Written questions
2,576 written questions tabled, most recent first.
17 Jan 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Ghana: Cholera
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he is taking steps to help tackle cholera in Ghana.
17 Jan 2023 · Treasury
Ghana: Debts
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he supports Ghana's request for an expedited process for debt relief through the G20 Common Framework.
17 Jan 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Developing Countries: Females
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when his Department plans to publish International Women and Girls Strategy.
16 Jan 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Elections: Proof of Identity
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much funding has been allocated to (a) Birmingham City Council and (b) other councils in the West Midlands to help advertise new restrictions on voting without voter ID.
12 Jan 2023 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Fuel Poverty: Birmingham
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of care recipients who are in fuel poverty in Birmingham.
11 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Home Care Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has been made aware of cases in England where care cannot be delivered safely due to the low temperature of a person’s home.
9 Jan 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Coronavirus: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 9 December 2022 to Question 95901 on Development Aid: Vaccination, for what reason the estimate of £3.36 per dose was the best available at the time
6 Jan 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Somalia: Press Freedom
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has taken recent steps to help support media freedom in Somalia.
6 Jan 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Afghanistan: Females
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has taken recent steps to help reverse the Taliban's ban on (a) female aid workers and (b) women attending universities in Afghanistan.
6 Jan 2023 · Department for Education
Children: Social Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her planned timetable is for the publication of a Government response to the report by the Competition and Markets Authority entitled Children’s social care market study: final report, published on 10 Marc
6 Jan 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
India: Property
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in India on access to justice for British nationals who own property in that country and have been victims of fraud.
6 Jan 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Ukraine: Armed Conflict
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the provisional findings of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry for Ukraine on levels of sexual and gender-based violence committed against
6 Jan 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
War Crimes
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he is taking steps to help ensure that international war crimes investigations are politically and financially supported to embed child-specific expertise throughout
6 Jan 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Armed Conflict: Sexual Offences
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that the implementation of the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict strategy prioritises support and accountability for c
6 Jan 2023 · Home Office
Visas: Overseas Students
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the rules on graduate visas in instances where international students are unable to apply for a new visa before their current one expires due to extenua
6 Jan 2023 · Cabinet Office
Migration: Statistics
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Office for National Statistics plans to publish detailed migration data from the 2021 Census.
6 Jan 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Climate Change: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2022 to Question 105356, what representations he has made to (a) the UNFCCC and (b) other parties on the (i) aims and (ii) priorities of
6 Jan 2023 · Department for International Trade
Coronavirus: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to the WTO General Council decision to extend the deadline for the TRIPS Council to reach agreement on waiving patent protections for covid-19 tests and treatments by six months, whethe
6 Jan 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Ethnic Groups
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will publish data on the diversity of (a) staff who have joined his Department in each of the last five years and (b) all staff in his Department.
6 Jan 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Development Aid: Racial Discrimination
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when he will provide the Government's response to the First Report of the International Development Committee, Racism in the aid sector, HC 150, published on 14 June 2022; an
6 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department spent on (a) the prototype dental contract reform programme and (b) the first stage of dental contract reform.
20 Dec 2022 · Department for Education
School Rebuilding Programme: Birmingham
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools in Birmingham (a) applied and (b) were successful with their application to the School Rebuilding Programme in the last two years.
20 Dec 2022 · Home Office
Asylum: Hotels
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the use of hotels to accommodate asylum seekers on local businesses in the (a) hospitality, (b) tourism and (c) entertainment sectors in (i) the
20 Dec 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Jagtar Singh Johal
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues about seeking the release of Jagtar Singh Johal.
20 Dec 2022 · Cabinet Office
Sikhs
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Sikh Names Research Report published by the Office for National Statistics as part of its December 2018 update on research and testing of 2021 Census questions and topics, whether he plans
20 Dec 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 13 December 2022 to Question 102950 on Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research: Development Aid, what the amount disbursed to the
20 Dec 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Social Rented Housing: Audit
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment has he made of the adequacy of the audit policies governing registered providers of social housing; and whether he is taking steps to ensure that registered pr
20 Dec 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Social Rented Housing: Service Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an estimate of trends in the level of services charges in the housing association sector in each of the last five years; and what impact service charge inflation
20 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Disclosure of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2022 to Question 109669 on NHS: Disclosure of Information, for what reason the National Guardian's Office did not receive Freedom to Speak Up speaking up data
20 Dec 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Energy Bills Support Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many and what proportion of people using heat network schemes received a payment through the Energy Bills Support Scheme as of 20 December 2022.
Source: official written-questions record.