Written questions

3,630 written questions tabled, most recent first.

4 Nov 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Crafts and Cultural Heritage

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to support the heritage and craft sector.

4 Nov 2020 · Attorney General

Sentencing: Appeals

To ask the Attorney General, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the extension to the unduly lenient sentence scheme.

4 Nov 2020 · Northern Ireland Office

Anniversaries: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps his Department is taking to mark the 100-year anniversary of Northern Ireland.

4 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Veterans

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure veterans have swift and comprehensive access to mental health treatment.

4 Nov 2020 · Ministry of Defence

Shipbuilding

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to support shipbuilding in the UK.

4 Nov 2020 · Ministry of Defence

Defence Equipment

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the UK defence industry can supply the defence equipment required to meet future threats.

4 Nov 2020 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Civil Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill on service personnel’s ability to make civil claims against his Department.

4 Nov 2020 · Ministry of Defence

Air Force: Military Exercises

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of effectiveness of recent RAF missions in the (a) High North, (b) Baltic and Black Sea regions.

4 Nov 2020 · Ministry of Defence

Aircraft Carriers: Deployment

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has made for the Carrier Strike Group deployment in 2021.

4 Nov 2020 · Home Office

Emergency Services: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to protect emergency service workers.

4 Nov 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Lincolnshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support (a) agriculture and (b) horticulture in Lincolnshire.

4 Nov 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Manufacturing Industries: Lincolnshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent steps his Department has taken to support manufacturing in Lincolnshire.

4 Nov 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Construction: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to enable construction work to continue during the November 2020 covid-19 lockdown.

4 Nov 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Towns Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what progress the Government has made on the Towns Fund.

30 Oct 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Foetuses: Pain

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for its policies of the research entitled Reconsidering fetal pain, published in the Journal for Medical Ethics in January 2020.

30 Oct 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

British Library: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding has been allocated from the public purse to the British Library in the last 10 years.

30 Oct 2020 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Training

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress his Department is making on its review of what future diversity and inclusion learning should be provided as part of a cross-Civil Service learning offer; a

30 Oct 2020 · Cabinet Office

Equality: Training

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment his Department has made of the efficacy and effectiveness of unconscious bias training funded by the Government.

30 Oct 2020 · Cabinet Office

Equality: Training

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much the Government has spent on funding unconscious bias training in the last five years.

30 Oct 2020 · House of Commons Commission

Equality: Training

To ask the hon. Member for Perth and North Perthshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, what the total cost is of the unconscious bias training commissioned by the House of Commons.

12 Oct 2020 · Home Office

Immigration Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of net migration to the UK from (a) EU member states and (b) the rest of the world in each of the first three years following the introduction of points based system for imm

30 Sep 2020 · Treasury

Financial Ombudsman Service

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department takes to ensure that appointed financial ombudsmen operate with (a) fairness, (b) due diligence and (c) impartiality.

30 Sep 2020 · Treasury

Financial Ombudsman Service: Parliamentary Scrutiny

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps democratically elected representatives are able to take to hold the financial ombudsmen to account.

18 Sep 2020 · Home Office

Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the report on Asylum accommodation and support published by the National Audit Office in July 2020, what estimate her Department has made of the potential number of asylum applicatio

11 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Haemochromatosis: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure each NHS Trust is equipped with the (a) expertise and (b) resources needed to treat haemochromotosis.

11 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Haemochromatosis: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve early diagnosis for those suffering from haemochromatosis.

11 Sep 2020 · Home Office

Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the annual cost to the public purse is for (a) housing of and (b) weekly payments to people who have had their asylum application rejected and their dependents under Section 95 and Section 4 of t

11 Sep 2020 · Home Office

Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) people and (b) dependents of people who have had an application for asylum rejected are (i) housed and (ii) receive payments under Section 95 and Section 4 of the Immigration and Asylum A

11 Sep 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Small Businesses: Billing

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) small and (b) medium businesses that have received late payment of invoices in the last five years in (i) Lincolnshire and (ii) the

11 Sep 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Business: Billing

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that invoices from small and medium businesses are paid on time by (a) Government and (b) non-governmental businesses.

Source: official written-questions record.