Written questions

840 written questions tabled, most recent first.

16 Mar 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Armenia: Azerbaijan

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he plans to make representations to the Government of Armenia on its refusal to hand over mining maps to Azerbaijan.

16 Mar 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Postal Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that everyone is able to access their post safely, including those affected by (a) domestic abuse and (b) homelessness.

12 Mar 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

UK Community Renewal Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of using the Indices of Multiple Deprivation to prioritise investments through the UK Community Renewal Fund.

12 Mar 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

UK Community Renewal Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how the measure of household income used for the index of economic resilience for the UK Community Renewal Fund differs from the Income Deprivation Domain used in the Indices of

12 Mar 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Levelling Up Fund and UK Community Renewal Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the barriers to immediate publication of the methodology used to calculate the index employed to categorise places for the (a) Levelling Up Fund an

11 Mar 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

BBC Arabic Service

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 8 March 2021 to Question 159293, Israel: BBC Arabic Service, whether his Department's grant-in-aid to the BBC World Service is conditional on editor

11 Mar 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Israel: BBC Arabic Service

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 8 March 2021 to Question 159292, on Israel: BBC Arabic Service, what assessment he has made of whether BBC World Service programming has met his Dep

4 Mar 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Occupied Territories: International Criminal Court

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 2 March 2021 to Question 154987 on Occupied Territories: International Criminal Court, what discussions he has had with his Israeli counterpart on t

4 Mar 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Occupied Territories: International Criminal Court

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 2 March 2021 to Question 154989, on Occupied Territories: International Criminal Court, what discussions he has had with his US counterpart on that

3 Mar 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

International Criminal Court

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he plans to take in response to the February 2021 International Criminal Court ruling that it has jurisdiction over the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem.

3 Mar 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 1 March 2021 to Question 141964 on Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Diagnosis, if he will take steps to collect and hold centrally information on the cost to the NHS of late di

3 Mar 2021 · Treasury

Cash Dispensing

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the planned timescale is for bringing forward a draft Bill on protecting access to cash; and if he will publish details of the scope of that legislation.

3 Mar 2021 · Treasury

Cash Dispensing: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps assessment his Department has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on access to cash; and what steps he is taking to protect access to cash.

3 Mar 2021 · Treasury

Cash Dispensing

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the planned timescale is for bringing forward legislative proposals on protecting access to cash.

1 Mar 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of new innovative payment models that would be required to support patient access to innovative and potentially curative gene and cell therapy.

1 Mar 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Chronic Illnesses: Gene Therapies

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of future routes to market for gene therapies with regard to the potential transformative effect of those one-off therapeutics for the treatment of chronic disease.

1 Mar 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Rare Diseases: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect on patients with rare diseases of NICE's proposed changes to eligibility criteria for the Highly Specialised Technology pathway.

26 Feb 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Israel: BBC Arabic Service

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the accuracy of recent reports of bias by the BBC Arabic service in its reporting on Israel.

26 Feb 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Israel: BBC Arabic Service

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the compatibility of the (a) editorial line taken by the BBC’s Arabic service on matters relating to the state of Israel with (b) the Go

25 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuit to the Answer of 24 February 2021 to Question 141963, in what format his Department and NHS England collects data on the average time for a patient with (a) Crohn’s disease and (b) ulcerati

25 Feb 2021 · Department for International Trade

Trade Agreements: India

What steps she is taking to strengthen the UK’s trade relationship with India.

19 Feb 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning: Public Consultation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the proposed changes to community input in planning at the local plan stage set out in the Planning for the future White Paper published in August 2020, what pl

19 Feb 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Remote Working

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of (a) remote working and (b) housing demand outside of towns and cities; and what plans he has to (i) alleviate pressure for n

19 Feb 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Occupied Territories: International Criminal Court

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his US counterpart on the International Criminal Court’s ruling of 5 February 2021 that it has jurisdiction over the West Bank, Gaza and East

19 Feb 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Occupied Territories: International Criminal Court

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in the US Administration on the International Criminal Court’s ruling that it has jurisdiction over the West Bank, Gaza and E

19 Feb 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Occupied Territories: International Criminal Court

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 February 2021 International Criminal Court ruling on the situation of Palestine.

8 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February 2021 to Question 141964 on Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Diagnosis, for what reason information relating to the cost to the NHS for late diagnosis of Crohn’s dise

2 Feb 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Social Media: Antisemitism

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will issue guidance to Ofcom, on (a) adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism and (b) on analysing the behaviour of social media compani

29 Jan 2021 · Cabinet Office

Shipping: Quarantine

To ask the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what representations her Department has received on the potential exemption of maritime key workers from covid-19 quarantine restrictions, in line with previous exemptions granted.

29 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the recent example set by Singapore, what discussions his Department has had on when maritime key workers will be prioritised for covid-19 vaccinations.

Source: official written-questions record.