Written questions

2,576 written questions tabled, most recent first.

22 Apr 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Horn of Africa: Droughts

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if the Government will urgently (a) commit to and (b) disburse new and additional funding to avert the most devastating effects of drought ahead of the upcoming conference on

22 Apr 2022 · Prime Minister

Jagtar Singh Johal

To ask the Prime Minister, what recent discussions he has had with the Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, on the detention of UK national, Mr Jagtar Singh Johal.

20 Apr 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Health Services: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the progress towards the implementation of her Department’s (a) Ending Preventable Deaths Approach Paper and (b) Health System Strengthening f

19 Apr 2022 · Home Office

Asylum: Rwanda

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the £120 million economic development program in Rwanda will be paid for using the Official Development Assistance (ODA) budget; and whether that funding will be in addition to the 0.5 per cen

19 Apr 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the £100.4 million of ODA spent on donating excess vaccines to developing countries in 2021, how many vaccines were shared through this spending.

19 Apr 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ukraine: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much of the £25 million match-funding to the DEC Appeal has been disbursed to date.

14 Apr 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Rwanda: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the economic development partnership with Rwanda as part of the Home Office's offshore processing plans will be paid for with funds from the Official Development Assi

14 Apr 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Asylum: Rwanda

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government will use Official Development Assistance to fund offshore asylum processing centres in Rwanda.

14 Apr 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ukraine: Conflict, Stability and Security Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to Call for bids: supporting Women, Peace and Security in Ukraine under the Conflict, Security and Stability Fund Programme 2022 to 2023, published on 8 March

14 Apr 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending eligibility for a fourth dose of covid-19 vaccine to people who were previously classed as vulnerable in age brackets below 75 years

14 Apr 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Refugees: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether the costs of hosting Ukrainian refugees in the UK will be (a) reported as Official Development Assistance (ODA) and (b) counted towards the 0.5 per cent GNI ODA budget.

8 Apr 2022 · Department for Education

Medicine: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues about establishing a scheme to allow medical students from Ukraine to be placed at UK universities to complete their studies.

31 Mar 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Children: Day Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the effect of the cost of childcare on rent arrears and household debt on families with children in Birmingham.

31 Mar 2022 · Department for Education

Children: Day Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) affordability of childcare and (b) impact of that matter on (i) household debt and (ii) rent arrears of families with children in Birmingham.

31 Mar 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Discretionary Housing Payments: Birmingham

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the impact of reductions to discretionary housing payment on the numbers of people in Birmingham at risk of falling into rent arrears in 2022-23.

31 Mar 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Mental Health Services: West Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment he has made of the number of acute bed spaces available for young people in crisis in Birmingham and the West Midlands.

31 Mar 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Refugees: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what plans he has to provide (a) mental health, (b) language and (c) other support for local schools and communities for child refugees.

31 Mar 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much ODA spend on education projects for which there is data had girls' education as a (a) component and (b) principal aim in each of the last five years.

31 Mar 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Mozambique: Gas Fired Power Stations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the compatibility of CDC Group's support for the export-orientated gas power CTT project in Mozambique with the UK’s overseas fossil fuel poli

31 Mar 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Mozambique: Gas Fired Power Stations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to its analysis of viable renewable energy alternatives to the CTT gas-fired power plant, for what reason CDC did not consider the option of Mozambique negotia

25 Mar 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ukraine: Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the costs of hosting Ukrainian refugees in the UK will be (a) reported as Official Development Assistance and (b) be counted towards the 0.5 percent GNI ODA budget.

25 Mar 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ukraine: World Bank

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the $500 million guarantee in the event of a default by Ukraine on the planned World Bank loan will be counted as ODA; whether that guarantee would be covered by the

25 Mar 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ukraine: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether in kind donations to Ukraine of equipment, such as medical supplies and power generators, are counted (a) as ODA and (b) as part of the 0.5 per cent GNI budget.

25 Mar 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ukraine: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the £25 million matched Disasters Emergency Committee Appeal aid funding to Ukraine is (a) part of or (b) separate to the £220 million in humanitarian aid announced b

24 Mar 2022 · Department for Transport

National Highways: Tree Felling

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many mature trees have been felled by National Highways and its predecessors in each year since 2010.

24 Mar 2022 · Department for Transport

M5: Speed Limits

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 23 March 2022 to Question 42060 on Motorways: Pollution Control, what assessment National Highways has made of the potential merits of reducing the speed limit to 60mph on the M5 betwe

24 Mar 2022 · Department for Transport

Speed Limits

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 23 March 2022 to Question 142060, what assessment he has made of the success of policies to introduce 60mph speed limits on motorways and dual carriageways in reducing (a) fuel c

24 Mar 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the budget was for the ODA crisis reserve in each of the last five years; and what the projected budget is for 2022-23.

24 Mar 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ukraine: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much of the approximately £400 million in emergency humanitarian and economic support pledged to Ukraine is to be funded through (a) the ODA crisis reserve, (b) reallocat

24 Mar 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Afghanistan: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent estimate she has made of the number and proportion of Afghan (a) children and (b) girls who are out of school; and if she will make a statement.

Source: official written-questions record.