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Written questions

Preet Kaur Gill

2,576 written questions tabled, most recent first.

8 Nov 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Tigray: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the safety of Tigrayans outside of Tigray.

8 Nov 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sudan: Foreign Relations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when she or her Ministers most recently spoke to Abdalla Hamdok, Prime Minister of Sudan.

8 Nov 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sudan: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her counterpart in Sudan on the recent internet blackout.

5 Nov 2021 · Treasury

Development Aid

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 3 November 2021 to Question 66248 on Overseas Aid, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the allocation and disbursement of the UK's Special Drawing Rights; a

5 Nov 2021 · Treasury

Development Aid

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 3 November 2021 to Question 66248, on Overseas Aid, whether the UK's Special Drawing Rights contribution to the International Monetary Fund Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust counted as Off

2 Nov 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Heat Pumps: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of effectiveness of the renewable heat incentive policy in reducing the price of heat pump installations.

2 Nov 2021 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress he has made on acting on the findings of the Social Mobility Commission report dated August 2020 that (a) one in eight of the early years workforce is paid under £5 an hour and (b) the average wag

1 Nov 2021 · Treasury

Azure Services: Loans

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the decision by Barclays Partner Finance to refund loans issued between April 2014 and April 2016 by defunct timeshare operator Azure Services Ltd.

29 Oct 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to page 10 of her Department's Annual Report and Accounts: 2020-2021, HC 660, published on 22 September 2022, what assessment she has made of the impact of res

29 Oct 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 26 October 2021 to Question 59919, on Overseas Aid, and with reference to the Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021, what assessment she has made o

29 Oct 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the £43,379,999 for the sharing of 100 million doses of covid-19 vaccines with countries in need, published in her Department's Development Tracker, whether

28 Oct 2021 · Department for Transport

Railways: Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of building the Midlands Rail Hub for the region's economy.

28 Oct 2021 · Department for Transport

Railways: Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the Midlands Rail Network scheme for the region's economy.

28 Oct 2021 · Department for Transport

Railways: Birmingham

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to include the Birmingham Airport Connectivity scheme in the upcoming Integrated Rail Plan.

28 Oct 2021 · Department for Transport

Public Transport: Season Tickets

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to roll out flexible ticketing across the Midlands to encourage passengers to use public transport.

28 Oct 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Spending Review 2021: Priority outcomes and metrics, what the baseline year is used to determine whether the goal of increasing the number of people rea

28 Oct 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gender Based Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Spending Review 2021: Priority outcomes and metrics, what the baseline year is used to determine whether the goal of increasing the number of people ben

28 Oct 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Developing Countries: Mortality Rates

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Spending Review 2021: Priority outcomes and metrics, what the baseline year is used to determine whether the goal of lowering mortality rates of mothers

28 Oct 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Developing Countries: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Government's Spending Review 2021, Priority outcomes and metrics, what the baseline year is that her Department uses to determine whether it has achieve

28 Oct 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Developing Countries: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Government's Spending Review 2021, Priority outcomes and metrics, what the baseline year is that her Department uses to determine whether it has achieve

27 Oct 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 27 October 2021 to Question 61186 on Coronavirus: Vaccination, how many UK donations have had less than two months until expiry.

27 Oct 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid: Climate Change

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the UK met the target to spend £5.8 billion on International Climate Finance for the period 2016–2020.

27 Oct 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Biodiversity and Nature Conservation: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to paragraph 2.162 of the Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021, published on 27 October 2021, whether the £1.7 billion committed for nature and biodiversity

25 Oct 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, in the context of the covid-19 vaccines donated to low income countries to date, how many and what proportion were due to expire within (a) one week, (b) two weeks, (c) three

25 Oct 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Afghanistan: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2021 to Question 57228 on Afghanistan: Overseas Aid, what assessment she has made of the potential impact on the humanitarian situation i

25 Oct 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Yemen: Humanitarian Situation

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the humanitarian situation in Yemen.

25 Oct 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Afghanistan: Food Insecurity

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent estimate she has made of the number of Afghan people facing acute food insecurity; and what steps she is taking to provide urgent humanitarian support to that cou

22 Oct 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Buildings: Insulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he plans to change Government guidance to fire risk assessors to ensure that buildings that have previously received a B2 rating in EWS1 surveys conducted prior to the change

22 Oct 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid: Climate Change

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the potential effect of reductions in UK aid to climate vulnerable countries on the UK's ability to (a) achieve a successful COP26 confe

22 Oct 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the effect of low vaccination rates in the global south on preventing the (a) spread and (b) mutation of covid19.

Source: official written-questions record.