Written questions
2,198 written questions tabled, most recent first.
14 Oct 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gender: Equality
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2020 to Question 101309, whether the Special Envoy for Girls' Education is planned to replace the Special Envoy for Gender Equality.
14 Oct 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gender: Equality
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2020 to Question 101309, whether the Special Envoy for Gender Equality and the Special Envoy for Girls’ Education are (a) separate posts
14 Oct 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Zimbabwe: Politics and Government
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations the Government has made to the Government of Zimbabwe on recent instability in that country.
14 Oct 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Abduljalil al-Singace
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he has taken to support Bahrain in providing urgent medical care to Dr Al-Singace in (a) 2019, (b) 2020 and (c) since 10 March 2020.
14 Oct 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Care Homes: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of weekly testing for (a) domiciliary care workers and (b) nominated external visitors within care home settings.
13 Oct 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Nigeria: Violence
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to help bring about a cessation to violence in Nigeria.
13 Oct 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Nigeria: Police
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations the Government has made to the Nigerian Government on the Special Anti-Robbery Squad.
9 Oct 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Special Envoy for Gender Equality: Public Appointments
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 8 October 2020 to Question 97015, whether his Department plans to appoint a new Special Envoy for Gender Equality (a) before the end of 2020 and (b)
8 Oct 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Aviation
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many air miles (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) civil servants in his Department took in (i) the last six months and (ii) each calendar year since 2015.
7 Oct 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of his Department's spending on management consultancy contracts (a) in the last year and (b) in each year since 201
7 Oct 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Long Covid: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans the Government has for eligibility for potential covid-19 vaccines for people with long covid symptoms.
7 Oct 2020 · Department for Transport
Cycling and Walking: Oxford
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has received a bid from Oxfordshire City Council for a walking and cycling path on the B4044 as part of the tranche 2 emergency active travel fund.
7 Oct 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Hong Kong: National Security
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to his Department’s speech transcript, UN Human Rights Council 45: UK statement on China for item 4 general debate published on 25 September 2020, what assessm
7 Oct 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Developing Countries: Air Pollution
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 1 October 2020 to Question 91717, which developing countries are in receipt of funding from his Department to tackle pollution.
7 Oct 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Development Aid: Poverty
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 1 October 2020 to Question 91717, how many (a) programmes and (b) civil servants there are supporting the work of his Department on tackling poverty
7 Oct 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Air Pollution
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 1 October 2020 to Question 91717, how much funding his Department (a) has allocated in the last five years and (b) plans to allocate in 2021-22 to t
7 Oct 2020 · Home Office
UK Border Force: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's policy is on what mail is opened by Border Force.
1 Oct 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Food: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to allocate additional funding to food producers to ensure a regular food supply during winter 2020-21.
1 Oct 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Cameroon: Peace Negotiations
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department and the diplomatic service are taking with (a) the Government of Cameroon and (b) President Biya to find a peaceful settlement to the conflict in th
30 Sep 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Non-governmental Organisations: Sexual Offences
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government has taken since (a) 2018 and (b) 31 December 2019 to tackle sexual abuse by aid workers.
30 Sep 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Democratic Republic of Congo: Sexual Offences
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the accuracy of reports of sexual abuse by aid workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo during the 2018 Ebola outbreak; a
30 Sep 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Non-governmental Organisations: Sexual Offences
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help prevent sexual abuse by people employed by (a) NGOs and (b) the UN who are delivering (a) UK Official Development Assistance and (
30 Sep 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Development Aid: Females
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to his Department's press notice entitled New Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office will lead global action to ensure world’s poorest are protected from r
29 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Contact Tracing: Software
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to provide access to the NHS COVID-19 app for people with phones that are unable to use the current software.
29 Sep 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gender: Equality
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Department for International Development's Strategic Vision for Gender Equality: Her Potential, Our Future publ
29 Sep 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Special Envoy for Gender Equality
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what his timescale is for appointing a new Special Envoy for Gender Equality.
29 Sep 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Sub-Saharan Africa: Famine
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help ensure that food shortages and famine in Sub-Saharan Africa does not result in increased sexual exploitation of adolescent girls in that regio
29 Sep 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Sub-Saharan Africa: Famine
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of food shortages and famine in Sub-Saharan Africa on women and girls in that region.
29 Sep 2020 · Home Office
UK Border Force: Postal Services
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of items of post entering the UK from (a) the Netherlands and (b) other EU member states opened by the Border Force (i) in the last five years and (
17 Sep 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Air Pollution
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government is providing support overseas to tackle (a) historical carbon emissions and (b) factory toxic and non-toxic waste resulting from UK (i) infrastructure
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