Written questions

2,198 written questions tabled, most recent first.

15 Apr 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Hong Kong: National Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the National Security Curriculum in Hong Kong.

15 Apr 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the World Health Organisation Director General's statement on 9 April 2021 on the imbalance in the global

15 Apr 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Russia: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions (a) he, (b) his Ministers and (c) his officials have had with representatives of (i) Ukraine and (ii) the Russian Federation on the escalating tensions on th

14 Apr 2021 · Ministry of Defence

Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans to withdraw remaining UK armed forces from Afghanistan by 11 September 2021.

14 Apr 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ethiopia: Arms Trade

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has conducted a review of existing arms export licences and arms export licensing policy in relation to Ethiopia since the outbreak of conflict in that

14 Apr 2021 · Ministry of Defence

Tigray: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has investigated whether UK-supplied military support vehicles were used in the recent military operation in Tigray.

14 Apr 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Ethiopia

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many times (a) he, (b) Ministers and (c) officials in his Department have held discussions with (i) Ministers and (ii) representatives of the Ethiopian Government since 3

14 Apr 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Ethiopia

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many visits (a) he, (b) Ministers and (c) officials from his Department have made to Ethiopia since 3 November 2020 to date.

14 Apr 2021 · Department for International Trade

Arms Trade: Ethiopia

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many (a) standard individual export licences and (b) open individual export licences have been granted for the shipment of arms to Ethiopia in the last (i) six and (ii) 12 months.

13 Apr 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 22 March 2021 to Question 170728 on Official Development Assistance contracts, whether decisions have now been taken regarding programmes; and if he

13 Apr 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 22 March 2021 to Question 170728 on Official Development Assistance contracts, what timeframe in days his Department considers to be reasonable noti

13 Apr 2021 · Prime Minister

Prime Minister: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Prime Minister, how many discussions he has had with leaders of other nations where a readout has not been provided to the media following the event to date.

13 Apr 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Travel: Quarantine

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of people arriving in the UK who have entered covid-19 hotel quarantine as a proportion of total arrivals from red list countries since that quarantine measu

13 Apr 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Travel: Quarantine

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of people arriving in the UK who have entered covid-19 hotel quarantine as a proportion of total arrivals since those quarantine measures were introduced.

13 Apr 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Oxfordshire County Council

What recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of adult social care funding allocated to Oxfordshire County Council.

12 Apr 2021 · Home Office

Asylum: Uyghurs

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the eligibility of Uyghurs fleeing persecution in Xinjiang for (a) asylum and (b) visa rights in the UK.

12 Apr 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

International Planned Parenthood Federation: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the reduction to Official Development Assistance funding to International Planned Parenthood Federation's women’s integ

12 Apr 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

International Planned Parenthood Federation: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the publication entitled Global Britain in a competitive age: the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy, CP 403, published

12 Apr 2021 · Treasury

Development Aid

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2021 to Question 144833 on Official Development Assistance allocations, when his Department plans to publish the allocation of Official Development Assistance to each Department

12 Apr 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Palestinians: Detainees

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of reports and video documentation of the arrest of five young Palestinian children aged 9-13 years who were

12 Apr 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Palestinians: Detainees

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the reported detention of an eight-year-old and a ten-year-old by Israeli forces while the two children were playing near their house, what recent represent

12 Apr 2021 · Home Office

Hassockfield Immigration Removal Centre

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's rationale is for building a new immigration detention centre on the site at Hassockfield Secure Training at Meadomsley, County Durham; and if she will make a statement.

12 Apr 2021 · Department for Education

Universities: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on what date all university students will be able to return to campus and resume in-person teaching.

12 Apr 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Burlington House

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans his Department has to preserve the use of Burlington House for the Courtyard Societies.

12 Apr 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Burlington House

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans his Department has to resume negotiations with Courtyard Societies on the tenancy and the value of Burlington House.

12 Apr 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Burlington House

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the recommendations of the analysis provided at its request by the Courtyard Societies on their tenancy and public value.

12 Apr 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Workers: Agency Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has plans to create a social care workforce strategy to regulate fluctuations in agency rates.

12 Apr 2021 · Department for Education

Children: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the range of rates paid to agencies by local authorities was for children's social care workers in (a) the South-East and (b) England in each of the last five years.

12 Apr 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Children: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children's social care cases were (a) reported to and (b) taken forward by Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hubs after being initially reported in (i) England and (ii) Oxfordshire in each month i

12 Apr 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has plans to set up more genome sequencing centres for the detection of covid-19 variants.

Source: official written-questions record.