Written questions
959 written questions tabled, most recent first.
26 Jun 2019 · Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Defence: Iron and Steel
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if she will sign her Department up to the UK Steel charter.
26 Jun 2019 · Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Defence: Iron and Steel
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether her Department has had discussions with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on the UK Steel charter.
26 Jun 2019 · Treasury
Tax Avoidance: Convictions
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many criminal convictions there have been of promoters of loan schemes subject to the 2019 Loan Charge.
26 Jun 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
Genomics
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what role will genomic multi-disciplinary teams play in whole genome sequencing.
26 Jun 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost is of a single whole genome sequencing test for (a) blood cancers and (b) other cancer types.
26 Jun 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
Genomics: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, who will hold responsibility for adding new tests to the National Genomic Test Directory.
26 Jun 2019 · Treasury
Tax Avoidance
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people with closed tax years are affected by the 2019 Loan Charge.
26 Jun 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the final NHS people plan will be published.
25 Jun 2019 · Department for Education
English Language: Refugees
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to invest in ESOL provision for (a) refugees and (b) migrants.
24 Jun 2019 · Department for Education
English Language: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to improve access to English for Speakers of Other Languages for refugees.
20 Jun 2019 · Department for Education
Apprentices: Taxation
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish from May 2019 the monthly (a) proportion and (b) amount of unused apprenticeship levy following the expiry of the two-year period for its use.
20 Jun 2019 · Department for Education
Apprentices: Taxation
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much apprenticeship levy was paid by levy employers in (a) May 2017 and expired in April 2019 and (b) June 2017 and expired in May 2019 because the funds had not been used.
6 Jun 2019 · Department for International Development
Developing Countries: Tuberculosis
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of strengthening TB prevention, diagnosis and treatment on (a) rates of antimicrobial resistance and (b) health systems around the world.
6 Jun 2019 · Department for International Development
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he is taking with international counterparts to promote the allocation of additional funding for the sixth replenishment of the Global Fund.
6 Jun 2019 · Department for International Development
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of whether the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria has adequate resources to successfully treat 40 million people with TB by 2022, as set out in the commitments
6 Jun 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing (a) German, French and Netherlands-style discounts on network costs, (b) a Capacity Market Levy exemption, (c)
6 Jun 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when the Government plans to provide a higher level of exemption to the UK steel sector for the costs of renewables.
6 Jun 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if the Government will commit to providing competitive power prices for the steel sector.
6 Jun 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to UK Steel's report entitled The Energy Price Scandal, published in December 2018, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of impleme
6 Jun 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effect of high electricity prices on the resilience of the UK steel industry.
6 Jun 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effect of uncompetitive electricity prices in the UK steel sector on that sector’s ability to compete internationally.
6 Jun 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government has made an estimate of the cost of electricity in the steel sectors in (a) the UK, (b) Germany and (c) France.
3 Jun 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Nurses
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Harding review will address the shortage of clinical nurse specialists for people undergoing cancer treatment.
3 Jun 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the ability of GPs and health professionals to understand and use NICE Guideline 12.
3 Jun 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were diagnosed with cancer through the NICE Guideline 12 pathway in (a) 2016, (b) 2017 and (c) 2018.
3 Jun 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that NICE Guideline 12, for suspected cancers, is being adhered to.
22 May 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Islamophobia
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government (a) is taking and (b) plans to take to address Islamophobia in the UK.
20 May 2019 · Department for Education
Education: ICT
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the new EdTech Leadership Group will be convened; and how the leadership group will be selected.
15 May 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Electronic Training Aids
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 13 May 2019 to Question 249947, whether the Government has plans to bring forward legislation to ban the use of electronic shock collars by mid-July.
15 May 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Sudan: Demonstrations
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether British diplomats received a warning not to attend protests in the days before protesters in Khartoum were violently attacked on 13 May 2019.
Source: official written-questions record.