Written questions

6,533 written questions tabled, most recent first.

14 Mar 2023 · Home Office

Right of Abode: Hong Kong

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the timeline is for granting UK right of abode status to Hong Kong military veterans and their families.

14 Mar 2023 · Home Office

Immigration Controls: British Overseas Territories

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many holders of British Overseas Territories passports have been denied entry to the United Kingdom in each of the last 10 years.

14 Mar 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Environment Protection: British Overseas Territories

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding her Department has provided to environmental projects in British Overseas Territories in each of the last five years.

14 Mar 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Nature Conservation: British Overseas Territories

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support her Department is providing to help safeguard and support vulnerable species in the British Overseas Territories.

14 Mar 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

British Overseas Territories: Climate Change

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the eligibility of the British Overseas Territories to obtain funding from the United Nations climate change loss and damage fund; and if he wi

14 Mar 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

British Overseas Territories: Marine Protected Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to encourage British Overseas Territories to join the Blue Belt Initiative; and if he will make a statement.

14 Mar 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

British Virgin Islands: Tax Avoidance

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of listing of the British Virgin Islands as an uncooperative tax regime by the European Union; and if he will

14 Mar 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Overseas Investment: San Marino

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent progress she has made on an agreement on the promotion and reciprocal protection of investments between the UK and the Republic of San Marino; and if she will make a statement.

14 Mar 2023 · Treasury

Double Taxation: San Marino

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will provide a timeline for the completion of the double taxation agreement between the UK and the Republic of San Marino.

6 Mar 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Renewable Energy: British Overseas Territories

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much his Department has spent on investment in renewable energy in British Overseas Territories in each of the past five years.

6 Mar 2023 · Ministry of Defence

Gibraltar: Territorial Waters

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has received recent reports on territorial infringements in Gibraltarian waters; and if he will make a statement.

6 Mar 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Diplomatic Service

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many diplomatic posts his Department has (a) opened and (b) closed in the last five years; and whether he plans to open any new diplomatic posts in 2023.

6 Mar 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Montserrat: Volcanoes

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential risk of volcanic activity in Montserrat.

6 Mar 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Chagos Islands: Sovereignty

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his (a) US and (b) Mauritian counterparts on the British Indian Ocean Territory.

6 Mar 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: British Overseas Territories

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has plans to visit any British Overseas Territories in the next 12 months.

6 Mar 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

British Indian Ocean Territory: Marine Protected Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much his Department has spent on the maintenance of the Marine Protected Area around the British Indian Ocean Territory in the last 12 month period for which figures are

6 Mar 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

British Indian Ocean Territory: Marine Protected Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many of his officials have duties associated with enforcing the British Indian Ocean Territory (Chagos Islands) Marine Protected Area.

6 Mar 2023 · Ministry of Defence

Cyprus: Military Bases

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to commission an official standard for the sovereign territories of Akrotiri and Dhekelia.

6 Mar 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

South Sudan: Commonwealth

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what his policy is on the application of South Sudan to join the Commonwealth.

27 Feb 2023 · Home Office

Visas: British National (Overseas)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many British National Overseas visa applications from Hong Kong nationals were processed in each of the last three years.

27 Feb 2023 · Treasury

Government Securities

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of UK gilts are held by (a) foreign central banks and (b) banks located in the People's Republic of China as of 27 February 2023.

27 Feb 2023 · Cabinet Office

Imports and Exports: San Marino

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the value of (a) imports and (b) exports between the UK and San Marino in each of the past five years.

27 Feb 2023 · Department for Education

Universities: British Overseas Territories

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department provides support to universities located in the British Overseas Territories.

27 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding his Department allocated for the treatment of people who have been injured due to adverse effects of covid-19 vaccines in each year since 2020.

21 Feb 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Côte d'Ivoire: Embassies

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to increase his Department’s (a) presence and (b) resources at the British Embassy in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

20 Feb 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Flags: Pitcairn Islands

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of flying the Pitcairn Island flag in Parliament Square on Bounty Day.

20 Feb 2023 · Home Office

Terrorism: Knives

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many instances of knife crime recorded in the UK were linked to terrorism in each year since 2019.

20 Feb 2023 · Home Office

Crime: Romford

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fatal instances of knife crime occurred in Romford constituency in each year since 2019.

20 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS Covid Pass

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 27 June 2022 to Question 25762 on NHS Covid Pass, whether the NHS COVID Pass Programme has now been closed.

20 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Surgery: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time for elective surgery is in the UK.

Source: official written-questions record.