Written questions

207 written questions tabled, most recent first.

16 May 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

British Nationals Abroad: Hong Kong

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if his Department will take steps to ensure that Government funding of Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise groups assisting with the integration of British National (Overseas)

16 May 2022 · Home Office

Immigration: Hong Kong

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the threat of monitoring and surveillance to pro-democracy Hong Kong activists living in the UK.

25 Jan 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Houthis

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, in the context of recent terrorist attacks in the UAE, whether she plans to take steps to encourage international partners to designate or proscribe the Houthi’s as a terrori

25 Jan 2022 · Home Office

Proscribed Organisations

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in the context of recent terrorist attacks in the UAE, whether she has plans to proscribe the Houthi’s as a terrorist organisation.

15 Dec 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Iran: Nuclear Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the IAEA Director General reportedly stating that the JCPOA nuclear deal signed in 2015 is no long

15 Dec 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Iran: Foreign Relations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the potential (a) global and (b) regional effects of Iran’s activities in (a) Iraq, (b) Lebanon, (c) Syria and (d) Yemen.

15 Dec 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Iran: Nuclear Power and Terrorism

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her counterparts in (a) Bahrain, (b) Saudi Arabia and (c) United Arab Emirates on the strategic challenges posed by Iran’s (a) nuclea

24 Nov 2021 · Home Office

Refugees: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Afghan Refugee Scheme will open for applications, and when the first refugees under this scheme is expected to arrive in the UK.

24 Nov 2021 · Home Office

Refugees: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals are currently (a) in temporary accommodation of any form, or (b) resettled in permanent accommodation, (i) by local authority; and (ii) Strategic Migration Partnership area have

24 Nov 2021 · Home Office

Refugees: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals have (a) arrived in the UK, (b) are currently in temporary accommodation; (c) are currently in holiday camp accommodation, and (d) been resettled in permanent housing since the fa

24 Nov 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Museums and Galleries: Restitution

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether it is Government policy that (a) works of art held in the national collections, including the British Museum, should be retained by those institutions in the UK in perpetuity and

25 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase covid-19 booster jab uptake in (a) Newark and the surrounding areas and (b) Nottinghamshire.

15 Oct 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Control: Lowdham

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when work will commence on the flood alleviation and mitigation scheme in Lowdham, Nottinghamshire.

15 Oct 2021 · Department for Transport

A46: Newark

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he and National Highways plan to announce the preferred route for the A46 Newark northern by-pass.

15 Oct 2021 · Department for Transport

Castle Line

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the number of services on the Castle Line from Lincoln to Nottingham through Newark Castle Station will be restored to the level of those services prior to the covid-19 outbreak.

6 Dec 2017 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Museums and Galleries: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps to ensure that national collections and other recipients of public funding make digital images of works of art held in public collections and which are outside of

27 Nov 2017 · Ministry of Defence

Army: Training

What plans he has to maintain British Army training in Kenya.

21 Nov 2017 · Department of Health

Pregnancy Tests

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the Government's policy is on the conclusions of the Report of the Commission on Human Medicines’ Expert Working Group on Hormone Pregnancy Tests, published in November 2017.

3 Mar 2017 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Organophosphates

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans the Government has to limit the use of glyphosate by farmers.

10 Oct 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Ivory: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department has taken to work with the art and antiques industries to address the sale of ivory in the UK.

29 Apr 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

King's College London: Antisemitism

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he has had discussions with university vice chancellors on the reported anti-Semitic incident at King's College London on 19 January 2016; and whether any people have been prosecut

28 Apr 2016 · Attorney General

Antisemitism

To ask the Attorney General, how many people were prosecuted for offences relating to anti-semitism in the UK in each of the last five years.

28 Apr 2016 · Home Office

Antisemitism

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of racially motivated attacks in England and Wales targeted Jews in each of the last five years.

28 Apr 2016 · Home Office

Alexander Litvinenko

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what weight she has given to the list of people allegedly implicated in the murder of Mr Alexander Litvinenko provided to her by Mrs Marina Litvenenko; and whether her Department has taken any action

14 Mar 2016 · HM Treasury

Freezing of Assets: Iran

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what timetable the Government has set for the release of sanctioned Iranian assets; and what value of assets the Government expects to release in 2016 and 2017.

14 Mar 2016 · HM Treasury

Freezing of Assets: Iran

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value is of sanctioned Iranian assets that have been released by (a) UK Government and (b) other UK entities since the conclusion of the agreement with that country in May 2015.

10 Mar 2016 · Department for Transport

Bingham Station

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to ensure disabled access on all platforms at Bingham railway station.

10 Mar 2016 · Department for Transport

Bingham Station

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information he holds on whether Network Rail plans to release a contribution to the cost of a disabled access footbridge at Bingham railway station in Nottinghamshire.

7 Mar 2016 · HM Treasury

Freezing of Assets: Iran

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value is of sanctioned Iranian assets which have been released by the Government or any other entity within the UK since the conclusion of the Iranian agreement in May 2015.

7 Mar 2016 · HM Treasury

Freezing of Assets: Iran

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the value of sanctioned Iranian assets currently held by (a) the Government and (b) any other entity within the UK.

Source: official written-questions record.