Written questions
1,113 written questions tabled, most recent first.
10 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Department of Health and Social Care: Development Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much Official Development Assistance his Department was allocated in the financial years (a) 2019-20 and (b) 2020-21; and what estimate his Department has made of the amount of Official Develop
2 Feb 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Frontiir: CDC
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, in light of the Government's commitment on 2 February 2021 to review all indirect support to the Myanmar government, what recent assessment he has made to the status of funds
28 Jan 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Developing Countries: Female Genital Mutilation
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to enable the UK to use its presidencies of the G7 and COP26 to ensure that it and other nations (a) build on initial progress on eradicating female g
28 Jan 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Female Genital Mutilation
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what targeted support he is providing to potential victims of female genital mutilation.
25 Jan 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Insecticides
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans his Department has to support the use of non-chemical alternatives to neonicotinoids.
25 Jan 2021 · Department for Education
Free School Meals: Voucher Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason colleges are neither eligible to access the £15-a-week national voucher scheme, nor the £15 weekly payment available to schools for the provision of locally-arranged food vouchers for Free Schoo
25 Jan 2021 · Department for Education
16-19 Bursary Fund: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will bring forward proposals to make emergency 16-19 bursary funding available to providers who have depleted their allocations and are unable to continue supporting their low-income students due to level
25 Jan 2021 · Department for Education
16-19 Bursary Fund: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the 16-19 Bursary Fund for the 2020-21 school year (a) nationally and (b) in areas particularly financially affected by the covid-19 outbreak.
20 Jan 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Myanmar: Sanctions
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans he has to impose further sanctions on Myanmar.
20 Jan 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Myanmar: Rohingya
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has made to his counterpart in Myanmar on allowing Rohingya people to stand in elections.
20 Jan 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Myanmar: Rohingya
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Myanmar Government on the (a) safe repatriation of Rohingya refugees to Rakhine state and (b) reinstatement of citizenship rights
20 Jan 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Myanmar: Rohingya
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the report by Human Rights Watch entitled An Open Prison Without End, on the treatment of Rohingya people
19 Jan 2021 · Department for Education
Overseas Students: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support he is providing to international students at UK universities during the global pandemic.
18 Jan 2021 · Cabinet Office
Blood: Contamination
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress the Government has made on implementing a framework for compensation for the victims of the contaminated blood scandal.
18 Jan 2021 · Department for Education
Erasmus+ Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the UK remains a partner country of the Erasmus Mundus+ masters degree scheme.
15 Dec 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Independent Review
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will set out a timetable for implementing the recommendations of the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review.
15 Dec 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Bangladesh: Rohingya
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Government of Bangladesh works with (a) the UN and (b) international NGOs to assess the safety of the island Bhasan Char for Rohing
15 Dec 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Bangladesh: Rohingya
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has made to his Bangladeshi counterpart on the relocation of Rohingya refugees to the island of Bhasan Char.
15 Dec 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gender: Equality
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that the covid-19 pandemic does not hinder global progress on gender equality.
15 Dec 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gender: Equality
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on levels of gender equality globally of the proposed reduction in official development assistance in 2021.
15 Dec 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Developing Countries: Sexual and Reproductive Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he has taken as a result of the UK’s endorsement of the Guttmacher-Lancet integrated definition of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in 2019.
15 Dec 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Special Envoy for Gender Equality
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when he plans to fill the post of Special Envoy for Gender Equality.
15 Dec 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Developing Countries: Death
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the merits of integrating proposals on sexual and reproductive health in the forthcoming Ending Preventable Deaths Action Plan.
9 Dec 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Cinemas: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Government plans to introduce targeted support for cinemas that are (a) open and (b) closed during the covid-19 outbreak.
1 Dec 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Rented Housing: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he has taken to support households with rent arrears since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
1 Dec 2020 · Treasury
Repossession Orders: Coronavirus
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to help protect homeowners who have exhausted the six-month mortgage payment holiday from having their homes repossessed.
17 Nov 2020 · Women and Equalities
Ethnic Groups: Coronavirus
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps her Department has taken to help tackle the disproportionate effect of the covid-19 outbreak on Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities.
17 Nov 2020 · Women and Equalities
Females: Equality
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent discussions she has had with the Foreign Secretary on the Government’s commitment to international women’s rights ahead of the G20 summit in Riyadh.
17 Nov 2020 · Women and Equalities
Disability: Employment and Equal Pay
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on tackling the disability (a) employment and (b) pay gap.
17 Nov 2020 · Department for Education
Pupil Premium: North of England
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that additional pupil premium funding is targeted at long-term disadvantaged pupils in the North of England.
Source: official written-questions record.