Written questions

196 written questions tabled, most recent first.

26 Feb 2021 · Treasury

Contactless Payments: Fraud

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the risk of fraud in respect of raising the limit for contactless spending to £100; and if he will make a statement.

26 Feb 2021 · Treasury

Contactless Payments

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent representations he has received on raising the limit for contactless spending to £100.

1 Feb 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Fraud: Prosecutions

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions for fraud have taken place in UK courts in each of the last five years.

1 Feb 2021 · Home Office

Action Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reports of fraud have been passed to Action Fraud in each of the last two years; and how many of those reports have resulted in a prosecution.

1 Feb 2021 · Home Office

Action Fraud: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what Action Fraud's annual budget is.

1 Feb 2021 · Home Office

Financial Services: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many suspicious activity reports were filed with regulators in (a) the UK and (b) other countries by UK based financial institutions in each of the last five years.

1 Feb 2021 · Treasury

Financial Services: Fraud

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether fraud is an agenda item for the memorandum of understanding to be negotiated between the UK and the EU on financial services; and if he will make a statement.

1 Feb 2021 · Home Office

Fraud: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the annual cost of fraud to UK consumers.

21 Feb 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Podiatry: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time is for an NHS chiropody appointment in England.

21 Feb 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Podiatry: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the NHS budget is for chiropody training; and what that budget was 2015.

21 Feb 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Podiatry: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many qualified chiropodists there are in the NHS in England; and how many there were in 2010.

5 Mar 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Poland: Holocaust

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans his Department has to raise with the Polish Government concerns about Poland's Holocaust law; and if he will make a statement.

5 Mar 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Poland: Holocaust

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations (a) he, (b) his Ministers and (c) diplomats have made to the Polish Government on its Holocaust law.

12 Oct 2017 · Department for International Trade

Trade Agreements

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many civil servants in his Department have direct previous experience of negotiating a free trade agreement.

12 Oct 2017 · Department for International Trade

World Trade Organization

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether his Department has carried out any contingency planning for what happens if the UK leaves the EU without having reached an agreement at the WTO over the UK’s quota schedules.

12 Oct 2017 · Department for International Trade

Trade Agreements

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many civil servants in his Department previously worked for the European Commission on trade negotiations.

12 Oct 2017 · Department for International Trade

Department for International Trade: Languages

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many civil servants in his Department speak fluent (a) Mandarin, (b) Arabic, (c) Japanese and (d) Spanish.

29 Aug 2017 · Department for Exiting the European Union

UK Trade with EU

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what discussions he has had during negotiations with the EU on a transition period between the UK leaving the EU and the start date of a new trade agreement between the UK and the EU.

24 Jan 2017 · Department for International Development

Iraq: Overseas Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what her policy is on the issuing of UK aid in the form of international development in (a) Mosul and (b) the rest of Iraq.

24 Jan 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Iraq: Bomb Disposal

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to implement an international strategy for the removal of mines, improvised explosive devices and other explosive devices in and surrounding Mosul since the offens

24 Jan 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Iraq: Bomb Disposal

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much funding has been allocated to de-mining in and surrounding Mosul since the offensive against Daesh.

24 Jan 2017 · Department for International Development

Iraq: Internally Displaced People

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to ensure that internally displaced persons in Iraq who have fled from Mosul are not forcibly returned to Mosul following the recapture of that city; and when she last d

6 Jan 2017 · Department for Exiting the European Union

Brexit

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, which 57 areas of sectoral analysis will feature in the negotiations that the Government is undertaking on the UK leaving the EU.

6 Jan 2017 · Cabinet Office

Employment: EU Nationals

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate his Department has made of the number of EU nationals working in each sector of the UK economy.

20 Dec 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 (a) EU nationals and (b) non-EU nationals are employed by his Department.

20 Dec 2016 · Department for International Trade

Department for International Trade: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many (a) EU and (b) non-EU nationals are employed by his Department.

20 Dec 2016 · Cabinet Office

EU Nationals

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many EU nationals are estimated to be (a) living and (b) working in the UK.

20 Dec 2016 · Home Office

Home Office: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) EU and (b) non-EU nationals are employed by (i) her Department, (ii) the UK Border Force and (iii) her Department's other agencies.

20 Dec 2016 · Department of Health

NHS Trusts: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many EU nationals work in each NHS Trust (a) as doctors, (b) as nurses and (c) in other positions.

20 Dec 2016 · Department for Education

Schools: EU Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many EU nationals work in each local authority area (a) as teachers and (b) in other positions in schools.

Source: official written-questions record.