Written questions
2,064 written questions tabled, most recent first.
22 Jan 2015 · Home Office
Asylum: Syria
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many local authorities have (a) applied for and (b) received funding from her Department for the purposes of resettling Syrian refugees; and what the total value was of that funding.
22 Jan 2015 · Department for International Development
World Food Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions he has had with the UK's international partners on providing additional funding for the UN World Food Programme.
19 Jan 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Turkey
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the Turkish government on freedom of speech.
15 Jan 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Afghanistan
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his counterparts in the government of Afghanistan on the operation of ISIL in the south of that country.
15 Jan 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Egypt
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the Egyptian government on freedom of religion in that country for (a) atheists and (b) Christians.
15 Jan 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Mexico
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Mexican counterpart on strengthening UK-Mexico business relations.
15 Jan 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Mexico
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Mexican counterpart on (a) the kidnapping of students in Iguala in September 2014 and (b) human rights in that country; and if he will make a s
15 Jan 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Sri Lanka
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he next plans to meet the Sri Lankan Minister of External Affairs.
15 Jan 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
North Korea
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of human rights in North Korea; and if he will make a statement.
15 Jan 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Burma: Rohingya
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the Burmese government on the persecution of the Rohingya people in that country.
15 Jan 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Egypt
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the Egyptian government on freedom of speech in that country.
15 Jan 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
USA
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in the US administration on strengthening diplomatic ties between the US and UK.
15 Jan 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Thailand
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the Thai government on human trafficking.
15 Jan 2015 · Ministry of Defence
Afghanistan
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent representations he has made to his counterpart in the government of Afghanistan on ensuring that adequate training is available to national security forces following the UK's withdrawal of military pe
15 Jan 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Saudi Arabia
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the Saudi Arabian government about freedom of speech in that country.
15 Jan 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Russia
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the Russian government about (a) human rights in general and (b) LGBT rights in that country.
15 Jan 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Russia: Ukraine
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the Russian government about its annexation of Crimea.
15 Jan 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Iran
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent progress has been made on negotiations on the future of Iran's nuclear programme.
15 Jan 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Iceland
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Icelandic counterpart on strengthening business relations between that country and the UK.
15 Jan 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Friends of Syria
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he next expects the Friends of Syria Group to meet next.
15 Jan 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
China
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the Chinese government about human rights in that country.
13 Jan 2015 · Department of Health
Blood: Contamination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has received any adverse notifications from the Penrose Inquiry relating to people in Scotland infected with hepatitis C and HIV acquired from exposure to contaminated blood and blood produc
13 Jan 2015 · Department of Health
Blood: Contamination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of deaths caused by infection with HIV or hepatitis C through exposure to contaminated blood and blood products.
13 Jan 2015 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Lake District National Park and Yorkshire Dales National Park
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her Department plans to announce whether Natural England's Variation Orders of 2012 extending the boundaries of the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales national parks will be confir
5 Nov 2014 · HM Treasury
Child Tax Credit
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the feasibility of sharing child tax credits proportionally between care givers where custody is split.
5 Nov 2014 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Private Rented Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department has taken to publicise its How to Rent guide; and whether his Department evaluated its success in communicating with private tenants.
5 Nov 2014 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Private Rented Housing: Codes of Practice
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 13 October 2014, to Question 208968, which tenant groups his Department asked the industry to seek the views of in creating a code of practice for the management
29 Oct 2014 · Department of Health
Ambulance Services: North West
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of the active time of the North West Ambulance Service ambulances stationed in South Lakeland District is spent outside that district.
29 Oct 2014 · Department of Health
Ambulance Services: North West
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of the active time of North West Ambulance Service ambulances stationed outside South Lakeland District is spent inside that District.
29 Oct 2014 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Mobile Broadband: Cumbria
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress his Department has made in improving 3G and 4G mobile telephone signals (a) nationally and (b) in Cumbria since 2011.
Source: official written-questions record.