Written questions

949 written questions tabled, most recent first.

3 Jun 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Cuba: Foreign Relations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of the bilateral EU-Cuba Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement and the end of the common position on UK relations wi

3 Jun 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Cuba: Foreign Relations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what meetings he had with representatives of the Cuban government during his visit to Cuba in April 2016.

3 Jun 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Cuba: Foreign Relations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to improve relations between the UK and Cuba.

3 Jun 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Andargachew Tsege

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if the Government plans to request the release of Mr Andargachew Tsege during future Ministerial visits to Ethiopia.

26 Apr 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Asia: Climate Change

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change on the climate threat arising from Chinese activities affecting the third pole region.

26 Apr 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Tibet: Religious Persons

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on whether decisions on the reincarnation of Tibetan Lamas should made made by the Tibetan people.

26 Apr 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Tibet: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the proportion of (a) native Tibetans, (b) Han Chinese and (c) others who were resident in Tibet in (i) 2015, (ii) 2005 and (iii) 1995.

26 Apr 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Tibet

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when (a) a minister and (b) officials in his Department last visited the area described by the Chinese government as the Tibetan Autonomous Region.

26 Apr 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Tibet

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking with his EU counterparts to enable (a) EU diplomats and (b) journalists to enter Tibet.

26 Apr 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

China: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what beneficial shifts in the human rights approach of the Chinese government there have been as a result of steps taken by his Department.

26 Apr 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Gedhun Choekyi Nyima

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he last made representations to the Chinese government on the fate of the Panchen Lama; and what response he received to such representations.

15 Mar 2016 · Home Office

Passports: Interviews

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of interviews for a first-time adult passport application she expects to be conducted on a face-to-face basis in (a) England, (b) Northern Ireland, (c) Scotland and (d) Wales after the

15 Mar 2016 · Home Office

Passports: Interviews

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of interviews for a first-time adult passport application was conducted on a face-to-face basis in (a) England, (b) Northern Ireland, (c) Scotland and (d) Wales.

15 Mar 2016 · Home Office

Passports: Interviews

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what additional funding will be provided to HM Passport Office for the development of new technology for remote interview sites after the proposed closure of 15 HM Passport Office interview offices.

9 Feb 2016 · Home Office

HM Passport Office: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether lease contracts on buildings currently housing HM Passport Office interview offices that are facing closure would allow for the proposed timeframe of office closures to be extended.

9 Feb 2016 · Home Office

HM Passport Office: Dundee

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the property lease contract on the HM Passport Office site in Dundee ends; and if she will extend the proposed timeframe for closure of this site.

9 Feb 2016 · Home Office

HM Passport Office: Dundee

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether staff working at the HM Passport Office site in Dundee will be (a) offered alternative employment or (b) made redundant.

9 Feb 2016 · Home Office

Passports: Interviews

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether a security assessment has been made of the potential use of non-HM Passport Office (HMPO) sites for interviews when HMPO plans to replace face-to-face interviews with video-link interviews.

4 Feb 2016 · Scotland Office

Local Government: Dundee

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the City Deal for Dundee and neighbouring authorities; and when the Government plans to make a decision on that deal.

28 Jan 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Housing Benefit: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which categories of young people will be exempt from the new restrictions to housing benefit eligibility.

28 Jan 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Housing Benefit: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he will publish draft regulations on housing benefit for 18-21 year olds.

22 Jan 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the implications for his policies are of the finding of the National Audit Office in its recent report, Contracted-out health and disability assessments, HC 609, of 5 January 2016, that his Departm

21 Jan 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the monetary value was of each type of benefits withdrawn in (a) Dundee and (b) Scotland as a result of benefit sanctions in each month from 2010 to date.

19 Jan 2016 · HM Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Scotland

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether preliminary impact assessments were carried out on the effect of the current HM Revenue and Customs Location Strategy on local tax compliance, across all heads of duty, the Scottish economy, equal opportuniti

18 Jan 2016 · HM Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Scotland

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) office closures and staff reductions in HMRC offices in each area in Scotland between 2006 and 2013, on (a) local tax compliance across all h

18 Jan 2016 · HM Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Scotland

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what comparative estimate he has made of the property-related costs of the proposed HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) regional centres in Edinburgh and Glasgow and with HMRC's existing property in Dundee.

18 Jan 2016 · HM Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Reorganisation

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost of implementing HM Revenue and Customs' Location Strategy over the next 10 years.

18 Jan 2016 · HM Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Trade Unions

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether union representatives of HM Revenue and Customs employees are permitted to send questionnaires to union members using official email.

18 Jan 2016 · HM Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Reorganisation

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the effect of the HM Revenue and Customs Location Strategy on future tax revenues.

18 Jan 2016 · HM Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Scotland

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of HM Revenue and Customs staff in Scotland are deemed to be within reasonable daily travel distance of the two proposed regional centres; and on what assumptions those estimates were based.

Source: official written-questions record.