Written questions

1,507 written questions tabled, most recent first.

2 Dec 2020 · Department for Transport

Motorways: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding his Department has spent on retrofitting smart motorways with additional safety measures since the publication of his Department's report entitled Smart Motorway Evidence Stocktake and Action P

1 Dec 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether existing international development staff who are non-UK nationals will be (a) able to apply for new jobs and progress their careers in his Department and (b) offered

30 Nov 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid: EU Action

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much UK Official Development Assistance was spent by the EU and EU-managed or administered funds or instruments in 2018-19.

30 Nov 2020 · Department for International Trade

Eggs: USA

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if her Department will (a) protect the British egg industry’s current standards in trade negotiations with the US and (b) prevent tariff-free access for eggs and egg products that are produced from he

30 Nov 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Palestinians: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what access the UK will have to the EU PEGASE mechanism for providing assurance in relation to overseas development assistance allocated to the Palestinian Authority for payi

30 Nov 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid: EU Action

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what (a) assessment he has made of and (b) representations he has received on the potential merits of an off-budget joint EU/UK contractual facility established via the EU’s

30 Nov 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

European Development Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans are in place for UK participation in the European Development Fund Committee after 31 December 2020.

30 Nov 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much funding classified as Official Development Assistance will remain to be transferred after 31 December 2020 to the (a) the Multi-annual Financial Framework, (b) Europ

30 Nov 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the UK’s financial obligations to the EU are, after 31 December 2020, in relation to transfers of funding classified as Official Development Assistance, by financial yea

30 Nov 2020 · Home Office

Slavery: Victim Support Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the change in the number of (a) British children and (b) Albanian adults being referred to the National Referral Mechanism in the last five years.

27 Nov 2020 · Home Office

Migrants: Sleeping Rough

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect on modern slavery of immigration rules that would allow officials to refuse leave to remain in the UK on the grounds that an applicant has been rough sleepin

27 Nov 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Conflict, Stability and Security Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the £821 million funding figure announced for the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund for 2021-22 as part of the Spending Review 2020 is comprised entirely of Offic

27 Nov 2020 · Department for International Trade

Intellectual Property: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will make it her policy to support the proposed WTO waiver on IP protection, as proposed by India and South Africa, to support the global scale up of covid-19 medical products such as treatment

27 Nov 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make it his policy to support the realisation of guaranteed global vaccine access for (a) vulnerable groups and (b) frontline health workers by committing to share

27 Nov 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Coronavirus: Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make it his policy to support the mandatory use of WHO COVID Technology Access Pool (C-TAP) by including working with the C-TAP as a condition of receiving UK publ

23 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cervical Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to support the World Health Organisation’s strategy to eliminate cervical cancer.

20 Nov 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the announcement on 6 November 2020 on new restrictions on the adult prison estate and ending social visits, whether his Department plans to renew its previous commitment to the early release of

20 Nov 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Racial Discrimination

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to (a) tackle racism in the humanitarian sector and (b) to ensure that the Business in the Community’s Race at Work Charter is fulfilled.

20 Nov 2020 · Northern Ireland Office

Abortion: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 16 November 2020 to Question 91890 on abortion: Northern Ireland, what plans he has to conduct an assessment of the infection risks to the pregnant women forced to travel to the

18 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Eating Disorders: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government’s expansion of weight management services will include specific support for people living with binge eating disorder.

18 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to pages 19 and 20 of the NHS Mental Health Implementation Plan 201920 to 2023-24, when the specific baseline on access to NHS-funded mental health treatment for 18 to 25 year olds w

16 Nov 2020 · Cabinet Office

Conflict, Stability and Security Fund and Prosperity Fund

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, when his Department plans to publish the 2019-20 annual reports for the (a) Conflict, Stability and Security Fund and (b) Prosperity Fund.

16 Nov 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Troubled Families Programme

What his policy is on the future of the Troubled Families programme.

13 Nov 2020 · Department for Transport

Travel Restrictions: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 12 November 2020 to Question 113113, whether a parent visiting under-age children overseas is a legally permitted reason for overseas travel under the Health Protection (Coronavirus, R

12 Nov 2020 · Attorney General

Offences against Children: Philippines

To ask the Attorney General, what steps her Department is taking to secure victim impact statements for children in the Philippines who have suffered online sexual exploitation by UK-based offenders; and whether such statements been used in the (a) prosec

12 Nov 2020 · Attorney General

Offences against Children: Sentencing

To ask the Attorney General, how many times the Unduly Lenient Sentencing scheme has been used as regards people convicted of offences related to the online sexual exploitation of children in each of the last five years; and on how many occasions that sch

12 Nov 2020 · Attorney General

Sentencing: Appeals

To ask the Attorney General, how many times the Unduly Lenient Sentencing Scheme has been used in each of the last five years.

11 Nov 2020 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: Mobile Phones

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) process is and (b) agreed timescales are for the return of confiscated mobile phones to asylum seekers by Border Force; and what steps her Department takes to communicate that process to

9 Nov 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Extradition

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what criteria his Department uses to decide when and how to make representations to an overseas Government on the extradition of a UK citizen which it believes breaches inter

9 Nov 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Jonathan Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has responded to the Croatian supreme court’s request for the Government to make an intervention in Jonathan Taylor’s case.

Source: official written-questions record.