Written questions

330 written questions tabled, most recent first.

3 Feb 2016 · Department for International Development

Ethiopia: Overseas Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which projects her Department funds in South Omo and Bench Majji, Ethiopia.

3 Feb 2016 · Department for International Development

Ethiopia: Malnutrition

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what information her Department holds on steps that the Ethiopian government has taken to prevent potential widespread starvation in South Omo.

3 Feb 2016 · Department for International Development

Ethiopia: Cane Sugar

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what information her Department holds on the potential effect on tribal communities of planned sugar cane plantations in South Omo, Ethiopia; and whether her Department plans to take steps to he

3 Feb 2016 · Department for International Development

Developing Countries: Arms Trade

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether she has met relevant bodies to discuss the issue of the arms trade and development since giving evidence to the International Development Committee on 27 January 2016.

3 Feb 2016 · Department for International Development

Antigua: Coconuts

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle the destruction by lethal yellowing of coconut palms in Antigua.

1 Feb 2016 · Home Office

Iran and Pakistan: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information she holds on the number of drug traffickers who have been sentenced to death in (a) Iran and (b) Pakistan following conviction resulting from counter-narcotics activities supported by

21 Jan 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment and Support Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employment and support allowance claimants with (a) Parkinson's disease, (b) rheumatoid arthritis, (c) motor neurone disease, (d) multiple sclerosis and (e) cystic fibrosis have been (i) place

21 Jan 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Yemen: International Humanitarian Law

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 19 January 2016 to Question 22275, what assessment his Department made of the risk that items might be used in the commission of a serious violation of internati

17 Nov 2015 · Department for International Development

Department for International Development: Public Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what (a) the amount of any underspend expected against departmental expenditure limits in the current fiscal year and (b) her Department's latest forecast of total annually managed expenditure s

17 Nov 2015 · Department for International Development

Department for International Development: Public Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department has spent on (a) temporary agency staff, (b) consultants, (c) non-payroll staff, (d) administration and (e) marketing and advertising in real terms in each year since 201

19 Jun 2015 · Department for International Development

Tanzania: Overseas Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her Department's policies of the findings of Irresponsible Investment: Agrica's broken development model in Tanzania, published on 17 June

17 Jun 2015 · Department for Energy and Climate Change

Solar Power: Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate her Department has made of the number of schools installed with solar panels in (a) Hackney North and Stoke Newington constituency, (b) London and (c) England and Wales; and what s

17 Jun 2015 · Department for Energy and Climate Change

Solar Power: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate her Department has made of the number of homes installed with solar panels in (a) Hackney North and Stoke Newington constituency, (b) London and (c) England and Wales; and what ste

17 Jun 2015 · Department for Energy and Climate Change

Solar Power: Business

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate her Department has made of the number of businesses installed with solar panels in (a) Hackney North and Stoke Newington constituency, (b) London and (c) England and Wales; and wha

12 Jun 2015 · Department for International Development

Africa: Food

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if her Department will conduct an assessment of whether its strategy in working with multinational companies is effective in reducing poverty and improving the equity and sustainability of Afric

12 Jun 2015 · Department for International Development

Overseas Aid: Farmers

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her Department's policies on corporate partnerships of the findings of the report of the Independent Commission for Aid Impact, Business in

1 Jun 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Burma: Sexual Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the government of Burma regarding implementation of the Declaration on Preventing Sexual Violence in the last six months; and at what levels t

3 Feb 2015 · Department for International Development

Burma

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance the Government gave to the Ministry of Education in Burma on that country's National Education Law.

3 Feb 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Burma

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what offers were made to the government of Burma of expert help with the investigation of the rape and murder of two ethnic Kachin teachers on 20 January 2015.

27 Jan 2015 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Local Government Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect of real terms cumulative changes in local authority spending power on services in communities with the greatest needs since 2010-11.

27 Jan 2015 · Department for International Development

Nigeria

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the report, the Dominion Farms' land grab in Nigeria, published in January 2015, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that projects sponsored by the New Alliance for F

23 Jan 2015 · Department for International Development

Developing Countries: Agriculture

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that UK aid programmes protect the resilience of small-scale farmers.

8 Jan 2015 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Cane Sugar

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to protect cane sugar refiners (a) in East London and (b) elsewhere in the UK following the lifting of beet sugar quotas in 2017.

8 Jan 2015 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Cane Sugar: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that cane sugar importation from African and Caribbean countries is protected when EU beet sugar quotas are lifted in 2017.

8 Jan 2015 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Cane Sugar: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her Department's policy is on EU renegotiation of quotas to get a better deal for cane sugar importers.

6 Jan 2015 · Ministry of Justice

Young Offenders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of BME individuals by (a) age, (b) sex and (c) ethnicity who are excluded from secondary school, are subsequently imprisoned in youth offending institutions; and if he will make a statement.

6 Jan 2015 · Ministry of Justice

Reoffenders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of BME adults in UK prisons have previously been imprisoned in youth offending institutions, by (a) age, (b) sex and (c) ethnicity; and if he will make a statement.

6 Jan 2015 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many free early years education places were provided in (a) Hackney North and Stoke Newington constituency, (b) each London borough and (c) England in each year since 2010; and if she will make a statement.

12 Dec 2014 · Department for Education

Supply Teachers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the NUT supply teacher survey 2014, what steps she plans to take to increase the pay of supply teachers employed through agencies.

11 Dec 2014 · Ministry of Justice

Young Offender Institutions

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) age, (b) sex and (c) ethnicity is of people held in youth offending insititutions.

Source: official written-questions record.