Written questions

840 written questions tabled, most recent first.

18 May 2020 · Treasury

Tobacco: Smuggling

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government will take to enforce the deadline of 20 May 2020 whereby cigarettes and hand-rolling tobacco products that are not sold through cannot be sold.

18 May 2020 · Treasury

Tobacco: Smuggling

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans the Government has for the tobacco track and trace system in the UK at the end of the transition period; and if he will make a statement.

23 Mar 2020 · Home Office

Ministers of Religion: Migrant Workers

What steps she has taken through her immigration policies to enable religious workers from India to staff places of worship in the UK.

6 Mar 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Iran: Identity Cards

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has received on the (a) access to fundamental rights of Iranian citizens who do not have a new digitised ID card and (b) effect of that new system on (i) members o

8 Jan 2020 · Scotland Office

United Kingdom

What steps he is taking to help strengthen the Union.

5 Nov 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

India: Foreign Relations

What diplomatic steps he has taken to strengthen UK relations with India.

30 Oct 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Palestinians: Press Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterpart in the Palestinian Authority on the effect of the implementation of the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act 2016 on freedom of the

30 Oct 2019 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Harrow East

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department made of the effect on the local economy in Harrow East constituency of (a) spending and (b) investment by (i) his Department and (ii) the armed forces since 2015.

30 Oct 2019 · Northern Ireland Office

Northern Ireland Government

What progress has been made on restoring devolved government in Northern Ireland.

3 Oct 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Youth Centres

What steps her Department is taking to increase the provision of youth centres.

2 Jul 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Khaleda Zia

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the imprisonment of the main opposition leader in Bangladesh, Khaleda Zia, on political stability in that country; and what represen

27 Jun 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Smoking: Health Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding his Department has committed to spend on campaigns to promote the cessation of smoking in 2019-20.

23 May 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Lotteries

Whether he plans to increase the annual turnover limit for society lotteries to £100 million per annum.

20 May 2019 · Ministry of Defence

Nuclear Weapons: Employment

What recent estimate she has made of the number of jobs supported by the nuclear defence sector.

25 Apr 2019 · Department for International Trade

Overseas Trade: India

What steps he is taking to increase the UK's proportion of global trade with India.

18 Apr 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Smoking: Health Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding his Department spent on campaigns to promote the cessation of smoking in 2018-19; and what funding has been allocated to such campaigns in 2019-20.

4 Apr 2019 · Department for Education

Universities: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the level of (a) female and (b) BAME representation in top university positions.

4 Apr 2019 · Department for Education

Overseas Students: Universities

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on ensuring that the UK continues to attract international students to British universities after the UK leaves the EU.

4 Apr 2019 · Department for Education

Stem Subjects: Degrees

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps he has taken to encourage more students to study STEM degrees.

2 Apr 2019 · Home Office

Police: Emergency Calls

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of legal protections for police emergency drivers; and if he will make a statement.

28 Mar 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Reoffenders: Community Orders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of commencing Section 151 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 to allow courts to deal more appropriately with low-level offences by repeat offend

28 Mar 2019 · Home Office

Shoplifting: Harrow East

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to support convenience retailers in Harrow East to prevent shop theft.

11 Mar 2019 · Department for Education

Apprentices: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of companies who have transferred the apprenticeship levy in London.

26 Feb 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Kashmir: Terrorism

What diplomatic steps he has taken to support India following the recent terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir.

25 Feb 2019 · Department for Education

Teachers: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 9 January 2019 to Question 204600 on Teachers: Pay, what advice his Department received on the decision to award the teachers’ pay grant to maintained schools and academies and not six

11 Feb 2019 · Department for Education

Teachers: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 9 January 2019 to Question 204600 on Teachers: Pay, what representations his Department received on the decision to award the teachers’ pay grant to maintained schools and academies bu

31 Jan 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department made of the needs of urban areas when allocating £1 billion of additional funding in the provisional local government finance settlement.

31 Jan 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Social Services: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential effects on children of not using the children’s services relative needs formula to distribute the social care support g

29 Jan 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Smoking

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department spent from the public purse on campaigns to promote the cessation of smoking in 2017-18.

20 Dec 2018 · Department for International Trade

Overseas Trade: Israel

What opportunities he identified for further trade co-operation with Israel during his recent visit to that country.

Source: official written-questions record.