Written questions

1,690 written questions tabled, most recent first.

5 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Offenders: Care Leavers

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department plans to update the HM Prison and Probation Service Strategy for care-experienced people.

5 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Maternity Services: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department issues guidance to healthcare professionals on having conversations with Black and Asian parents on potential medical risks to them and their baby.

5 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has a target for his Department producing net zero carbon emissions.

19 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with his (a) NATO (b) other international counterparts on reducing carbon emissions from military activities.

19 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of increased spending on military projects on the levels of carbon emissions associated with military activity.

21 Nov 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Cost of Living Payments: Civil Servants

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of making the one-off civil servant cost-of-living payment available to retired civil servant staff who were employed in the civil service in th

20 Nov 2023 · Home Office

Emergency Services: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if his Department will undertake a review of the current system for compensation following fatal road traffic collisions with emergency service vehicles.

20 Nov 2023 · Ministry of Defence

Christmas Island: Nuclear Weapons

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department holds on whether islanders were displaced in order for the UK to test nuclear weapons on Kiritimati.

20 Nov 2023 · Ministry of Defence

Christmas Island: Nuclear Weapons

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department holds on assessments made of the potential impact of the UK's nuclear testing on the (a) livelihoods and (b) environment of the local population in Kiritimati.

20 Nov 2023 · Ministry of Defence

Christmas Island: Nuclear Weapons

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if the Government will make an assessment of the potential impact of the UK's nuclear testing on the (a) medical, (b) public and (c) genetic health of the population in Kiribati.

20 Nov 2023 · Ministry of Defence

Christmas Island: Nuclear Weapons

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Government has made periodic assessments of the potential impact of nuclear testing on the indigenous population in Kiribati.

20 Nov 2023 · Ministry of Defence

Christmas Island: Radioactive Waste

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Government has (a) sponsored operations to clear military waste on Kiritimati (i) in 2005 and (ii) at any other time and (b) made an assessment of the potential impact of that waste on the island's fr

20 Nov 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Nuclear Weapons: Testing

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he plans to share with states affected by the UK's nuclear testing relevant information held by his Department which could assist ongoing efforts to assess the impacts of

20 Nov 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Christmas Island and Kazakhstan: Nuclear Weapons

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he plans to respond to the joint statement by Kiribati and Kazakhstan, made at the August 2023 NPT PrepCom.

20 Nov 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Christmas Island: Nuclear Weapons

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, with reference to the address to the UN General Assembly by Kiribati's President in September 2023, if the Secretary of State will make a statement on the Government's position in

7 Nov 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Export Credit Guarantees: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what progress UKEF has made on (a) determining scope one and two and (b) estimating scope three emissions in its portfolio until 2050.

7 Nov 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Liquefied Natural Gas: Mozambique

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the report by Jean-Christophe Rufin entitled Report on the socioeconomic, humanitarian and human rights situation in the PalmaAfungi-Mocímboa area, published by Total Energy in May 20

7 Nov 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Liquefied Natural Gas: Mozambique

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make it her policy to undertake a (a) reassessment of and (b) civil society consultation on UKEF's support for Mozambique LNG before any work on the project restarts.

7 Nov 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Liquefied Natural Gas: Mozambique

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions (a) her Department and (b) UKEF have had with Total Energies on (i) lifting the force majeure and (ii) restarting work on the Mozambique LNG project.

7 Nov 2023 · Home Office

Investigations after Police Use of Force Review

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the terms of reference for the review of investigatory arrangements which follow police use of force and police driving related incidents 2023, published on 24 October 2023, what ass

7 Nov 2023 · Home Office

Investigations After Police Use of Force Review

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with which third party organisations her Department consulted on the scope of the terms of reference for its review of investigations after police use of force.

7 Nov 2023 · Home Office

Investigations After Police Use of Force Review

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she took into account the findings of the Baroness Casey Review when formulating the terms of reference for her Department's review of investigations after police use of force.

13 Oct 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Living Wage

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she is taking steps to encourage UK-listed companies to pay the real living wage set by the Living Wage Foundation.

19 Sep 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Football: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to tackle discrimination against black (a) players and (b) ex-players in football.

19 Sep 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Football: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if her Department will meet the Black Footballers Partnership to discuss black representation in football.

1 Sep 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Paradise Golf and Beach Resort

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his Moroccan counterpart on the Paradise Golf Resort development in Tangiers, Morocco and potential redress for British investors.

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Amazon: Small Businesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an assessment of the impact of Amazon UK’s Delivery Date Based Reserve policy change in August 2023 on small businesses.

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Horizon Europe

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, for what reasons the UK has not joined Horizon Europe; and what her planned timescale is for negotiating the UK’s association to Horizon Europe.

1 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health: Young Offenders

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps with the Secretary of State for Justice on including the unique needs of young women's mental health in the Young Women’s Strategy.

1 Sep 2023 · Women and Equalities

Women: Young People

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps her Department plans to take to support the Ministry of Justice on delivering the Young Women's Strategy.

Source: official written-questions record.