Written questions

826 written questions tabled, most recent first.

10 May 2022 · Department for Transport

P&O Ferries

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times (a) Ministers and (b) officials from his Department have met representatives from P&O Ferries Ltd since 17 March 2022.

10 May 2022 · Department for Transport

Ferries: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Maritime and Coastguard Agency last discussed safety compliance in the ferry sector with the (a) Cypriot, (b) Bahamian and (c) Bermudan ship registers.

10 May 2022 · Department for Transport

Merchant Shipping: Discrimination

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether it is his policy to prohibit all forms of discrimination against all seafarers working in the merchant shipping industry.

10 May 2022 · Department for Transport

P&O Ferries: Redundancy

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the dates of any discussions his Department has had with the (a) Cypriot, (b) Bahamian and (c) Bermudan ship registers on P&O Ferries Ltd.'s dismissal of UK seafarers on 17 March 2022.

10 May 2022 · Department for Transport

Seafarers (Insolvency, Collective Redundancies and Information and Consultation Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2018

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had recent discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the Seafarers (Insolvency, Collective Redundancies and Information and Consultation Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2018 following P&O Ferr

4 Mar 2022 · Department for International Trade

Sanctions: Russia

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what support (a) is available and (b) her Department plans to provide to UK businesses affected by (i) export and (ii) other sanctions on Russian industries and individuals.

18 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Motor Neurone Disease: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will confirm that the recently announced £50m for targeted motor neurone disease (MND) research will be awarded in full to the scientific programme set out in the submission by MND charities

18 Feb 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Freeports

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what discussions he has had with the (a) Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and (b) Secretary of State for Transport on the Freeport bidding process and

18 Feb 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Freeports

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 7 February 2022 to Question 115885 on Thames Freeport, if he will list all businesses directly involved in the bids for the (a) Thames, (b) Solent, (c) Humb

18 Feb 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Freeports

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the answer of 7 February 2022 to Question 115885 on Thames Freeport, what discussions his Department has had with the Department for Work and Pensions since December 2019

18 Feb 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Freeports: Subsidiary Companies

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the answer of 7 February 2022 to Question 115885 on Thames Freeport, if he will list the criteria used to assess the UK pension liabilities of international companies wit

2 Feb 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Thames Freeport

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department made an assessment of the pension liabilities of DP World’s UK subsidiaries during the Freeport bidding process.

1 Feb 2022 · Department for International Trade

World Expo: Dubai

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2022 to Question 110333, what the total cost to her Department was of staffing the UK Government’s pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai.

1 Feb 2022 · Department for International Trade

World Expo: Dubai

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January to Question 110332, to list the 20 UK travel and transport companies referenced as having taken part in the Department’s programme at the Expo 2020 Dubai.

1 Feb 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Merchant Shipping: Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) retired and (b) active seafarers are members of the Merchant Navy Ratings Pension Fund (MNRPF); and what recent assessment she has made of the current valuation of the MNRPF.

25 Jan 2022 · Treasury

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when his Department plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Hull East of 19 November 2021 on tonnage tax reform.

24 Jan 2022 · Home Office

Skilled Workers: Shipping

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2022 to Question 93748 on Immigration Controls: Shipping, what the status is of deckhands in the (a) fishing and (b) merchant navy with respect to the Shortage Occu

24 Jan 2022 · Department for Transport

World Expo: Dubai

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has allocated (a) funding and (b) staff to the Government’s pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai from 1 October 2021 to 31 March 2022.

24 Jan 2022 · Department for International Trade

World Expo: Dubai

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many businesses operating in the UK (a) shipping and (b) ports industry have exhibited in the UK's pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai from 1 October 2021 to date.

24 Jan 2022 · Department for International Trade

World Expo: Dubai

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent assessment he has made of whether the cost of the UK’s pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai from 1 October 2021 to 31 March 2022 will remain within its allocated budget.

15 Dec 2021 · Home Office

Minimum Wage: Shipping

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with ministerial colleagues in the (a) Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and (b) Department for Transport on the enforcement of the National Minimum

15 Dec 2021 · Home Office

Immigration Controls: Shipping

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with ministerial colleagues in the Department for Transport on the points-based immigration system and seafarer employment.

15 Dec 2021 · Home Office

Immigration Controls: Shipping

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the publication of 1 December 2021, Points-based immigration system: delivering on people’s priorities, if she will make an assessment of the impact of the points based system on ski

15 Dec 2021 · Home Office

Migrant Workers: Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many employers in Standard Industrial Classifications (a) 50100-50400 and (b) 52220 have used the visa system to import labour to the UK in each year since 2016 to date.

17 Nov 2021 · Home Office

Migrant Workers: Wind Power

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 25 October 2021 to Question 58819 on Migrant Workers: Wind Power, when her Department plans to reach a decision on (a) renewing or (b) ending the concession before the expiry

15 Nov 2021 · Home Office

Migrant Workers: Wind Power

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 25 October 2021 to Question 58819 on Migrant Workers: Home Office, what UK Visas and Immigration’s annual (a) costs and (b) staff hours are from (i) administering and (ii) re

15 Nov 2021 · Home Office

Migrant Workers: Wind Power

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will (a) publish the process for reviewing the Offshore Wind Workers Immigration Rules Concession 2017 and (b) take steps to include maritime trade unions in that process.

15 Nov 2021 · Home Office

UK Visas and Immigration: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 25 October 2021 to Question 58819 on Migrant Workers: Home Office, how many letters have UK Visas and Immigration received from employers under the terms of the concession as

15 Nov 2021 · Home Office

Migrant Workers: Wind Power

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 25 October 2021 to Question 58819 on Migrant Workers: Home Office, what steps her Department is taking to assess whether firms involved in the construction or maintenance of

15 Nov 2021 · Home Office

Migrant Workers: Wind Power

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 25 October 2021 to Question 58819 on Migrant Workers: Home Office, how many visas have been issued to foreign nationals arriving for work in UK territorial waters under the t

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