Written questions

1,190 written questions tabled, most recent first.

21 Feb 2017 · Department for Transport

Taxis: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) Hackney Carriage and (b) private hire licences are currently issued in each local authority in England and Wales.

21 Feb 2017 · Ministry of Defence

Army: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many army leavers aged under 25 have received (a) financial and (b) other assistance with housing resettlement in each of the last three years.

21 Feb 2017 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

BBC: Political Impartiality

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Government has made representations to the US Administration related to allegations made by Sebastian Gorka on bias and the impartiality of the BBC on Newsnight on 16 February 2017.

17 Feb 2017 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Discharges

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel received a resettlement grant after a level one medical discharge from the armed forces in each of the last three years, broken down by service branch.

1 Feb 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Kenya: Missing Persons

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to Kenyan authorities on the safety and whereabouts of Dong Samuel Luak and Aggrey Idri, who have been missing from Nairobi since 23 and 24 January 2017 r

30 Jan 2017 · Department for International Trade

Arms Trade: Export Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many arms export licences have been granted in the last six months; and what the destination country was of each of those applications.

30 Jan 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

USA: State Visits

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with (a) The Speaker, (b) Lord Speaker, (c) the House of Commons Commission, (d) the Serjeant-at-Arms and (e) Black Rod on the use of the Palace of Westminster

30 Jan 2017 · Prime Minister

USA: State Visits

To ask the Prime Minister, on what date she issued a formal invitation to the President of the US to make a state visit to the UK.

30 Jan 2017 · Department for International Development

Department for International Development: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which contracts have been suspended by Ministers of her Department in the last three months.

30 Jan 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

USA: Travel Restrictions

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of whether the recent Executive Order on travel to the US applies to people resident in the UK who were born in Somaliland and (a) are British citizens, (b) ar

24 Jan 2017 · Ministry of Defence

Estonia: Deployment

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his plans are for the basing of UK armed forces in Estonia.

20 Jan 2017 · Department for International Development

Department for International Development: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which (a) projects, (b) tenders and (c) contracts have been suspended or cancelled by Ministers of her Department in each of the last 12 months.

19 Jan 2017 · Home Office

Salva Kiir Mayardit

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Salva Kiir Mayardit, President of South Sudan, holds (a) British citizenship and (b) a current UK passort.

19 Jan 2017 · Home Office

Home Office: Conflict, Stability and Security Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what projects by (a) name and (b) value her Department funded from the Conflict Stabilisation and Security Fund; and which of those projects were categorised as contributing towards Overseas Developme

19 Jan 2017 · Department of Health

Department of Health: Conflict, Stability and Security Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what projects by (a) name and (b) value his Department funded from the Conflict Stabilisation and Security Fund; and which of those projects were categorised as contributing towards Overseas Development Aid.

19 Jan 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Russia: Conflict, Stability and Security Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what funding has been provided through the Conflict Stabilisation and Security Fund to projects in Russia in each of the last five years.

16 Jan 2017 · Home Office

Dual Nationality: South Sudan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK citizens hold dual nationality with South Sudan; and how many such citizens have valid UK passports.

16 Jan 2017 · Home Office

Riek Machar

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Reik Machar, the leader of the Sudan People's Liberation Army-in-Opposition, holds (a) UK citizenship and (b) a valid UK passport.

12 Jan 2017 · Department for Transport

Merchant Shipping: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many trainees from which regions of the UK have entered the merchant navy in each of the last five years.

12 Jan 2017 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding his Department plans to allocate to the Support for Maritime Training scheme in 2017-18.

12 Jan 2017 · Department for Transport

Merchant Shipping: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to implement the proposed SMarT Plus scheme to encourage trainees to enter the merchant navy.

12 Jan 2017 · HM Treasury

Merchant Shipping: Tonnage Tax

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the value of tax reliefs on tonnage tax granted to merchant shipping companies who are members of the SMarT Funding scheme in each of the last five years.

12 Jan 2017 · HM Treasury

Merchant Shipping: Tax Allowances

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the value of tax reliefs granted to each merchant shipping company in each of the last five years; and for what purposes those tax reliefs were granted.

11 Jan 2017 · HM Treasury

Mitie: Minimum Wage

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what investigations (a) have been concluded and (b) remain ongoing for alleged non-payment of the minimum wage by Mitie Group companies in the last two years.

11 Jan 2017 · HM Treasury

Concentrix

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many outstanding appeals against decisions made by Concentrix on tax credits there were up to 16 January 2017.

11 Jan 2017 · Department for International Development

Department for International Development: Departmental Expenditure Limits

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what her Department's (a) resource DEL and (b) capital DEL (i) budget and (ii) outturn was in each of the last 12 months.

11 Jan 2017 · Department for International Development

Department for International Development: Public Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what transfers were made from her Department's budget to other government departments in the last 18 months.

11 Jan 2017 · Department for International Development

Department for International Development: Public Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what each item of expenditure over £5 million was that was authorised by Ministers of her Department in each of the last six months.

9 Jan 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Tidal Power: Bristol Channel

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the viability of proposals for tidal lagoons in the Bristol Channel, including off Cardiff.

9 Jan 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Cardiff South and Penarth

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individuals were subject to benefit sanctions and for what reason in each of the last 12 months in Cardiff South and Penarth constituency.

Source: official written-questions record.