Written questions
1,722 written questions tabled, most recent first.
27 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Development Aid: World Bank
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the reduction in overseas development assistance on the UK’s (a) shareholding and (b) board membership of the World Ban
27 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Development Aid: National Income
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when he plans to restore Official Development Assistance to 0.7 percent of gross national income.
27 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Development Aid: Asylum
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the projected level of overseas development aid (ODA) expenditure on asylum accommodation is over the next three years; and whether he plans to ring-fence the amount of
27 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Development Aid: Impact Assessments
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if his Department will release a full impact assessment for the reduction in Official Development Assistance.
27 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Development Aid: Women
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will spend 80 percent of Official Development Assistance on women and girls.
26 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Balkans: People Smuggling
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much Official Development Assistance funding has been spent on countering people smuggling in the Balkans in each of the last five years.
26 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
North Africa: People Smuggling
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much Official Development Assistance funding has been spent on countering people smuggling in North Africa in each of the last five years.
26 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Lebanon: Radicalism
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much Official Development Assistance funding has been spent on countering extremism in Lebanon in each of the last five years..
26 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Jordan: Radicalism
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much Official Development Assistance funding has been spent on countering extremism in Jordan in each of the last five years.
26 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Iraq: Radicalism
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much Official Development Assistance funding has been spent on countering extremism in Iraq in each of the last five years..
26 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Syria: Radicalism
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much Official Development Assistance funding has been spent on countering extremism in Syria in each of the last five years.
26 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Balkans: Disinformation
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much Official Development Assistance funding has been spent on countering disinformation in the Balkans in each of the last five years.
26 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Georgia: Disinformation
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much Official Development Assistance funding has been spent on countering disinformation in Georgia in each of the last five years.
26 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Moldova: Disinformation
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much Official Development Assistance funding has been spent on countering disinformation in Moldova in each of the last five years.
13 Feb 2025 · Home Office
Visas: Families
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of raising the minimum income requirement for family visas.
26 Nov 2024 · Department for Transport
Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much Vehicle Excise Duty was raised from vehicles registered to addresses in the municipal area of Essex County Council in the last two financial years.
18 Nov 2024 · Home Office
Asylum: MOD Wethersfield
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to shut down the asylum reception centre at the former RAF Wethersfield.
15 Nov 2024 · Home Office
Asylum: MOD Wethersfield
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to consult with the local community before any changes to the cap on the number of asylum seekers at the Asylum Reception Centre at the former RAF Wethersfield are made.
15 Nov 2024 · Home Office
Asylum: MOD Wethersfield
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to maintain the cap on the number of asylum seekers at the Asylum Reception Centre at the former RAF Wethersfield.
14 Nov 2024 · Home Office
Asylum: MOD Wethersfield
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of disorder there were at the Asylum Reception Centre at the former RAF Wethersfield between 1 July and 1 October 2024.
14 Nov 2024 · Home Office
Asylum: Bibby Stockholm and MOD Wethersfield
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria she used to close the Bibby Stockholm; and whether she will apply those criteria to the Asylum Reception Centre at former RAF Wethersfield.
14 Nov 2024 · Home Office
Asylum: MOD Wethersfield
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made changes to the Special Development Order on the Asylum Reception Centre at former RAF Wethersfield since 1 July 2024.
22 Jul 2024 · Home Office
Civil Disorder: Leeds
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with West Yorkshire Police on the recent disorder in Harehills, Leeds.
19 Dec 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Japan: Diplomatic Relations
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of UK diplomatic relations with Japan.
30 Mar 2017 · Scotland Office
Social Security: Scotland
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent steps he has taken to transfer welfare powers to the Scottish Government.
17 Jan 2017 · Home Office
Fire and Rescue Services
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reform the fire service.
18 Oct 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Commonwealth Secretariat: Public Appointments
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will disclose which candidate for Secretary-General of the Commonwealth the UK voted for during the Commonwealth Head of Government Meeting in November 2015.
18 Oct 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Commonwealth Secretariat: Public Appointments
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations his Department has received since 2015 on the suitability of Baroness Scotland of Asthal for the role of Commonwealth Secretary-General.
18 Oct 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Commonwealth Secretariat: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the use of funding from the public purse provided to the Commonwealth Secretariat.
18 Oct 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Commonwealth Secretariat: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what contribution from the public purse has been made to the Commonwealth Secretariat in each of the last five years; and how much the UK is expected to so provide in each of the next fiv
Source: official written-questions record.