Written questions

2,576 written questions tabled, most recent first.

6 Dec 2022 · Treasury

Development Aid: Asylum

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much of the (a) £1 billion in 2022-23 and (b) £1.5 billion in 2023-24 allocated from Treasury reserves to fund asylum processing and refugee hosting costs will be reported as Official Development Assistance as a

5 Dec 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much Official Development Assistance was disbursed to Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research in each year since 2018.

1 Dec 2022 · Home Office

Prevent Independent Review

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of when the Independent Review of Prevent will be laid before Parliament.

29 Nov 2022 · Cabinet Office

Sikhs

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the data by the Office for National Statistics entitled Religion, England and Wales: Census 2021, published on 29 November 2022, if he will make an assessment of the accuracy of the estimate of

29 Nov 2022 · Cabinet Office

Sikhs

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the data by the Office for National Statistics entitled Religion, England and Wales: Census 2021, published on 29 November 2022, what steps his Department has taken to estimate the number of pe

28 Nov 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Health: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much finding the Government has allocated to global health R&D in each of the last five years.

28 Nov 2022 · Home Office

Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers' (a) asylum processing and (b) accommodation costs were reported as part of the Official Development Assistance budget in each of the last three years for which data is availab

28 Nov 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much Official Development Assistance has been disbursed to local women's rights organisations in each of the five previous years for which there is data.

28 Nov 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid: United Nations Population Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much Official Development Assistance spending has been disbursed to programmes delivered by the United Nations Population Fund in each of the last five years for which da

24 Nov 2022 · Treasury

Development Aid

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his written ministerial statement entitled FCDO Update, published on 22 November 2022, HCWS379, how the additional £2.5 billion of resources will be spent.

24 Nov 2022 · Treasury

Development Aid: Asylum

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his written ministerial statement entitled FCDO Update, published on 22 November 2022, HCWS379, how much and what proportion of the additional resources will be allocated to help clear the asylum p

24 Nov 2022 · Treasury

Development Aid

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the cost of asylum processing backlogs to the official development assistance budget; and what recent estimate he has made

24 Nov 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he made an impact assessment to inform the spending decisions set out in his written ministerial statement entitled FCDO Update, published on 22 November 2022, HCWS37

24 Nov 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the price per dose was for surplus vaccine donations in 2021 as of August 2022.

24 Nov 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to page 17 of Statistics on International Development, Final UK Aid Spend 2021, published in November 2022, what the rationale was for using the price per dose

24 Nov 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Armed Conflict: Sexual Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many of the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict team of experts were deployed as of 24 November 2022; and where were those experts based.

24 Nov 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Cybersecurity

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many security briefings did Ministers in her Department attend on (a) protecting their personal data and (b) mitigating cyber threats, in each of the past five years.

24 Nov 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Electronic Messaging

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department's policy on (a) Ministers and (b) civil servants using (i) SMS, (ii) WhatsApp, (iii) Signal and (iv) other messaging platforms for (A) sending informat

24 Nov 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether any security concerns were raised with Ministers about the use of personal (a) devices and (b) emails for confidential Government business in each of the last five ye

22 Nov 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much Official Development Assistance has been disbursed to projects in (a) conflict prevention and resolution and (b) ending violence against women and girls in each of t

22 Nov 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ukraine: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much Official Development Assistance has been disbursed to projects in Ukraine in (a) conflict prevention and resolution and (b) ending violence against women and girls i

22 Nov 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Armed Conflict: Sexual Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what was the budget of the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict team in each of the past three years.

22 Nov 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy Charter Treaty

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the UK will exit the Energy Charter Treaty.

22 Nov 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much and what proportion of the UK aid budget has been targeted at those living in fragile and conflict-affected countries in each of the last five years.

22 Nov 2022 · Treasury

Personal Income: Birmingham

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the potential fall in real household disposable income in Birmingham in the (a) 2022-23 and (b) 2023-24 financial years.

22 Nov 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

South Sudan: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many (a) state hospitals and (b) smaller health care facilities in South Sudan have been funded by his Department in each of the last five years, and what recent assessme

21 Nov 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Armed Conflict: Sexual Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many FTE staff have been in the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative team of experts in each (a) calendar and (b) financial year since 2012.

18 Nov 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Investment Zones

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many expressions of interest his Department received for Investment Zones.

18 Nov 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Business Rates: Birmingham

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the revaluation of business rates on local authority finances in Birmingham.

18 Nov 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Unemployment: Birmingham

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of what the levels of unemployment will be in Birmingham in the financial years (a) 2022-23, (b) 2023-24 and (c) 2024-25.

Source: official written-questions record.