Written questions

5,143 written questions tabled, most recent first.

5 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Food: Labelling

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she will make an assessment of the adequacy of food labelling for people with allergies.

5 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Food: Labelling

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she is taking steps to help improve the (a) clarity and (b) accuracy of allergen information on food labelling.

5 Feb 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

British Nationals Abroad: Sikhs

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of reports of alleged assassinations of Sikh activists in the US and Canada on British Sikhs living abroad.

5 Feb 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

EU Institutions: Religious Freedom

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps his Department is taking to initiate discussions with his European counterparts on the potential impact of the Court of Justice of the European Union's recent ruling on

5 Feb 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Religious Freedom

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment he has made of the implications of the ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union to allow religious symbols to be banned in public sector workplaces for

5 Feb 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

EU Institutions: Religious Freedom

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has had recent discussions with his counterparts in EU member states on the potential impact of the Court of Justice of the European Union's ruling on religious symbols

5 Feb 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

EU Institutions: Religious Freedom

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact for his policies of the recent Court of Justice of the European Union ruling on the prohibition of visible religiou

5 Feb 2024 · Department for Education

Educational Institutions: Food

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent guidance her Department has provided to (a) schools and (b) other educational institutions on food (i) labelling and (ii) allergens.

1 Feb 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Exports: South Korea

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps her Department has taken to help increase exports to South Korea since 2022.

1 Feb 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Exports: Singapore

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps her Department has taken to help increase exports to Singapore since 2022.

1 Feb 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Exports: Turkey

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps her Department has taken to help increase exports to Turkey since 2022.

1 Feb 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Exports: United Arab Emirates

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps her Department has taken to help increase exports to the United Arab Emirates since 2022.

1 Feb 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Exports: Poland

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps her Department has taken to help increase exports to Poland since 2022.

1 Feb 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Exports: Sweden

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps her Department has taken to help increase exports to Sweden since 2022.

1 Feb 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Exports: Australia

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps her Department has taken to help increase exports to Australia since 2022.

1 Feb 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Exports: Switzerland

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps her Department has taken to help increase exports to Switzerland since 2022.

1 Feb 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Exports: Canada

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps her Department has taken to help increase exports to Canada since 2022.

1 Feb 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Exports: Japan

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps her Department has taken to help increase exports to Japan since 2022.

1 Feb 2024 · Home Office

Drugs: Empty Property

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help prevent the risk of (a) fires, (b) floods, (c) structural damage to buildings and (d) other dangers potentially caused by illegal drug cultivati

1 Feb 2024 · Home Office

Drugs: Organised Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance his Department issues to (a) police and (b) immigration authorities on working together to tackle the intersection of (i) drug cultivation and (ii) immigration offences.

1 Feb 2024 · Home Office

Drugs: Organised Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people who are arrested for suspected drug cultivation are assessed for signs that they may have been (a) coerced and (b) exploited by others.

1 Feb 2024 · Home Office

Drugs: Empty Property

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the cultivation of illegal drug farms in abandoned commercial properties.

1 Feb 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Disability Living Allowance: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the time taken to process child Disability Living Allowance claims.

1 Feb 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Disability Living Allowance: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with the NHS on the impact of its timescales for providing medical evidence for child Disability Living Allowance claims on the time taken to process those claims.

1 Feb 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Disability Living Allowance: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will take steps to recruit staff to process claims for Disability Living Allowance for children.

31 Jan 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Music: Self-employed

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to ensure freelance workers in the music industry receive the same protections from discrimination as employees.

31 Jan 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Music: Harassment

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Second Report of the Women and Equalities Committee of Session 2023-24 on Misogyny in music, what steps is her Department taking to tackle (a) misogyny and (b) sexual harass

31 Jan 2024 · Cabinet Office

Public Sector: Procurement

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the impact of the National Procurement Policy Statement, published in June 2021, on cybersecurity in public sector procurement processes.

31 Jan 2024 · Cabinet Office

Public Sector: Procurement

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the Procurement Act 2023 for tackling cybersecurity threats in public tenders.

31 Jan 2024 · Cabinet Office

Public Sector: ICT

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his Department's policy is on the security requirements for endpoint devices procured by the public sector.

Source: official written-questions record.