Written questions

1,507 written questions tabled, most recent first.

13 Nov 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dangerous Dogs (Designated Types) (England and Wales) Order

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to paragraph 12.1 of the explanatory memorandum to The Dangerous Dogs (Designated Types) (England and Wales) Order 2023, how her Department estimated the cost to busines

13 Nov 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dangerous Dogs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the ban on American Bully XL dogs on the dog rehoming sector.

13 Nov 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Unitaid: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much funding the UK pledged to Unitaid in the period from 2006 to 2026; how much and what proportion of that funding has been disbursed; and whether he plans to disburse

13 Nov 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

UN Population Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 16 October 2023 to Question 203848 on the UN Population Fund and to the £425 million the UK Government pledged to the United Nations Populatio

23 Oct 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Floods: Grants

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will take steps to increase the value available of the (a) Community Recovery Grant and (b) Business Recovery Grant for those who are eligible to receive it under the flood rec

23 Oct 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

UN Population Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the £785 million pledged by his Department to the United Nations Population Fund Supplies Partnership from 2020-25, what the planned schedule of payments wa

19 Oct 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Companies: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many and what proportion of company registrations with Companies House were reported as fraudulent in 2022.

18 Oct 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much official development assistance his Department has spent on disability-specific projects in each year since 2010; and what proportion of total official development a

16 Oct 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dangerous Dogs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the resources that will be required to implement the proposed ban on American Bully XLs; and whether her Department plans to take steps to help

13 Oct 2023 · Home Office

Hate Crime: LGBT+ People

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will have discussions with LGBT (a) community organisations and (b) charities on steps to help prevent homophobic and transphobic hate crimes.

13 Oct 2023 · Home Office

Police: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to reinstate capital grants for police forces in England.

19 Sep 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Democratic Republic of Congo: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with President Kagame and Foreign Minister Biruta in Rwanda on the human rights abuses committed by the M23 armed group in the Democratic Republic

19 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Professions: Prescriptions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications of levels of independent prescribing responsibilities for (a) the retention of (i) dietitians, (ii) occupational therapists, (iii) orthopti

12 Sep 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Corruption and Economic Crime: Victims

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to help ensure that victims of (a) financial crime and (b) corruption in (i) the UK and (ii) other jurisdictions are recognised as victims for compensation purposes.

12 Sep 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Israel: Palestinians

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to work with the Israeli Government to help secure improvements to the condition of Palestinian children in military detention.

12 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what (a) academic research and (b) evidence from (i) young people, (ii) teachers and (iii) schools her Department has sought to inform the (A) expert advisory group and (B) review on relationships, sex and heal

11 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to regularly (a) monitor and (b) review progress towards meeting the target for increasing cancer treatment capacity set out in the NHS England 2023/24 priorities and operational p

8 Sep 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Israel: Palestinians

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made a recent assessment of the implications for his policies of the Government of Israel’s level of compliance with the recommendations made in UNICEF’s repor

8 Sep 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Israel: Palestinians

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his counterpart in Israel on the treatment of Palestinian children in the Israeli military detention system.

8 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Radiotherapy: Rotherham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it is her policy to devolve areas of radiotherapy commissioning within NHS Trusts to local Integrated Care Systems in Rotherham constituency.

4 Sep 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Developing Countries: Sexual and Reproductive Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many projects under the Women’s Integrated Sexual Health programme his Department has allocated funding to; and how many of those projects closed before their initial pla

4 Sep 2023 · Treasury

Debts Written Off: Developing Countries

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Government response to the Eighth Report of the International Development Committee, Debt relief in low-income countries, HC 1393, published on 8 June 2023, what the evidential basis is for the

4 Sep 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Help to Buy Scheme: Rotherham

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many homeowners in Rotherham constituency bought their homes using the Help to Buy Equity Loan Scheme.

19 Jul 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Israel: Palestinians

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the treatment of Palestinian children in the Israeli military detention system.

19 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Women’s Health Ambassador for England has met with the Women’s Health Plan team in Wales.

19 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies on the implementation of the Women's Health Strategy for England of the implementation of the Scottish Women’s Health Plan.

13 Jul 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Convention on Cluster Munitions

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to uphold the commitment under the Convention on Cluster Munitions not to assist in the (a) use and (b) transfer of cluster munitions.

12 Jul 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

China: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much Official Development Assistance funding was spent by the British Council in China by (a) project and (b) region in (i) 2022-23 and (ii) 2023-24.

12 Jul 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

China: Football

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much Official Development Assistance funding the British Council plans to spend on developing grassroots football in (a) China and (b) Xinjiang in China in the financial

7 Jul 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pets: Smuggling and Theft

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Animal Welfare Statement on 25 May 2023, what the Government’s timeline and legislative process is for bringing forward measures relating to (a) pet smuggling and

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