Written questions

1,940 written questions tabled, most recent first.

8 Dec 2021 · Department for International Trade

Department for International Trade: Theft

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many of her Department's (a) laptops, (b) mobile phones, (c) memory sticks and (d) external hard drives have been lost or stolen in each of the last five years.

8 Dec 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Theft

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many of his Department's (a) laptops, (b) mobile phones, (c) memory sticks and (d) external hard drives have been lost or stolen in each of the last five years.

2 Dec 2021 · Treasury

Air Passenger Duty

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of how much the £3.6 billion of Air Passenger Duty levied in 2019-20 would have increased by in the event that the exemption on Air Passenger Duty for international-to-international trans

2 Dec 2021 · Treasury

Aviation: Fuels and Tickets

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the annual revenue to the Exchequer that would have arisen in 2019-20 from extending (a) the present road fuel duty applicable to petrol to aviation fuel and (b) standard rate value ad

2 Dec 2021 · Department for Transport

Cycling: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding for cycle training is available to Transport for London in 2021-22; and how does that amount compare with that of the previous five financial years.

2 Dec 2021 · Department for Transport

Cycling: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding has been provided for cycle training to each local authority, including TfL, in each of the last three years.

2 Dec 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release: Temporary Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to roll out the temporary accommodation service for prison leavers to all probation regions in England and Wales.

2 Dec 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release: Temporary Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women have used his Department's temporary accommodation service for prison leavers since its implementation in summer 2021; and what specific measures his Department has put in place to reflect the acco

2 Dec 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to support prison leavers into permanent safe and secure housing beyond the twelve weeks of accommodation provided by his Department's temporary accommodation service.

1 Dec 2021 · Department for Transport

Cycling: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of the £18 million Bikeability Cycling Proficiency Training scheme funding has been allocated to London.

1 Dec 2021 · Department for Transport

Cycling: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much money his Department has made available to each London Borough for cycle training in 2021-22.

30 Nov 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Saudi Arabia: Political Prisoners

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her Saudi Arabian counterparts on reports of torture and arbitrary detention of political prisoners in that country.

30 Nov 2021 · Department for Transport

Cyprus: Aviation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he will commit to reviewing the UK’s current policy committing travellers to (a) disembarkation and (b) additional screening in Turkey for flights from Northern Cyprus.

30 Nov 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Hunting

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to (a) curb trail hunting on Government-owned land and (b) improve the effectiveness of the law on hunting.

30 Nov 2021 · Department for Transport

Railways: Tickets

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on train revenues of the proposed introduction of contactless pay-as-you-go ticketing on trainlines in the (a) North and (b) Midlands.

30 Nov 2021 · Department for Transport

Railways: Tickets

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has carried out a yield analysis of the potential effect on passengers of the proposed introduction of contactless pay-as-you-go ticketing system on trainlines in the (a) North and (b) Midlands.

30 Nov 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Aviation: Tetraethyllead

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, by what date he expects the substance tetraethyllead to be banned from use by all sectors of the UK aviation industry.

30 Nov 2021 · Department for Transport

ICF Consulting Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) funding his Department has provided to ICF Consulting Services and (b) assessment he has made of the outcomes of that funding.

30 Nov 2021 · Department for Transport

Airfield Advisory Team

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what is the (a) remit and (b) annual budget of the Civil Aviation Authority's Airfield Advisory Team.

30 Nov 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

BBC World Service: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the future of funding for the BBC World Service after March 2022.

30 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase funding for research into dementia.

30 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Digital Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) support people with using digital NHS services and (b) protect the data of people who use those services.

30 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether covid-19 vaccination guidelines require vaccinators to aspirate injection needles prior to injecting the vaccine into patients.

30 Nov 2021 · Treasury

Carbon Emissions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the proposals in the Budget on annual levels of carbon emissions in the UK.

30 Nov 2021 · Treasury

Air Passenger Duty

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of his decision to reduce the air passenger duty rate for domestic travel on (a) levels of air travel in the UK and (b) the amount of carbon emissions produced by

30 Nov 2021 · Department for Transport

Motorways

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many of those appointed to oversee the Highways England smart motorway project hold either a (a) CEng or (b) IEng qualification.

30 Nov 2021 · Department for Transport

Motorways

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the existence of any potential conflicts of interest between subcontractors appointed to Highways England's smart motorways project and Highways England's project manager for that

30 Nov 2021 · Department for Transport

Motorways: Road Signs and Markings

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of days in each of the past three years on which one or more electrical signs on any motorway in England have failed to work.

30 Nov 2021 · Home Office

Refugees: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when Afghan refugee arrivals will be assigned to councils for permanent settlement.

24 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Endometriosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase funding for (a) research into and (b) treatment of endometriosis.

Source: official written-questions record.