Written questions

4,857 written questions tabled, most recent first.

20 May 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Private Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 19 May 2022 to Question 123, for what reason a breakdown of spending on school places at the named institutions has not been provided as it was by h

19 May 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Channel Four Television: Privatisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the oral evidence to the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee on 19 May, if she will provide the source of the opinion poll that stated 53 per cent of the

18 May 2022 · Cabinet Office

Public Sector: Fraud

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 17 May 2022 to Question 662, if he will make an estimate of the cost of fraud to the public sector in (a) 1984, (b) 1994, (c) 2004, and (d) 2014.

18 May 2022 · Home Office

Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 17 May 2022 to Question 662, if she will make an estimate of the cost of fraud against (a) individuals and (b) businesses in (i) 1984, (ii) 1994, (iii) 2004, and (iv) 2014.

18 May 2022 · Cabinet Office

Heat Networks: Whitehall

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 16 December 2008 to Question 242512 on District Heating: Whitehall, what total costs were charged to Government Departments by the Government Property Agency in (a) 2019-20, (b) 2

18 May 2022 · Cabinet Office

Heat Networks: Whitehall

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 15 December 2008 to Question 242509 on District Heating: Whitehall, if he will publish the list of (a) Departments and (b) Government buildings served by the Whitehall District He

16 May 2022 · Cabinet Office

10 Downing Street: Taxis

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 16 May 2022 to Question 114, if he will publish the total cost to the public purse of vehicles ordered on Downing Street's travel account for mini-cabs from January 2020 to December 202

16 May 2022 · Home Office

UK Border Force: Patrol Craft

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Border Force's new fleet of five cutters and six coastal patrol vessels will serve alongside the existing fleet of cutters and coastal patrol vessels for a period of time; how long she estimat

16 May 2022 · Home Office

UK Border Force: Patrol Craft

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her department intends to tender a contract for the replacement of the Border Force's existing fleet of six Coastal Patrol Vessels; and when she expects the six replacement vessels will be operat

16 May 2022 · Home Office

UK Border Force: Patrol Craft

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to tender a contract for the replacement of the Border Force's existing fleet of five cutters; and when the five replacement cutters are expected to become operational.

16 May 2022 · Home Office

UK Border Force: Patrol Craft

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to tender contracts during 2022-23 for repair work designed to ensure that coastal patrol vessels (a) Alert, (b) Eagle, (c) Hunter, (d) Nimrod and (e) Speedwell are able t

16 May 2022 · Home Office

UK Border Force: Patrol Craft

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to tender contracts during 2022-23 for repair work designed to ensure that Her Majesty's Cutters (a) Searcher, (b) Seeker, (c) Sentinel and (d) Vigilant are able to meet t

16 May 2022 · Home Office

UK Border Force: Patrol Craft

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the combined value is of contracts awarded by her Department in 2022-23 for repair work designed to ensure that (a) HMC Valiant and (b) CPV Active are able to meet Border Force's operational dema

16 May 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Equal Rights Coalition

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, on what dates the (a) UK's term as co-chair of the Equal Rights Coalition will come to an end and (b) new co-chairs of the Coalition are due to be announced.

16 May 2022 · Treasury

Treasury: Deloitte

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the answer of 28 April 2022 to Question 155644 on Treasury: Deloitte, whether all the cost figures cited in that answer are inclusive of VAT.

16 May 2022 · Treasury

Treasury: Procurement

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what total costs to the public purse were estimated by his Department in 2018 for the procurement of external support with the delivery of the OSCAR II system up to the end of 2023; and how much has been spent on th

16 May 2022 · Treasury

Treasury: Procurement

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason the consultancy services provided by (a) Methods Business and Digital Technology Ltd and (b) Veracity OSI UK Ltd since 2020 in relation to the delivery of the OSCAR II system were not covered within

16 May 2022 · Treasury

Treasury: Procurement

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has paid to (a) Methods Business and Digital Technology Ltd and (b) Veracity OSI UK Ltd for consultancy support in relation to the delivery of the OSCAR II system as of 13 May 2022; and wheth

16 May 2022 · Attorney General

Northern Ireland Protocol: Legal Opinion

To ask the Attorney General, whether she was personally involved in the most recent process of deciding which individual or organisation should be paid out of public funds for the provision of external legal advice on matters relating to the Northern Irel

16 May 2022 · Attorney General

Northern Ireland Protocol: Legal Opinion

To ask the Attorney General, whether details of the Government's most recent procurement of external legal advice on matters relating to the Northern Ireland Protocol have been published on the Contracts Finder website; and if she will publish (a) the awa

16 May 2022 · Attorney General

Northern Ireland Protocol: Legal Opinion

To ask the Attorney General, whether the cost of the most recent external legal advice procured by the Government on matters relating to the Northern Ireland Protocol was above or below the level that would normally require a competitive tender process un

12 May 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

International Organisations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, which international organisations are in receipt of privileges in the UK within the terms of the International Organisations Act 1968 as of 12 May 2022.

12 May 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Diplomatic Relations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, in what year (a) Eritrea, (b) Palau, (c) Palestine, (d) Somaliland, (e) Taiwan and (f) Timor Leste were were granted privileges in the UK within the terms of the (i) Consular

11 May 2022 · Home Office

Refugees: Resettlement

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 19 April to Question 150113, whether her Department’s policy on evaluating ongoing refugee resettlement will include a requirement for the publication of an evaluation of (a)

11 May 2022 · Home Office

Refugees: Resettlement

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 19 April to Question 150113, whether her Department’s policy to evaluating ongoing refugee resettlement will replace the current policy for the evaluation of refugee resettle

11 May 2022 · Home Office

Visas: British National (Overseas)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has produced internal evaluations of the Hong Kong BN(O) scheme beyond the 2021 Survey of Hong Kong British National (Overseas) visa holders.

11 May 2022 · Home Office

Refugees: Resettlement

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has produced internal evaluations of the (a) ACRS and ARAP schemes and (b) Homes for Ukraine scheme.

11 May 2022 · Home Office

Refugees: Resettlement

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 19 April to Question 150113, whether her Department’s policy on evaluating ongoing refugee resettlement will govern the evaluation of (a) English the language levels, (b) hea

11 May 2022 · Home Office

Refugees: Resettlement

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 19 April to Question 150113, whether her Department’s policy to evaluating ongoing refugee resettlement will govern the evaluation of the (a) number of arrivals over time, (b

11 May 2022 · Home Office

Refugees: Resettlement

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 19 April to Question 150113, whether her Department’s policy on evaluating ongoing refugee resettlement will govern the (a) frequency and (b) content of evaluations of refuge

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