Written questions

1,507 written questions tabled, most recent first.

18 Feb 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Somalia: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support people's livelihoods in Somalia, including supporting local markets and building the resilience of communities affected by drou

18 Feb 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Deposit Return Schemes: Greenhouse Gas Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for its policies of the report by Reconomy Group, Valpak on the impact of a deposit return scheme on carbon and other emissi

18 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Gynaecology: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his oral contribution of 8 February, Official Report, column 805, on the NHS’s delivery plan for tackling the covid-19 backlog of elective care, what assessment his Department has

18 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Periods: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his oral contribution of 8 February, Official Report, column 805, on the NHS’s delivery plan for tackling the covid-19 backlog of elective care, what plans his Department has to e

18 Feb 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Judges: Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what sum the UK Supreme Court received in fees from the Hong Kong authorities for the service of UK judges sitting on Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal in (a) 2019, (b) 2020 and (c) 2021.

10 Feb 2022 · Home Office

Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help improve safeguarding within faith communities.

7 Feb 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Somalia: Climate Change and Famine

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to (a) urgently scale up and prevent mass starvation and death in Somalia and (b) tackle the underlying drivers of climate change in that

2 Feb 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Landmines: Bomb Disposal

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress she has made on reviewing future funding for mine action.

1 Feb 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Somalia: Humanitarian Situation

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the (a) implications of drought and (b) wider humanitarian situation in Somalia.

1 Feb 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Glass: Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has conducted a carbon lifecycle analysis for glass bottles in the scenario that they are (a) included in the proposed Deposit Return Scheme and (b) remain part

31 Jan 2022 · Home Office

Asylum: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what mental health support the Government provides to (a) refugees and (b) asylum applicants in the UK.

31 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Abortion: Telemedicine

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's consultation on Home use of both pills for early medical abortion up to 10 weeks gestation, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential effect

31 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Sexual Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether prioritisation is given to victims who go through the police referral route to Sexual Assault Referral Centres in England over self-referral routes.

31 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Judges: Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases UK judges served on for the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal in (a) 2019, (b) 2020 and (c) 2021; and what proportion of those cases related to (i) criminal, (ii) civil and (iii) commercial offences.

27 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

IVF: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the findings of his Department’s review of IVF equality.

27 Jan 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Energy: Overseas Investment

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 23 July 2021 to Question 35598 on Fossil Fuels: Overseas Investment, if she will publish the projects in CDC Group’s energy portfolio as at December

27 Jan 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Conflict Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 26 January 2022 to Question 106711 on Conflict Prevention, how much and what proportion of the allocation given in the FCDO Annual Report and Accoun

26 Jan 2022 · Cabinet Office

Conflict, Stability and Security Fund

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much has been spent on projects via the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund for projects in (a) Kazakhstan, (b) Belarus, (c) Ukraine and (d) Bosnia and Herzegovina

25 Jan 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

UK Emissions Trading Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much revenue was raised as a result of the sale of allowances under the UK Emissions Trading Scheme in 2021; and the total value of the proceeds of that scheme that has been a

21 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Self-harm: Children in Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of children admitted to accident and emergency for attempting suicide were looked after children, in each year from 2018 to 2021.

21 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Self-harm: Children in Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what percentage of children admitted to accident and emergency for self-harming in each year from 2018 to 2021 were looked after children.

21 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Self-harm: Children in Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many looked after children were admitted to accident and emergency for self-harming in each year from 2018 to 2021.

18 Jan 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Television Licences: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what impact the freezing of the licence fee will have on funding for the BBC World Service.

18 Jan 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Crimes against Humanity

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of which countries are at risk of mass atrocity crimes.

18 Jan 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Conflict Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 15 November 2021 to Question 70268 on Armed Conflict: Children, what funding her Department has allocated to its conflict directorate in financial y

18 Jan 2022 · Cabinet Office

Conflict, Stability and Security Fund: Hate Crime

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Written Statement of 15 December 2021, HCWS487 on Conflict, Stability and Security Fund Allocations 2021-22, which of the Conflict, Stability and Se

17 Jan 2022 · Home Office

Offences against Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to improve police responses to child sexual exploitation by organised networks.

5 Jan 2022 · Home Office

Resettlement: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average attendance rate is in Government-funded ESOL courses for Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy participants is.

14 Dec 2021 · Department for Transport

Motorways

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of pausing all work on forthcoming smart motorway projects pending the Government’s response to the Transport Committee's report entitled Rollout and safety o

8 Dec 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid: Polio

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much funding the Government plans to allocate to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative in (a) 2022 and (b) 2023.

Source: official written-questions record.