Written questions

417 written questions tabled, most recent first.

5 Feb 2020 · Northern Ireland Office

Life Imprisonment

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of the number of life prisoners licences revoked under Section 9 of the Life Sentences (NI) Order 2001 in each year since 2001.

4 Feb 2020 · Treasury

Employment: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the timescale is for the completion of the review of IR35 tax regulations.

24 Jan 2020 · Department for Transport

Railways: Veterans

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with devolved administrations on the provision of a veterans' railcard.

22 Jan 2020 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces Covenant

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to bring forward legislation to provide a statutory duty to implement the Armed Forces Covenant as outlined in New Decade New Approach.

20 Jan 2020 · Ministry of Defence

Veterans: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the document entitled New Decade, New Approach, published on January 2020, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on creation of a Veterans Commissio

30 Oct 2019 · Treasury

Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the profiled budgets are for Financial Transactions Capital funding in each Northern Ireland Government Department in each of the next five years.

30 Oct 2019 · Treasury

Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) practical, (b) financial and (c) other support Northern Ireland Government Departments have provided to applicants in preparing their applications, designs, cost planning, option appraisals, business cases

29 Oct 2019 · Treasury

Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government have taken to encourage Northern Ireland Government Departments through (a) the Programme for Government and (b) other initiatives to (i) use and (ii) maximise Financial Transactions Capita

29 Oct 2019 · Northern Ireland Office

Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps Northern Ireland Government Departments have taken to encourage the use of Financial Transactions Capital.

24 Oct 2019 · Treasury

Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the allocation of financial transactions capital, what the average approval time was for an application in Northern Ireland.

24 Oct 2019 · Treasury

Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which (a) projects and (b) schemes in Northern Ireland were funded in (a) part and (b) in whole by financial transactions capital since 2012-13; and what the chargeable interest rate was for that funding.

23 Oct 2019 · Treasury

Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much Financial Transactions Capital funding Northern Ireland Government Departments have returned to his Department in each year since 2012-13.

23 Oct 2019 · Treasury

Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much Financial Transactions Capital funding each Northern Ireland Government Department has drawn down in each year since 2012-13.

23 Oct 2019 · Treasury

Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much Financial Transactions Capital funding has been allocated to each Northern Ireland Government Department in each year since 2012-13.

23 Oct 2019 · Treasury

Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much Financial Transactions Capital funding has been allocated to Northern Ireland Government Departments in each year since the inception of that scheme in 2012-13.

23 Oct 2019 · Treasury

Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much Financial Transactions Capital funding Northern Ireland Government Departments have (a) requested and (b) received since the inception of that scheme in 2012-13.

4 Sep 2019 · Ministry of Defence

Fleet Solid Support Ships and Type 31 Frigates: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he will announce preferred bidders for (a) Type 31e frigates and (b) fleet solid support ships.

4 Sep 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture Bill

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will ensure that the Agriculture Bill is carried over into the next session of Parliament.

4 Sep 2019 · Ministry of Defence

Military Bases: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress has been made on disposing of (a) Abercorn barracks and (b) other earmarked sites in Northern Ireland.

2 Sep 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Advertising: Misrepresentation

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the Advertising Standards Authority bans adverts with misleading descriptions, particularly in relation to broadband speeds.

10 Jul 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Environment Protection: Common Frameworks

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has been made by each nation of the UK on developing common frameworks for environmental policy, legislation and regulation to (a) manage shared environmental assets and

10 Jul 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his Department's policy is on making the environmental principle of avoiding trans-boundary environmental damage applicable in both England and Northern Ireland.

10 Jul 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Draft Environment (Principles and Governance) Bill

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to add additional principles to those included in the Draft Environment (Principles and Governance) Bill 2018.

10 Jul 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Office for Environmental Protection: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he will take to ensure Office of Environmental Protection staff have adequate knowledge and experience of Northern Ireland’s legislation and practices.

10 Jul 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Office for Environmental Protection: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he will take to ensure that (a) Northern Ireland is represented on the Office of Environmental Protection’s (OEP’s) Board and (b) that the specific needs of Northern Ireland

10 Jul 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Office for Environmental Protection: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Office of Environmental Protection will have a physical presence in Northern Ireland should it have jurisdiction there.

10 Jul 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Office for Environmental Protection: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Office of Environmental Protection will take account of Northern Ireland’s specific environmental requirements should its jurisdiction apply

24 Jun 2019 · Home Office

Human Trafficking

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department continues to pursue deportation proceedings in cases in which people have been found to have been trafficked under section 22 of the Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Criminal

19 Jun 2019 · Treasury

National Insurance: Young People

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what support his Department provides to 16 year-olds who are unable to obtain employment because they had not received their National Insurance number.

19 Jun 2019 · Treasury

National Insurance: Young People

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many 16-year-olds have been affected by HMRC's technical problems that resulted in the non-issuing of National Insurance numbers.

Source: official written-questions record.