Written questions
1,113 written questions tabled, most recent first.
23 Jun 2020 · Department for International Development
Gender: Equality
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether the Government remains committed to her Department's strategic vision for gender equality policy; and whether that policy will inform the wider aims of the new Foreign, Commonwealth and
23 Jun 2020 · Department for International Development
Department for International Development: Reorganisation
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which trade unions were consulted by her Department as part of the decision to merge the Department for International Development with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
23 Jun 2020 · Department for International Development
Department for International Development: Reorganisation
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether a cost assessment was completed prior to the announcement of the merger of the Department for International Development and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
22 Jun 2020 · Cabinet Office
Ethnic Groups: Equality
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Race Disparity Audit, whether his Department has undertaken an impact assessment of the explain or change approach adopted by the Race Disparity Unit when working with the Department of Edu
22 Jun 2020 · Cabinet Office
Ethnic Groups: Equality
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Race Disparity Audit, whether his Department has undertaken an impact assessment of the explain or change approach adopted by the Race Disparity Unit when working with the Ministry of Justi
22 Jun 2020 · Cabinet Office
Ethnic Groups: Equality
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Race Disparity Audit, whether his Department has undertaken an impact assessment of the explain or change approach adopted by the Race Disparity Unit when working with the Department for Bu
22 Jun 2020 · Cabinet Office
Ethnic Groups: Equality
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Race Disparity Audit, whether his Department has undertaken an impact assessment of the explain or change approach adopted by the Race Disparity Unit when working with the Ministry of Housi
22 Jun 2020 · Cabinet Office
Ethnic Groups: Equality
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Race Disparity Audit, whether his Department has undertaken an impact assessment of the explain or change approach adopted by the Race Disparity Unit when working with the Department for He
16 Jun 2020 · Women and Equalities
Ethnic Groups: Equality
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the Race Disparity Audit, whether her Department has undertaken an impact assessment of the explain or change approach adopted by the Race Disparity Unit when working with the Home Office; an
16 Jun 2020 · Department for International Development
Developing Countries: Equality
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of public-private sector partnerships for improving gender equality in developing countries.
16 Jun 2020 · Department for International Development
Bangladesh: Migrant Camps
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of the recommendations on page 13 of the report entitled, The Shadow Pandemic: Gender-Based Violence among Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar,
16 Jun 2020 · Department for International Development
Bangladesh: Migrant Camps
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 27 April 2020 to Question 38888 on Bangladesh: Migrant Camps, what recent representations he has made to his Bangladeshi counterpart on changes to the telecommunication
16 Jun 2020 · Department for International Development
Development Aid: Females
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 6 May 2020 to Question 41953 on Overseas Aid: Females, whether the (a) Strategic Vision and (b) implementation plan have been amended as a result of that NAO report to
16 Jun 2020 · Department for International Development
Bangladesh: Migrant Camps
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the International Rescue Committee’s report entitled The Shadow Pandemic: Gender-Based Violence amongst Rohingya refugees in
16 Jun 2020 · Department for International Development
Bangladesh: Migrant Camps
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of the level of gender-based violence in Cox’s Bazar (a) before and (b) during the covid-19 pandemic; and what plans her Department has to maintain and ex
16 Jun 2020 · Department for International Development
Bangladesh: Migrant Camps
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations she has made to UN agencies and the Government of Bangladesh to ensure that gender-based violence (GBV) services are designated as essential in order to allow for continuity
16 Jun 2020 · Department for International Development
Bangladesh: Migrant Camps
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what additional funding her Department has allocated to programmes in Cox’s Bazar Bangladesh to (a) support the covid-19 response and (b) maintain and expand gender-based violence services in re
15 Jun 2020 · Cabinet Office
Ethnic Groups: Equality
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Racial Disparity Unit has taken to reduce racial disparities at local government level; and what assessment he has made of the effect on analysis by that Unit of including regional data categories
3 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health Services: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the extent of staff shortages in the NHS mental health workforce; and what steps his Department is taking to tackle those shortages.
3 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health Services: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to potential increases in demand for mental health services as a result of the covid-19 outbreak, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of Government funding for those s
1 Jun 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Coronavirus: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Government plans to implement the recommendations of the Scope's report entitled the Disability Report: Disabled People and the Coronavirus Crisis, published in May 2020.
22 May 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Rohingya: Refugees
To ask the Secretary of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has held with regional stakeholders to help ensure the development of an effective response to Rohingya refugees displaced at sea.
11 May 2020 · Department for International Development
Myanmar: Elections
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department is providing to Burma in relation to the parliamentary elections to be held in November 2020 in that country.
11 May 2020 · Department for International Development
Rohingya: Refugees
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much and what proportion of Official Development Assistance to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh has been allocated to Rohingya community organisations in refugee camps.
11 May 2020 · Department for International Development
Myanmar: Refugees
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions she has held with her Burmese counterpart on restrictions on the delivery of humanitarian aid to internally displaced people in the states of (a) Rakhine, (b) Kachin and
11 May 2020 · Department for International Development
Myanmar: Refugees
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what additional Official Development Assistance her Department has allocated to tackling the covid-19 pandemic in relation to internally displaced people in Burma.
11 May 2020 · Department for International Development
South Asia: Refugees
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what additional funding her Department has allocated to tackling the covid-19 pandemic in relation to refugees from Burma in (a) Bangladesh and (b) Thailand.
11 May 2020 · Department for International Development
Myanmar: Development Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department has plans to undertake a review of the Official Development Assistance it allocates to Burma.
4 May 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Self-employed: Coronavirus
What estimate he has made of the number of self-employed people who do not qualify for covid-19 support.
1 May 2020 · Department for International Development
Development Aid: Females
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the implications for her Department's policies of paragraph 9 of the National Audit Office report entitled, Improving the lives of women and girls overseas, publi
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