Written questions

4,857 written questions tabled, most recent first.

2 May 2023 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Food Supply

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the contract between BFS Group Ltd and Leidos Supply Ltd for the supply of food to British armed forces personnel throughout the UK, what proportion of raw poultry used by BFS Group in the servi

2 May 2023 · Home Office

Home Office: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department’s publication of government procurement card spending over £500 for February 2023, what the (a) nature and (b) purpose was of the device built for the Clandestine Chan

2 May 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoner Escorts

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many delays to court proceedings in 2022 resulted from prisoners who were the responsibility of (a) Serco Ltd and (b) GEOAmey Ltd not being delivered to the required courtroom at the required time.

2 May 2023 · Home Office

Home Office: Official Cars

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Freedom of Information response, reference 31771, published on 25 July 2014, how many journeys were taken by (a) the Minister of State for Immigration and (b) the Minister of Sta

2 May 2023 · Home Office

Home Office: Official Cars

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Freedom of Information response, reference 31771, published on 25 July 2014, how many journeys were taken by the Minister of State for Security in ministerial cars provided by th

27 Apr 2023 · Cabinet Office

Minister without Portfolio

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, (a) when, (b) for what purpose and (c) at what cost to the public purse the Minister without Portfolio was provided with a ministerial red box.

27 Apr 2023 · Home Office

Public Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 25 April to Question 181032 on Public Buildings, whether she has held discussions with the heads of the (a) police and (b) fire and rescue services in England and Wales on th

27 Apr 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Courts and Prisons: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 24 April to Question 181017 on Courts and Prisons: Buildings, whether his Department has commissioned a survey to identify buildings within the (a) prison and (b) court and tribunal esta

27 Apr 2023 · Home Office

Offensive Weapons

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 25 April to Question 181009 Offensive Weapons, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of publishing annual statistics on the numbers of (a) firearms, (b) knives

25 Apr 2023 · Home Office

Economic Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to Page 75 of the Government's Economic Crime Plan 2023-2026 published on 30 March 2023, how many of the extra 475 full time equivalent staff dedicated to economic crime will be (a) new

25 Apr 2023 · Home Office

Economic Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to Page 75 of the Government's Economic Crime Plan 2023-2026 published on 30 March 2023, how many of the extra 475 full time equivalent staff dedicated to economic crime will be deploye

24 Apr 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Government Departments: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 17 April to Question 177725 on Government Departments: Staff, when staff in the London headquarters of the former Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy last

24 Apr 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Government Departments: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer 2023 of 17 April to Question 177725 on Government Departments: Staff, when staff in the London headquarters of the former Department for International Trade last completed a Lees

24 Apr 2023 · Treasury

Treasury: Staff

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 21 April to Question 177724 on Treasury: Staff, when staff in his Department's 1 Horseguards Road building last completed a Leesman office survey; and how many and what proportion of respon

24 Apr 2023 · Department for Education

Department for Education: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 21 April 2023 to Question 177720 on Department for Education: Staff, how many survey respondents from her Department (a) neither agreed nor disagreed with the five statements or (b) of

21 Apr 2023 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 20 April 2023 to Question 177723 on Ministry of Defence: Staff, when staff in his Department's main building in Whitehall last completed a Leesman office survey; and how many and what pr

19 Apr 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice: Surveys

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 19 April to Question 177722 on Ministry of Justice: Staff, when staff in his core Department last completed a Leesman office survey; and how many and what proportion of respondents to th

18 Apr 2023 · Ministry of Defence

Military Bases: Concrete

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of (a) barracks, (b) service family accommodation and (c) training facilities are affected by the presence of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete; and if he will make an assessment

18 Apr 2023 · Home Office

Fentanyl: Drug Seizures

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of including separately identifiable seizures of (a) fentanyl and (b) fentanyl analogues in her Department's quarterly publication series entitled

17 Apr 2023 · Home Office

Public Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the presence of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete in (a) police stations and (b) fire stations in England and Wales and its potential impact on the stru

17 Apr 2023 · Ministry of Defence

Military Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 29 September 2020 to Question 92728 on Military Aid, whether (a) General Abdel-Fattah Burhan and (b) General Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo were among the recipients of the 16 military tra

17 Apr 2023 · Home Office

Immigration Removal Centres and Short-term Holding Facilities: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of (a) migrant processing centres, (b) immigration removal centres and (c) short-term holding facilities are affected by the presence of reinforced autoclaved aerated conc

17 Apr 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Courts and Prisons: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of buildings on the (a) prisons and (b) court and tribunal estate are affected by the presence of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete; and if he will make an assessment of the pote

17 Apr 2023 · Cabinet Office

Prime Minister: Aviation

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 28 March to Question 169228 on Cabinet Office: Aviation, on how many occasions (a) the Prime Minister and (b) his predecessors travelled overseas on non-scheduled flights with members o

17 Apr 2023 · Cabinet Office

Public Duty Costs Allowance

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether former Prime Ministers in receipt of the Public Duty Costs Allowance were required to notify his Department by 31 March of the total costs they intended to claim in the 2022/23 claim year; and whether an

17 Apr 2023 · Home Office

Offensive Weapons

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) lethal firearms, (b) non-lethal firearms, (c) knives and (d) other offensive weapons were seized by all agencies and forces funded by her Department in each of the last five calendar year

17 Apr 2023 · Home Office

Fentanyl: Drug Seizures

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what category is used to record seizures of fentanyl and fentanyl analogues in figures for drug seizures included in Border Force transparency data.

17 Apr 2023 · Home Office

Drug Seizures

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she intends to publish the annual data for the seizures of drugs in England and Wales for the financial year ending 2022.

30 Mar 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 28 March 2023 to Question 166164 on Government Departments: Staff, how many and what proportion of respondents to the most recent Leesman office survey unde

30 Mar 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 28 March 2023 to Question 166164 on Government Departments: Staff, how many and what proportion of respondents to the most recent Leesman office survey undertaken by his Depart

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