Written questions

2,688 written questions tabled, most recent first.

13 Sep 2016 · Department for International Development

Islamic State: Genocide

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding has been provided to the (a) Kurdistan Regional Government Peshmerga, (b) Kurdish government in Northern Syria and (c) Yazidi community to (i) gather evidence of alleged acts of gen

13 Sep 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Islamic State: Sexual Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 May 2016 to Question 35819, on Islamic State, how much funding the Government provided to (a) each of those projects listed in that Answer and (b) other projec

13 Sep 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Yemen: Military Intervention

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 9 May 2016 to Question 36103, whether the Government has requested access to any post-activity operational reports of air strikes by Saudi Arabia in Yemen.

12 Sep 2016 · Department for Transport

Transport: Capital Investment

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many large-scale business cases submitted by his Department to the Infrastructure and Projects Authority were accepted in the 2015-16 financial year in each region; and what the value of (a) public and (b)

12 Sep 2016 · Department for Transport

Transport: Capital Investment

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many business cases for projects were submitted to his Department in the 2015-16 financial year in each region; and what the value was of (a) public and (b) private investment requested at stage two of each

12 Sep 2016 · Home Office

Temporary Exclusion Orders

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the process is for considering whether to withhold sensitive material from courts to aid their consideration of (a) whether to impose Temporary Exclusion Orders (TEOs), (b) whether a TEO already

12 Sep 2016 · Home Office

Temporary Exclusion Orders: Middle East

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has (a) made any arrangements and (b) had any discussions with the governments of each country in the Middle East on the application of Temporary Exclusion Orders in those count

12 Sep 2016 · Home Office

Refugees: Yazidis

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Yazidi refugees have been supported into the UK from (a) Syria and (b) Iraq through the (i) Vulnerable Persons Relocation Scheme, (ii) Gateway Protection Programme and (iii) Mandate Refugee S

12 Sep 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Yemen: Military Intervention

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 9 May 2016 to Question 36104, whether the Government (a) received a copy of Saudi Arabia's inquiry into alleged breaches of international humanitarian law

12 Sep 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Islamic State: Genocide

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the likelihood that (a) Syria and (b) Iraq refer Daesh acts of genocide to the International Criminal Court for an investigation without the need for UN Sec

12 Sep 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Yemen: Military Intervention

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Written Statement of 5 September 2016, Yemen Update, HCWS 128, whether the Government plans to raise (a) alleged breaches of international humanitarian law, (b) alle

12 Sep 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Islamic State: Genocide

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the relative viability of securing an investigation into alleged acts of genocide by Daesh by means of establishing an independent panel through

12 Sep 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Islamic State: Genocide

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many full-time equivalent staff his Department employs in the evidence gathering process of investigating acts of alleged genocide by Daesh in Iraq and Syria; and with which countries

12 Sep 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Islamic State

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 11 July 2016 to Question 42107, on Islamic State, what factors would need to change for a referral to the International Criminal Court to be considered practical

12 Sep 2016 · Ministry of Defence

Yemen: Military Intervention

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the oral contribution of the then Minister for Defence Procurement of 24 May 2016, column 403, on Yemen: cluster munitions, that his Department is investigating allegations that Saudi Arabia used UK-s

12 Sep 2016 · Department for International Trade

Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to the Answer of 17 March 2016 to Question 30754, how many arms export licenses to Saudi Arabia have been revoked in each year since 2009-10.

12 Sep 2016 · Department for International Trade

Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to the Answer of 17 March 2016 to Question 30754 and the Written Ministerial Statement of 21 July 2016, HCWS 125, whether Saudi Arabia remains fully compliant with the UK's export licen

12 Sep 2016 · Department for International Trade

Arms Trade: Exports

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if he will make it his policy that the UK leaving the EU will not (a) affect the UK's position as a signatory to the EU's Code of Conduct on Arms Exports and (b) require any amendment of the Consolida

12 Sep 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Development Consent Orders

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many Development Consent Orders for (a) energy and (b) transport projects his Department considered in each year since 2009-10 in each region; and how many such orders were (i) accept

9 Sep 2016 · Department for Exiting the European Union

Department for Exiting the European Union: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many trade negotiators his Department plans to employ by the end of the current fiscal year.

9 Sep 2016 · Department for Exiting the European Union

Department for Exiting the European Union: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many staff are employed in his Department (a) in each region and (b) by gender; and in which Departments those staff were previously employed.

9 Sep 2016 · Department for Exiting the European Union

Department for Exiting the European Union: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many staff his Department plans to employ by the end of the current financial year; and in which regions those staff will be employed.

9 Sep 2016 · Department of Health

Department of Health: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department's (a) £10 million payment to the Macfarlane Trust in 1987 and (b) £500,000 payment to the Eileen Trust in 1993 was allocated to his Department's capital budget or revenue budget.

9 Sep 2016 · Department for Education

Department for Education: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, (a) how much funding and (b) how many full-time equivalent staff will be transferred to her Department from the former Department for Business, Innovation and Skills as a result of her Department's policy respo

9 Sep 2016 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Training

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June 2016 to Question 40168, what proportion of Civil Service Fast Streamers undertook a regional placement in each fiscal year since 2009-10.

8 Sep 2016 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Employment Agencies: Inspections

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many employment agencies and employment businesses the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate (a) investigated, (b) issued warning letters to and (c) prosecuted in each year

8 Sep 2016 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, (a) how much funding and (b) how many full-time equivalent staff will be transferred to his Department from the Department for Energy and Climate Change upon the conclusion of the

8 Sep 2016 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Employment Agencies

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many employment agencies and businesses the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate has (a) issued warning letters to and (b) prosecuted for publishing job advertisements in

8 Sep 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Letting Agents: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many fines have been issued to letting agents for failure to publicise their fees to landlords and prospective tenants since section 83 of the Consumer Rights Act came into force on 2

8 Sep 2016 · Department of Health

Blood: Contamination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to paragraph 3.26 of his Department's paper, Infected blood: Government Response to Consultation on Reform of Financial and Other Support, published in July 2016, when bereaved families will be able

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