Written questions

4,857 written questions tabled, most recent first.

19 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Department of Health and Social Care: Visits Abroad

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to her Department's data entitled Ministerial travel, July to September 2023, how much of the £6,487.91 spent on the visit by the Minister of State for Health and Secondary Care to N

19 Feb 2024 · Department for Education

PwC: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the contract agreed by her Department with PriceWaterhouseCoopers on 21 November 2023 with tender reference 398710/1312346, whether the option for an eight-week extension in that contract was

19 Feb 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Small Businesses: Telephone Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many telephone calls were received by the Business Support Helpline (England) in each year since 2021.

19 Feb 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Military Aircraft

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what purpose the RAF helicopter GZ100 was flown under the call-sign RRR1325 on 9 February 2024 (a) from RAF Northolt to Plymouth between 7.00am and 9.00am, (b) on multiple movements around Devon between 9.00a

8 Feb 2024 · Cabinet Office

Boris Johnson

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the minutes of the Prime Minister's (a) meetings and (b) other discussions with his predecessor Mr Boris Johnson in the last nine months.

2 Feb 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

UK-Africa Investment Summit

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Postponement of the UK-African Investment Summit, published on 31 January 2024, on what date he took the decision to post

2 Feb 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Visits Abroad

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what the cost to the public purse of his Department's Envoy for the UK-African Investment Summit 2024 visit to (a) Morocco from 10 to 11, (b) Cameroon from 16 to 17, (c) Ghana fro

30 Jan 2024 · Cabinet Office

Prime Minister: Visits Abroad

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to your Department's publication entitled Rt Hon Liz Truss MP and Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP overseas travel, October to December 2022, updated 30 March 2023, what the cost was of the accommodation use

30 Jan 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Visits Abroad

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, with reference to the data entitled FCDO’s ministerial travel, July to September 2022, what the cost was of the accommodation used by the former Secretary of State on her visit to

30 Jan 2024 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Visits Abroad

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Cabinet Office Ministerial Overseas Travel Transparency data, what the cost was of the (a) plane tickets and (b) accommodation used by the former President for COP26 on his visits to Indone

30 Jan 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Indonesia

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the Answer of 28 December 2022 to Question 112071 on Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Aviation, what the cost was of the accommodation used by the fo

30 Jan 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Department for International Trade: Indonesia

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Department for International Trade's publication of ministerial travel data for July to September 2022, what the cost was of the (a) plane tickets and (b) accommodation used by th

30 Jan 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Visits Abroad

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to her Department's publication on ministerial travel data for July to September 2022, what the cost was of the (a) plane tickets and (b) accommodation used by the former Parliamen

26 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Department of Health and Social Care: Aviation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to table 15 of the Department of Health and Social Care Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23, HC 33, published on 25 January 2024, what the distance travelled on domestic flights was i

23 Jan 2024 · Attorney General

Attorney General: Written Questions

To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 16 January 2023 to Question 9197 on Attorney General: Written Questions, for what reason her Department has been unable to answer the Questions within the usual time period.

23 Jan 2024 · Home Office

UK Border Force: English Channel

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many days did at least one of the Border Force's (a) five cutters and (b) six coastal patrol vessels spend on active duty supporting small boats operations in the Dover Straits in 2023.

23 Jan 2024 · Home Office

UK Border Force: English Channel

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many days did each of the Border Force's (a) five cutters and (b) six coastal patrol vessels spend (i) out of service due to scheduled repair and maintenance and (ii) on active duty supporting sma

22 Jan 2024 · Treasury

Treasury: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 19 January 2024 to Question 8948 on Treasury: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution and with reference to the Answer of 19 December 2022 to Question 107065 on Treasury: Electronic Purchasing

18 Jan 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January to Question 8940, what accounts for the difference between the (a) number and (b) value of transactions of less than £500 reported in (i) that Answer and (ii) the eq

18 Jan 2024 · Treasury

Treasury: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2024 to Question 8709 on Treasury: Electronic purchasing card solution, what the latest figure available is for the number of government procurement cards held by people to make

18 Jan 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Department for International Trade: Aviation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to page 85 of the Department for International Trade's annual report and accounts for 2021-22, HC501, published on 18 July 2022, what the distance travelled on domestic flights was that

18 Jan 2024 · Home Office

Home Office: Video Equipment

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 16 January to Question 8390 on Home Office: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution, what the cost to the public purse was of expenditure by his Department's Communications Direc

15 Jan 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

People Places Lives: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the contract awarded by her Department to People Places Lives Ltd on 20 December 2023 under procurement reference 356323/1297062, if she will publish the deliverables specified in Sch

15 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice: Tribunals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 11 January 2024 to Question 8379 on Ministry of Justice: Tribunals, whether the contingent liability of the judicial pension claim set out in the bottom row of the table in that An

15 Jan 2024 · Attorney General

Government Legal Department: Equal Pay

To ask the Attorney General, when she expects the Government Legal Department to publish its gender pay gap report for the financial year 2022-23.

15 Jan 2024 · Department for Transport

KPMG: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the contract awarded by his Department to KPMG LLP on 12 December 2023 under procurement reference TROP0094, if he will publish the (a) services to be delivered under that contract and (b) pur

15 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release: Christmas

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's publication entitled Discretionary Friday/pre-Bank Holiday Release Scheme Policy Framework, last updated on 8 December 2023, how many offenders with scheduled release dates betw

15 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release: Christmas

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders were released on temporary licence for Christmas Day in (a) 2022 and (b) 2023, broken down by each offence committed.

15 Jan 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Procurement

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January to Question 8388 on Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Procurement, if he will take steps to either (a) ensure that hon. Members ca

15 Jan 2024 · Cabinet Office

Baroness Stedman-Scott

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to page 194 of his Department's Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23, published on 4 July 2023, for what reason the former Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in the Lords w

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