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.