Written questions

2,823 written questions tabled, most recent first.

24 Jun 2020 · Northern Ireland Office

City Deals: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent assessment he has made of the progress on the delivery of Northern Ireland City Deals.

24 Jun 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Media and Telecommunications: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to help improve diversity in the media and telecommunications sector.

24 Jun 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Charities: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to help increase diversity in the charity sector.

24 Jun 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband and Mobile Phones

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent steps his Department has taken to increase mobile and broadband coverage.

24 Jun 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of recent trends in the average levels of household debt for people in receipt of universal credit.

24 Jun 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Mental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of incidences of (a) stress, (b) anxiety and (c) depression for those in work.

24 Jun 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Post Offices: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions his Department has had with representatives of Post Office Ltd on the operation of post offices as covid-19 lockdown measures are eased.

24 Jun 2020 · Scotland Office

Economic Situation: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent assessment the Government has made of the economy of Scotland.

24 Jun 2020 · Northern Ireland Office

Economic Situation: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent assessment the Government has made of the economy of Northern Ireland.

24 Jun 2020 · Department for International Development

Nigeria: Religion

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will introduce mandatory training for her Department’s staff in Nigeria on (a) patterns of discrimination and (b) conflict on grounds of religious characteristics and (c) how religion and

24 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the disproportionate effect on BAME communities of covid-19 in (a) Newport West, (b) Wales and the (c) UK.

19 Jun 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Nigeria: Agriculture

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will provide NGOs that are running effective reconciliation programmes between farmers and herders in Nigeria with (a) funding and (b) capacity building to scale-up their programmes

19 Jun 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Nigeria: Internally Displaced People

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to support Nigerians who have been displaced by violence between herders and farmers.

19 Jun 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Sahel: Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his UN counterparts on resolving conflict involving farmers and herders (a) in Nigeria and (b) across the Sahel region.

19 Jun 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Nigeria: Religion

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will introduce mandatory training for staff of his Department in Nigeria on (a) patterns of discrimination and conflict with religious characteristics and (b) how religion and relig

19 Jun 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Nigeria: Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make urgent representations his Nigerian counterpart on undertaking full investigations into cases of military complicity in violence against Christians and human rights abuses

19 Jun 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Nigeria: Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Nigerian counterpart on the violence involving farmers and herders in the Nigerian Middle-Belt region.

19 Jun 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Nigeria: Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will provide (a) financial, (b) technical and (c) capacity building support to his Nigerian counterpart to implement the recommendations in the report published by the all-party Par

19 Jun 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Nigeria: Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to his Nigerian counterpart on implementing the National Livestock Transformation Plan to help reduce conflict involving farmers and herders in that countr

19 Jun 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Nigeria: Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the report published by the all-party Parliamentary group on International Freedom of Religion or Belief on 15 June 202

17 Jun 2020 · Ministry of Defence

Voyager Aircraft

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the proposals to repaint the RAF Voyager aircraft.

9 Jun 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Coastal Areas: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to support coastal communities affected by coastal erosion during the covid-19 lockdown.

9 Jun 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fisheries: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the effect on the fishing industry of the covid-19 outbreak.

9 Jun 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fisheries: UK Relations with EU

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Government plans to publish the UK’s negotiating position on a future fisheries agreement with the EU.

9 Jun 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Floods: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the effect of the Covid-19 outbreak on communities recovering from the 2019 winter floods.

9 Jun 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans his Department has to introduce mass testing for covid-19 for (a) prisoners and (b) prison staff.

9 Jun 2020 · Wales Office

Employment: Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on support for people in Wales whose employment has been adversely affected by the covid-19 outbreak.

9 Jun 2020 · Wales Office

Coronavirus: Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent steps he has taken to ensure that there is close co-operation between the UK and Welsh Governments during the covid-19 outbreak.

9 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Protective Clothing: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of personal protective equipment procured by the Government during the covid-19 outbreak has been manufactured by UK businesses.

9 Jun 2020 · Cabinet Office

Ethnic Groups: Coronavirus

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the risk to BAME (a) civil servants and (b) contracted workers working in Government Departments of (i) contracting and (ii) spreading covid-19.

Source: official written-questions record.