Written questions

2,222 written questions tabled, most recent first.

26 Feb 2020 · Department for International Development

Developing Countries: Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government is taking to help to tackle global poverty through Fairtrade principles.

21 Feb 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Cuba: Overseas Trade

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many meetings the British Ambassador to Cuba has had with the Cuban Government on non-payment by Cuban authorities for work undertaken by (a) UK and (b) European businesses; and if he

21 Feb 2020 · Department for International Trade

Business: Cuba

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what estimate she has made of the number of (a) British and (b) European businesses who have not received payment (a) six, (b) 12 and (c) 24 months after the completion of their contracts in Cuba; and

21 Feb 2020 · Department for International Trade

Trade Promotion: Cuba

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what further steps she is planning to take to promote trade with Cuba.

21 Feb 2020 · Department for Transport

Ports: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, who the recipients were and what the purpose was of each (a) grant and (b) loan of funding under the Ports Infrastructure Resilience and Capacity Fund in each of the last three years; and if he will make a stat

21 Feb 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Crimes of Violence: Emergency Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018 on the demand for custodial resources; and if he will make a statement.

21 Feb 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Shoplifting

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of section 22A of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980.

21 Feb 2020 · Home Office

Retail Trade: Crimes of Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the level of threat of violent attacks on shop workers; and if she will make a statement.

13 Feb 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Menopause

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will hold discussions with the Royal College of GPs on introducing mandatory training on the menopause for trainee GPs; and if he will make a statement.

13 Feb 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water Companies: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to encourage water companies to become carbon neutral by 2030.

13 Feb 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Ammonium Nitrate

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government taking to discourage (a) farmers and (b) others from using fertilisers containing ammonium nitrate.

13 Feb 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Ammonium Nitrate

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with OFWAT on reducing ammonium nitrate from fertilisers from entering the water supply.

12 Feb 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS Trusts: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 24 October 2019 to Question 2644 on Northwick Park Hospital: Repairs and Maintenance, what the backlog of maintenance was for each acute hospital in 2018-19 reported

12 Feb 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Radiotherapy: Medical Equipment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2020 to Question 12197 on Mount Vernon Hospital Northwood and Northwick Park Hospital: Radiotherapy, what the cost to the public purse will be of replacing eac

6 Feb 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mount Vernon Hospital Northwood: Medical Records

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

6 Feb 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a cancer strategy for the future of cancer services in North West London; and if he will make a statement.

6 Feb 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Harrow Clinical Commissioning Group and London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the expected overspend at the end of the 2019-2020 of (a) London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust and (b) Harrow Clinical Commissioning Group.

4 Feb 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mount Vernon Hospital Northwood: 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 Mount Vernon Cancer Centre; and if he will make a statem

4 Feb 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mount Vernon Hospital Northwood: Doctors and Nurses

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) nurses and (b) doctors are employed to provide cancer care at Mount Vernon Cancer Centre; and if he will make a statement.

4 Feb 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mount Vernon Hospital Northwood and Northwick Park Hospital: Radiotherapy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the (a) age and (b) estimated remaining working life is of radiotherapy machinery at (i) Mount Vernon Cancer Centre and (ii) Northland Park Hospital; and if he will make a statement.

4 Feb 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mount Vernon Hospital Northwood: Radiotherapy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether Mount Vernon Cancer Centre is permitted to provide advanced radiotherapy as recommended by NICE for the treatment of lung cancer; and if he will make a statement.

3 Feb 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agricultural Products: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the potential effect on the price of agricultural imports of concluding trade negotiations with the EU without an agreement on 31 December 2020

3 Feb 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agricultural Products: Import Duties

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the National Farmers Union on plans on potential tariffs on (a) grains, (b) eggs, (c) fruit and (d) vegetables and (e) other dairy products; and if sh

3 Feb 2020 · Department for Transport

Airports and Ports

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to increase capacity for (a) freight and (b) passenger traffic at (i) each UK ferry port, (ii) Heathrow and (iii) Gatwick; and if he will make a statement.

3 Feb 2020 · Home Office

Gangs: Mobile Phones

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will impose restrictions on pay-as-you-go mobile phones to help tackle the activities of drug gangs; and if she will she make a statement.

3 Feb 2020 · Home Office

Action Fraud: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff were employed by Action Fraud to investigate crime in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.

3 Feb 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Probate: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January 2020 to Question 6598, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the increase in complaints his Department has received on the effectiveness of the London Probate Office.

3 Feb 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with NHS England on a potential merger of the Hillingdon Hospitals Trusts and North West Hospitals trusts; and if he will make a statement.

3 Feb 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mount Vernon Hospital Northwood: Land

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

3 Feb 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mount Vernon Hospital Northwood: Radiotherapy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the estimated cost to the public purse is of (a) replacing and (b) relocating the Linear Accelerators on the Mount Vernon site to another location, and if he will make a statement.

Source: official written-questions record.