Written questions
2,576 written questions tabled, most recent first.
2 Nov 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
CDC: Feronia
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether any of CDC Group's USD 80.66 million investment in Feronia was written off by the CDC after the transfer of shares in that company to private equity firm KKM.
30 Oct 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Feronia: Community Relations
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether CDC Group made and assessment of the potential development benefits of issuing shares in Feronia Inc. to local community co-operatives.
30 Oct 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he is planning to undertake equality impact assessments of any proposed staffing restructure in his Department.
30 Oct 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the strategic direction of his Department set out in the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy will be used to inform any future staf
30 Oct 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department plans to make any staffing changes before the publication of the integrated review.
30 Oct 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Redundancy
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans he has to make redundancies in his Department.
21 Oct 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many people were employed by his Department on 1 September 2020; and what assessment he has made of the number of employees needed to fulfil the functions of his Departme
21 Oct 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will wait for the publication of the Integrated Review before conducting any staffing restructures following the merger of his Department and the Department for Interna
21 Oct 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Development Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of the postponement of the three year Comprehensive Spending Review on the setting of his Department's development priorities.
21 Oct 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Government Departments: Development Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 September 2020 to Question 82256 on Government Departments: Overseas Aid, whether he currently has final sign-off of Official Development Assistan
21 Oct 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Coronavirus: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to deals the Government have signed related to finding a vaccine for covid-19, whether (a) pharmaceutical companies, (b) the Government or (c) both have the authori
14 Oct 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Birmingham
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support the Government is providing to Birmingham City Council to assist with covid-19 contact tracing in that area.
9 Oct 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Development Aid: Disclosure of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he is taking to steps to prevent Government departments from spending UK aid that do not achieve a (a) good or (b) very good at the next assessment by the Aid Transpa
8 Oct 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of covid-19 restrictions on people in flat shares; and what steps he is taking to (a) support the mental health and (b) combat loneliness of people living
7 Oct 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Non-governmental Organisations
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 6 October 2020 to Question 95714, how many of the non-Government Organisations are defined by his Department as (a) big, (b) medium and (c) small.
7 Oct 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Non-governmental Organisations
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 6 October to Question 95714 on Non-Governmental Organisations, what criteria his Department used to select the NGOs to discuss the merger with.
7 Oct 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Non-governmental Organisations
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 6 October to Question 95714 on Non-Governmental Organisations, how many of the 50 calls with stakeholders he conducted; and whether he attended the
7 Oct 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Non-governmental Organisations
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 6 October to Question 95714, whether any of the 26 NGOs consulted on the merger prior to the Prime Minister's statement on the 16th of June.
7 Oct 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer to Written Question 95716, whether any Parliamentarians were consulted on the merger prior to the Prime Minister's 16 June statement.
5 Oct 2020 · Treasury
Unemployment: West Midlands
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of his Winter Recovery Plan on unemployment in (a) Birmingham and (b) the West Midlands by (i) gender, (ii) age, (iii) religion, (iv) ethnicity, and (v) socio-economic group
29 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Birmingham
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the cumulative cancer backlog of undiagnosed, relapsed, and delayed treatments in Birmingham as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
28 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Birmingham
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what criteria are being used to assess the effectiveness of support for people shielding and the clinically extremely vulnerable in Birmingham; and how regularly that support is assessed.
28 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what criteria is being used to review guidance to (a) people shielding and (b) the clinically extremely vulnerable living in local covid-19 lockdown areas; and how regularly that guidance is being
28 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to plan for the distribution of a potential covid-19 vaccine.
28 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the medical logistics sector on the distribution of a potential covid-19 vaccine.
28 Sep 2020 · 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 capacity and ability of (a) refrigerated lorries, (b) aircraft and (c) other elements of the supply chain to distribute (i) a covid-19 vaccine, (ii) medical grade
28 Sep 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Rwanda: Girls
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 24 September 2020 to Question 91695 on Rwanda: Females, on what dates the process and principles were discussed with the Prime Minister.
28 Sep 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Commuters: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether employers are required to provide alternative transport for workers who cannot work from home and need to use public transport and who shielded during the covid-19 lockdow
28 Sep 2020 · Department for Transport
Public Transport: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to update guidance for public transport providers to ensure that health risks for workers who shielded during the covid-19 lockdown are minimised.
28 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Nurses: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to update guidance for workplaces to ensure that health risks for nurses who shielded during the covid-19 lockdown are minimised.
Source: official written-questions record.