Written questions

2,217 written questions tabled, most recent first.

19 Jul 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Occupied Territories: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information he holds on recent reports of refusal by Israel to grant residency permits and visas to foreign nationals who live in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

19 Jul 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Occupied Territories: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has received representations on allegations of the Israeli Government's refusal to grant residency permits and visas to foreign nationals who have made their home and livelihoo

19 Jul 2018 · Department for Education

Adoption

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the debate of 12 July 2018 on forced adoption in the UK, Official Report, column 1187, whether the Government plans to make an apology for the practice of forced adoption in UK history.

19 Jul 2018 · Department for Education

Adoption

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he plans to take to ensure that records of adoptions are more easily accessible by relevant parties.

19 Jul 2018 · Department for Education

Adoption

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the need for specific services designed to address the ongoing physiological damage of people affected by forced adoption.

19 Jul 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Krishna Maharaj

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with US officials on the status of British prisoner Kris Maharaj.

19 Jul 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Non-domestic Rates: Valuation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to make an assessment of the adequacy of the Check, Challenge, Appeal system in England.

19 Jul 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Burma: Armed Forces

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will put forward a resolution to the United Nations Security Council calling for an investigation into the activities of the Myanmar military.

19 Jul 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Arthritis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people with Arthritis have adequate access to (a) aids and (b) adaptations that enable them to live independently.

19 Jul 2018 · Department for Education

Schools: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to increase staff retention rates in UK schools.

10 Jul 2018 · Department for International Trade

Arms Trade: Indonesia

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 123992 to Question 123992 on Indonesia: Arms Trade, whether the arms granted in the licenses to Indonesia where used in the Indonesian provinces of (a) Papua or (b) West Papu

9 Jul 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Plastics: Waste

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of plastic pollution on flora and fauna in oceans.

9 Jul 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Plastics: Waste

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to reduce the amount of plastic waste the UK sends abroad for recycling.

9 Jul 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Plastics: Waste

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent estimate he has made of the amount of plastic waste exported by the UK for recycling.

9 Jul 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of badger culling on the control of bovine TB.

9 Jul 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Plastics: Waste

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, to which countries the UK exports plastic waste.

9 Jul 2018 · Department for Education

Schools: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to improve staff retention rates in schools throughout the UK.

9 Jul 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Arthritis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to people with arthritis have access to aids and adaptations to help them complete essential daily tasks.

9 Jul 2018 · Home Office

Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will collect information on the experiences of people seeking asylum to ensure that future policy is based on the experiences of those people.

9 Jul 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will undertake a comprehensive review of legal aid provision.

9 Jul 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Carer's Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the clarity of the wording of the underlying entitlement rules in departmental correspondence to vulnerable adults applying for carers allowance.

9 Jul 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Private Rented Housing: Discrimination

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what mechanisms are in place to hold landlords to account for discrimination in the private rented sector.

9 Jul 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Nuclear Power: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government plans to communicate to the public the content of the ongoing discussions it holds with nuclear energy companies; and if he will make a statement.

9 Jul 2018 · Treasury

Insurance: Fees and Charges

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the implications are for his policies of recent research showing insurers quoting higher premiums for people with names common among ethnic minorities.

9 Jul 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Railways: Tree Felling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with (a) Network Rail and (b) the Secretary of State for Transport on Network Rail's programme to target all leaf fall trees for removal alongside its track

9 Jul 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

High Rise Flats: Yorkshire and the Humber

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding will be allocated for the improvement of safety measures in tower blocks in Yorkshire and the Humber.

9 Jul 2018 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Hearing Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the 15 May 2018 report of the National Deaf Children's Society on reductions in financial support for the education of deaf children, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of that suppor

9 Jul 2018 · Department for Education

Children: Obesity

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Government Guidance on Childhood obesity: a plan for action, updated on 20 January 2017, how funding generated from the sugar levy will be integrated into that action plan; and how such a

9 Jul 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Treatments: Innovation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his policy priorities are in the Accelerated Access Pathway programme; and what the implications are of that programme for life-extending treatments.

6 Jul 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment the Government has made of the merits of innovative funding arrangements for new products with a high upfront one-off costs for example gene therapy and car-T therapies.

Source: official written-questions record.