Written questions

2,217 written questions tabled, most recent first.

6 Feb 2020 · Cabinet Office

Asthma and Lung Cancer: Death

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people died from (a) asthma and (b) lung cancer in England in each of the last 10 years.

6 Feb 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Air Pollution: North of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the number of PM2.5 particles in the air of cities in the north of England.

6 Feb 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Air Pollution

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has plans to introduce legislative proposals to reduce the level of PM2.5 particles in the air.

6 Feb 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Air Pollution: Leeds

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the effect of the absence of a mass transit system in Leeds on the number of PM2.5 particles in the air in that city.

6 Feb 2020 · Department for Education

Schools: Discipline

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that disciplinary measures used in schools do not harm the mental health of students.

6 Feb 2020 · Department for Education

Schools: Discipline

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has plans to issue revised guidance to (a) headteachers and (b) school staff on the time limit for pupils being placed in isolation as punishment.

6 Feb 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to help local authorities to achieve net-zero carbon emissions.

6 Feb 2020 · Department for Education

Pupils: Sanitary Products

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether it remains the Government's policy to introduce free sanitary products in (a) secondary schools and (b) further education colleges.

6 Feb 2020 · Department for Transport

Buses: Hydrogen

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to promote the use of hydrogen buses to private bus companies.

6 Feb 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Royal Mail: Industrial Disputes

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to mitigate the effect of potential industrial action by the Communication and Workers Union in relation to Royal Mail.

6 Feb 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Royal Mail: Industrial Disputes

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussion (a) she and (b) officials in her Department has had with representatives from the Communication Workers Union on avoiding industrial action by Royal Mail em

6 Feb 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Counter-terrorism

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that proposals to amend counter-terrorism legislation complies with international human rights law.

6 Feb 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Counter-terrorism

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that proposals to amend counter-terrorism legislation will maintain the civil liberties of UK citizens.

6 Feb 2020 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Urban Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to discourage the use of cars in major urban areas.

6 Feb 2020 · Department for Transport

Cycling: Urban Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to encourage local authorities to promote cycling in towns and cities in England.

6 Feb 2020 · Department for Transport

Roads: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to encourage new road developments to take adequate account of (a) cyclists and (b) pedestrians.

6 Feb 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Plastics: Waste

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the amount of plastic in British territorial waters.

6 Feb 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Plastics: Waste

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the number of tonnes of plastic waste in British territorial waters.

5 Feb 2020 · Home Office

Animal Experiments

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the report entitled, Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals Great Britain 2018, published in July 2019, what type of tests made up the 24,284 regulatory tests conducte

5 Feb 2020 · Home Office

Animal Experiments: Dogs

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the report entitled, Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals Great Britain 2018, published in July 2019, what the legislative requirements were that satisfied in relati

5 Feb 2020 · Home Office

Animal Experiments: Dogs

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the report entitled, Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals Great Britain 2018, published in July 2019, what type of tests comprised the 92 procedures conducted on dog

5 Feb 2020 · Home Office

Animal Experiments: Dogs

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the report entitled, Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals Great Britain 2018, published in July 2019, what the five experiments were that were conducted on dogs for

5 Feb 2020 · Home Office

Animal Experiments: Dogs

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the report entitled, Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals Great Britain 2018, published in July 2019, for what reason there has been a 16 per cent increase in dog us

5 Feb 2020 · Home Office

Animal Experiments: Primates

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the report entitled, Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals Great Britain 2018, published in July 2019, for what reason there has been an increase in the number of no

5 Feb 2020 · Home Office

Animal Experiments

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to (a) reduce the number of animals used for scientific procedures in higher education and training and (b) encourage organisations in that sector to seek replacements for the

4 Feb 2020 · Ministry of Defence

RAF Menwith Hill: Qassem Soleimani

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether RAF Menwith Hill had a role in the drone programme that assassinated Qasem Soleimani.

3 Feb 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital: Coroners

To the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of coroner's inquests into baby deaths at the Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital in Margate.

3 Feb 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Negligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps NHS Resolve has taken since 2017 to tackle the increase in clinical negligence liability.

3 Feb 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Negligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of NHS clinical negligence liability over the last 10 years.

3 Feb 2020 · Department for Education

Schools: Discipline

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he is taking steps under the universal declaration of human rights to uphold the rights of children in schools that use extended isolation in booths as punishment for minor incidents of misbehaviour; an

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