Written questions
2,576 written questions tabled, most recent first.
14 Mar 2018 · Department for International Development
Department for International Development: Staff
what proportion of her Department's staff are (a) female and (b) male.
14 Mar 2018 · Department for International Development
EU Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether it is the Government’s policy to continue to contribute to EU International Development efforts after the UK leaves the EU.
14 Mar 2018 · Department for International Development
Central African Republic: Job Creation
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to help increase job opportunities for adults in the Central African Republic.
12 Mar 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Social Services: Children
What recent assessment he has made of trends in local authority funding for children's services.
9 Mar 2018 · Department for International Development
Department for International Development: Non-governmental Organisations
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department plans to change its approach to due diligence when partnering with non-governmental organisations in developing countries as a result of the allegations of sexual miscondu
9 Mar 2018 · Department for International Development
Bangladesh: Rohingya
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle the diphtheria epidemic in Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh.
9 Mar 2018 · Department for International Development
Armed Conflict: Sexual Offences
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to tackle the use of sexual violence as a weapon in conflict.
9 Mar 2018 · Department for International Development
South Sudan: Famine
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to (a) tackle and (b) prevent famine in South Sudan.
22 Feb 2018 · Department for International Development
Overseas Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to improve the transparency of Official Development Assistance that is spent by other Government Departments.
21 Feb 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care
Social Services: Minimum Wage
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the total sleep-in back pay liability for care providers in Birmingham, Edgbaston constituency.
21 Feb 2018 · Department for International Development
Developing Countries: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will take steps to include investment in healthcare systems in developing countries on the agenda at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in London in April 2018.
21 Feb 2018 · Department for International Development
Developing Countries: Pneumonia
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to tackle pneumonia in developing countries.
21 Feb 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care
Medicine: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of the expansion of medical school places on the number of doctors entering general practice.
6 Feb 2018 · Department for International Development
Developing Countries: Religious Freedom
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what criteria her Department uses to assess the (a) due diligence, (b) commitment to UK Partnership Principles and (c) promotion of freedom of religion or belief when it allocates funding to (i)
6 Feb 2018 · Department for International Development
Developing Countries: Minority Groups
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make representations to her international counterparts, including the UNHCR, for regular reporting on the effectiveness of funding for religious minorities.
6 Feb 2018 · Cabinet Office
Conflict, Stability and Security Fund: Minority Groups
To ask the Minister for the Home Office, if she will commission an independent review of the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund aid programme delivered by her Department to assess the effectiveness of that aid reaching religious minorities.
5 Feb 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to introduce a nationwide campaign to promote general practice as a career.
5 Feb 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to bring forward legislative proposals for a single tariff price for primary care undergraduate placements.
5 Feb 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hepatitis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to create a national strategy to help achieve the World Health Organisation's target of eliminating Hepatitis C by 2030.
5 Feb 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment: Inflammatory Bowel Disease
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with inflammatory bowel disease applied for mandatory reconsideration of their claim for personal independence payments in each of the last four years.
5 Feb 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment and Support Allowance: Inflammatory Bowel Disease
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have (a) applied for and (b) received employment and support allowance for Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis in each year between 2010 and 2017.
5 Feb 2018 · Department for International Development
Independent Commission for Aid Impact
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on ensuring that Government departments with responsibility for spending money from (a) the Prosperity Fund and (b) other aid budgets
5 Feb 2018 · Department for International Development
Prosperity Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the implications for the work of the Prosperity Fund of the concerns raised by the Independent Commission for Aid Impact’s February 2017 review of that fund in re
5 Feb 2018 · Department for International Development
Prosperity Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the implications for her Department's policies of the conclusions of the Prosperity Fund’s first Annual Report.
23 Jan 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if the Government will widen access to early diagnosis and support services for all developmental neurodiverse conditions as a preventative public health measure.
23 Jan 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Disqualification
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to mitigate the effect of welfare sanctions on people's mental health and well-being.
23 Jan 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Disqualification
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential link between the sanctions regime and the mental health and wellbeing of individuals; and if she will make a statement.
18 Jan 2018 · Cabinet Office
Prosperity Fund
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Secretary of State had responsibility for the publication of the first annual report of the Prosperity Fund.
18 Jan 2018 · Department for International Development
Prosperity Fund: Disclosure of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make it her policy that there there will be no further increases in spending from the Prosperity Fund until that fund is ranked good or very good in the International Aid Transparenc
18 Jan 2018 · Department for International Development
Prosperity Fund: Disclosure of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to paragraph 4.11 of UK aid: tackling global challenges in the national interest, published in November 2015, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the transparency s
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