Written questions

1,190 written questions tabled, most recent first.

11 Feb 2021 · COP26

UN Climate Conference 2021: British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies

To ask the President of COP26, what formal (a) consultation he has had with and (b) representation he has established for the UK Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies in relation to the COP26 processes.

11 Feb 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Maldives: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether (a) he and (b) officials in his Department have (i) met and (ii) exchanged correspondence with external legal counsel to the Government of the Maldives in each of the

11 Feb 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Insulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his announcement of 11 February 2021, Government to bring an end to unsafe cladding with multi-billion pound intervention, whether funding has been re-allocated

11 Feb 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Taxation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with the Welsh Government on the proposed Gateway 2 developer levy.

11 Feb 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he first discussed the proposed developers levy with the Welsh Government and how that levy will apply to Wales.

11 Feb 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

British Indian Ocean Territory: Legal Opinion

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what total cost to the public purse is of (a) direct and (b) indirect expenditure by his on external legal advice on disputes over the Chagos Islands.

10 Feb 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

High Rise Flats: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his oral statement of 10 February 2021 on Building Safety, whether the new levy on developers will be applied across the UK; and how revenues derived from that

10 Feb 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Insulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his oral statement of 10 February 2021 on Building Safety, whether the guidance agreed with UK financial lenders and RICS on EWS1 forms will be applicable acros

10 Feb 2021 · Treasury

Housing: Insulation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government's oral statement of 10 February 2021 on Building Safety, what the Barnett consequential will be for the (a) Welsh Government and

10 Feb 2021 · Ministry of Defence

Africa: Armed Forces

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2021 to Question 149770 on Africa: Armed Forces, how many armed forces personnel the UK trained from those countries listed in that Answer in (a) their country of origin and

10 Feb 2021 · Ministry of Defence

Africa: Armed Forces

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2021 to Question 149770 on Africa: Armed Forces, if he publish the number of those training places provided by the country of origin of those armed forces personnel.

9 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Travel: Quarantine

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the (a) epidemiological data and (b) formula used by the Government to determine the designation of (a) Tanzania, (b) South Africa and (c) Malawi on the red list for mandatory ho

9 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Travel: Quarantine

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the (a) epidemiological data and (b) formula used by the Government to determine which countries are placed on the red list for mandatory hotel quarantine on arrival at the UK bo

9 Feb 2021 · Ministry of Defence

Army: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Foreign and Commonwealth personnel there are in the (a) Welsh Guards, (b) 1 and 3 Royal Welsh, (c) Queens Dragoon Guards and (d) 1 Rifles; and how many of those personnel in each of those categories have

9 Feb 2021 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Foreign and Commonwealth personnel are serving in the (a) Army, (b) Royal Air Force, (c) Royal Navy, (d) Royal Marines, broken down by (i) regular and (ii) reserve status.

9 Feb 2021 · Ministry of Defence

Kenya: Military Exercises

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which variant of covid-19 has been identified in the UK forces personnel that have tested positive for that disease at the BATIK training centre in Kenya.

8 Feb 2021 · Department for Transport

Travel: Quarantine

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether (a) passengers and (b) crews on flights arriving (i) directly and (ii) indirectly at general aviation airports in the UK from countries on the red list during the covid-19 pandemic will be subject to ho

8 Feb 2021 · Department for Transport

Travel: Quarantine

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria the Government used to determine why (a) Ethiopia, (b) Kenya, and (c) Nigeria are not included in the red list for travel for hotel quarantine.

8 Feb 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ethiopia: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the level of access to humanitarian aid for civilians in (a) the Tigray and (b) neighbouring regions of Ethiopia.

8 Feb 2021 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to taken to ensure the biosecurity of aircraft crews that may have been in a country on the red list during the covid-19 pandemic in the last 14 days.

8 Feb 2021 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many general aviation flights originating in countries on the red list during the covid-19 pandemic operated (a) directly and (b) indirectly into UK airports in each of the last three months.

8 Feb 2021 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) direct commercial, (b) indirect commercial and (c) cargo flights operated into UK airports from countries on the red list during the covid-19 pandemic in each of the last three months.

5 Feb 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Myanmar: CDC

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to review or suspend CDC investments in Myanmar as a result of the military coup in that country.

5 Feb 2021 · Ministry of Defence

Africa: Armed Forces

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel from (a) Ghana, (b) Uganda, (c) Ethiopia, (d) Tanzania, (e) Somalia, (f) Nigeria, (g) South Africa and (h) Mali trained at a defence establishment in the UK in each of the last thr

5 Feb 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Uganda: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has (a) suspended or (b) cancelled any funding programmes in Uganda in the last 12 months.

5 Feb 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Maldives: Foreign Relations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many times ministers in his Department (a) met and (b) held discussions with representatives of the government of the Maldives in each of the last five years; and when ea

5 Feb 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Maldives: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what (a) financial and (b) technical support the Government has provided to the government of the Maldives in each of the last five years.

3 Feb 2021 · Wales Office

Coronavirus: Wales

What recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on financial support for people in Wales affected by the covid-19 outbreak.

1 Feb 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Buildings: Insulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to reduce fraud in the assessment and certification of EWS1 forms.

1 Feb 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Insulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to increase the UK-wide capacity of qualified surveyors capable of undertaking assessments for EWS1 forms.

Source: official written-questions record.