Written questions

1,190 written questions tabled, most recent first.

1 Jun 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Burkina Faso: Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of recent trends in the level of violence and terrorist attacks in Burkina Faso; and what steps the Government is taking to help ensure security in that region

1 Jun 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Falkland Islands: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in the Falkland Islands on the effect of the (a) covid-19 pandemic and (b) negotiations for the UK's future relationship with the EU on th

1 Jun 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Burundi: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the (a) freedom, (b) fairness and (c) effectiveness of other elements of the conduct of the recent presidential election in Burundi.

1 Jun 2020 · Home Office

Passengers: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to immigration statistics published by her Department on 21 May 2020 showing that in January to March 2020 there were an estimated 23.7 million passenger arrivals at the UK Border (incl

1 Jun 2020 · Department for International Development

Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether (a) she or (b) the Home Secretary will have final sign off on spending proposed by the Home Office Director of Official Development Assistance.

1 Jun 2020 · Home Office

Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spent that was classified as Official Development Assistance in each of the last five years, and what the (a) individual projects or (b) budget headings were for that spending.

20 May 2020 · Department for International Development

Government Departments: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which Government Departments employ (a) a Head of, (b) a Director of or (c) a Director-General of Official Development Assistance; and what the (i) salary ranges and (ii) responsibilities of the

20 May 2020 · Home Office

Home Office: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department first appointed a Director of Official Development Assistance, and what the (a) salary and (b) job description is for that position.

20 May 2020 · Department for International Development

CDC: Myanmar

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the business activities are of (a) Shan Orchard, (b) Frontiir Co. Ltd, (c) Solar Home Pte Ltd, (d) MC Easy Microfinance Co. Ltd, (e) Alliance for Microfinance in Myanmar Ltd, (f) Advans Mya

20 May 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Mubarak Bala

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made representations to his Nigerian counterpart on the arrest of the President of the Humanist Association of Nigeria, Mubarak Bala.

19 May 2020 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times the (a) Captain and (b) First Officer of a scheduled flight into the UK (i) radioed and (ii) communicated ahead to (A) Airport Arrivals and (B) Air Traffic Control at each airport with a request

19 May 2020 · Home Office

UK Border Force: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times UK Border Force officials have requested assistance from Public Health England officials to deal with suspected cases of covid-19 at each UK Port of Entry in each of the last five month

19 May 2020 · Department for International Development

CDC: Myanmar

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will publish the (a) Environmental and Social Due Diligence and (b) assessment against the Commonwealth Development Corporation Code of Responsible Investing for the investments in compan

19 May 2020 · Department for International Development

CDC: Myanmar

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the total invested by the Commonwealth Development Corporation in (a) Shan Orchard, (b) Frontiir Co. Ltd, (c) Solar Home Pte Ltd, (d) MC Easy Microfinance Co. Ltd, (e) Alliance for Microfin

18 May 2020 · Home Office

Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people including crew members arrived at the UK border via (a) general aviation, (b) military airfields and (c) non-control point maritime ports of entry in each week from 1 January 2020 to 1

18 May 2020 · Home Office

Aviation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) flights of private non-scheduled aircraft and (b) individuals, including crew members, landed at UK airfields from 1 January 2020 to 18 May 2020; how many and what proportion of those fli

18 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ports: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of UK ports of entry have had (a) Public Health England, (b) Public Health Wales, (c) Public Health Scotland and (d) Public Health Northern Ireland staff permanently lo

18 May 2020 · Home Office

Home Office: Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to answer Questions 41463 and 41464 tabled by the hon. Member for Cardiff South and Penarth.

18 May 2020 · Treasury

Personal Income: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he has taken to support people who are paid a substantial part of their income via commission and have lost that income as a result of the covid-19 outbreak where that income is not covered as part of the

18 May 2020 · Department for International Development

Eritrea: Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of the humanitarian situation of (a) Eritrean asylum seekers and (b) unaccompanied children who are being turned away from the Ethiopian border.

18 May 2020 · Department for International Development

Eritrea: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of the (a) covid-19 pandemic and (b) ongoing locust infestation in the Horn of Africa on the humanitarian situation in Eritrea.

18 May 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Ethiopia: Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his Ethiopian counterpart on that country's change to its asylum policy in January 2020 towards Eritrean refugees.

18 May 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Eritrea: Arrests

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the location of 20 people arrested by the Eritrean security forces in November 2019 in the Mendefera and Adi Quala areas in the Southern Zone of

13 May 2020 · Treasury

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: South Glamorgan

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have received support through the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme in (a) Cardiff and (b) Vale of Glamorgan in each week since that scheme commenced; and how much has been paid out to those claimants

13 May 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: South Glamorgan

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new applications for universal credit have been processed in (a) Cardiff and (b) Vale of Glamorgan in each month since 1 January 2020.

13 May 2020 · Home Office

Immigration Controls: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the evidence provided to the Science and Technology Committee on 13 March, on what date advice from scientific modellers was first provided to (a) COBR, (b) the Prime Minister, (c) t

13 May 2020 · Home Office

Immigration Controls: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the (a) proportion and (b) number of people likely to have covid-19 that arrived in the UK from (i) Wuhan, China and (ii) Lombardy, Italy in each month since 1 January 20

13 May 2020 · Home Office

Immigration Controls: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the evidence provided by the Chief Scientific Adviser to the Home Office to the Science and Technology Committee on 13 May 2020, if she will publish the full provisional management i

13 May 2020 · Department for International Development

Frontiir: CDC

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department routinely assesses CDC investments against her Department's partnership principles; and what assessment her Department has made of CDC's recent investment in Frontiir in M

13 May 2020 · Department for International Development

Myanmar: CDC

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much CDC has invested in companies operating in Myanmar in each of the last five years; and what the names are of those companies.

Source: official written-questions record.