Written questions

2,198 written questions tabled, most recent first.

31 Oct 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Bermuda and Cayman Islands: Marriage

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with LGBT activists and organisations from the (a) Cayman Islands and (b) Bermuda where the right to marriage for same-sex couples is refused b

31 Oct 2022 · Women and Equalities

Conversion Therapy: Wales

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what discussions she has had with the Welsh Government on banning sexual orientation and transgender conversion practices.

31 Oct 2022 · Women and Equalities

Conversion Therapy: Scotland

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the recommendations made by the Ending Conversion Practices Expert Advisory Group in Scotland on 4 October 2022.

31 Oct 2022 · Women and Equalities

Conversion Therapy

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what discussions she has had with her counterparts and legislators in (a) Malta, (b) France, (c) Canada, (d) New Zealand, (e) Greece and the relevant regional or state governments of the (i) US, (ii) Spain and

31 Oct 2022 · Women and Equalities

Conversion Therapy

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, which accredited medical, counselling or psychological organisations support the Government’s plan to exclude transgender people from a ban on conversion practices.

31 Oct 2022 · Women and Equalities

Conversion Therapy

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether her Department has consulted (a) NHS England, (b) NHS Wales, (c) the Royal College of GPs, (d) the Royal College of Psychiatrists, (e) the British Psychological Society and (f) the British Association

31 Oct 2022 · Women and Equalities

Conversion Therapy

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what work has been undertaken by her Department on transgender conversion practices since the Government set out its plans on this topic in its background briefing to the Queen’s Speech in May 2022.

24 Oct 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Hussein Jamal Taha and Momen Yasin Mohammad Joude Jaber

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Israeli counterpart on holding independent investigations into the use of live ammunition and killing of 16-year-old Hussein Jamal Hussei

24 Oct 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Dirar Riyad Lufti Al-Haj Saleh

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Israeli counterpart on holding an independent investigation into the use of live ammunition and killing of 16-year-old Dirar Riyad Lufti

18 Oct 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to consumers in (a) Oxfordshire and (b) England of gas transmission costs as a proportion of total energy costs.

13 Oct 2022 · Department for Transport

Cycling and Walking: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans she has to open a fourth round of applications for the Active Travel Fund.

11 Oct 2022 · Home Office

Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the review on Tier 1 Investor Visas will be published.

11 Oct 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Democracy and Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when the 2021 Human Rights and Democracy report will be published.

10 Oct 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Alaa Abd El-Fattah

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government has taken to notify the Egyptian authorities of the British citizenship of Alaa Abd el-Fattah.

10 Oct 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Alaa Abd El-Fattah

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when the Government first informed the Egyptian authorities that Alaa Abd el-Fattah was a British citizen.

10 Oct 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 24 March 2022 to Written Question 142509, whether the FCDO annual report for financial year 2021-22 will include planned FCDO programme allocations

10 Oct 2022 · Home Office

Home Office: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department,for how many of her Department's procurement contracts have interested parties signed a non-disclosure agreement.

10 Oct 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Bahrain: Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the meeting of 27 April 2022 between the Bahraini Minister of Interior, Sheikh Rashid bin Abdullah AlKhalifa, and the HM Ambassador to Bahrain, Roddy Drummo

10 Oct 2022 · Treasury

Surcharges: Disasters

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has had recent discussions with the International Monetary Fund on the potential impact of surcharges on (a) Pakistan and (b) other countries that have experienced climate disasters.

10 Oct 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Alaa Abd El-Fattah

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made for the implications of his policy of the decision of the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention that British Citizen, Alaa Abd el-Fattah is arbi

2 Sep 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

World Cup: Qatar

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make representations (a) FIFA and (b) the Football Association and (c) Football Association Wales on the potential merits of establishing a workers compensation fund for work

2 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Radiology: Vacancies

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many radiographer vacancies there are in (a) Oxfordshire and (b) England as of 2 September 2022; what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of these vacancies on hea

18 Jul 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ethiopia: Abortion

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help promote access to (a) safe abortion and (b) post abortion care in Ethiopia.

18 Jul 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Israel: Palestinians

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of the joint statement issued on 12 July 2022 by the foreign ministries of Belgium, Denmark, France, Germa

14 Jul 2022 · Department for Education

Educational Psychology: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many places for trainee educational psychologists his Department will fund in 2023; and whether he is taking steps to increase this number in future years.

14 Jul 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Indonesia

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the cost to the public purse was of her shortened trip to Indonesia in July 2022.

14 Jul 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Alaa Abd El-Fattah

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps she has taken to help secure consular access to Alaa Abd El-Fattah.

13 Jul 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Alaa Abd El-Fattah

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she raised the detention of Alaa Abd El-Fattah and the absence of consular access with her Egyptian counterpart during her meeting on 5 July 2022.

13 Jul 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Alaa Abd El-Fattah

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will meet with British national Alaa Abd El-Fattah’s family.

13 Jul 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Alaa Abd El-Fattah

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department is taking steps to help ensure that Alaa Abd El-Fattah is released from detention in Egypt.

Source: official written-questions record.