Written questions

688 written questions tabled, most recent first.

24 May 2022 · Treasury

Bank Services

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 24 May 2022 to Question 4565, on Bank Services, which banks are participants in the Current Account Switch Guarantee; and which challenger banks are excluded.

23 May 2022 · Treasury

Financial Services Compensation Scheme: Cost of Living

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the impact on the cost of living of the twentyfold increase since 2017 in the levy paid by investment managers for the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.

23 May 2022 · Treasury

Consumers: Protection

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the impact on UK competitiveness of the Financial Conduct Authority's recently consulted proposals entitled A New Consumer Duty; and what cost benefit analysis he has done of th

18 May 2022 · Treasury

Bank Services

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) effectiveness and (b) impact on customers of the current account switch guarantee.

10 May 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Cameroon: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what humanitarian assistance the Government is providing to Anglophone regions in Cameroon, including to those internally displaced by continuing armed conflict, in 2022.

10 May 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Cameroon: Medecins Sans Frontieres

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the impact on the humanitarian situation in South West Cameroon of the suspension in late March of the activities of the charity Me

31 Mar 2022 · Home Office

Terrorism: Yemen

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department is reviewing the designation of the Houthi movement as a terrorist organisation; and what assessment she has made of the impact of the designation of that movement as a terroris

30 Mar 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ukraine: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what projects in Ukraine have been funded with Overseas Development Assistance in each of the last eight years.

28 Mar 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Indonesia: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, which projects in Indonesia are being funded with Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) from the UK Government either (a) directly or (b) by the UK Prosperity Fund or (c) by

11 Mar 2022 · Department for Transport

Road Signs and Markings: Speed Limits

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what service target his Department has in place for National Highways to install a speed-activated warning sign along dangerous parts of A-roads, including the A46.

7 Mar 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Tree Preservation Orders

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many Tree Protection Orders there are in (a) Malvern Hills District, (b) Worcestershire and (c) each local authority in England.

3 Mar 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Tunisia: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the political situation in Tunisia.

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

UK Shared Prosperity Fund: Worcestershire

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much Shared Prosperity Fund money he plans to allocate to Worcestershire in each of the next three financial years.

28 Feb 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

European Social Fund: Worcestershire

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much European Social Fund money has been spent in Worcestershire in each of the last five financial years.

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

European Regional Development Fund: Worcestershire

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much European Regional Development Fund money has been spent in Worcestershire in each of the last five financial years.

1 Feb 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Control: Tenbury Wells

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of progress on the delivery of the Tenbury Wells flood defence scheme.

27 Jan 2022 · Treasury

Humanitarian Aid: Afghanistan

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to implement United Nations Security Council Resolution 2615 to allow UK banks to facilitate humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan.

24 Jan 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Developing Countries: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what specific steps her Department has taken to advance the two global targets for girls’ education since those targets were endorsed at the G7 in June 2021.

24 Jan 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Commonwealth: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans she has to take steps with the government of Rwanda to encourage each Commonwealth country to sign the Kenyatta Declaration on education, announced at the 2021 Glo

24 Jan 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Developing Countries: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans she has to track progress towards achieving the two global targets on girls’ education endorsed by G7 leaders in June 2021.

24 Jan 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2022 to Question 103540 on Housing: Construction, if he will provide further basis to the statement that lower household projections do not mean

13 Jan 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he plans to take steps to revise down future housing projections in local plans in the context of the latest population predictions from the Office for National Statistics.

14 Dec 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Afghanistan: Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions her Department is having with the Home Office on a scheme to allow human rights defenders, democratically elected representatives and women's rights champion

14 Dec 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Afghanistan: Sanctions

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions her Department is having with HM Treasury on issuing updated sanctions guidance to give aid agencies, banks and other private sector actors greater clarity a

14 Dec 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Afghanistan: Bank Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps she is taking at the World Bank and other multilateral institutions to tackle the banking and liquidity crisis in Afghanistan to allow teachers and othe

13 Dec 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband: West Worcestershire

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what progress has been made on (a) West Worcestershire rural broadband projects numbers 50348, 47608 and 35185 and (b) vouchers requested but not issued to broadband projects in West Wor

7 Dec 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

South Sudan: Humanitarian Situation

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she has taken to address the humanitarian situation in South Sudan following the recent floods as outlined in the UNOCHA Global Humanitarian Overview; and if she w

7 Dec 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

South Sudan: Internally Displaced People

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has received of the level of malnutrition observed in the Bentiu camp for internally displaced people in South Sudan; and what nutritional and prim

7 Dec 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

South Sudan: Internally Displaced People

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she has taken to ensure that basic water and sanitation services are available in the Bentiu camp for internally displaced persons in South Sudan.

7 Dec 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

South Sudan: Floods

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what additional funding she has allocated to the emergency flood response in South Sudan.

Source: official written-questions record.