Written questions

327 written questions tabled, most recent first.

20 May 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sarm Heslop

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, pursuant to the Answer of 17 May 2024 to Question 26195 on Sarm Heslop, on what dates His Majesty's Consul General Miami has raised the disappearance of Sarm Heslop with the Governor of the United States Virgin Islands

14 May 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sarm Heslop

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether he has had recent discussions with the Governor of the United States Virgin Islands on the disappearance of Sarm Heslop.

29 Apr 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Haiti: Turks and Caicos Islands

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, pursuant to the Answer of 26 April 2024 to Question 23264 on Haiti: Turks and Caicos Islands, how many additional specialist police officers have been recruited by the Turks and Caicos Islands in 2024.

23 Apr 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Haiti: Turks and Caicos Islands

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what support his Department is providing to the Turks and Caicos Islands in response to the security situation in Haiti.

17 Apr 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Haiti: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding committed to the 2024 Humanitarian Response Plan for Haiti.

17 Apr 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Haiti: Food Aid

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, with reference to the World Food Programme's (WFP) press release entitled WFP scrambles to respond to hunger crisis in Haiti amid funding crunch as country teeters on the brink, published on 12 March 2024, what steps h

17 Apr 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Caribbean: Foreign Relations

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department’s development objectives in the Caribbean of the (a) security and (b) humanitarian situation in Haiti.

17 Apr 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Haiti: Humanitarian Situation

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what recent assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the humanitarian situation in Haiti.

20 Mar 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ludivia Galindez

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of reports of the murder of women’s rights and peace activist Ludivia Galindez in Colombia on 23 February 2024.

20 Mar 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Colombia: Peace Negotiations

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps his Department is taking to help prevent delays in the implementation of the 2016 Columbia peace agreement.

12 Mar 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Haiti: Politics and Government

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what discussions he has had with his Haitian counterparts on the security situation in that country.

6 Feb 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Azerbaijan: Climate Change Convention

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether the Government plans to appoint a UK climate envoy ahead of COP29 in Baku.

6 Feb 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Colombia: Convention on Biological Diversity

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent discussions the Government has had with the Colombian Government on the UN Biodiversity Conference 2024, to be held in that country in October-November 2024.

10 Jan 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ecuador: Emergency Powers

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has taken steps to support his Ecuadorian counterpart in the context of the recently declared state of emergency in that country.

28 Nov 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Guyana: Venezuela

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the referendum in Venezuela on the Venezuela-Guyana border on Sunday 3 December 2023.

17 May 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to increase prison staffing levels.

17 May 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Mental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on improving the mental health of people in prisons.

17 May 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to increase the safety of women in prisons.

17 May 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, steps he plans to take to improve the safety of people in prisons.

29 Mar 2023 · Attorney General

War Crimes: Russia

To ask the Attorney General, what recent assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of US government support for the establishment of a hybrid special tribunal to investigate the crime of aggression by Russia against Ukraine; and whether

23 Mar 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Youth Custody: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of staffing levels across the youth estate.

16 Mar 2023 · Department for Education

Performing Arts: Extracurricular Activities

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of rises in the cost of living on the uptake of extracurricular performing arts classes in (a) primary, (b) secondary, (c) further and (d) higher education

16 Mar 2023 · Department for Education

Performing Arts: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the number of (a) performing arts teachers and (b) associated curriculum hours in schools and further and higher education institutions.

13 Mar 2023 · Department for Education

Performing Arts: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the reasons for changes in the level of entries for GCSE and A Level qualifications in performing arts subjects in the last two years.

13 Mar 2023 · Department for Education

Performing Arts: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will consider the potential merits of extending the music education hub model to (a) dance, (b) drama and (c) other performing arts.

13 Mar 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Performing Arts: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to take steps to help increase participation in the performing arts among (a) children and (b) young people, particularly those from (i) disadvantaged backgrounds and (ii) group

22 Feb 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Convention on Biological Diversity

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to abide by the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.

3 Feb 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the current backlog of applications is at the Maintenance Enforcement Business Centre in Bury St Edmunds; and what the wait time is for each application to be processed.

31 Jan 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Secure Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate he has made of when the secure school will open.

31 Jan 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Young Offenders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on how many times an individual child was removed from association for periods (a) up to three days, (b) up to 14 days, (c) up to 21 days, (d) up to 42 days and (e) more than

Source: official written-questions record.