Written questions
1,190 written questions tabled, most recent first.
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 agreements he has reached with (a) RICS, (b) UK Finance and (c) other stakeholders on reducing the requirement for EWS1 forms.
28 Jan 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Mozambique: Politics and Government
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support the Government is providing to the Government of Mozambique to help tackle serious insecurity and attacks by ISIS-affiliated groups in the north of that country.
28 Jan 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tigray: Armed Conflict and Human Rights
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the accuracy of reports of attacks on civilians and serious human rights violations in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, by any party to th
28 Jan 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Uganda: Development Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what (a) support, (b) training and (c) funding the Government has provided to the Government of Uganda's (i) armed forces, (ii) security forces, (iii) police and (iv) judicia
28 Jan 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Falkland Islands: Fisheries
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress he has made on negotiations on access for Falkand Islands fisheries to EU markets.
28 Jan 2021 · Home Office
UK Border Force and UK Visas and Immigration: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 28 May 2020 to Question 41464 on UK Border Force and UK Visas and Immigration: Coronavirus; if she will publish the same data for each month from May 2020 to January 2021.
27 Jan 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Incinerators: Wales
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many tonnes of (a) residential and (b) commercial waste were transported to Wales, from England, for incineration in (i) 2019 and (ii) 2020.
27 Jan 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Vaccine Manufacturing and Innovation Centre: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 26 January 2021 to Question 141474, how many additional vaccine doses per month the expanded Vaccine Manufacturing Innovation Centre facility can produce
27 Jan 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Africa: Development Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, which Official Development Assistance programmes and funding streams have been paused or cancelled in (a) Malawi, (b) Ethiopia and (c) Nigeria since 1 November 2020.
27 Jan 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Africa: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the spread of the (a) B.1.351 and (b) 501Y.V2 variants of covid-19 across (i) southern Africa and (ii) the rest of Sub-Saharan Africa.
27 Jan 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Malawi: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support the Government has provided to the Government of Malawi on (a) testing, (b) surveillance, (c) medical supplies, (d) oxygen plant capacity, (e) vaccines and (f) o
25 Jan 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Malawi: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support he is providing to the Government of Malawi to help it respond to the covid-19 pandemic.
25 Jan 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Central African Republic: Politics and Government
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the (a) security and (b) humanitarian situation in the Central African Republic; and what support the UK is providing to that country.
25 Jan 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Coronavirus: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when vaccines capable of responding to the 501 and 484 variants of covid-19 will be available for use in the general population.
25 Jan 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Coronavirus: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the (a) design, (b) bio-engineering and (c) manufacture of vaccines capable of responding to the 501 and 484 variants of covid-19 has commenced.
25 Jan 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Vaccine Manufacturing and Innovation Centre
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when the expansion of the VMIC facility is planned to be completed.
22 Jan 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Uganda: Diplomatic Service
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether HM Ambassador in Kampala has (a) visited Robert Kyagulanyi and his family and (b) made representations regarding his house detention directly to the Government of Uga
22 Jan 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Coronavirus: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many UK based manufacturing facilities are capable of re-engineering and manufacturing (a) mRNA, (b) viral vector, (c) whole virus and (d) protein subunit vaccines to address
22 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many additional cold chain storage refrigerators capable of safely storing the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine have been (a) ordered, (b) delivered and (c) deployed by the Government in each month sin
22 Jan 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Coronavirus: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many doses of the (a) Pfizer-BioNTech and (b) Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine are physically present in the UK and being held in storage, yet to be deployed or prepared for deliver
21 Jan 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has made to the Government of Uganda to secure the release from house arrest of Robert Kyagulanyi and his family.
21 Jan 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Coronavirus: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to secure UK covid-19 vaccine manufacturing capacity and protect those manufacturing establishments from flood, fire, malfunction and other security threat
21 Jan 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Coronavirus: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answers of 19 January 2021 to Questions 137942 and 137941, if he will provide a breakdown of the £300 million invested in securing and scaling up UK manufacturing
21 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the relative proportions of Pfizer-BioNTech and Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine, as a proportion of total vaccine supply, being distributed (a) to regions within England and (b) to the devolved
21 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many cases have been recorded in the UK of the variants of covid-19 that originated in (a) South Africa and (b) Brazil since 1 December 2020.
19 Jan 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Marine Environment
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what his priorities are for (a) ocean conservation, (b) the promotion of marine biodiversity, and (c) the role of sustainable oceans policy in relation to climate change, ahe
19 Jan 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tanzania: Development Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the response of the Government of Tanzania to the covid-19 pandemic; and what support the Government is providing to that count
19 Jan 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
British Virgin Islands: Companies
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether registers of beneficial ownership will form part of the investigations of his Department's Commission of Inquiry into governance in the British Virgin Islands.
19 Jan 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Development Aid: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what proportion of investments by the Commonwealth Development Corporation has been redirected since January 2020 to supporting the global response to the covid-19 pandemic.
19 Jan 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Coronavirus: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what (a) logistical and (b) financial support the Government is providing to medical research programmes to enable the surveillance of covid-19 variants in (i) Sub-Saharan Af
Source: official written-questions record.