Written questions
743 written questions tabled, most recent first.
9 Feb 2022 · Department for Transport
Unmanned Air Systems: Delivery Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with the Civil Aviation Authority on enabling Royal Mail and other delivery companies to use drones to deliver to more remote areas of the UK, such as in the Highlands and Isl
27 Jan 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
INTERREG Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether continued membership of Interreg programmes will be possible for UK-based organisations following the UK's departure from the EU.
25 Jan 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Yemen: Armed Conflict
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that parties to the conflict in Yemen that are responsible for the killing and maiming of children are held to account.
25 Jan 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Yemen: Military Intervention
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations she has made to the government of Saudi Arabia on strengthening the (a) monitoring and investigation of civilian casualties and (b) potential violations
25 Jan 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Yemen: Armed Conflict
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government plans to take as penholder for Yemen on the UN Security Council in response to the recent escalation in conflict in that country.
18 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Quarantine
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether people who have received their covid-19 vaccinations out-with the UK are included in the exemption to self isolate if identified as a close contact of someone who has tested positive.
17 Jan 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment and Support Allowance: Scotland
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of people who have been affected by the underpayment of benefits after transitioning from incapacity benefit to employment and support allowance in each Scottish
13 Jan 2022 · Scotland Office
INTERREG Programme: Scotland
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to the Answer of 10 January 2022 to Question 100496, if his Department will publish a list of all independent Managing Authorities responsible for making payments to organisations supported by Interreg
10 Jan 2022 · Scotland Office
INTERREG Programme: Scotland
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list the Scotland-based organisations currently in receipt of Interreg Funding from the European Regional Development Fund.
10 Jan 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
INTERREG Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will list the UK-based organisations currently in receipt of Interreg Funding from the European Regional Development Fund.
4 Jan 2022 · Scotland Office
Broadcasting: Scots Gaelic Language
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on support for Gaelic broadcasting in Scotland in the forthcoming Broadcasting White Paper.
4 Jan 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Scots Gaelic Language: Broadcasting
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what consideration has been given to support for Gaelic broadcasting in the forthcoming Broadcasting White Paper.
16 Dec 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
PAYE: Scotland
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for its policies of the increase in PAYE employees between February 2020 and October 2021 being substantially lower in fou
16 Dec 2021 · Scotland Office
PAYE: Scotland
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, with reference to page 49 of Scotland’s Economic and Fiscal Forecasts, published by the Scottish Fiscal Commission in December 2021, what assessment his Department has made of the reason for the increase in PAYE
16 Dec 2021 · Scotland Office
Fiscal Policy: Scotland
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what progress has been made on negotiations between the Government and the Scottish Government on the Fiscal Framework.
16 Dec 2021 · Treasury
Income Tax: Scotland
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential difference between projections and actual Scottish income tax receipts from the fiscal framework mechanisms.
16 Dec 2021 · Treasury
PAYE: Scotland
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to page 49 of Scotland’s Economic and Fiscal Forecasts, published by the Scottish Fiscal Commission in December 2021, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for its policies of th
16 Dec 2021 · Treasury
Fiscal Policy: Scotland
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent progress his Department has made with the Scottish Government on the fiscal framework negotiations.
16 Dec 2021 · Treasury
Income Tax: Scotland
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to page 23 of Scotland’s Economic and Fiscal Forecasts, published by the Scottish Fiscal Commission in December 2021, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for its policies of th
16 Dec 2021 · Treasury
Scottish Government: Public Finance
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the £1 billion shortfall identified by the Scottish Fiscal Commission in the Scottish Government public finances in the financial year 2026-27.
16 Dec 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Yemen: Peace Negotiations
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent progress has been made by the UN special envoy, Martin Griffiths, on helping to restore the peace process in Yemen.
6 Dec 2021 · Treasury
Culture Recovery Fund: Scotland
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much of the estimated £40 million in Barnett consequentials from the £300 million final round of the Culture Recovery Fund has been delivered to the Scottish Government.
17 Nov 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Charities: Lotteries
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans the Government has to increase the charity lottery annual sales limit from £50 million to £100 million.
17 Nov 2021 · Home Office
Nationality and Borders Bill
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when will she publish results of the public consultation that took place prior to the introduction of the Nationality and Borders Bill.
17 Nov 2021 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the proportion of UK emissions emitted by armed forces operations.
17 Nov 2021 · Ministry of Defence
Defence Equipment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the greenhouse gas emissions emitted by UK military equipment manufacturers in each of the last five years.
17 Nov 2021 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of levels of direct emissions from the operations of the armed forces.
8 Nov 2021 · Home Office
Migrant Workers: Hospitality Industry and Tourism
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of trends in workforce supply and demand in the hospitality and tourism sectors; and what assessment she has made of the potential merits of allowing those sectors a speci
8 Nov 2021 · Treasury
Hospitality Industry: VAT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the (a) effectiveness of the reduction in VAT for the hospitality sector and (b) potential merits of extending that reduction.
4 Nov 2021 · Treasury
Public Expenditure: Scotland
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much of the Barnett consequentials resulting from the Autumn Budget 2021 are as a result of health spending in England.
Source: official written-questions record.