Written questions

2,222 written questions tabled, most recent first.

2 Feb 2022 · Department for International Trade

Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership: European Patent Convention

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether she will negotiate a carve out from the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership on patent law so that the UK can maintain its membership of the European Patent Co

2 Feb 2022 · Department for International Trade

Trade Agreements: Digital Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether she will seek membership of the Digital Economy Partnership agreement; and if she will make a statement.

2 Feb 2022 · Department for International Trade

Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership: Rules of Origin

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether she will publish an assessment on the potential impact of Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership rules of origin on goods (a) produced domestically and (b) on sa

2 Feb 2022 · Department for International Trade

Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether she will sign side letters with members of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership to exclude the compulsory use of the Investor State Dispute Settlement Proc

2 Feb 2022 · Department for International Trade

Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership: Intellectual Property

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether she will seek a complete carve out of audio-visual services from the intellectual property chapter of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement as par

2 Feb 2022 · Department for Education

Department for Education: Nuffield Foundation

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the details of any contract his Department has entered into with (a) Nuffield or (b) one of Nuffield associated companies that may allow the harvesting of personal data by those companies fro

2 Feb 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

British Gas: Complaints

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many complaints Ofgem has received from British Gas customers on the bereavement services provided by that supplier because of (a) the location of that service in South Africa

1 Feb 2022 · Department for International Trade

Trade Promotion: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how much funding the Government has allocated to the (a) Internationalisation Fund and (b) UK Tradeshow Access Programme in (i) 2022 and (ii) each of the next three years; and if she will make a state

1 Feb 2022 · Home Office

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to reply to the further chasing letter to the Minister for Future Borders and Immigration from the hon. Member for Harrow West of 9 November 2021, regarding his constituent Arian Sherza

31 Jan 2022 · Department for International Trade

UK Tradeshow Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what proportion of (a) exhibitor and (b) attendee applications for financial support to the UK Tradeshow Programme have been refused since that programme's launch; and if she will make a statement.

31 Jan 2022 · Department for International Trade

UK Tradeshow Programme: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the annual budget is for support available to (a) exhibitors and (b) attendees to the UK Tradeshow Programme; and if she will make a statement.

31 Jan 2022 · Department for International Trade

UK Tradeshow Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many applications the UK Tradeshow Programme has received for funds to support (a) exhibitors and (b) attendees since its launch; and if she will make a statement.

31 Jan 2022 · Department for International Trade

UK Export Finance: Complaints

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many complaints her Department received regarding UK Export Finance in each of the last three years; and if she will make a statement.

28 Jan 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Animal Health Certificates

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many Animal Health Certificates (a) have been issued in each of the last five years and (b) his Department has estimated will need to be issued in each year between 2022 and 2026 i

27 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Death

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what were the 10 principal causes of death of those prisoners who died while in women's prisons in England and Wales in each of the last five years.

27 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Death

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what were the 10 principal causes of death of those prisoners who died while in men's prisons in England and Wales in each of the last five years.

27 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Death

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners died while in prisons in England and Wales as a percentage of the total prison population in each of the last five years.

27 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Death

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many female prisoners died while in prisons in England and Wales in each of the last five years.

27 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Death

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many male prisoners died while in prisons in England and Wales in each of the last five years.

27 Jan 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Professions: Qualifications

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what progress he has made in securing bi-lateral mutual recognition agreements with (a) Denmark, (b) France, (c) Germany, (d) Netherlands and (e) Sweden regarding professional ser

26 Jan 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, who is responsible for making the decision to stop the payment of benefits to people who are living overseas; what criteria are used to determine when the threshold for that step has been reached; and i

26 Jan 2022 · Treasury

Child Benefit: Fraud

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many benefits fraud cases involving child benefit his Department was investigating involving a child considered at risk where the child was residing in Russia, as of 26 January 2022.

26 Jan 2022 · Treasury

Child Benefit: Fraud

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff in his Department were working on cases involving allegations of child benefit fraud where the recipient had left the UK and was believed to be living overseas, as of 26 January 2022.

26 Jan 2022 · Treasury

Child Benefit: Fraud

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average length of time was that child benefit claims have continued to be paid following an allegation to the Department that an individual had left the UK and was no longer habitually resident in the UK, i

26 Jan 2022 · Treasury

Child Benefit: Fraud

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in how many and what proportion of child benefit fraud cases has the recipient been believed to have relocated from the UK and where the Department has continued to make payments, in each of the last five years.

26 Jan 2022 · Treasury

Child Benefit: Fraud

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the longest investigation by his Department is involving a potential child benefit fraud case where the recipient is believed to be living in Russia.

26 Jan 2022 · Treasury

Child Benefit: Fraud

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many letters and emails has his Department's Complaints Team received relating to allegations of child benefit fraud by a recipient living in Russia and no longer habitually resident in the UK, since 2020; how m

26 Jan 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefits fraud cases her Department is investigating involving a child considered at risk where that child is in Russia as of 26 January 2022.

26 Jan 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average length of time is for continuing to pay benefits following an allegation to her Department that a person is no longer habitually resident in the UK.

26 Jan 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of cases involving alleged benefits fraud where the recipient is believed to have relocated overseas her Department has continued to make payments to.

Source: official written-questions record.