Written questions

2,222 written questions tabled, most recent first.

11 Mar 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agricultural Products: Dumping

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential for dumping of agricultural products onto the UK market following the transition period; and if he will make a statement.

11 Mar 2020 · Department for International Trade

Generalised System of Preferences

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether she plans to maintain UK membership of the EU GSP+ Trade Scheme; and if she will make a statement.

11 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Northwick Park Hospital

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost of (a) three new theatres, (b) a new recovery area and (c) the refurbishment of the (i) Intensive Treatment Unit and (ii) High Dependency Unit at Northwick Par

10 Mar 2020 · Home Office

Immigration: India

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2020 to Question 22351 on Immigration: India, what meetings took place as part of the UK-India Migration Dialogue; who attended those meetings as representatives of (

10 Mar 2020 · Department for Transport

Port of Dover and Port of Felixstowe: Infrastructure

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 2 March 2020 to Question 18496 on Ports: Finance, how much funding was allocated to (a) Dover and (b) Felixstowe; and what that funding was spent on.

10 Mar 2020 · Department for International Trade

South Asian Network: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 2 March 2020 to Question 21133 on Overseas Companies: India, how much funding was allocated to the South Asia Network for staff and non-pay expenditure in (a) 2017-18 and (b)

10 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2020 to Question 1157, for what purpose the East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust has identified a requirement for £2.5 million capital funds; and if he will

10 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Northwick Park Hospital: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to improve services at Northwick Park Hospital since June 2017; and if he will make a statement.

10 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Northwick Park Hospital: Land

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to sell off land on the Northwick Park Hospital site; and if he will make a statement.

10 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Northwick Park Hospital: Vacancies

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of full-time equivalent vacancies there are for (a) nurses, (b) doctors and (c) other clinical professionals at Northwick Park Hospital; and if he will make a statement

10 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Northwick Park Hospital: Asbestos

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost of making safe the asbestos on the Northwick Park Hospital site; and if he will make a statement.

10 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Northwick Park Hospital: Medical Records

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of (a) digital and (b) paper care records at Northwick Hospital; and if he will make a statement.

6 Mar 2020 · Department for International Development

Refugees: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he is taking to improve access to education for refugees in other countries; and if he will make a statement.

5 Mar 2020 · Department for International Development

UNAIDS: Liability

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department plans to take as a result of the ruling by the International Labour Organisation that UNAids had failed in its duty of care towards a former staff member; and if she wi

5 Mar 2020 · Department for Education

Education: Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to improve access to education of refugees; and if he will make a statement.

4 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Giant Cell Arteritis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to raise awareness amongst GPs of Giant Cell Arteritis to allow early diagnosis and treatment.

4 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Giant Cell Arteritis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of people with Giant Cell Arteritis who lost their vision as a result of a late diagnosis, in each of the last five years.

3 Mar 2020 · Department for Education

Food Poverty: Academic Year

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 19 February 2020 to Question 620 on Food Poverty: Academic Year, what the combined value was of the bids received by his Department to provide free school meals during school holidays;

3 Mar 2020 · Home Office

Shavendra Silva

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to take similar steps to the US State Department and bar Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva, the head of Sri Lanka’s Army, from entry to the UK.

2 Mar 2020 · Department for Education

Teachers: Vacancies

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate he has made of the number of teacher vacancies in the subject areas of (a) foreign languages, (b) computing, (c) science and (d) economics; and if he will make a statement.

28 Feb 2020 · Home Office

Immigration: India

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the outcomes of the UK-India Migration Dialogue were; and if she will make a statement.

27 Feb 2020 · Home Office

Visas: Asia

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to extend the two-year multiple entry visa to (a) Chinese and (b) Indian nationals; and if she will make a statement.

26 Feb 2020 · Treasury

Economic Cooperation: India

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many meetings there have been between the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Indian Finance Minister in each year since 2005; and if he will make a statement.

26 Feb 2020 · Treasury

Economic Cooperation: India

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many meetings there have been of the UK-India Economic and Financial Dialogue since 2005; and if he will make a statement.

26 Feb 2020 · Department for International Trade

UK-India Joint Economic and Trade Committee

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many times the Joint Economic Trade Committee has met in each year since 2005; and if she will make a statement.

26 Feb 2020 · Home Office

Migrant Workers: India

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that (a) IT businesses and (b) restaurants attract skilled workers from India after the transition period; and if she will make a statement.

26 Feb 2020 · Home Office

Visas: India

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she plans to take to encourage more (a) skilled workers, (b) tourists and (c) students from India to secure visas to (i) work, (ii) visit and (iii) study in the UK; and if she will make a s

26 Feb 2020 · Department for International Trade

Overseas Companies: India

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how much funding she has allocated to supporting UK businesses in India; and if she will make a statement.

26 Feb 2020 · Department for International Trade

Exports: India

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what sector-specific steps she is taking to increase the export of UK goods and services to India; and if she will make a statement.

26 Feb 2020 · Department for International Trade

Trade Agreements: India

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will open negotiations with her Indian counterpart on a UK-India free trade agreement; and if she will make a statement.

Source: official written-questions record.