those countries.

24 May 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Belgium: Radicalism

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential link between the foreign funding of Islamic cultural centres in Belgium and a rise in extremism and terrorism (a) in that country

24 May 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

North Korea: Nuclear Weapons

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his (a) Japanese and (b) South Korean counterparts on North Korea's nuclear weapons programme.

24 May 2016 · Ministry of Defence

South China Sea

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential security implications of China's naval expansion into the South China Sea; and what steps his Department is taking in response to such expansion.

Source: official written-questions record.