Written questions

9,460 written questions tabled, most recent first.

14 Dec 2015 · HM Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Northern Ireland

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what HM Revenue and Customs' plans are for jobs in Northern Ireland in the next five years.

14 Dec 2015 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Lynx

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with (a) the Countryside Alliance, (b) landowners and (c) BASE on introduction of the lynx into the countryside.

14 Dec 2015 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many badgers have been culled in (a) 2014 and (b) 2015 to date.

14 Dec 2015 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pest Control: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many general licences for pest control have been issued in each of the last five years.

9 Dec 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Nigeria

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support the UK has provided to interfaith peace-building initiatives in Nigeria; and what assessment he has made of the outcomes of such initiatives.

9 Dec 2015 · Department for International Development

Nigeria: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance the UK has provided to the government of Nigeria for (a) development of the education system in that country and (b) promotion of education aimed at countering extremist ideologi

9 Dec 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

West Africa: Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of progress in building security in Nigeria and the neighbouring countries which are often entered by Boco Haram; and what assessment he has made of the adequa

9 Dec 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Romania: Media

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the government of Romania on (a) improving media freedom and media pluralism in that country and (b) the activities of (i) Central Media Enter

9 Dec 2015 · Department for International Development

Nigeria: Overseas Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department takes to ensure that UK funding to Nigeria reaches the people most in need.

8 Dec 2015 · Northern Ireland Office

Bombardier: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussions she has had with Bombardier about that company's plans for the number of jobs it provides in Northern Ireland.

8 Dec 2015 · Ministry of Justice

Convictions: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many nationals of other countries living in the UK have been convicted of a crime since 30 September 2014; and how many such people came from each country.

8 Dec 2015 · Home Office

Asylum: Pakistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people from Pakistan applied for asylum and requested certification under section (a) 94(1) and (b) 94(2) of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 in each of the last three years.

8 Dec 2015 · Home Office

Asylum: Pakistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people from Pakistan applied for asylum under the detained fast-track procedure for reasons of religious persecution and discrimination in each of the last three years.

8 Dec 2015 · Home Office

Asylum: Pakistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the reasons in the discrepancy between the proportion of granted asylum claims which are made to people from Pakistan and the proportion of applicants under the detaine

8 Dec 2015 · Home Office

Personation: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to prevent online identity theft.

8 Dec 2015 · Department of Health

Strokes: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with clinical bodies on ensuring that drug dosages for stroke patients on the basis of the weight of the patient are calculated appropriately.

8 Dec 2015 · Department of Health

Hearing Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people of each gender had single-sided deafness in each of the last five years.

8 Dec 2015 · Department of Health

Hearing Aids

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects transfer devices that enable people with single-sided deafness to hear sounds from their deaf ear in their other ear to be available through the NHS.

8 Dec 2015 · Department of Health

Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that local NHS trusts and clinical commissioning groups improve (a) screening, (b) vaccination and (b) symptom awareness in order to address geographical inequalities

8 Dec 2015 · Department of Health

Walking

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to encourage people to walk for up to 30 minutes a day.

8 Dec 2015 · Department of Health

Alcoholic Drinks

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to strengthen regulation of marketing of alcoholic drinks; and what the Government's policy is on introducing minimum unit pricing for alcohol.

8 Dec 2015 · Department for International Development

Syria: Reconstruction

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans the Government has to support the rebuilding of Syria after the end of the conflict in that country.

8 Dec 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Syria: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to protect civilians in Syria in its strategy to tackle ISIL.

8 Dec 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Syria: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the UK plans to take as a member of the UN Security Council to facilitate diplomatic negotiations on protecting civilians in Syria.

8 Dec 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Iran: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what account his Department takes of the human rights situation and reports of persecution on the basis of religious belief in Iran in setting its policy on changes to sanctions imposed o

8 Dec 2015 · Home Office

Refugees: Syria

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what commitments the UK has made to supporting refugees from Syria who are in Europe.

8 Dec 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Israel: Palestinians

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assistance the Government is providing to Israel to help prevent knife attacks by Palestinians on Israeli citizens.

8 Dec 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Turkey

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the government of Turkey on its commitment to (a) improving the human rights situation in that country and (b) meeting the criteria for entry to th

8 Dec 2015 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Countryside: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Education on ensuring that children have access to the countryside and learn about wildlife.

8 Dec 2015 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Polecats

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to control the number of polecats.

Source: official written-questions record.