Written questions

949 written questions tabled, most recent first.

30 Aug 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Food Insecurity

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the report entitled The state of food security and nutrition in the world 2024 by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, published in

24 Jul 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Palestinians: Recognition of States

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the Knesset's decision not to recognise a Palestinian state.

24 Jul 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Israel: International Humanitarian Law

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will publish his Department's legal advice on Israel's compliance with international humanitarian law.

18 Jul 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Water

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the Oxfam report entitled Water War Crimes, published on 18 July 2024.

18 Jul 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Water

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make representations to the Israeli Government on increasing the flow of water to Gaza through the Mekorot water supply lines.

18 Jul 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Arms Trade: Israel

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the findings of the Oxfam report of 18 July 2024 entitled Water War Crimes, whether his Department plans to review Government legal advice on arms sales to

18 Jul 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Occupied Territories: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate he has made of the financial cost to UK-funded aid programmes in the Occupied Palestinian Territories as a result of having been destroyed or seized by Israeli

18 Jul 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Occupied Territories: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent estimate he has made of the number of UK-funded aid programmes in the Occupied Palestinian Territories that have been destroyed or seized by Israeli forces (a) si

25 Mar 2024 · Treasury

Funerals: Pre-payment

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department made an assessment of the potential merits of requiring the immediate regulation of funeral plan companies that (a) were founded and (b) changed ownership after the announcement of regulatory

25 Mar 2024 · Treasury

Funerals: Pre-payment

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he made of the implications for his policies of changes in the number of funeral plan companies following the announcement of regulatory change in 2018.

25 Mar 2024 · Treasury

Safe Hands Plans

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department considered instructing the Financial Conduct Authority to investigate Safe Hands Funeral Plans in (a) 2017 and (b) 2018.

25 Mar 2024 · Treasury

Safe Hands Plans

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether Fairer Finance and Dignity raised issues regarding Safe Hands Funeral Plans in meetings with his Department in (a) 2017 and (b) 2018.

25 Mar 2024 · Treasury

Funerals: Pre-payment

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the proportion of funeral plan companies that failed to gain regulation following the new regulatory regime in the funeral plan market.

25 Mar 2024 · Treasury

Funerals: Pre-payment

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment (a) his Department and (b) the Financial Conduct Authority made of the implications for their policies of the speed of growth of the funeral plan market between 2001 and 2022.

25 Mar 2024 · Treasury

Financial Conduct Authority

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what criteria the Financial Conduct Authority uses to decide what markets to (a) monitor and (b) intervene in.

25 Mar 2024 · Treasury

Funerals: Pre-payment

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many times a breach of the Regulated Activities Order by a funeral plan company was reported to the Financial Conduct Authority in the last three years.

25 Mar 2024 · Treasury

Funerals: Pre-payment

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what regular reviews of the funeral plan market his Department undertook between 2001 and 2018.

7 Mar 2024 · Home Office

Non-governmental Organisations: Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to work with Cabinet colleagues on visas for representatives of international NGOs to take part in (a) advocacy meetings and (b) other UK-hosted events.

7 Mar 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Bilateral Aid: Equality

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, with reference to his Department's policy paper entitled International women and girls strategy 2023 to 2030, published on 8 March 2023, when he will publish a timeline of how he

5 Mar 2024 · Wales Office

United Kingdom

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent assessment he has made of the strength of the Union.

16 Feb 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Israel

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has had recent discussions with his Israeli counterpart on Israeli military action in Rafah.

16 Feb 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Israel

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will make an assessment of the implications for the UK's obligations under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide of the International Cour

16 Feb 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Arms Trade: Israel

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has sought legal advice on the implications for her policies on arms export licences to Israel of the International Court of Justice’s decision on the request for provisional measures in th

29 Jan 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

UNRWA: Finance

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether representations were made to the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs on the UK's funding of UNRWA in meetings with Israeli government offi

29 Jan 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Israel: Foreign Relations

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will publish details of the discussions between the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs and his Israeli counterpart during his most recent v

19 Dec 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of AI on democracy.

19 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Defence

Capita: Cybercrime

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the impact of the cyber attack against Capita in March 2023 on the security of civil servants' pensions data.

19 Dec 2023 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment the Government has made of the security of civil servants' pensions data following the cyber attack against Capita in March 2023.

19 Dec 2023 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what criteria were used to assess the suitability of Capita to administer the Civil Service Pension Scheme for his Department.

19 Oct 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Housing and Infrastructure

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what information his Department holds on the level of damage that has been caused to (a) civilian infrastructure and (b) homes in Gaza since 7 October 2023.

Source: official written-questions record.