Written questions

6,533 written questions tabled, most recent first.

25 Jan 2016 · Home Office

Radicalism: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many websites encouraging recruitment to Daesh or al Qaeda her Department has helped close down in the last six months.

25 Jan 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

English Language: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the £20 million funding for English language tuition to isolated women announced by the Prime Minister on 18 January 2016 will come from the Home Department's counter-terrorism bu

25 Jan 2016 · Department of Health

All Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answers of 10 December 2015 to Questions 18458 and 18543, what assessment he has made of the compatibility with the conditions applicable to grants awarded to Action on Smoking and Health of its th

25 Jan 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Syria: Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking with his EU counterparts to persuade Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states to (a) accept a similar number of Syrian refugees as Jordan and (b) increase their financia

25 Jan 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

UK Membership of EU

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that the views of Britain's Overseas Territories are represented during his renegotiation of the UK's relationship with Europe.

25 Jan 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Privy Council Office Judicial Committee

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many cases were referred to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council as the final court of appeal by Commonwealth realms in 2015; and how many such cases were referred to that Comm

25 Jan 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Privy Council Office Judicial Committee

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the cost to the public purse was of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council acting as final court of appeal for Commonwealth relations in 2015.

25 Jan 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Afghanistan: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) security situation in Afghanistan, (b) extent of the Deash presence in Afghanistan and (c) nature of the relationship between Daesh and the T

25 Jan 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Gibraltar: Spain

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Spanish counterpart on recent illegal entry into Gibraltarean waters by Spanish vessels.

25 Jan 2016 · Department for Energy and Climate Change

Fuel Cells

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment she has made of the (a) viability of hydrogen fuel cells and (b) associated energy costs of extracting liquid hydrogen on the reduction of carbon emissions.

25 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Death

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of accidental fatalities in the armed forces which occur during training exercises.

25 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Defence

Immigration: Cyprus

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made in dealing with the migrants who arrived (a) in October 1998 and (b) on 21 October 2015 in the RAF Dhekelia and RAF Akrotiri Soverign Base Areas in Cyprus.

25 Jan 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Housing Associations: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will take further steps to hold to account housing associations which do not provide adequate maintenance and repair services to their tenants.

18 Jan 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, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2016 to Question 21704, whether spending by the EU on campaigning during the referendum campaign will be su

18 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoner Escapes

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners on day release have absconded in the last 12 months.

18 Jan 2016 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: Deportation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what procedures are in place to ensure that illegal migrants to the UK are returned to their country of origin; and whether people deemed by her Department to be illegal migrants are only able to appe

18 Jan 2016 · Home Office

Asylum: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who have applied for asylum in the UK have failed criminal background checks or have been found to have links with extremist organisations since January 2015.

18 Jan 2016 · Home Office

Passports: Honours

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the rules are on the use, style and designation in UK passports of UK titles of honour, such as knighthoods, granted to both UK and dual nationals by one of Her Majesty's Commonwealth Realms as w

18 Jan 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

UK Membership of EU

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the UK has agreed to fund particular EU projects as a result of discussions with his EU counterparts as part of the renegotiation of the UK's relationship with the EU.

18 Jan 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Commonwealth: Honours

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether UK nationals who are also nationals of other Commonwealth realms are required to renounce their UK citizenship if they wish to use a titular honour or knighthood granted to them b

18 Jan 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Commonwealth: Honours

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the distinction is between the Sovereign's formal and informal permission in his Department's rules and regulations on the use, style and designation in the UK accorded to British an

18 Jan 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Commonwealth: Honours

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether a distinction is made by the Government between Commonwealth Realm Orders and decorations where Her Majesty the Queen is Sovereign of the Order and an order where the Governor Gen

18 Jan 2016 · Department for Education

Commonwealth: Curriculum

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to increase schoolchildren's understanding of the Commonwealth by increasing the proportion of the national curriculum dedicated to teaching about the Commonwealth and its relationship wi

18 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Defence

Army: Reserve Forces

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to improve (a) training for army reservists and (b) social cohesiveness between reservists and full-time soldiers.

18 Jan 2016 · HM Treasury

Economic Situation: China

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the implementation of the recent economic slowdown in China on his Department's policy on bilateral trade and investment with that country.

18 Jan 2016 · HM Treasury

Refugees: Syria

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on proposals made by his German counterpart that an EU-wide petrol tax be levied to fund aid for Syrian refugees; and if he will make a statement.

11 Jan 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

National Insurance: Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many national insurance numbers have been issued to migrants from Eastern European countries in the last two years; how many of those numbers are being used; and if he will make a statement.

11 Jan 2016 · Home Office

Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that recent refugee arrivals from the Middle East and North Africa are assimilated into British society and culture.

11 Jan 2016 · Department for International Development

Overseas Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, further to the Answer of 26 October 2015 to Question 12448, what criteria are used by her Department to determine the amount of aid provided to emerging economies like China and India.

11 Jan 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 the maximum permitted spending by each campaign will be during the final weeks of campaigning on the referendum on EU membership; and what

Source: official written-questions record.