Written questions
2,200 written questions tabled, most recent first.
12 Apr 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Global Partnership for Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans he has to increase (a) political and (b) financial support for the forthcoming replenishment of the Global Partnership for Education.
12 Apr 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Global Partnership for Education: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if his Department will meet the request by civil society to allocate £600 million of funding to the Global Partnership for Education for the 2021-25 replenishment in 2021.
12 Apr 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health and Care Professions Council: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on staffing levels of the changes to the registration fees for the Health and Care Professions Council from July 2021.
12 Apr 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Developing Countries: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the allocation of funding from the public purse for global child and maternal health outcomes remains a priority for his Department; and if he will make a statement.
12 Apr 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Developing Countries: Maternity Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when he plans to publish the Ending Preventable Deaths Action Plan.
12 Apr 2021 · Treasury
Capital Gains Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 23 November 2020 to Question 119350 on Capital Gains Tax, when he plans to publish the Government's response to the Office for Tax Simplification's Capital Gains Tax Review.
12 Apr 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential effect on the wider economy of a greater than 1 per cent pay rise for NHS staff.
12 Apr 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of the OBR's inflation forecast of his Department’s proposed one per cent pay rise for NHS staff.
12 Apr 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of the proposed one per cent pay rise for NHS staff on staff retention.
24 Mar 2021 · Cabinet Office
Ministers: Codes of Practice
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to make the Ministerial Code a statute.
18 Mar 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dementia: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will set out a timeline for the implementation of the dementia moonshot.
16 Mar 2021 · Department for Transport
Aviation: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the level of retention of jobs in the aviation sector relating to special assistance support for passengers with disabilities and reduced mobility since the start of the covid-19
8 Mar 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Levelling Up Fund: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when the Government plans to publish the selection methodology for the allocation of funding under the Levelling Up Fund.
25 Feb 2021 · Ministry of Justice
Adultery: LGBT+ People
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans the Government has to bring forward legislative proposals to update the definition of adultery to include members of the LGBT+ community.
24 Feb 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Development Aid: Fossil Fuels
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many legacy investments in fossil fuels within the CDC Group’s portfolio have been phased out since 2018.
24 Feb 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Nigeria: Fossil Fuels
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the total value is of (a) the UK government's proposed investment in the Qua Iboe gas-fired power station in Nigeria through CDC Group's Globeleq subsidiary, (b) CDC Gro
24 Feb 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Mozambique: Renewable Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the total value is of CDC Group's current investments in (a) solar and (b) wind energy in Mozambique.
24 Feb 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Mozambique: Gas Fired Power Stations
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the value is of the Government's proposed investment in the Temane gas-fired power station in Mozambique through CDC Group's Globeleq subsidiary.
24 Feb 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Nigeria: Power Stations
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, which Independent Power Plants (IPP) and Captive Power Plants (CPP) in Nigeria are now owned by the UK Government as a result of CDC's acquisition of a majority stake in CPGN
22 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people who are not formally registered as housebound but have significant (a) mobility impairments and (b) other physical limitations are offered
22 Feb 2021 · Department for Education
Sixth Form Education: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding for sixth form students.
22 Feb 2021 · Department for Education
Vocational Education: Qualifications
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether 16 to 19 year olds are to continue to have the opportunity to study for BTECs and other applied general qualifications.
22 Feb 2021 · Department for Education
Further Education: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will ensure that covid-19 catch-up funding for 16 to 19 year olds is not limited to students with low prior attainment in GCSE English and maths.
19 Feb 2021 · 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 reduction in Official Development Assistance on the (a) Sustainable Development Goal of universal access to family planning a
19 Feb 2021 · 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 in the reduction in Official Development Assistance to developing countries on (a) family planning, (b) sexual and reproductive, (c)
19 Feb 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Development Aid: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential effect on family planning and sexual and reproductive health and rights programmes of the planned reduction in UK ODA spen
11 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Care Homes: Visits
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will set out a timetable for the re-introduction of close contact care home visits in England.
8 Feb 2021 · Home Office
Alcoholic Drinks: Crime
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Institute of Alcohol Studies' report, Inequalities in victimisation: alcohol, violence and anti-social behaviour, published in May 2020, what assessment she has made of the impli
8 Feb 2021 · Home Office
Domestic Abuse: Victim Support Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to improve (a) access to and (b) provision of domestic violence support services.
4 Feb 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Technology: Regulation
What recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of UK regulation on global tech companies.
Source: official written-questions record.