Written questions

2,582 written questions tabled, most recent first.

12 Mar 2020 · Department for Education

Children: Day Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding his Department plans to allocate to the provision of flexible childcare services (a) in term time and (b) during school holidays in each of the next five years.

12 Mar 2020 · Treasury

Pre-school Education: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many nurseries in England successfully applied for small business rate relief in each of the last ten years.

12 Mar 2020 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what financial support the Government plans to make available to nursery schools in England to manage the effects of covid-19.

12 Mar 2020 · Treasury

Pre-school Education: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether nursery schools in England with a rateable value below £51,000 will be eligible for the expanded business rate relief announced in Budget 2020.

11 Mar 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Iran: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assurances the Iranian Government has provided that any British prisoners granted temporary or permanent release from prison as a result of covid-19 that they and their families will

11 Mar 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Iran: Detainees

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking with his international counterparts to tackle Iran’s practice of unlawfully detaining (a) dual and (b) foreign nationals.

11 Mar 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the UK has taken in pursuance to its decision to exercise diplomatic protection in the 12 months since Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was granted that status.

9 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to reduce the number of cases of (a) gonorrhoea and (b) syphilis.

9 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Public Health: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding his Department has allocated to local authorities for the provision of public health services in each of the last five years.

9 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Sexual and Reproductive Health: Clinics

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to increase access to sexual health clinics.

3 Mar 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Courier Services: Environmental Impact Assessment

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent environmental impact assessment his Department has made of the growth of the courier industry.

3 Mar 2020 · Department for Transport

High Speed 2 Line: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the recent cost projections of High Speed Two meet his Department’s benefit-cost ratio guidelines.

3 Mar 2020 · Department for Transport

High Speed 2 Line: China

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 2 March to Question 18677 on High Speed 2 Railway Line, how many meetings his Department has held with representatives from (a) China Railway Construction Corporation Limited and (b) t

3 Mar 2020 · Department for International Trade

UK Export Finance: Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 2 March to Question 18399 on UK Export Finance: Environment Protection, how many applications for UK Export Finance support have been scrutinised by the Environmental, Social

3 Mar 2020 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what meetings he has had with representatives from the airline industry on the implications for that industry of changes to Government travel advice in response to covid-19.

2 Mar 2020 · Department for International Development

Forests

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment her Department has made of its progress on eliminating deforestation from business supply chains as set out in the Amsterdam Declaration on Deforestation.

2 Mar 2020 · Department for International Development

Forests

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions her Department has had with representatives of the business sector on the elimination of deforestation from business supply chains as set out in the Amsterdam Declaration

2 Mar 2020 · Department for International Development

Private Infrastructure Development Group: Fossil Fuels

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 7 February to Question 14010 on Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG): Fossil Fuels, how many Environmental and Social Impact Assessments were conducted by PI

2 Mar 2020 · Department for International Development

Private Infrastructure Development Group: Fossil Fuels

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February to Question 18834 on Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG): Fossil Fuels, how much funding was provided by the PIDG to (a) the 32 fossil fuel rela

2 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Drugs: Advertising

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many meetings his Department has had with the Advertising Standards Authority on the advertising of non-prescription medicines such as dermal fillers in the last 12 months.

2 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Plastic Surgery

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the NHS of treating complications after dermal filler injections.

2 Mar 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Social Media: Advertising

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2020 to Question 15107 on Social Media: Advertising, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Advertising Standards Authority on incl

2 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS 111: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have used the 111 service in (a) Hampstead and Kilburn constituency and (b) London in each of the last six months.

2 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the availability of additional medical services for people self-isolating due to Covid-19.

2 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS 111

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time was for a response to a 111 call in each of the last six months.

28 Feb 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

British Nationals Abroad: Detainees

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to support British citizens detained in other countries with cases of covid-19.

28 Feb 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

British Nationals Abroad: Detainees

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will publish the (a) number and (b) location of UK citizens detained in countries where there have been reported outbreaks of Covid-19.

27 Feb 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Rugby

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions his Department has had with (a) Premiership Rugby Limited and (b) the Rugby Football Union on the governance of rugby clubs.

27 Feb 2020 · Treasury

Freeports: Money Laundering and Tax Evasion

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment his Department has made of the correlation between the operation of freeports and (a) tax evasion and (b) money laundering.

27 Feb 2020 · Treasury

Freeports: Job Creation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of (a) the potential number of jobs created by freeports and (b) how many of those jobs will be transferred from elsewhere in the UK.

Source: official written-questions record.