Written questions

688 written questions tabled, most recent first.

3 Mar 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Retail Trade: Opening Hours

What plans he has to enable high street shops to set their opening hours.

2 Mar 2020 · Ministry of Defence

Cameroon: Military Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what training UK armed forces are providing to the (a) armed forces and (b) security forces of the Government of Cameroon.

2 Mar 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Cameroon: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) political, (b) humanitarian and (c) security situations in the Anglophone region of Cameroon; and what steps he is taking with the Government

2 Mar 2020 · Department for International Trade

Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, when the appeal to the Supreme Court in in respect of the process for issuing arms export licences to Saudi Arabia and its coalition partners will take place.

28 Feb 2020 · Department for International Trade

Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what progress her Department's Export Control Joint Unit is making on re-evaluating of extant export licences in relation to the export of arms and military equipment to Saudi Arabia.

28 Feb 2020 · Department for International Trade

Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what progress her Department's Export Control Joint Unit is making in developing a new licencing process in connection with exports to Saudi Arabia and its coalition partners.

27 Feb 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Sudan: Economic Situation

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he is having with the Secretary of State for International Development on providing support for the reform of the Sudanese economy to reduce the number of Sudanese people

27 Feb 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Sudan: Terrorism

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to help the Sudanese Government seek its removal from the United States' list of state sponsors of terrorism.

27 Feb 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Sudan: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to support Sudan's transition to a democratically-elected civilian-led Government.

26 Feb 2020 · Department for International Development

Department for International Development: Sudan

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether she has plans to visit Sudan.

26 Feb 2020 · Department for Transport

North Cotswold Line

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the timeframe is for the Network Rail to report its study of the North Cotswold Line Transformation Taskforce Option Five.

25 Feb 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Libya and Sahel: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the security situation in (a) the Sahel region and (b) Libya on the UK's national security.

25 Feb 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Malvern Hills Trust

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Answer of 7 October 2019 to Question 290901, on Malvern Hills Trust, what plans he has to amend the governance provisions of the Malvern Hills Trust to make that tr

5 Feb 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

UN Mission in South Sudan

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affiars, what support his Department provides to the UNMISS peacekeeping mandate in South Sudan; and what assessment his department has made of the effectiveness of that mandate.

5 Feb 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

UN Mission in Darfur

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support the UK is providing to the UNAMID peacekeeping mandate in Sudan; and what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of that mandate.

5 Feb 2020 · Department for International Development

South Sudan: Overseas Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what programmes his Department funds in South Sudan.

5 Feb 2020 · Department for International Development

Developing Countries: Education and Family Planning

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the findings of Project Drawdown in 2017 on reversing global warming, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of educating girls and providing access to family plan

4 Feb 2020 · Department for International Development

Developing Countries: Sanitary Products

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate he has made of the numbers of sanitary pads donated through UK aid programmes; and to what countries those donations were made.

27 Jan 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Sudan: South Sudan

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of UN peacekeeping in the disputed Abyei region on the Sudan-South Sudan border.

23 Jan 2020 · Department for International Development

Developing Countries: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 23 January 2020 to Question 3741 on Developing Countries: Education, how much of the £7.08 billion was spent bilaterally in each year from 2009 to 2018; and what the to

23 Jan 2020 · Department for International Development

Developing Countries: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the Girls' Education Challenge has achieved to date; and what the projected outcomes are of its programmes.

23 Jan 2020 · Department for International Development

Developing Countries: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much UK aid has been allocated to the International Financing Facility for Education; and what assessment his Department has made of effect of the work of that Facility on delivering the UN

23 Jan 2020 · Department for International Development

Development Aid: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how Official Development Assistance has been allocated to Education Cannot Wait in each financial year since it was established; and what future allocations of funding he plans to make.

23 Jan 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Developing Countries: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress his Department has made on delivering the goals agreed at the first meeting of the Platform for Girls Education at the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in April 2018

22 Jan 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Control: West Worcestershire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the Environment Agency on the (a) status and (b) future plans for flood alleviation schemes in Severn Stoke and Tenbury Wells in West Worcester

16 Jan 2020 · Treasury

Cider: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much duty is paid by cider makers.

16 Jan 2020 · Treasury

National Insurance Contributions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the potential contribution to the public purse if National Insurance was payable by individuals over the state pension age.

16 Jan 2020 · Attorney General

Cybercrime: Prosecutions

What recent progress the CPS has made on tackling online crime.

15 Jan 2020 · Department for International Development

Developing Countries: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding has been allocated from the public purse to support the fulfilment of the UN sustainable development goal of education for all girls and boys; and in which countries that fundin

14 Jan 2020 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Worcestershire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many electric car charging points have been installed in (a) Worcestershire, (b) Malvern Hills District Council area and (c) Wychavon District Council area.

Source: official written-questions record.