Written questions

6,533 written questions tabled, most recent first.

31 Oct 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Department for Business and Trade: Australia

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has met with the Agent-General of (a) New South Wales, (b) Queensland, (c) South Australia, (d) Tasmania, (e) Victoria, and (f) Western Australia.

31 Oct 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Financial Services: Liechtenstein

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2024 to Question 5919 on Financial Services: Liechtenstein, whether he has had any meetings with his Liechtenstein counterpart.

31 Oct 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

St Helena: Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has met with the administrators of (a) Tristan da Cunha and (b) Ascension Island since the Government’s asylum agreement with St Helena was concluded.

31 Oct 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Pacific Ocean Islands: Diplomatic Relations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his counterparts in the Pacific region on the potential merits of upgrading Honorary Consulates in (a) the Solomon Islands, (b) Vanuatu an

31 Oct 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Bangladesh: Foreign Relations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has met with his Bangladeshi counterpart since 4 August 2024.

31 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

London Councils

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to meet with the Chief Executive of London Councils in the next 12 months.

31 Oct 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Gaming: Retail Trade

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an estimate of the economic contribution of adult gaming centres to (a) high streets and (b) town centres.

31 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Shoplifting: Criminal Investigation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the Metropolitan Police on investigating shoplifting offences where the value of goods stolen is less than £200.

30 Oct 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Royal Mail: Universal Service Obligation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that Royal Mail adheres to the universal service obligation.

30 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Bottles: Deposit Return Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring forward the start date of the proposed bottle deposit and return scheme.

30 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport

Airports: Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to lift the restriction on carrying liquids over 100ml in hand luggage on flights departing from UK airports; and if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward leg

30 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Heathrow Airport: USA

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with her US counterpart on establishing US pre-clearance facilities at London Heathrow Airport.

29 Oct 2024 · Wales Office

Speed Limits: Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment she has made of the economic impact of the 20mph speed limit on Welsh roads.

29 Oct 2024 · Department for Education

Further Education: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help ensure value for money in tertiary education public spending.

29 Oct 2024 · Department for Education

Teachers: Havering

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to increase the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of teachers in the London Borough of Havering.

29 Oct 2024 · Department for Education

Schools: Havering

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding she plans to provide for school infrastructure in the London Borough of Havering in each of the next three financial years.

29 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport

Transport: Falkland Islands

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help improve (a) access and (b) transport links to the Falkland Islands.

29 Oct 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Pitcairn Islands: Prosecutions

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many criminal (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions have taken place on the Pitcairn Islands in each of the last 10 years.

29 Oct 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Pitcairn Islands: Visits Abroad

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many officials of his Department have visited Pitcairn Island in each of the last 12 months.

29 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Home Office and Police: Pitcairn Islands

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) officials from her Department and (b) police officers have visited Pitcairn Island in each of the last 12 months.

29 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve dementia (a) diagnosis, (b) research and (c) treatment.

29 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Council Housing: Mould

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she has taken to work with local authorities to help prevent mould-related (a) deaths and (b) illnesses of people living in local authority provided housing.

29 Oct 2024 · Cabinet Office

Honours: Northern Ireland

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will (a) make it his policy to (i) update the statutes of the Most Illustrious Order of Saint Patrick and (ii) make the Order available to residents of the whole island of Ireland and (b) make an assessmen

29 Oct 2024 · Northern Ireland Office

Terrorism: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will take steps to commission a report on paramilitary influence in Northern Ireland.

29 Oct 2024 · Northern Ireland Office

Terrorism: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to the independent report entitled Assessment on paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland, published on 20 October 2015, what recent assessment his Department has made of the level of influ

29 Oct 2024 · Northern Ireland Office

Drugs: Shortages

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has taken steps to help tackle medicine shortages in Northern Ireland.

29 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Gibraltar: Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent steps he has taken to ensure the security of Gibraltar.

29 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Navy: Labour Turnover and Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to improve (a) recruitment and (b) retention in the Royal Navy.

29 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Type 23 Frigates

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Type 23 frigates are (a) operationally available and (b) capable of being deployed simultaneously.

29 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Type 45 Destroyers

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Type 45 destroyers are (a) operationally available and (b) capable of being deployed simultaneously.

Source: official written-questions record.