Written questions

6,533 written questions tabled, most recent first.

13 Apr 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Syria: World Heritage Sites

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the extent of damage to historical artifacts by ISIS/Daesh in Palmyra.

13 Apr 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Yemen: Peace Negotiations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what diplomatic resources he is providing to the peace talks between the Houthi rebels and Saudi-led coalition in Yemen; and if he will make a statement.

13 Apr 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Pakistan: Christianity

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has held with his Pakistan counterparts about attacks on Christians in Lahore; and what steps he is taking to press for greater protection of Christians in Pakistan.

13 Apr 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

British Overseas Territories: Self-determination of States

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will take steps to support the principle of self-determination and the right of the British Overseas Territories to remain self-governing dependent territories as long as their inha

13 Apr 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Yemen: Iran

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the discovery by the US Navy of an Iranian ship bound for Yemen containing a significant cache of weapons is a breach of UN Security Council Resolution 2216; and if he will make a

13 Apr 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Yemen: Peace Negotiations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with Iran on efforts to secure a peace settlement between the Houthi rebels and Yemen government; and if he will make a statement.

13 Apr 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Yemen: Iran

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with Iran following the discovery by the US of an Iranian ship bound for Yemen containing a significant cache of weapons; and if he will make a sta

13 Apr 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Commonwealth: Honours

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 26 January 2016 to Questions 22933, 22934 and 22935, which individual or organisation sets the rules and regulations on the recognition of honours of Commonwealt

13 Apr 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Commonwealth: Honours

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answers of 20 January 2016 to Questions 22933, 22934 and 22935, how many of the 15 Commonwealth realms recognise UK honours as a substantive rather than honorary award; wh

13 Apr 2016 · Ministry of Defence

Air Force: Cadets

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to support Air Cadet Unit: 6 Romford Squadron and ensure it is not adversely affected by the reduction in the number of volunteer gliding squadrons; and what steps he is taking

13 Apr 2016 · Ministry of Defence

Air Cadet Organisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to secure the long-term sustainable future of the Air Cadet Organisation and to encourage active participation in air cadet organisations.

13 Apr 2016 · Ministry of Defence

Aviation: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to encourage interest in aviation and the Royal Air Force among young people.

13 Apr 2016 · Ministry of Defence

Army: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the drop out rate for army recruit training was in 2015.

13 Apr 2016 · Ministry of Defence

Aircraft Carriers

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress has been made on the construction and procurement of HMS Prince of Wales and the accompanying aircraft for both Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers; and if he will make a statement.

13 Apr 2016 · Ministry of Defence

Falkland Islands

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure a continuous presence of Royal Navy vessels in the Falkland Islands.

13 Apr 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how far superfast broadband coverage was extended geographically in 2015; and which counties received the most investment in their superfast broadband coverage in that year.

13 Apr 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Flags

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the process is for approval of additions or removals of mandatory days for flying the national flag from the list published by his Department on the gov.uk website; which official of his De

13 Apr 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Flags

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the criteria are for listing specific days in mandatory flag flying days in the list published by his Department on the gov.uk website.

13 Apr 2016 · Department of Health

Tobacco

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what input officials of his Department had on the commissioning of the research study on tobacco taxation and tobacco industry pricing by the Department of Health to the University of Bath awarded in September 201

13 Apr 2016 · HM Treasury

Taxation: EU Law

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many European Court of Justice decisions on taxation his Department has (a) won and (b) lost in the last six years.

13 Apr 2016 · HM Treasury

Business: Taxation

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value is of tax refunds to large businesses as a result of decisions from the European Court of Justice in the last 10 years.

24 Mar 2016 · Wales Office

Budget March 2016: Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on Wales of measures announced in the Budget 2016.

22 Mar 2016 · HM Treasury

Monetary Policy

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Governor of the Bank of England on the potential use of helicopter funds in the UK economy.

22 Mar 2016 · HM Treasury

Monetary Policy

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on the UK economy of the use of helicopter funds by the European Central Bank.

22 Mar 2016 · Department for Education

Soft Drinks: Taxation

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria the Government plans to use to calculate each school's allocation of funds raised from the soft drinks industry levy for school sports.

22 Mar 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Islamic State

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent progress has been made in preventing members of the Islamic State/Daesh from travelling across the border between Syria and Turkey.

22 Mar 2016 · HM Treasury

Greece: Loans

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what reports he has received on progress made by Greece in implementing the conditions of the 2015 EU bailout package; and if he will press for steps to improve transparency and monitor use of the bailout funds.

22 Mar 2016 · Department of Health

Medicine: Higher Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2016 to Question 28925, if his Department will begin collecting information on the proportion of foreign graduates who take up employment in the NHS; and if he will bring forward

22 Mar 2016 · Ministry of Defence

Ukraine: Military Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he plans to take to monitor the location and use of the recently announced military equipment being given to Ukraine.

22 Mar 2016 · Home Office

Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 15 March 2016 to Question 30557, how many people who have arrived in the UK through the camp in Calais have successfully claimed asylum in the UK since June 2015.

Source: official written-questions record.