Written questions
1,507 written questions tabled, most recent first.
10 Feb 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Development Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much Official Development Assistance will be spent in total in (a) Africa, (b) Asia, (c) Europe and (d) the Pacific in 2021-22.
10 Feb 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Development Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much Official Development Assistance was spent in total in (a) the Sahel, (b) the Western Balkans, (c) Ukraine, (d) the Caucasus, (e) sub-Saharan Africa, (f) South Asia,
10 Feb 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Development Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what his Department’s 10 largest bilateral Official Development Assistance programmes (a) were in financial year 2020-21 and (b) will be in financial year 2021-22.
8 Feb 2021 · Home Office
Ask for ANI Scheme: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will extend the Ask for ANI Scheme to people who are housebound due to the covid-19 pandemic so that (a) people at risk can speak to pharmacy delivery workers to access domestic abuse support a
4 Feb 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Global Challenges Research Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department plans to maintain the current level of funding for the Global Challenges Research Fund.
3 Feb 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Xinjiang: Development Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what proportion of the UK’s Official Development Assistance spending in China in 2020 related to projects and programmes in Xinjiang.
3 Feb 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
China: Development Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what proportion of UK Official Development Assistance was spent on technology and technological partnerships with China in 2020.
2 Feb 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she will provide financial assistance for former staff of the Department for International Development who are non-UK citizens and wish to apply for (a) for UK citize
2 Feb 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Rights of Way: Maps
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will extend the 2026 deadline to record historic footpaths and bridleways onto Definitive Maps.
2 Feb 2021 · Department for Education
Relationships and Sex Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to extend funding to support teachers in delivering Relationship and Sex Education beyond April 2021 to account for the delay in making that education mandatory from September 2020.
2 Feb 2021 · Department for Education
Relationships and Sex Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to introduce mandatory Relationship education for primary schools.
2 Feb 2021 · Ministry of Justice
Sexual Offences Act 2003
What the Government's timetable is for the review of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 and the definition of positions of trust over children.
1 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of prioritising children under 16 with Down’s Syndrome for covid-19 vaccination.
1 Feb 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Israel : Political Prisoners
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 complaint submission to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention by Lawyers for Palestinian Human
25 Jan 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Aid Workers: Vetting
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans his Department has to work with representatives of the aid and development sector to ensure UK nationals are required to undertake enhanced DBS checks.
22 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Protective Clothing
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to publish guidance on an approved standard for face coverings for the general public during the covid-19 outbreak.
22 Jan 2021 · Home Office
Violent and Sex Offender Register
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, (a) how many times registered sex offenders have been charged with failing to notify the police of a change of name in the past 5 years, and (b) what sentences they received.
19 Jan 2021 · Home Office
Rape: Criminal Proceedings
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to publish the end-to-end review of the criminal justice response to rape.
19 Jan 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Global Challenges Research Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department plans to maintain the current level of funding for the Global Challenges Research Fund.
15 Jan 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Development Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to improve access to ODA for local organisations based in-country as part of his plans to improve his Department’s delivery of aid.
15 Jan 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gender: Equality
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if his Department will reinstate the Director level board for overseeing the Strategic Vision for Gender Equality.
13 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Yorkshire and the Humber
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether a mass vaccination site will open in Yorkshire.
13 Jan 2021 · Home Office
Deed Poll
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant of the Answer of 11 January 2021 to Question 132926 on Deed Poll, what steps her Department is taking to monitor gaps in the name changing process in relation to safeguarding.
8 Jan 2021 · Department for Education
Pre-school Education: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of whether early years provision based on school sites should remain open under January 2021 covid-19 lockdown restrictions.
8 Jan 2021 · Department for Education
Universities: Sexual Harassment
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to improve the external oversight of universities in the handling of cases of sexual misconduct.
8 Jan 2021 · Department for Education
Universities: Charities
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to require universities with charitable status to (a) register with the Charity Commission and (b) file a serious incident report in the event that an adverse event, actual o
8 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the process is for arranging a covid-19 vaccination for carers employed directly by their client rather than by the NHS, a local authority or a private company.
8 Jan 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Energy: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to provide support to people with energy costs during the covid-19 lockdown.
6 Jan 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Israel: Embassies
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if his Department plans to keep the British Embassy in Tel Aviv.
6 Jan 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Jerusalem: Planning
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that the recent announcement of potential new settlement building in east Jerusalem does not adversely effect prospects of peace
Source: official written-questions record.