Written questions

821 written questions tabled, most recent first.

8 Jun 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Iron and Steel

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to support the UK steel sector following an increase in steel imports from non-EU countries since the start of the year.

8 Jun 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Iron and Steel

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2018 to Question 126973, if he will urgently respond to the steel sector deal proposal.

8 Jun 2018 · Department for International Trade

Iron and Steel: Dumping

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps he is taking to implement measures to prevent steel dumping.

8 Jun 2018 · Department for International Trade

Iron and Steel: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment he has made of the effect on the UK steel industry of the trend in the amount of steel imported to the UK from non-EU sources since the beginning of 2018; and if he will make a stateme

7 Jun 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Gulf States: Arms Trade

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make it his policy to stop arms sales to (a) Saudi Arabia and (b) United Arab Emirates in the event that the Saudi-led coalition initiates a military attack on Hodeida in Yemen

7 Jun 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Yemen: Ports

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made on the effect of a military assault on Hodeida port in Yemen by the Saudi-led coalition on the prospects of a UN-negotiated peace plan.

7 Jun 2018 · Department for International Development

Yemen: Ports

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department has made an assessment of the humanitarian effect on the local population of a military assault on Hodeida port in Yemen by the Saudi-led coalition.

5 Jun 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Israel: Palestinians

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he has taken to push for an independent investigation into the recent deaths of Palestinians by the Israeli military.

5 Jun 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Razan Ashraf al-Najjar

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his Israeli counterpart on the reported killing of nurse Razan Ashraf Al Najjar by the Israeli military.

1 Jun 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Iron and Steel: USA

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March to Question 132621 on steel tariffs, what recent assessment he has made of whether a UK steel company can individually request an exemption for

1 Jun 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Iron and Steel: USA

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2018 to Question 132589 on Iron and Steel: USA, whether he has made an assessment of the the volume of steel that will be re-directed to the UK

1 Jun 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support her Department provides to (a) the families of children who are severely disabled and (b) other families in similar circumstances in completing applications for disability living allowance.

1 Jun 2018 · Home Office

Knives: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding the Government has made available for research into knife crime prevention in the last two years; and how much funding is being made available in the next 12 months.

24 May 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Private Rented Housing: Electrical Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what representations his Department has received from local authorities regarding mandatory electrical safety checks in the private rented sector.

24 May 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Private Rented Housing: Electrical Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what representations his Department has received in opposition to mandatory electrical safety checks in the private rented sector.

23 May 2018 · Department for International Trade

EU Trade

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, for what reasons the Government voted against the proposed Modernisation of Trade Defence Instruments in the EU Council on 16 April 2018.

22 May 2018 · Department for Education

Periods: Health Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Government is taking steps to ensure that menstrual wellbeing is part of the national school curriculum; and if he will make a statement.

21 May 2018 · Department for International Trade

Iron and Steel: USA

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what representations he is making to (a) the EU and (b) his counterparts in EU member states on the UK's preferred options for when the exemption from US steel tariffs ends on 1 June 2018; and if he w

21 May 2018 · Home Office

Passports: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of first-time Passport applicants were required to attend an interview in each of the last three years.

11 May 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Office for Product Safety and Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the timetable is for the publication of? the strategy for the Office of Product Safety and Standards.

11 May 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Tumble Dryers: Fire Hazards

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Office for Product and Safety and Standards has taken steps in response to the Which? investigation which claimed some retailers are providing incorrect and unsafe adv

10 May 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment and Support Allowance: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether claimants of employment support allowance (ESA) judged by a tribunal to be eligible to be in the support group after the expiry of their 365 days of contribution-based ESA, become eligible for i

10 May 2018 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Public Libraries: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make an assessment of whether local authorities providing unstaffed public libraries using open technology are fulfilling their duty to provide a comprehensive and efficient l

18 Apr 2018 · Ministry of Defence

Royal Fleet Auxiliary

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take steps to ensure that only British steel is used to build the three new Royal Navy support ships regardless of the outcome of the international tender.

18 Apr 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Iron and Steel: Port Talbot

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 23 October 2017 to Question 107192, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the steel industry about the re-lining of Blast Furnace 5

16 Apr 2018 · Department for Transport

Tunnels: Pennines

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress he has made on the plan for the trans-Pennine tunnel.

13 Apr 2018 · Department for Transport

Hope Valley Line

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to make a decision on the Hope Valley Capacity Scheme submitted to his Department by Network Rail.

13 Apr 2018 · Department for Transport

Hope Valley Line

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of scheduled trains between Sheffield and Manchester Piccadilly were classed as having passengers in excess of capacity from the latest available data.

13 Apr 2018 · Home Office

Knives: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will review the guidance for police forces on recording and publishing statistics on knife crime to provide more specific figures than the force-wide level of knife crime.

13 Apr 2018 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Disclosure of Information

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HMRC shares information on the amendment of tax returns or other taxation errors of non-UK citizens with UK Visas and Immigration.

Source: official written-questions record.