Written questions
2,582 written questions tabled, most recent first.
12 Jun 2019 · Home Office
Immigration: Turkey
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will reverse his decision of March 2018 to close the permanent residency route under the Ankara Agreement for Turkish nationals who have set up businesses in the UK and are seeking indefinite le
11 Jun 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Sudan: Demonstrations
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to (a) his Sudanese counterpart and (b) the Transitional Military Council on (i) the recent attacks on protesters in Khartoum and (ii) efforts to prevent
11 Jun 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Papua: Humanitarian Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations his Department has made to the Government of Indonesia on the humanitarian situation in West Papua; and what assessment his Department has made of the merits of West
10 Jun 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions
Department for Work and Pensions: Ministerial Policy Advisers
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2019 to Question 260085 on Department for Work and Pensions: Ministerial Policy Advisers, for what reason her Department does not routinely publish the number of allege
10 Jun 2019 · Home Office
Hezbollah: Greater London
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when (a) the Home Secretary (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) officials in his Department were informed of the reported stockpiling of explosive materials by individuals with suspected of links
10 Jun 2019 · Home Office
Hezbollah: Greater London
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the media report of 9 June 2019 that Hezbollah stockpiled explosive materials in North West London in 2015, whether that stockpiling was included in the decision to proscribe Hezboll
4 Jun 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions
Department for Work and Pensions: Ministerial Policy Advisers
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 1 April 2019 to Question 237786 on Department for Work and Pensions: Ministerial Policy Advisers, for what reason her Department has no plans to publish the number of alleged b
3 Jun 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Libya: Asylum
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to Answer of 23 May to Question 256340, how many refugees were resettled; and whether those resettled places were additional to existing resettlement quotas.
3 Jun 2019 · Department for Transport
Electric Scooters
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans the Government has to review the adequacy of legislation on the use of battery-assisted micro-scooters on public highways.
23 May 2019 · Ministry of Justice
Companies: Civil Proceedings
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) court cases and (b) enforcement hearings are currently being brought against Government-owned companies.
23 May 2019 · Ministry of Justice
Companies: Civil Proceedings
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the amount of public money at risk in (a) active court proceedings and (b) enforcement hearings which have been brought against Government-owned companies.
23 May 2019 · Ministry of Defence
Admiralty Holdings
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the remit is of Admiralty Holdings Ltd and its eight subsidiaries; and what that company's relationship is with her Department.
23 May 2019 · Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Defence: International Military Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date the last official from his Department ended their secondment to IMS Ltd, a wholly owned government company.
23 May 2019 · Ministry of Defence
Iran: International Military Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date IMS Ltd., a Government owned company, closed its office in Tehran.
23 May 2019 · Ministry of Justice
Companies: Civil Proceedings
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if his Department will publish the titles of the (a) court cases or (b) arbitration hearings that involved government owned companies that were held in private in commercial courts in the last three years.
20 May 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Libya: Asylum
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to resettle vulnerable refugees and asylum-seekers from Libya; and what support his Department provides to dedicated search and rescue teams in the Med
17 May 2019 · Department for Transport
High Speed 2 Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential effect of proposals to award five state-run Chinese companies a wholesale package to build High Speed Two on the financial sustainability of UK (a)
16 May 2019 · Department for Transport
Bus Services: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 14 January 2019 to Question 205992, what steps he has taken to encourage local authorities to require bus operators (a) Arriva, (b) Comfort DelGro and (c) RATP franchise to report thei
16 May 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Private Rented Housing: Evictions
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to publish the consultation for reforms to the legislative framework on private tenancies in England under Section 21 of the Housing Act 1988.
15 May 2019 · Home Office
Cannabis
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policy of the recommendation of the World Health Organisation's Expert Committee on Drug Dependence (ECDD) that cannabis and cannab
14 May 2019 · Ministry of Defence
Iran: International Military Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 9 May 2019 to Question 251360 on Iran: International Military Services, for what reason she is not at liberty to disclose the date.
8 May 2019 · Ministry of Defence
International Military Services: Debts
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to lay a statutory instrument before Parliament to seek approval for any payment that results from the contingent liabilities for IMS Ltd.
8 May 2019 · Ministry of Defence
International Military Services: Debts
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons his Department has not published the value of IMS Ltd.'s contingent liabilities as required by the statutory authorities conferred by the Ordnance Factories and Military Services Bill 1984.
8 May 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that its recent granting of diplomatic protection for Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is effective.
8 May 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he plans to take following the decision for Iranian judges to reopen the second court case against Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.
7 May 2019 · Ministry of Defence
Iran: International Military Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 29 April 2019 to Question 245905 on Iran: International Military Services, what the exact date in May 2019 is for the scheduled enforcement hearing for the court case between IMS Ltd and
30 Apr 2019 · Department for Transport
High Speed 2 Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the total budget for High Speed 2 will be uprated from 2015 to 2019 prices; and whether the revised benefit cost ratio calculation for that project will include benefits that arise from expenditure on (
25 Apr 2019 · Home Office
Offences against Children
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department has taken to improve co-ordination with the Metropolitan Police in tackling the (a) trafficking, (b) grooming and (c) abuse of children.
25 Apr 2019 · Home Office
Knives: Crime
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will hold discussions with representatives of (a) Operation Shutdown, (b) bereaved family members, (c) grassroots and other youth and community groups and (d) other stakeholders on the Governmen
25 Apr 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Youth Services: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he has taken to mandate local authorities to ringfence funding for statutory youth workers and services.
Source: official written-questions record.