Written questions
558 written questions tabled, most recent first.
16 Apr 2018 · Department for Education
Disabled Students' Allowances
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students have applied for the disabled student's allowance in each of the last three years.
29 Mar 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Syria: Military Intervention
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what preparations his Department is making to impose sanctions on Russian individuals and organisations implicated in war crimes and crimes against humanity in Syria.
29 Mar 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Syria: Chemical Weapons
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he as made of the capability of the Syrian armed forces to deliver chemical weapons other than by aircraft.
29 Mar 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Syria: Chemical Weapons
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many aircraft in the Syrian air force are capable of delivering chemical weapons.
15 Mar 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Gui Minhai
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to (a) the Government of Hong Kong and (b) the Government of the People's Republic of China on the status of the Hong Kong bookseller, Gui Minhai.
15 Mar 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Hong Kong: Politics and Government
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Government of Hong Kong as a result of the disqualification of lawmakers from its Legislative Council.
13 Mar 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Aviation: Non-domestic Rates
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will reduce business rates for general aviation airfields to reflect their potential contribution to the economy.
7 Mar 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Xylella
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking with the horticulture industry to contain the spread of xylella fastidiosa.
20 Feb 2018 · Department for International Development
Africa: Overseas Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding the Government has provided to church-based agencies for work in Africa in each of the last five years.
20 Feb 2018 · Department for International Development
Africa: Overseas Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much the Government has provided to church-based agencies for development and humanitarian support in Africa in each of the last five years.
19 Feb 2018 · Department for International Development
Developing Countries: Religious Freedom
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how her Department conducts due diligence assessments and evaluates the commitment of its partners to the partnership principles and to promoting freedom of religion or belief.
19 Feb 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Religious Freedom
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how information from his Department's meetings with civil society groups on freedom of religion or belief will inform foreign policy.
1 Feb 2018 · Home Office
Torture
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to revise the definition of torture used in the Home Office's at risk policy in light of that definition being ruled unlawful by the High Court.
1 Feb 2018 · Home Office
Asylum: Detainees
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to review its policy on detention for asylum seekers who have made an application on the grounds they were victims of torture.
1 Feb 2018 · Home Office
Asylum: Detainees
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers who have claimed to be a victim of torture have been detained at immigration centres.
24 Jan 2018 · Department for Education
Faith Schools: Admissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to remove the 50 per cent admissions cap on faith schools.
23 Jan 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Syria: Religious Freedom
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the level of religious freedom in Syria; and what steps the Government is taking to promote and protect the right of freedom of religion
23 Jan 2018 · Home Office
Hezbollah
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to proscribe the political wing of Hezbollah in the UK.
9 Jan 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the effect of the UK leaving the EU on UK patients' access to new medicines.
9 Jan 2018 · Department for International Development
South Sudan: Peace Negotiations
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department has provided for church-led reconciliation efforts in South Sudan.
9 Jan 2018 · Department for International Development
South Sudan: Violence
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent steps her Department has taken to reduce gender-based violence in South Sudan.
9 Jan 2018 · Department for International Development
South Sudan: Humanitarian Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of humanitarian access to South Sudan.
9 Jan 2018 · Department for International Development
Development Aid: Charities
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which charities have received funding from the Small Charities Challenge Fund since its creation; and what the purpose was of each project that received such funding.
9 Jan 2018 · Department for International Development
Development Aid: Charities
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many charities have received grants from the Small Charities Challenge Fund since its creation.
9 Jan 2018 · Department for International Development
Development Aid: Charities
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding her Department has allocated out of the Small Charities Challenge fund since its creation.
14 Dec 2017 · Department for International Development
Developing Countries: Pneumonia
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department has allocated to the prevention of childhood pneumonia in developing countries in each of the last five years.
14 Dec 2017 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Orchestras: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made an assessment of whether orchestras in Northern Ireland will remain eligible for Creative Europe funding for EO-Lab ii after the UK leaves the EU.
14 Dec 2017 · Northern Ireland Office
Orchestras: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps his Department is taking to promote Northern Ireland's professional orchestral sector.
14 Dec 2017 · Northern Ireland Office
Orchestras: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether his Department has made an assessment of the ability of orchestras in Northern Ireland to recruit freelance musicians from the Republic of Ireland after the UK leaves the EU.
24 Nov 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Religious Freedom
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the recommendations and conclusions of the report of the All-Party Parliamentary Group International Freedom of Religio
Source: official written-questions record.