Written questions
2,576 written questions tabled, most recent first.
1 Dec 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Development Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, for each UN agency, how much Official Development Assistance his Department has dispersed to date in 2020.
30 Nov 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Development Aid: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much of the £1.3 billion of new UK aid committed in response to covid-19 since the start of the pandemic has been dispersed.
30 Nov 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Development Aid: Disclosure of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to his oral contribution of 26 November 2020, Official Report column 1020, that he will strengthen accountability and value for money, what steps he is taking to ens
30 Nov 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Commonwealth: Veterans
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate the Government has made of the number of commonwealth veterans and their families who worked for UK armed forces before their countries gained independence who
30 Nov 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Commonwealth: Veterans
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many (a) veterans and (b) widows of veterans have been supported through the Commonwealth Veterans Programme to date this financial year.
30 Nov 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Charities: Development Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, in each year since the formation of the Small Charities Challenge Fund (a) how many applications have been (i) received, (ii) approved or (iii) provisionally approved and (b)
26 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Long Covid: Birmingham Edgbaston
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, where people in Birmingham, Edgbaston constituency will be able to access a long covid clinic.
20 Nov 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Development Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Prime Minister's oral statement on the Integrated Review on the 19 November 2020, Official Report, col 501, with which aid organisations the Government is in
20 Nov 2020 · Department for International Trade
Fossil Fuels: Export Credit Guarantees
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 18 November 2020 to Question 91998 on Fossil Fuels: Export Credit Guarantees, whether each project is (a) upstream, (b) midstream or (c) downstream.
19 Nov 2020 · Department for International Trade
Development Aid: Coal Fired Power Stations
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 18 November 2020 to Question 91998, how much funding the Government has provided to (a) thermal coal mining and (b) coal power plants overseas in each of the last 10 years.
19 Nov 2020 · Department for International Trade
Fossil Fuels: Export Credit Guarantees
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 18 November 2020 to Question 91998 on Fossil Fuels: Export Credit Guarantees, what the type of fossil fuel project is for each request being considered by UKEF.
19 Nov 2020 · Department for International Trade
Fossil Fuels: Export Credit Guarantees
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 18 November 2020 to Question 91998 on Fossil Fuels: Export Credit Guarantees, how much funding from the public purse is being requested for each of those seven projects.
17 Nov 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Development Aid: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much UK aid funding the Government has allocated to the global response to covid-19.
16 Nov 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the oral contribution of the Permanent Under-Secretary and Head of the Diplomatic Service to the Foreign Affairs Committee on 10 November 2020, whether the
16 Nov 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Directors
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12 November 2020 to Question 113194, what assessment he has made of the Permanent Under-Secretary and Head of the Diplomatic Service's comments to t
16 Nov 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Directors
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the oral contribution of the Permanent Under-Secretary and Head of the Diplomatic Service to the Foreign Affairs Committee on 10 November 2020 on having a s
16 Nov 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Departmental Responsibilities
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the planned timescale is for reaching a decision on whether his Department will be a (a) reserved or (b) unreserved department.
13 Nov 2020 · Department for International Trade
Fossil Fuels: Export Credit Guarantees
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many fossil fuel projects UK Export Finance has planned for 2021; and where these projects will be located.
13 Nov 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Integrated Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy Review
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the oral evidence of the Permanent Under Secretary of his Department to the Foreign Affairs Committee on the Work of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Developme
13 Nov 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Development Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the projection of the Bank of England in its Monetary Policy Report, published in November 2020, that GDP will reduce by 11 per cent in 2020, what recent pr
13 Nov 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Development Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent estimate the Government has made of the monetary value of 0.7 per cent of GNI in 2020-21.
13 Nov 2020 · Department for Education
Medicine: Higher education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish guidance for medical students on placements on (a) how and (b whether they can return home for the Christmas holiday period during the covid-19 outbreak.
9 Nov 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Directors
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether any proposed restructure of his Department will result in a reduction in the number of director roles.
9 Nov 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to his Answer to Question 109548 on Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Staff, whether details of proposed restructures have been presented to staff of his
6 Nov 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Fossil Fuels: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his policy is on ending public financing of fossil fuels overseas; and if he will make a statement.
6 Nov 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Developing Countries: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Government’s response to the Fifth Report of the International Development Committee, HC246 of Session 2014-15 on Strengthening Health Systems in Develo
3 Nov 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Remembrance Day: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will issue guidance on holding Remembrance Sunday ceremonies in a covid-secure manner under the forthcoming national lockdown restrictions.
2 Nov 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 2 November 2020 to Question 107085, what prioritisation process he is using to guide his departmental staffing changes.
2 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to assess the effect of new research into the range and frequency of covid-19 symptoms on the adequacy of his guidance on the main symptoms of covid-19 which are used to rec
2 Nov 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Feronia: Working Conditions
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the report, Development banks must be held accountable for their disastrous oil palm plantation investments, published by the Committee for the Abolition of
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