Written questions

2,217 written questions tabled, most recent first.

2 Sep 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Clean Air Zones

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the national online platform to enable the public to check vehicle compliance with Clean Air Zone emissions standards is scheduled to be fully functioning and available to the pub

2 Sep 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Clean Air Zones

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the delays to the implementation of Clean Air Zones in Birmingham City Council and Leeds City Council, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the implemen

2 Sep 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Papua: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the accuracy of the statement in the communique of the 50th Pacific Islands Forum that the root causes of the conflict in West Papua relate to the violation

25 Jul 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Ascension Island

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps are being taken to ensure that the British air sampling station on Ascension Island remains operational.

25 Jul 2019 · Department for Transport

Roads: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the amount of CO2 produced in the production and maintenance of roads; and what assessment he has made of options for reducing those emissions through the use of more environmentall

25 Jul 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Plastics: Waste

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many tonnes of plastic waste was sent to landfill by each local authority in the most recent year for which data is available.

25 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Community Land Trusts and Community Housing: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to increase funding for (a) community land trusts and (b) co-housing initiatives.

25 Jul 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Valsartan

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of supplies of Valsartan; and if he will make a statement.

25 Jul 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the (a) level and (b) quality of the provision of NHS dentistry services to children under the age of 12.

25 Jul 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the recent report by Macmillan Cancer Support, Cancer - A costly diagnosis? Stories of the financial impact of cancer, if she will take steps to help mitigate the financial effect of a

25 Jul 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Palm Oil

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to (a) ensure that corporations adhere to regulations on the declaration on packaging of the use of palm oil in their products and (b) enforce other

25 Jul 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Telephone Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of recording all calls from benefits claimants to ensure that complaints can be followed up.

17 Jul 2019 · Department for Education

Further Education: Yorkshire and Humber

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding his Department has allocated to further education colleges in Yorkshire and Humber in each year since 2010.

17 Jul 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Post-traumatic Stress Disorder: Veterans

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to improve support for ex-military personnel with post-traumatic stress disorder.

17 Jul 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Security Benefits: Haemochromatosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to improve her Department's support for people with haemochromatosis in (a) England and (b) Yorkshire and the Humber.

8 Jul 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Radiotherapy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has in place to ensure that every cancer patient who would benefit from radiotherapy is able to access that treatment.

8 Jul 2019 · Department for International Development

Rainforests: Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to protect (a) primary rainforests and (b) the species that live in them.

8 Jul 2019 · Department for International Development

South Africa: Droughts

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support his Department is providing to farmers in Bultfontein, South Africa, who are facing eviction due to droughts.

8 Jul 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Palm Oil: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the amount of imports of products containing palm oil into the UK.

8 Jul 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Syria: Demilitarized and Neutral Zones

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to (a) monitor the demilitarised zone in Idlib and (b) ensure that civilians, rescue workers, and medics are effectively protected.

8 Jul 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Pyramid Selling: Unemployed People

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure job seekers are not targeted by multi-level marketing companies.

8 Jul 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Ammonia

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason agricultural ammonia emissions are not monitored from the majority of UK farms.

27 Jun 2019 · Department for Education

English Language: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Department plans to increase funding for ESOL to ensure that all refugees can access a minimum of eight hours a week of formal accredited English language teaching for their first two years in the U

26 Jun 2019 · Department for Education

Refugees: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support his Department provides to local councils to ensure that young refugees are protected by an adequate level of safeguarding.

26 Jun 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Coal: Opencast Mining

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the Government's policy is on planning permission for the creation of additional opencast coal mines.

25 Jun 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Animal Welfare: Inspections

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support his Department provides to local authorities to ensure that those authorities have access to fully trained animal welfare inspectors to enforce the Animal Welfare Act 2006

25 Jun 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

USA: Iran

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to support a diplomatic resolution to the stand-off between the United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran.

25 Jun 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Syria: Conflict Resolution

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what diplomatic steps the Government is taking to support a peaceful conclusion to the conflict in Syria.

25 Jun 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Homelessness

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government is taking to reduce homelessness in lower layer super output areas.

25 Jun 2019 · Treasury

VAT: Private Education

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the money retained by private schools as a result of the VAT exemption on private school fees in 2017-18.

Source: official written-questions record.