Written questions
1,945 written questions tabled, most recent first.
4 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Development Aid: Impact Assessments
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has undertaken an impact assessment of changes to Official Development Assistance allocations in 2024-25.
4 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Development Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what criteria were used to determine the regional and country-level allocations of Official Development Assistance for 2024-25.
4 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Charities: Food Insecurity and Nutrition
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps is he taking to engage philanthropic organisations in (a) global nutrition and (b) food security investments.
4 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Development Aid: Nutrition
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure stable long-term funding for international nutrition programmes.
4 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Development Aid: Climate Change and Nutrition
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to integrate nutrition initiatives with climate adaptation in its international development programs.
4 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Africa: Climate Change
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to collaborate with African nations on the Kampala Declaration.
4 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Developing Countries: Food
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking with multilateral development banks to better support small agrifood businesses in developing countries.
4 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Noma
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans his Department has to collaborate with (a) Médecins Sans Frontières and (b) other organisations to enhance healthcare access and resources for noma-affected region
24 Feb 2025 · Treasury
Apprentices: Employers' Contributions
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of proposed increases to employer National Insurance contributions on businesses (a) supporting and (b) employing apprentices; and whether she plans to allocate a
24 Feb 2025 · Home Office
People Smuggling: English Channel
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to strengthen deterrents against people smugglers involved in illegal Channel crossings; and what steps the Government is taking with its international counterparts
24 Feb 2025 · Treasury
Business: Inheritance Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to Business Property Relief on the private sector.
24 Feb 2025 · Treasury
Agriculture: Inheritance Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to Business Property Relief on businesses in the broader farming sector including agricultural (a) suppliers and (b) machinery.
24 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Agriculture: Aldridge-Brownhills
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support farmers in Aldridge-Brownhills constituency, in the context of proposed changes to agricultural property relief and business property rel
24 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport
Railway Stations: Aldridge
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has plans to include Aldridge station in the proposed Wrexham to London Euston open access line.
24 Feb 2025 · Home Office
Neighbourhood Policing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what period of time her Department has allocated funding for additional neighbourhood police officers; and whether individual police forces will need to cover the ongoing costs of these officers t
24 Feb 2025 · Home Office
Police: Employers' Contributions
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether funding allocated to police authorities to cover increased employer National Insurance contributions will be added to base budgets for future financial years.
24 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Pension Credit: Aldridge-Brownhills
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to increase the uptake of pension credit among eligible pensioners in Aldridge Brownhills.
24 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Pension Credit: Applications
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to support pensioners who are unable to complete pension credit applications (a) online and (b) by phone.
24 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Pension Credit: Applications
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department is taking steps to (a) simplify and (b) ensure paper copies are made available to people without online access to the pension credit application form.
24 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Winter Fuel Payment: Eligibility
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the eligibility threshold for the winter fuel payment.
24 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Pension Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people (a) are eligible to apply and (b) have applied for Pension Credit.
24 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Pension Credit: Aldridge-Brownhills
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people (a) are eligible to apply and (b) have applied for Pension Credit in Aldridge-Brownhills constituency.
24 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Pension Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications made for Pension Credit since 24 February 2025 (a) have been approved and (b) remain outstanding.
24 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Pension Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for Pension Credit have been determined as eligible nationwide; and how many applications remain outstanding.
24 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Pension Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for Pension Credit had been determined as eligible as of 24 February 2024.
24 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Pension Credit: Aldridge-Brownhills
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for Pension Credit have been determined as eligible; and how many remain outstanding in the Aldridge-Brownhills constituency.
5 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Noma
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of (a) prevalence and (b) mortality rates of noma (i) worldwide and (ii) in the UK.
5 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Noma
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support global health initiatives for the (a) prevention, (b) early detection and (c) treatment of noma.
5 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Developing Countries: Noma
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to raise international awareness of (a) noma and (b) the impact of noma on children in low-income countries.
5 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Ukraine: Military Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he plans to take with his (a) US and (b) EU counterparts to provide additional support to Ukraine.
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