Written questions

2,582 written questions tabled, most recent first.

29 Oct 2018 · Department for Education

Department for Education: Social Media

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department has spent from the public purse on promoted content on (a) Twitter, (b) Facebook and (c) Instagram in each month since June 2017.

29 Oct 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Social Media

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much his Department has spent from the public purse on promoted content on (a) Twitter, (b) Facebook and (c) Instagram in each month since June 2017.

29 Oct 2018 · Ministry of Defence

Iran: International Military Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the capacity of the (a) Government and (b) International Military Services (IMS) to repay the IMS debt to Iran in the event of potential changes to sanctions against that country.

26 Oct 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing Revenue Accounts

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what criteria his Department will use in deciding whether local authorities will be able to exceed the housing revenue account borrowing cap; and if he will make a statement.

25 Oct 2018 · Ministry of Defence

Iran: Debts

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Government has reviewed its existing debt obligations to Iran since the US Administration announced the reinstatement of sanctions against that country.

25 Oct 2018 · Ministry of Defence

Iran: International Military Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when and for what reason the next enforcement hearing for the court case between IMS Ltd and the Iranian Government on outstanding IMS debt will take place; whether that hearing will be in public; and what legal

25 Oct 2018 · Ministry of Defence

International Military Services: Parliamentary Scrutiny

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the oral contribution of the former hon. Member for Rhondda of 19 June 1990, Official Report columns 807-98, what steps his Department has taken to tackle concerns about the effect of the struct

23 Oct 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

USA: INF Treaty

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the US administration on the announcement of the US withdrawal from the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty.

22 Oct 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on the number of planning applications for new homes that comply with (a) Category 2 and (b) Category 3 of volume 1 of Part M of the Buildi

19 Oct 2018 · Home Office

Jewish Community Protective Security Grant

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the funding allocated by his Department to the Community Security Trust to protect Jewish educational settings in the UK.

19 Oct 2018 · Home Office

Jewish Community Protective Security Grant: Faith Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish the total amount of funding per pupil allocated by his Department to the Community Security Trust for school security in each year since 2015.

18 Oct 2018 · Home Office

Asylum: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of asylum seekers registered to attend English for Speakers of Other Languages classes in London (a) six months and (b) 12 months after arriving in the UK in ea

18 Oct 2018 · Home Office

Asylum: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers are living in London as at October 2018.

18 Oct 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Refugees: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to expand the Controlling Migration Fund in London to support newly recognised refugees find and sustain suitable accommodation.

18 Oct 2018 · Home Office

Refugees: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding his Department has provided to support newly-recognised refugees in London when they have moved out of asylum dispersal accommodation in each of the last three years.

18 Oct 2018 · Home Office

Asylum: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what provisions will be in the new asylum accommodation contracts to ensure that successful asylum applicants do not become destitute when they leave dispersal accommodation.

18 Oct 2018 · Home Office

Asylum: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to support local authorities during the transition to new asylum accommodation contracts.

18 Oct 2018 · Home Office

Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to ensure that local authorities are empowered and funded to support asylum seekers and newly recognised refugees.

18 Oct 2018 · Home Office

Asylum: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to (a) ensure that the new asylum seeker accommodation contracts will deliver accommodation of a good standard and (b) support people to make a successful transition from asylu

18 Oct 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Accident and Emergency Departments: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 15 October 2018 to Question 174798, how many children and young people have been admitted to A&E in London in the last 12 months.

17 Oct 2018 · Ministry of Defence

International Military Services: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been spent in relation to IMS Ltd since it ceased trading; and what steps he takes to monitor the reasonableness of those costs.

17 Oct 2018 · Ministry of Defence

International Military Services: Legal Costs and Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of (a) legal fees and (b) directors’ emoluments in relation to IMS Ltd since that company ceased trading in July 1991.

17 Oct 2018 · Treasury

Government Controlled Companies

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department (a) holds a list of Government controlled companies which only produce financial reports as small companies and (b) monitors the risk to the taxpayer of undisclosed contingent liabilities in G

16 Oct 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the British Embassy in Tehran has (a) requested to visit Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe since her collapse in prison and (b) made an assessment of her health since that collapse.

16 Oct 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the British Embassy in Tehran has (a) issued any protest over the Iranian prison authorities' denial of medical access and neurological care to Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe following

15 Oct 2018 · Ministry of Defence

International Military Services: Operating Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how the Government-owned company International Military Services Ltd has funded salaries and legal fees since it ceased trading in 1991.

15 Oct 2018 · Treasury

Government Controlled Companies

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 6 September 2018 to Question 171486 on Government Controlled Companies, whether his Department has granted approval to IMS Ltd (a) for its exemption from the full disclosures required under

15 Oct 2018 · Treasury

Government Controlled Companies

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 14 September 2018 to Question 171483 on Public Sector: Accounting, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals on the parliamentary scrutiny of the accounts of Government-contro

15 Oct 2018 · Treasury

Government Controlled Companies

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 14 September 2018 on Question 171482 on Public Sector: Accounting, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals on (a) auditing the accounts of Government-controlled companies th

15 Oct 2018 · Treasury

Treasury: Social Media

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has spent on promoted content on (a) Twitter, (b) Facebook and (c) Instagram in each month since June 2017.

Source: official written-questions record.