Written questions

3,630 written questions tabled, most recent first.

18 Feb 2019 · Department for International Trade

Trade Agreements

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent steps his Department has taken to ensure the UK is able to make trade agreements after the UK leaves the EU.

18 Feb 2019 · Home Office

Police: Managers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department has taken to reduce the amount and proportion of police funding spent on administrative and managerial roles.

18 Feb 2019 · Home Office

Police Patrolling

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much and what proportion of a police officer's time is spent on walking patrol in their local community.

14 Feb 2019 · Department for Education

Apprentices: Small Businesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the take up of apprenticeships by SMEs has been by (a) level, (b) sector and (c) county.

14 Feb 2019 · Department for Education

Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the value for money of apprenticeships standards compared with apprenticeships frameworks.

12 Feb 2019 · Treasury

Gambling: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the effective tax rate is for (a) bingo clubs, (b) casinos, (c) local betting offices and (d) the Football Pools.

12 Feb 2019 · Treasury

Football Pools: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in pursuant to Answer of 29 January 2019 to Question 210669 on Football Pools: Excise Duties, what assessment he has made of the level of risk that bookmakers will switch their fixed odds bets to pools to avoid payi

12 Feb 2019 · Treasury

Football Pools: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to Answer of 29 January 2019 to Question 210669, what would be the net cost to the public purse of reducing the football pools betting duty from 15 to 10 per cent.

8 Feb 2019 · Home Office

Pornography: Mental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department has made of links between the consumption of pornography and mental health.

8 Feb 2019 · Home Office

Offenders: Religion

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the relationship between an individual's (a) religious identification and (b) propensity to commit crime.

8 Feb 2019 · Attorney General

Sentencing: Appeals

To ask the Attorney General, what criminal convictions he has referred to the Court of Appeal as being unduly lenient in the last five years for which figures are available.

7 Feb 2019 · Home Office

Drugs: Sentencing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a mandatory custodial sentence for people repeatedly convicted of trading class B drugs.

7 Feb 2019 · Department for Exiting the European Union

European Council

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, which Member State has most often been on the losing side in votes within the European Council since 2004.

7 Feb 2019 · Cabinet Office

Employment: Manufacturing Industries

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of jobs are in the manufacturing industry in the most recent period for which figures are available.

7 Feb 2019 · Cabinet Office

Employment: Service Industries

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of jobs are in the service sector in the most recent period for which figures are available.

7 Feb 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Green Belt

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of green belt land is under consideration for development in the most recent period for which figures are available.

7 Feb 2019 · Home Office

Hate Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of hate crime there have been in each police force area in each of the last five years.

7 Feb 2019 · Home Office

Cannabis: Sentencing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a mandatory custodial sentence for people charged with repeated possession of cannabis.

7 Feb 2019 · Home Office

Pornography: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of banning online hardcore pornography.

7 Feb 2019 · Home Office

Pornography: Slavery

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has made an assessment of the correlation between legal pornography, people trafficking and sexual slavery; and if he will make a statement.

7 Feb 2019 · Department for Education

Pupils: Per Capita Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much was spent per pupil in each local authority area in the most recent period for which figures are available.

7 Feb 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: China and Russia

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on investment in UK property by citizens of (a) China and (b) Russia; and if he will make a statement.

7 Feb 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Israel: Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he holds information on the number of refugees that Israel has accepted in the last 10 years.

6 Feb 2019 · Treasury

EU Budget

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the United Kingdom has contributed to the EU budget in the last 10 years.

6 Feb 2019 · Women and Equalities

Transphobia: LGBT+ People

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of intimidation carried out by some LGBT activists towards those who refuse to identify transgender individuals by their preferred pronouns.

30 Jan 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food: National Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural affairs, if the Government will make an assessment of the importance of food security to wider national security.

4 Jan 2019 · Home Office

Animal Experiments: Protest

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to put in place protections for medical researchers conducting medical testing on animals.

4 Jan 2019 · Home Office

Animal Welfare: Protest

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to put in place protections against (a) vegan and vegetarian and (b) other activists for people employed in the meat industry.

4 Jan 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Pakistan: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of democratic process, constitutional freedoms and religious liberty in Pakistan.

4 Jan 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Christianity

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to secure religious freedom for Christians throughout the world.

Source: official written-questions record.