Written questions

840 written questions tabled, most recent first.

22 Feb 2018 · Department for International Trade

Technology: Israel

What steps he is taking to strengthen trade co-operation with Israel in the high-tech sector.

8 Feb 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Tobacco

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to monitor adherence to the revised guidance to UK overseas posts on support to the tobacco industry, issued in December 2013, and if he will make a statement.

8 Feb 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Tobacco

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how he monitors observance by UK overseas posts of the revised guidance on support to the tobacco industry published in December 2013.

8 Feb 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Tobacco

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will set out all instances where assistance was provided to the tobacco industry by UK overseas posts since December 2013.

8 Feb 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Tobacco

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how his Department monitors the observance of guidance on support to the tobacco industry in its overseas posts; what assessment he has made of compliance with that guidance by those post

8 Feb 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Religious Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department has held recent round-table meetings on freedom of religion or belief with interested stakeholders; if he will make a statement.

8 Feb 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Religious Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will provide additional compulsory training on religion and freedom of religion or belief for diplomats and Government officials working in countries where violations of those freed

8 Feb 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

India: Social Security

To ask the Secretary of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, if he will take steps to establish an India-UK social security totalisation agreement; and if he will make a statement.

7 Feb 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Religious Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make freedom of religion or belief a strategic priority.

19 Dec 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Derelict Land

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to support the development of small brownfield sites.

19 Dec 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Derelict Land

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to promote the benefits of brownfield registers to local authorities, developers, and communities.

19 Dec 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Derelict Land

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his Department’s assessment is of the progress local authorities are making on developing their brownfield land register.

12 Dec 2017 · Home Office

Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made on extending the special China visitor visa pilot scheme to include other nations; and if she will make a statement.

11 Dec 2017 · Department for Education

Faith Schools

What steps she is taking to support the opening of more faith schools.

27 Nov 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Rented Housing: Homelessness

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans his Department has to evaluate the effectiveness of the access programme announced in the Budget 2017 to help homeless people to rent accommodation.

27 Nov 2017 · Ministry of Defence

Type 31 Frigates: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made on implementing the National Shipbuilding Strategy and procuring the Type 31e frigate.

21 Nov 2017 · Department of Health

Tobacco

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the grant competition to support implementation of the Tobacco Control Plan for England will contain provisions for future year funding to cover the full length of the Plan from 2017 to 2022.

21 Nov 2017 · Department of Health

Tobacco

To ask the Secretary of State, what plans his Department has to open the competition for the grant to support implementation of the Tobacco Control Plan for England this year.

21 Nov 2017 · Department of Health

Tobacco

To ask the Secretary of State, when his Department plans to complete the approvals process to enable the competition for a grant to support implementation of the Tobacco Control Plan to proceed.

21 Nov 2017 · Department of Health

Tobacco

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has budgeted for 2017-18 for a grant to support implementation of the Tobacco Control Plan for England.

20 Nov 2017 · Department for International Trade

Trade Agreements

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment he has made of his Department's capacity to negotiate new trade agreements after the UK leaves the EU.

10 Nov 2017 · Department of Health

Abortion

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to ensure that studies on abortion that are (a) funded and (b) supported by his Department do not omit women who are at higher risk of complications from abortion; and if he will make

10 Nov 2017 · Department of Health

Abortion

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will undertake an evidence-based review into the association with and effect of abortion on the psychological and mental health of women that draws on (a) UK and (b) international research; and i

30 Oct 2017 · Home Office

Counter-terrorism

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to assist Prevent in its duty to inhibit public sector engagement with extremist groups.

30 Oct 2017 · Home Office

Counter-terrorism

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has put in place to ensure that groups run by people supporting extremist views are excluded from working with public sector institutions covered by the Prevent strategy, including the

12 Oct 2017 · Department of Health

Continuing Care: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many Continuing Healthcare claims for repayment of fees paid were outstanding in each of the last 12 months.

6 Oct 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Bangladesh: British American Tobacco

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government has given assistance to British American Tobacco in its challenge to the claim for unpaid VAT brought against it by the Government of Bangladesh; and if he will mak

6 Oct 2017 · Department of Health

Continuing Care: Medical Records

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on the retention of patient records for use by people who are claiming funds back as part of the NHS Continuing Healthcare scheme.

6 Oct 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Diplomatic Service: Tobacco

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many representations UK diplomatic posts have made to overseas governments on behalf of tobacco companies since the revised guidelines for overseas posts on support to the tobacco ind

6 Oct 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Diplomatic Service: Tobacco

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what training or information has been provided to UK diplomatic posts on the revised guidelines for overseas posts on support to the tobacco industry since those guidelines were published

Source: official written-questions record.