Written questions

1,565 written questions tabled, most recent first.

20 Mar 2020 · Department for Education

Students: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has held discussions with the Welsh Government on suspending student loan repayments in response to the covid-19 outbreak.

20 Mar 2020 · Department for Education

Students: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has considered the suspension of student loan repayments in response to the covid-19 outbreak.

20 Mar 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Bovine Tuberculosis: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when field trials of cattle vaccination and accompanied DIVA tests will commence.

17 Mar 2020 · Treasury

Fuels: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what impact assessment his Department has undertaken of the potential effect of maintaining different duty rates for (a) alternative fuel, including compressed natural gas, and (b) road fuels.

16 Mar 2020 · Treasury

Climate Change Levy: Wales

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his department has made of the potential merits of devolving the Climate Change Levy to the Welsh Government.

16 Mar 2020 · Treasury

Alternative Fuels: Wales

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether there will be a Barnett consequential to the Welsh Government from the Green Gas Levy.

12 Mar 2020 · Treasury

Freeports

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made on proposals for freeports of the UK trading with the EU under existing trading arrangements after the transition period.

12 Mar 2020 · Treasury

Freeports

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department have made of the effect on proposals for freeports of the UK trading with the EU under CETA rules after the transition period.

12 Mar 2020 · Treasury

Freeports

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect on proposals for freeports of the UK trading with the EU under WTO rules after the transition period.

12 Mar 2020 · Treasury

Public Expenditure: Wales

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect on the Welsh economy of (a) raising and (b) removing the Welsh Government’s annual capital borrowing cap.

11 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government plans to take to improve coordination of research into (a) brain, (b) lung, (c) stomach, (d) oesophageal, (e) liver and (f) pancreatic cancers.

11 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve early diagnosis rates of (a) brain, (b) lung, (c) stomach, (d) oesophageal, (e) liver and (f) pancreatic cancer.

2 Mar 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department plans to roll out the use of the actiphage test for bovine TB in cattle.

26 Feb 2020 · Department for International Trade

Agriculture: Expert Trade Advisory Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2020 to Question 744 on Agriculture: Expert Trade Advisory Groups, when the Agri Food Expert Trade Advisory Group last met.

26 Feb 2020 · Treasury

Stamp Duty Land Tax: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how the proposed residence test in respect of the stamp duty land tax surcharge for non-UK residents purchasing residential property in England and Northern Ireland was determined.

25 Feb 2020 · Treasury

Entrepreneurs' Relief: Wales

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people claimed Entrepreneurs’ Relief in Wales in the 2018-19 fiscal year.

25 Feb 2020 · Treasury

Electric Vehicles: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the existing tax regime in respect of electricity consumption for electric vehicle charging.

25 Feb 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Fuels: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the effect on rural communities of changes in fuel prices.

25 Feb 2020 · Treasury

Business: Competition

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the implications for his polices of the conclusions of the Centre for International Competitiveness's report, UK Competitiveness Index 2019, published in March 2019.

25 Feb 2020 · Treasury

Public Expenditure

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Welsh Government on Budget 2020.

12 Feb 2020 · Department for Education

Universities: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the prevalence of use of non-disclosure agreements by universities.

12 Feb 2020 · Department for Education

Universities: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with (a) vice-chancellors and (b) student union presidents of universities that have been used non-disclosure agreements.

12 Feb 2020 · Department for Education

Universities: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with (a) the National Union of Students, (b) Universities UK, (c) University and College Union, (d) Unison and (e) Unite on university use of non-disclosure agreements.

11 Feb 2020 · Department for International Trade

Agriculture: Expert Trade Advisory Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether there is an Expert Trade Advisory Group for agriculture.

11 Feb 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

UK Shared Prosperity Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans his Department has to hold engagement events on the UK Shared Prosperity Fund in the next (a) four weeks, (b) three months and (c) six months in (i) Wales, (ii) Englan

10 Feb 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

World Wide Web Foundation

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2020 to Question 8437 on World Wide Web Foundation, whether the Government has plans to sign up to the Contract for the Web.

6 Feb 2020 · Ministry of Defence

Military Aircraft: Low Flying

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much compensation his Department has paid to Welsh farmers for cattle abortions as a result of low flying aircraft activity in each of the last five years.

4 Feb 2020 · Treasury

Oil: Exports

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue accrued to the public purse from the export of crude and refined oil in 2018.

4 Feb 2020 · Department for Education

Educational Exchanges

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2020 to Question 9128 on Educational Exchanges, if he will publish the publish his proposals for the potential domestic alternatives.

3 Feb 2020 · Northern Ireland Office

Capital Investment: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 24 January 2020 to Question 5512 on Capital Investment: Northern Ireland, if he will publish an explanatory memorandum on the conditions that accompany the financial package.

Source: official written-questions record.