Written questions
3,630 written questions tabled, most recent first.
15 Jun 2021 · Ministry of Justice
Cemeteries: Greater London
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Government plans to extend the reuse of grave sites to outside of the Greater London Authority area.
15 Jun 2021 · Ministry of Justice
Death
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the timeframe is for the Law Commission review into a modern framework for disposing of the dead to begin.
15 Jun 2021 · Cabinet Office
Coronavirus: Public Inquiries
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the terms of reference of the inquiry into the Government's handling of the covid-19 pandemic will be published.
8 Jun 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Royal Parks
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to prohibit new buildings in open spaces managed by the Royal Parks that are not directly connected with those open spaces’ leisure purposes.
8 Jun 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what (a) consultation about and (b) comparative assessment with alternative sites for the proposed Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre was undertaken by the Government between
8 Jun 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the evidential basis was for the Government’s assessment that Victoria Tower Gardens was a cost-effective site for the proposed Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre; and w
8 Jun 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether it is Government policy that work will not begin on constructing the proposed Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre until the required £25 million of private funding has
17 May 2021 · Treasury
Funerals: Pre-payment
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish his timetable for bringing forward legislative proposals on pre-paid funeral plans.
17 May 2021 · Treasury
Funerals: Pre-payment
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if his Department will work with the (a) Financial Conduct Authority and (b) death care sector on a solution for pre-paid funeral plans that takes account of (i) consumers and (ii) businesses.
17 May 2021 · Treasury
Funerals: Pre-payment
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of changes to the regulation of pre-paid funeral plans on smaller providers within that sector.
14 May 2021 · Northern Ireland Office
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the (a) recommendations of the report by the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) on abor
11 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Abortion
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the response from Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust to freedom of information request RFI-003971 stating that there had been seven admissions with complications following a medical
25 Mar 2021 · Home Office
Human Trafficking: English Channel
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to work with French authorities to identify and prosecute people traffickers operating across the English Channel.
25 Mar 2021 · Home Office
Offenders: Foreign Nationals
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of foreign national offenders in the UK; and what steps she is taking to identify and deport those offenders.
25 Mar 2021 · Home Office
Undocumented Migrants
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many illegal immigrants are estimated to currently reside in the UK.
25 Mar 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Terrorism: British Nationality
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many British citizens have been taken hostage by terrorist organisations in each of the last 10 years.
25 Mar 2021 · Home Office
Radicalism
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has considered commissioning a new review into the activities of (a) the Muslim Brotherhood and (b) extremist Islamist organisations in the UK; and if she will make a statement.
25 Mar 2021 · Home Office
Proscribed Organisations: British Nationals Abroad
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many British citizens have left the UK to join a proscribed Islamic terrorist organisation in each of the last five years.
25 Mar 2021 · Home Office
Islamic State
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government has taken to help tackle the threat of the Islamic State group internationally.
23 Mar 2021 · Department for Transport
Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made on launching a design competition for electric car charging points.
23 Mar 2021 · Department for Transport
Merchant Shipping: Crew
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many merchant seamen from the UK have been (a) trained and (b) employed as merchant seamen in each of the last five years.
23 Mar 2021 · Department for Transport
Merchant Shipping: Crew
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of merchant seamen who are UK passport holders.
23 Mar 2021 · Department for Transport
Roads: Design
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department has taken to assess the effect of Highway England’s report, The road to good design: Highways England’s design vision and principles, published on 11 January 2018 on the design of (a)
23 Mar 2021 · Department for Transport
Railways
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that (a) graffiti and (b) fly tipping are adequately tackled on railway (i) mainlines and (ii) branch lines.
23 Mar 2021 · Ministry of Defence
Shipbuilding: Small Businesses
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to support small, independent ship builders.
23 Mar 2021 · Department for Transport
Transport: East Midlands
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a comparative assessment of the Government's per capita transport spending in (a) the East Midlands and (b) Lincolnshire in relation to other UK regions and counties in the most recent period fo
23 Mar 2021 · Department for Transport
Transport: Infrastructure
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what transport infrastructure projects his Department is planning in the (a) north of England and (b) Midlands to help deliver the Government's levelling up agenda.
23 Mar 2021 · Department for Transport
Railways
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress his Department has made on (a) opening new train stations and (b) restoring previously closed railway lines.
23 Mar 2021 · Department for Transport
High Speed 2 Line: Green Belt
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to protect Green Belt land during the development of the High Speed Two rail network.
23 Mar 2021 · Ministry of Justice
Funerals
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which Government Department has responsibility for the funeral and death care sector.
Source: official written-questions record.