Written questions
2,582 written questions tabled, most recent first.
20 May 2021 · Treasury
International Military Services: Iran
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what risk assessment his Department has made of the time taken for a decision on the 2017 licence to pay the International Military Services Limited debt to Iran.
20 May 2021 · Treasury
International Military Services: Iran
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason his Department has not made a decision on the 2017 licence application to pay the International Military Services Limited debt to the Central Bank of Iran.
18 May 2021 · Home Office
Au Pairs: EU Nationals
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential effect on working parents who rely on au pairs for childcare of the decision not to grant a dedicated immigration route for au pairs from the E
18 May 2021 · Department for Transport
Driving: Mobile Phones
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department's consultation of October 2020, what steps his Department is taking to strengthen the law on using a mobile phone while operating a vehicle.
18 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Abortion: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to make permanent the temporary measure allowing for home use of both pills for early medical abortion up to 10 weeks gestation for all eligible women.
18 May 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Museums and Galleries: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will publish the (a) scientific and (b) medical evidential basis for the decisions to (i) ease and (ii) not ease covid-19 restrictions for (A) commercial art galleries and (B) publ
18 May 2021 · Department for Education
Universities: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the (a) scientific and (b) medical evidential basis for the decision to restrict face-to-face teaching in universities until 17 May 2021.
18 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Travel: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of exempting (a) academics who undertake regular in-person work in the UK but live abroad and (b) other people who work in the UK but live
17 May 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Syria: British Nationals Abroad
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of British nationals associated with ISIS detained in north-east Syria in areas under the control of the Kurdish authorities; and how
13 May 2021 · Department for Education
Children: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that social care and support for disabled children and their families is included in the (a) the SEND review and (b) Independent Review of Children’s Social Care.
13 May 2021 · Department for Education
Pre-school Education: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average early years funding rate given to local authorities in England was for (a) two year olds and (b) three and four year olds in (i) 2017-18, (ii) 2018-19, (iii) 2019-20, (iv) 2020-21 and (v) 2021-
16 Apr 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Syria: Islamic State
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of British nationals associated with ISIS detained in north-east Syria in areas under the control of the Kurdish authorities; and how
15 Apr 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Travel Agents: Software
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of the Discover England Fund on the competitiveness of the booking management software industry.
15 Apr 2021 · Treasury
Digital Services Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to prevent large technology firms from passing on the Digital Services Tax to online retailers who use their platform.
15 Apr 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Travel
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the (a) scientific and (b) medical basis for the decision to include (i) Angola, (ii) Qatar and (iii) the UAE on the red list of travel ban countries.
13 Apr 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Travel: Quarantine
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of including reunification with a non-cohabiting partner on the list of essential international travel exemptions.
13 Apr 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Travel: Quarantine
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of exempting people receiving haemodialysis treatment from covid-19 hotel quarantine requirements.
13 Apr 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Travel
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the evidence used to inform the decisions on the update to the UK travel ban red list during the covid-19 outbreak that came into force on 9 April 2021.
12 Apr 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Japan: Travel
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support family visits between the UK and Japan under current covid-19 regulations.
12 Apr 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Coronavirus: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department has taken to procure doses of covid-19 vaccine boosters to help deliver immunity to tackle new coronavirus variants which may have greater levels of resi
12 Apr 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Slaughterhouses: Animal Welfare
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of (a) regulating the number of animals that can be slaughtered without being stunned and (b) banning the export of meat from animal
25 Mar 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps he plans to take in the event that Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is not allowed to return to the UK by the end of April 2021.
25 Mar 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if his Department will place a copy of its assessment of whether Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is a hostage under the terms of the 1982 Taking of Hostages Act in the Library.
25 Mar 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether it is Government policy to recognise Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe as a hostage, in the context of her continued detention in Iran at the end of her sentence.
25 Mar 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the findings of the Redress report on the treatment of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, what steps the Government has taken since the publication of that report t
25 Mar 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if the Government will make it its policy to publicly acknowledge Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe to be a victim of torture by the Iranian authorities, in response to the medical r
25 Mar 2021 · Ministry of Defence
International Military Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 8 March 2021 to Question 161824, to what extent IMS Ltd has (a) retained and (b) destroyed records of its commercial activities beyond the legally required seven years; on what date reco
25 Mar 2021 · Ministry of Defence
International Military Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 8 March 2021 to Question 161824, whether his Department (a) retained and (b) continues to retain its own records of IMS Ltd’s outstanding supply commitments at July 1991; whether those r
24 Mar 2021 · Department for Education
Children's Centres
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 11 March 2021 to Question 164550, how many (a) children’s centres and (b) children’s centre linked sites were operating in each year since 2009-10.
24 Mar 2021 · Department for Education
Dedicated Schools Grant
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the criteria his Department used to determine (a) which councils would receive funding from the Dedicated schools grant: very high deficit intervention, announced on 19 March 2021 and (b) the
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