Written questions

2,582 written questions tabled, most recent first.

27 Jan 2020 · Home Office

Refugees: Syria

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it remains the Government's policy to resettle 20,000 Syrian refugees in Syria by the end of 2020; and how many Syrian refugees have been successfully resettled to date.

27 Jan 2020 · Home Office

International Military Services: Iran

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 20 November 2018 to Question 185141, whether any of the Iranian delegation detained in 2013 when coming to discuss IMS Ltd's debt remain incarcerated in the UK.

27 Jan 2020 · Ministry of Defence

International Military Services: Legal Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much IMS Ltd spent on legal costs in the 2018-19 financial year.

27 Jan 2020 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Legal Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on legal costs in the 2018-19 financial year.

27 Jan 2020 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Offshore Funds

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many offshore bank accounts are held by (a) his Department and (b) its subsidiaries.

27 Jan 2020 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Offshore Funds

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was paid by his Department into offshore bank accounts in the 2018-19 financial year.

27 Jan 2020 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Offshore Funds

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he takes to monitor payments made by (a) his Department and (b) its subsidiaries to offshore accounts.

27 Jan 2020 · Cabinet Office

Ministry of Defence: Offshore Funds

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the requirements are for (a) senior officials and (b) Ministers of his Department to disclose their ownership and use of offshore banking arrangements.

27 Jan 2020 · Treasury

International Military Services

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department gave permission that the dividend paid to the Secretary of State for Defence by IMS Ltd in 2010 did not need to be returned to the Consolidated Fund by the Ministry of Defence.

27 Jan 2020 · Ministry of Defence

Iran: International Military Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 8 October 2019 to Question 292967, whether the dividend received by the then Secretary of State in 2010 from IMS Ltd was paid into the Consolidated Fund in line with the requiremen

27 Jan 2020 · Ministry of Defence

Iran: International Military Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether IMS Ltd has applied for a licence from the Chancellor of the Exchequer to pay its debt to Iran.

27 Jan 2020 · Ministry of Defence

Iran: International Military Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether IMS Ltd has discussed with the Iranian authorities whether its debt can be discharged by way of humanitarian supplies.

27 Jan 2020 · Ministry of Defence

Iran: International Military Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the instruction was given to IMS Ltd to settle its debt with Iran's MOSDAF agency.

24 Jan 2020 · Department for Education

Apprentices: Pre-school Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has plans to create an apprenticeship standard for Early Years professionals.

24 Jan 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for what reason document FCO 93/1981 has not been released to the National Archives; and if he will place a copy of the document into the library.

24 Jan 2020 · Ministry of Defence

Corruption

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has undertaken a review of the anti-bribery policies of his Department's (a) non-departmental public bodies and (b) subsidiary companies in the last 12 months; and what anti-bribery trainin

23 Jan 2020 · Department for International Trade

UK Export Finance: Audit

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, when her Department most recently reviewed the adequacy of audit arrangements for recipients of UK export finance.

23 Jan 2020 · Department for International Development

Development Aid: Audit

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when his Department last undertook an assessment of the adequacy of the audit arrangements for recipients of (a) Official Development Assistance and (b) grants issued by his Department.

23 Jan 2020 · Ministry of Defence

Corruption

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) policies and (b) training his Department requires of its subsidiary companies or NDPBs on (i) corruption and (ii) anti-bribery.

23 Jan 2020 · Ministry of Defence

International Military Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 7 October 2019 to Question 292965, on International Military Services: Finance, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to make regular the transfer of taxpayer funds

22 Jan 2020 · Department for Education

Schools: Music

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what reports he has received of sexual harassment at (a) music schools and (b) conservatoires; and what steps his Department is taking to prevent harassment at those institutions.

22 Jan 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Music: Discrimination and Harassment

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the level of (a) harassment and (b) discrimination in the music sector.

22 Jan 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Iran: Sanctions

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of using Magnitsky sanctions on people in Iran who have arbitrarily detaining British citizens; and what the threshold is for com

22 Jan 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Iran: British Nationals Abroad

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to take forward with Iran the policy of diplomatic protection invoked in the case of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe following the increased risk of arbitrary detention and ab

22 Jan 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Iran: Torture

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations on the torture of British citizens he has made to the Government of Iran in the last 12 months.

22 Jan 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Iran: Detainees

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he has taken to protect British citizens illegally imprisoned in Iran from torture.

22 Jan 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Iran: Prisoners

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many British citizens imprisoned in Iran (a) he and (b) representatives of his Department have visited in the last 12 months.

22 Jan 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Iran: Detainees

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many times (a) he and (b) his Department have made representations to the Government of Iran on the inadequacy of provisions for British citizens illegally imprisoned in that country

22 Jan 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Iran: Detainees

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to help ensure that British citizens illegally imprisoned in Iran have (a) adequate food and (b) warm clothes.

6 Jan 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the use of grants awarded by Homes England to modular housing businesses over the last three years.

Source: official written-questions record.